Ugur Koc
Sr. AI R&D Engineer at Manifest
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolUgur Koc is a senior AI R&D engineer who bridges deep academic research with production-grade engineering to solve privacy and software-quality challenges. With 11 years of experience and a Ph.D.-level research background from University of Maryland and Sabanci University, he has led work on automated test generation, debugging, and program analysis published in top venues. In industry he built automated privacy auditing and code-scanning capabilities at Amazon and Privado.ai, driving features like API activity discovery, data element detection, contract scanning, and performance optimizations. Known for turning empirical research into robust ML pipelines and developer-facing tools, he also champions AI adoption through company-wide bootcamps and hands-on leadership. Based in Virginia, he combines rigorous methodology with practical delivery—often delivering measurable privacy gains by applying program analysis techniques alongside applied ML.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science and Engineering, 3.8, Master’s Degree, Computer Science and Engineering, 3.8 at Sabanci UniversityThe University of Maryland, College ParkBachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.77, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.77 at Fatih University
English, Turkish
Stackoverflow
53reputation
7kreached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (38)
python9
machine-learning9
gpu9
kconfig8
deep-learning8
neural-network7
numpy7
tensorflow7
gpu-acceleration6
tensor6
coq6
autograd6
acceleration6
menhir6
frama-c6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ugur-koc/Tacag-Rep
Sep 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes in 10 months
ugur-koc/AI-Planning
Mar 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:34 commits, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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