Hörmet Yiltiz
Teaching Assistant at New York University
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolHörmet Yiltiz is a teaching-focused researcher and engineer with 13 years of experience at the intersection of computational modeling, vision science, neuroscience, and software development. With a PhD in Visual Neuroscience from NYU, he combines deep expertise in machine learning and experimental design with hands-on engineering—building lab hardware, SDKs, and conference web systems that served international audiences. As a graduate instructor he’s taught Bayesian models, fMRI labs, and advanced statistics, emphasizing practical problem-solving, collaboration, and scientific writing. Based in New York, he brings an unusual blend of perceptual science and production engineering, and a noted enthusiasm for fieldwork and nature—fish, forests, and connecting people—that informs his human-centered approach to research and software.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Visual Neuroscience, 3.9, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Visual Neuroscience, 3.9 at New York UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Experimental Psychology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Experimental Psychology at Peking University
English, Arabic, Chinese
Stackoverflow
1,228reputation
97kreached
6answers
25questions
debugging
top-5%
optimization
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profiling
top-5%
Github Skills (200)
figlet10
perl10
vim10
fuzzy-finder10
freedos10
ascii10
thunderbird10
unix10
pdf-viewer10
mobile-application10
firefox10
julia10
startup10
fonts10
grub10
Programming languages (37)
Github contributions (5)
hyiltiz/nu_scripts
Feb 2023 - May 2026
A place to share Nushell scripts with each other
Contributions:2 PRs, 16 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 3 months
hyiltiz/hyiltiz.github.com
Oct 2015 - Jul 2021
Contributions:58 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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