Mert Iren
Research Intern at Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMert Iren is a research-focused software engineer with nine years of experience building ML and robotics systems, currently contributing to LLM-driven dexterous hand policies at Carnegie Mellon and collaborating with UPMC clinicians to architect a vision-language-action model for the operating room. His work spans neural-network reinforcement learning, multiphysics system identification, and real-to-sim pipelines using tools like NVIDIA Warp, PyTorch, Realsense, and SAM2, reflecting a rare blend of simulation and applied perception expertise. He has practical experience shipping ML solutions in industry internships and contributed back-end fixes to the well-known OWASP SecureCodingDojo project, improving database robustness and code consistency. Comfortable in Python and C and familiar with Unity Engine, Mert pairs strong engineering skills with academic rigor from Carnegie Mellon. He often takes leadership roles in research groups, serving as head of language, and brings a habit of tightening code quality and documentation that shows up in his open-source contributions. Driven by impact, he focuses on moving cutting-edge research into real-world clinical and robotic applications.
9 years of coding experience
International BaccalaureateBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at GEMS Education
Turkish, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
127reputation
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Github Skills (11)
mysql10
database-management9
blazor6
cors6
azure6
bolero6
asp-net-core6
azure-sdk-python6
pwntools6
format-string6
javascript5
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
OWASP/SecureCodingDojo
May 2020 - Jul 2020
The Secure Coding Dojo is a platform for delivering secure coding knowledge.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Mert primarily addressed issues related to the MySQL database setup within the training portal. Their commits show bug fixes that correctly define and handle potential errors during database initialization. Furthermore, the user consistently corrected minor typos and standardized the codebase by changing tabs to spaces.
secure-codingowasptraining-portal
tghack/website-pages
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Pages with tools and tips for CTFers
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 1 month
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