Mehmet Akça
Teaching Assistant at ETH Zürich
Zürich Metropolitan Area Switzerland
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Top SchoolMehmet Akça is an applied AI researcher and teaching assistant at ETH Zürich with a decade of software engineering experience spanning full-stack, mobile, and high-performance Rust systems. He blends abstract mathematics and probabilistic methods with practical AI safety and interpretability work, focusing on attention analysis and verifiable, reliable models. Previously he built production apps serving 100K+ connections, architected type-safe real-time data layers for trading software, and developed highly concurrent Rust applications such as a market replay tool and a Layer 2 Bitcoin rollup bridge. Comfortable in TypeScript, Rust, and Python (with production Go and Node.js experience), he prefers pragmatic, efficient stacks and rapid prototyping. A lifelong learner and math enthusiast who spent time at Tokyo and ETH, he pairs deep theoretical curiosity with hands-on system building and a strong commitment to controlling AI risks.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of TokyoMaster's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at ETH ZürichHigh School Diploma, Valedictorian, High School Diploma, Valedictorian at İTÜ GVO İzmir Anadolu LisesiBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Boğaziçi University
Turkish, English, Japanese, French
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Github Skills (200)
windows10
vim-plugin10
vim10
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nvim10
jsx10
rust-lang10
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animation10
linux10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mmtftr/lnmtl-alternative-translations
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
Userscript that adds cool stuff to lnmtl.com
Contributions:3 releases, 74 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 5 months
cool-stuffuserscript
pvorona/atom-idle-autosave
Aug 2017 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 comments in 7 years 7 months
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