Can Bekar
Chief Engineer at Turkish Aerospace
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolCan Bekar is a Chief Engineer at Turkish Aerospace with 13 years of software engineering experience, currently leading a 15–20 person team focused on AI, data fusion and reinforcement learning for avionics and simulation systems. A PhD candidate in Aerospace Engineering (control track) at Istanbul Technical University, he blends academic research with hands-on product delivery and has authored multiple papers across control, verification and ML topics. He has a strong track record in building cross-disciplinary teams and hiring technical talent—having conducted hundreds of technical interviews—and has led AI & DF efforts across flagship programs including Hürjet. Earlier roles span ML, automation and runtime verification work at industry and research labs, giving him deep systems and embedded software roots. Known for a philosophical curiosity and a commitment to engineering excellence, he frames technical challenges through both theoretical rigor and practical deployment.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Master's degree at Koç UniversityMaster's degree, Master's degree at Boğaziçi UniversityAdana Fen LisesiDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Sabanci UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Istanbul Technical University
English, Turkish
Github Skills (3)
pybullet3
gymnasium2
reinforcement-learning2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cbekar/Kuda
Sep 2012 - Nov 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 6 years 3 months
cbekar/FlightControlSystems
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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