Murat Ambarkutuk
Principal Perception Engineer at Ranpak
Shelton, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolMurat Ambarkutuk is a Principal Perception Engineer with 11 years of experience bridging academic research and industry productization in computer vision, sensor fusion, localization, and image-signal processing. Currently leading perception at Ranpak after a decade as a Virginia Tech graduate research assistant pursuing a PhD in Computer Engineering, he blends rigorous publication-driven research with hands-on systems engineering. He is fluent in C/C++, Python, MATLAB, OpenCV, and ROS, and has built embedded and wireless sensing solutions earlier in his career. Murat’s background spans defense-grade computer vision work at Baykar and practical manufacturing and automation projects, giving him uncommon fluency across prototype-to-production pipelines. He is passionate about solving hard perception problems that translate into tangible industrial value and has a track record of contributing to open-source tools and peer-reviewed conferences. Based in Shelton, CT, he combines multidisciplinary mechatronics training with deep algorithmic expertise to deliver robust, deployable perception systems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at Virginia TechTOEFL Preparation, TOEFL Preparation at Ankara UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Mechatronics Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Mechatronics Engineering at Kocaeli University
Turkish, English, German
Github Skills (77)
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platformio10
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esp826610
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
eroniki/ECE-5554
Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:136 commits, 14 PRs, 85 pushes in 3 months
pytorchvisiondeep-learningcomputer-visionmachine-learning
eroniki/rf_data_acquisition
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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