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Gokcen Kavaz, PhD

Gokcen Kavaz, PhD

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior AI Research Engineer | Data Scientist

  • Education

    • Hamdi Bozbag Anadolu Lisesi

      1997 - 2004
      High School Diploma Sayısal 5.00/5

    • Istanbul Technical University

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      Master's degree Energy Science and Technology

      • Thesis Topic: Wind Turbine Control • Several control system algorithms of a wind turbine yaw mechanism were modeled and evaluated to increase the amount of energy conversion.This degree is on energy technologies with a special focus on signal processing, machine learning, prediction, artificial neural networks, artificial intelligence.

    • Istanbul Technical University

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      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Machine Learning

      • Thesis: Incipient Fault Detection in Wind Turbines• Machine learning methods were used to predict upcoming wind turbine failures. • Frequent but non-fatal wind turbine faults which do not show strong indications have been detected, isolated and predicted using artificial intelligence algorithms to increase system reliability, reduce downtime and increase life-span. • High-performance results were achieved which significantly improve the existing failure prediction horizon in… Show more • Thesis: Incipient Fault Detection in Wind Turbines• Machine learning methods were used to predict upcoming wind turbine failures. • Frequent but non-fatal wind turbine faults which do not show strong indications have been detected, isolated and predicted using artificial intelligence algorithms to increase system reliability, reduce downtime and increase life-span. • High-performance results were achieved which significantly improve the existing failure prediction horizon in the literature. • Feature construction, selection methods, Artificial Neural Networks and various assistive machine learning methods were used to design anomaly detection systems that are capable of detect small anomalies faced in real-world problems. Show less

    • Yeditepe University

      2005 - 2009
      Bachelor's degree (Full Scholarship) Systems Engineering (Automation and Control Engineering Branch)

      This degree focuses on control engineeering principle. Including classical and modern control system design, signal processing, mathematical modelling and optimization.

  • Experience

    • Istanbul Technical University

      Dec 2010 - Dec 2015
      Research Assistant

      • Conducted research on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) • Solved real-world problems effectively using artificial intelligence techniques • Applied feature construction, extraction and feature selection methods and data set manipulations using domain knowledge to improve detection systems• Performed research and applications on statistical analysis, signal processing, time series analysis and numerical methods• Contributed to scientific knowledge by publishing and presenting research findings and status • Experienced on supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, RNN, CNN, LSTM Show less

    • DTU - Technical University of Denmark

      Sept 2014 - Aug 2015
      Visiting Researcher, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

      • Designed mathematical models for fault detection and predictive maintenance• Generated model-based (e.g. using Kalman observers) and data-driven algorithms• Performed time series analysis, modelling, simulation

    • Roketsan Missiles Inc.

      Dec 2015 - Dec 2021
      Lead Algorithm Design Engineer - Guidance, Navigation and Control

      • Contributed to research and development activities for missile navigation algorithm design• Designed, implemented and tested autonomous systems• Worked in many stages of projects from model design to flight tests• Analyzed, manipulated and fused various types of data from multiple sensors (eg. GPS, IMU, magnetometers, accelerometers, gyroscopes)

    • Huawei

      Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
      Senior AI Research Engineer

      Working on LLMs and NLPExperience in fine-tuning and aligning LLM performance for a chat applicationKnowledge on multi GPU computing, GPT, BERT, T5, Transformers, Artificial Neural Networks, Language ModelingLLM Fine-Tuning, Direct Preference Optimization (DPO)

    • ING Hubs Türkiye

      Dec 2024 - now
      Senior Data Scientist

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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Gokcen Kavaz, PhD
      International Research Fellowship (for PhD Students) The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Sep 2014 The grant was used to do research about my PhD Thesis in the Technical University of Denmark.
    • Awarded to Gokcen Kavaz, PhD
      Graduation with Honor Degree Yeditepe University Engineering Faculty Jun 2009
    • Awarded to Gokcen Kavaz, PhD
      Scholarship for Bachelor Education Turkish Higher Education Council Sep 2004 100% of education expenses were supplied by the Turkish Higher Education Council. The scholarship was gained by the result in the University Entrance Exam.

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