Enes DURAN

Bilkent University Cankaya / ANKARA· enes.duran@ug.bilkent.edu.tr

I am a senior year student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University. At the same time I am conducting research on Artificial Intelligence and Reinforcement Learning. Swimming, squash and chess are among my hobbies.


Experience

Summer Internship

DataBoss Security&Analytics (Ankara/Turkey)

Participated in autonomous systems team and worked with them. Developed several reinforcement learning algorithms and tested them in environments.

June 2020 - August 2020

Summer Internship

Meta Smart Factory (Ljubljana/Slovenia)

Participated in a group working on predictive maintenance project with concepts of DSP, ML, Real Time Stream Data. Designed special filters for noise cancelling and smoothing the real time signal retrieved from production machines. Designed filters to detect normal and defected products.

September 2019 - November 2019

Part Time Engineer

Meta Smart Factory (Ljubljana/Slovenia)

Increased the efficacy of ML algorithms used for estimating machine condition and maintenance time via feature extraction. Found the most eligible features through extracting features representing the condition of production machines. Java, MATLAB and several libraries are used.

June 2019 - September 2019

Undergraduate Researcher

Conducting research on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Reinforcement Learning.

February 2020 - Current

Education

Bilkent University

Bachelor of Science
Electrical and Electronics Engineering

GPA: 3.79/4.00

September 2016 - June 2021

Bolu Science High School

Math/Science Program

GPA: 97.97/100.00

September 2012 - June 2016

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Programming Languages
  • Python, Java, MATLAB, C, Xilinx-VHDL, Assembly
Tools & Libraries
  • PyTorch, Sklearn, Anaconda, AirSim, Git, RapidMiner, Spice, Proteus, HTML, Microsoft Office
Soft Skills

  • Communicative, Open to teamwork, Problem-Solver, Creative, Hardworking

Interests

Attending a course, I found out that I am interested in squash. I was an active member in Bilkent Coffee Club. Albeit not regularly still attending some of the workshops. Apart from that I voluntarily have translated several articles into Turkish for a popular science website.

I am a zealous reader, I am thrilled by 19'th century Russian literature. I am spending considerable time on contemplating the common and contrastive concepts in reinforcement learning and the process of decision making. I am also intrigued by psychology, especially social psychology.


Awards

  • 2016-2020 High Honor Student (GPA: 3.79/4.00)
  • 2016-Bronze Medal at TUBITAK National Science Olympiads (Physics)
  • 2016-LYS University Entrance Examination (Ranked 424/~1.600.000)
  • 2015-Success in the first stage of National Science Olympiads (Physics)
  • 2014-Success in the first stage of National Science Olympiads (Physics)
  • 2012-SBS High School Entrance Examination (Ranked 164/~1,000,000)
  • Semi Finalist of Bi-Fikir (Digital Transformation Hackathon)

Certificates

  • Digital Signal Processing (Coursera)
  • Reinforcement Learning Specialization (Coursera)
  • Game Theory (Coursera)
  • Mastering Digital Twins (Coursera)
  • Signal Processing Problems, Solved in Matlab and Python (Udemy)
  • Image & Signal Processing Conference (TED University)
  • Interpersonal Communication (Bilkent PGDM)