Cigdem Turan-schwiewager
Senior Associate (AI ML Engineer)
Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolCigdem Turan-schwiewager is a Senior Associate AI/ML Engineer with 11 years of experience at the intersection of academic research and product-focused AI, currently enabling Agentic AI at PwC Deutschland. She holds a PhD-level background from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and completed a postdoc in AI/ML at TU Darmstadt, with peer-reviewed work such as an IEEE Signal Processing Society publication on facial expression recognition. As co-founder of Telescope and former Senior Computer Vision Scientist at Korro AI, she blends startup pragmatism with deep computer-vision expertise to move models from prototype to production. Based in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area, she has a proven track record across industry, academia, and international collaborations (including visiting scholarship in Sydney), and a lesser-known strength in applying social-psychology insights to human-centered ML system design.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) (combined with M.Sc.), Electronic and Information Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) (combined with M.Sc.), Electronic and Information Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.72/4.00, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.72/4.00 at Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi
Github Skills (5)
pose8
computer-vision6
pose-estimation5
openface5
deep-learning5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cigdemturan/SLPM
Jun 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
cigdemturan/ToolboxDESC
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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