Irmak Erkol

AI / ML Engineer & Data Scientist

Germany, DE.

About

Research-driven AI / ML Engineer currently pursuing M.Sc. in Data and Computer Science at Heidelberg University with ELIZA Master’s Scholarship recipient. Experienced in building, deploying, and scaling AI/ML systems; specialized in neural inference, fairness auditing, eye‑tracking analysis, and network science.

Work

ELIZA Master’s Fellow (Zuse School ELIZA)

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Research Fellow

Heidelberg, Baden‑Württemberg, Germany

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Summary

Awarded ELIZA Master’s Scholarship to pursue AI research under global experts; focus on neural learning algorithms and synaptic plasticity inference.

Highlights

Re‑implemented a NeurIPS 2024 method in PyTorch for synaptic plasticity inference

Received recognition from Zuse School ELIZA for groundbreaking research

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company

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AI / ML Engineer & Data Scientist

Germany, , Germany

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Summary

Research, build, deploy, and scale AI/ML systems at the intersection of logistics and supply chain.

Highlights

Developed pipelines for real‑world AI applications

Contributed to MSC’s digital AI initiatives

Sabancı University

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Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant

İstanbul, , Türkiye

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Summary

Supported research and teaching efforts in Computer Science during master’s studies.

Digital Factory 34

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Software Engineer

İstanbul, , Türkiye

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Summary

Developed software solutions in a small-scale software development environment.

Pyro Games

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Software Engineer

Urla, İzmir, , Türkiye

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Summary

Contributed to computer game development in a startup environment.

Unicourse

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Computer Science Instructor

İstanbul, , Türkiye

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Summary

Instructed computer science courses in e‑learning setting.

Infina

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Software Engineer

Üsküdar, İstanbul, , Türkiye

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Summary

Built software solutions in financial tech domain.

Smartmind

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Data Analyst

İçerenköy, İstanbul, , Türkiye

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Summary

Performed data analysis in IT services firm.

BMA Technology

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Software Engineer

Çayırova, Kocaeli, , Türkiye

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Summary

Brief engineering role in shipbuilding technology domain.

Education

Heidelberg University

Heidelberg, Baden‑Württemberg, Germany
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Master of Science Data and Computer Science Grade: 1.8 (German system, equivalent to “good”)

Sabancı University

İstanbul, , Türkiye
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Master of Science Computer Science & Engineering

Koç University

Sarıyer, İstanbul, , Türkiye
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Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Engineering Engineering / Science Grade: 3.4 GPA

Behiye Dr. Nevhiz Işıl Tuzla Anatolian High School

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Skills

Machine Learning / AI

deep learning, pytorch, tensorflow, scikit‑learn, mlops, feature engineering, natural language processing, large language models.

Data Science & Analysis

data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, statistics, hypothesis testing, visualization, data pipelines.

Software Engineering & DevOps

python, java, c++, docker, git, linux, azure devops.

Research & Academic Projects

synaptic plasticity inference, fairness auditing, network analysis, eye‑tracking preprocessing.