Kaan Akşit
Associate Professor Of Computational Light
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKaan Akşit is a scientist at the intersection of light and computation, currently Associate Professor at University College London. His work blends optics, hardware-aware machine learning, and computational imaging. With 13 years of experience, he previously served as a Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA (2014–2020) before joining UCL in 2021. His academic path spans Koç University (PhD), RWTH Aachen (M.Sc.), and Istanbul Technical University (B.S.), with industry stints at Disney Research and Philips Research along the way. Based in Stony Stratford, England, he brings a global, interdisciplinary perspective to research and teaching in the UK.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Koç Üniversitesi
German, English, Turkish
Stackoverflow
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3kreached
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Github Skills (197)
python10
density-estimation10
deep-learning10
computer-graphics10
scientific-computing10
cluster-computing10
numpy10
telescope10
computer-vision10
raytracing10
perception10
cuda10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
responsive10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
kaanaksit/odak
Apr 2012 - Jan 2023
Scientific computing library for optics, computer graphics and visual perception.
Contributions:15 releases, 12 reviews, 786 commits in 10 years 11 months
pythonvisual-perceptionopticscomputer-visiondensity-estimation
solcer/pi3b
Oct 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:143 commits in 5 months
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