Abdullah Kurkcu
Senior Traffic Modeler at Ulteig
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolAbdullah Kurkcu is a Senior Traffic Modeler based in Denver with over a decade of experience applying transportation engineering, microsimulation, and data science to real-world projects. He builds and validates travel demand and microsimulation models, predictive safety tools, and data pipelines, and has led modeling efforts at Ulteig after a research-focused career at NYU and Rutgers. Abdullah holds advanced degrees in transportation engineering (including PhD coursework at NYU) and combines rigorous academic research with practical software-driven modeling using tools like Vissim, TransModeler, and TransCAD. Known for quickly diagnosing complex transportation problems, he mentors junior modelers and translates analytical results into actionable recommendations for planners and stakeholders. As a simulation enthusiast and new founder, he is bridging research, consulting, and productization of transportation analytics.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Transportation and Highway Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Transportation and Highway Engineering at Florida State UniversityESL, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS, Level 15, ESL, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS, Level 15 at Saint Joseph's UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Arnavutköy Korkmaz Yiğit Anadolu LisesiDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Transportation Engineering & Planning, 3.91, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Transportation Engineering & Planning, 3.91 at New York UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Civil Engineering at Istanbul University
Turkish, English
Github Skills (37)
simulator7
unreal6
platform-independent6
python6
robotics6
javascript6
leaflet6
python-data5
deep-reinforcement-learning5
computer-vision5
control-systems5
maps5
gis5
simulation5
artificial-intelligence4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ak4728/slack-nbascore-app
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
ak4728/to-the-moon
Feb 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:124 commits, 9 pushes in 9 months
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