Summary
Arda Arslan is a Zurich-based machine learning engineer and founder with nine years of experience building applied AI systems across startups and research labs. An ETH Zürich MSc graduate, he has led ML engineering at Manukai AG—bringing graph neural nets, TensorFlow pipelines, Optuna tuning and Azure production deployments to CAD-to-CAM automation—and now co‑founds Arslan AI to apply AI agents to manufacturing efficiency. His background spans time-series forecasting and NLP in industry (ING, Tarentum) as well as computer vision and biomed signal work at ETH and CAREX, giving him a strong bridge between research and productization. He also contributes to community and leadership initiatives like Young AI Leaders and the ETH Entrepreneur Club, with a track record of boosting diversity and commercial impact. Notably, he combines hands-on CI/CD and observability practices (GitHub, W&B) with research-driven model design, enabling robust production ML.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Science, High School Diploma Science at İzmir Özel Türk Koleji
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at ETH Zürich
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at Koç University
English, Turkish