Can Aknesil
Postdoctoral Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolCan Aknesil is a hardware security researcher and postdoctoral researcher at KTH with a decade of experience spanning academia and industry. He completed a PhD and MS at KTH in embedded systems and has a strong background in electrical and computer engineering from Koç University, with early hands-on roles in multicore lab work and internships at Ericsson. His work blends experimental research, secure hardware design, and practical engineering—having progressed from research engineer to doctoral student and now postdoc within the same leading institution. Based in Stockholm, he brings both deep technical rigour and applied experience in parallel/multicore systems, often bridging theoretical security insights with implementable solutions. An understated strength is his continuity at KTH, which reflects both sustained research focus and the ability to shepherd long-term projects from prototype to publication.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Notre Dame de Sion French High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate, 2nd Major, Computer Engineering, Undergraduate, 2nd Major, Computer Engineering at Koç University
English, French, Turkish, Swedish
Github Skills (50)
git10
github10
patch9
json9
json-serialization8
messagepack8
subversion8
yosys8
synthesis8
gmx8
msgpack8
json-parser8
cbor8
pluto7
bson7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
canaknesil/can-ortholinear-keyboard
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 21 pushes in 2 years 4 months
canaknesil/generate-cv
Jul 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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