Atil Iscen
Staff Research Scientist at Google
Redwood City, California, United States
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Top SchoolAtil Iscen is a Staff Research Scientist at Google with 11 years of experience at the intersection of robotics and AI, specializing in learning-based control, multiagent systems, and autonomous locomotion. He holds a PhD in Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering focused on tensegrity robot coordination and has applied those methods during research stints at NASA Ames. At Google he progressed from software engineer to senior research scientist and now leads advanced research efforts, blending production-grade engineering with principled reinforcement learning. Known for tackling hard embodied-robotics problems, he brings both theoretical depth and practical deployment experience from simulation to real-world systems. Based in Redwood City, he pairs academic rigor with product-focused execution, often translating multiagent learning insights into scalable robotic behaviors.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Computer Engineering, M.S., Computer Engineering at Middle East Technical UniversityPhD, Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering, PhD, Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State UniversityBachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
English, French, Turkish, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
robotics8
mujoco8
simulation8
simulator8
physics8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
ai134/obstaclecourse
May 2023 - May 2023
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
NASA-Tensegrity-Robotics-Toolkit/NTRTsim
Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
The NASA Tensegrity Robotics Toolkit Simulator, a physics based simulator to research the design and control of tensegrity robots.
Contributions:29 commits in 2 months
physicsroboticssimulationsimulatormujoco
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