Ekim Yurtsever
Research Engineer at The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEkim Yurtsever is a research engineer and Ph.D.-trained machine learning scientist focused on computer vision and automated driving, with over a decade of ML experience and eight years in applied roles. Based at Ohio State University, he builds application-oriented deep learning models while contributing theoretical insights, and has first-hand experience deploying systems in real-world autonomous driving contexts. He leads six open-source deep learning projects that have attracted 250+ stars, signaling both practical impact and community engagement beyond academia. His background spans mechanical engineering and system dynamics to information science, giving him a rare blend of control systems intuition and modern AI expertise.
8 years of coding experience
M.Sc., System Dynamics and Control, M.Sc., System Dynamics and Control at Istanbul Technical UniversityPh.D., Information Science, Ph.D., Information Science at Nagoya University
Github Skills (19)
robotics10
vehicle-detection10
autonomous-vehicles10
risk-assessment10
ros10
arxiv10
autonomous-driving10
camera9
self-driving-car8
machine-learning8
deep-learning7
object-detection1
faster-rcnn1
mask-rcnn1
keras1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Ekim-Yurtsever/DeepTL-Lane-Change-Classification
Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
Driving risk assessment with deep learning using a monocular camera. Related paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02859
Contributions:76 commits, 2 PRs, 59 pushes in 1 year 3 months
arxivvehicle-detectionabsdriving-behaviordeep-learning
Ekim-Yurtsever/pedestrian-behavior-prediction
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:8 PRs, 8 pushes, 6 branches in 7 days
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