Ilhan Polat
Digital Services - Connectivity And Support Manager at Sandvik
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolIlhan Polat is a connectivity and digital services leader with 14 years of engineering experience bridging mechanical design, control systems research and Industrial IoT productization. With a PhD in Control Systems and a history as a postdoc and academic researcher in haptics and robotics, he blends rigorous numerical and control theory with hands-on development in edge analytics and cloud-connected products. At Sandvik he manages connectivity and support for digital services after driving industrial IoT and edge analytics as a senior product manager at ERIKS Digital. An active proponent of open source, he has contributed bug fixes to core scientific libraries like SciPy, improving numerical stability in control-related routines. Outside work he channels creativity into noise generation on drums and guitars, reflecting a pragmatic tinkerer’s mindset that informs pragmatic, test-driven engineering.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Control Systems Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Control Systems Technology at Eindhoven University of TechnologyB.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
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Github Skills (20)
algorithm10
algorithms10
numerical10
python10
numpy10
numerical-methods10
numeric10
linear-algebra10
scientific-computing10
testing9
matlab9
matrix9
matrix-inverse6
control-theory6
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Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
scipy/scipy
Sep 2016 - Dec 2022
SciPy library main repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Numerical Analyst
Back-end Developer & Numerical AnalystContributions:594 reviews, 387 commits, 448 PRs in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ilhan fixed a bug in the `scipy/scipy` project, specifically related to the "sp.linalg.solve_discrete_are" function, which was failing for random data. The fix involved updating the docstring and addressing issues in the test cases. The user contributed to enhancing the accuracy and stability of numerical algorithms within the scientific computing library.
scipypythonscientific-computing
ilayn/harold
May 2015 - Dec 2022
An open-source systems and controls toolbox for Python3
Contributions:5 releases, 367 commits, 95 PRs in 7 years 8 months
control-engineeringpythonpid-controllertoolboxscientific-computing
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