Hakki Karaimer
Staff Research Scientist at Samsung Research America (SRA)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolHakki Karaimer is a Staff Research Scientist at Samsung Research America with a decade of experience specializing in image processing, computer vision, and computational photography across industry and academia. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and progressed from doctoral work at NUS and York University to a postdoc at EPFL under Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk, blending rigorous research with practical system design. Hakki has driven camera and display imaging pipelines and metrology at AMD and Qualcomm, delivering algorithms for image quality and power-efficient displays. His background includes hands-on product-focused engineering—such as customizing camera pipelines for dermatological imaging—which complements his theoretical work and enables rapid translation of research into deployable solutions. Based in Toronto, he pairs academic depth with production experience, often working at the intersection of perceptual image quality and hardware-aware optimization.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering at Ege UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at York UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Master’s Degree, Computer Engineering at İzmir Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at National University of Singapore
EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
karaimer/camera-color
Mar 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 11 months
karaimer/camera-pipeline-UI
Aug 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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