About
I am a software developer with 3 years of experience in the industry focusing on using Python and ML libraries for data analysis and also experienced in using Node.js, HTML, CSS, and JS to create customer-facing interfaces.
Software Developer & Data Scientist
A master's student at the Visual Computing department of Saarland University.
- Email: besteekmen@gmail.com
- Birthday: 13 August 1992
- Nationality: Turkish
- Marital Status: Single
- Website: besteekmen.github.io
- City: Saarbrücken, GERMANY
I am very interested in computer vision and computer graphics, especially in the topics of human faces and facial animation, 3D animation, tracking-based video and image generation, machine learning and deep learning applications in computer vision and graphics, and data science applications with AI and explainable AI.
Skills
Interests
Animation & Digital Arts, Image Processing, Video Processing, Machine Learning, Robotics, User Experience, Philosophy, Charcoal drawing, Photography, Backpacking (travel) (20 countries visited), Hitchhiking, Nature Sports (Swimming, Trekking, Hiking, Skiing), Camping, Reading, Playing Violin, Volunteering
Resume
Sumary
Beste Ekmen
Innovative, team-oriented and competitive software developer with 3 years of experience in the industry
- Saarbrücken, GERMANY
- besteekmen@gmail.com
Education
Visual Computing Master Program
2018 - Present
Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GERMANY
Master of Science
Industrial Engineering Bachelor Program
2013 - 2018
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY
Bachelor of Science (Double Major) - GPA: 3.53/4
Computer Engineering Bachelor Program
2010 - 2016
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY
Bachelor of Science - GPA: 3.71/4 (Graduated within the 3% among graduates)
Computer Science Bachelor Program
2014 (Mar - Jul)
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, POLAND
ERASMUS Student Echange Program
High School for Applied Sciences
2006 - 2010
Adana High School for Applied Sciences, Adana, TURKEY
Professional Experience
Research Assistant (Part-time)
2021 - 2023
DFKI, Saarbrücken, GERMANY
- Utilizing web scraping techniques to extract and organize large volumes of visual and textual painting data
- Conducting regression analysis of the relationship between painting prices and features with Linear Regression and XGBoost Regression, visualizing the results
- Analyzing the regression results in terms of human understanding with explainable AI techniques and SHAP library
Junior Software Engineer
2015 - 2018
Digiturk (beIN MEDIA GROUP), Istanbul, TURKEY
- Developing Node.Js based UI for 4K STB(set-top-box) interfaces using HTML5, CSS, JS and a Dojo based specific framework
- Research on evaluating the usability of STB interfaces with heuristic checklists and user experience tests with novel methods
- Research on evaluating the feature usage and access patterns for STB feature recommender systems
Software Engineer (Part-time)
2014 (Oct-Dec)
iNROBOTEK, Istanbul, TURKEY
- Programming iRobiQ robots for a preschool training system using ROCOS platform
- Programming Nao robots for demonstration purposes
Software Engineer (Part-time/Intern)
2012 - 2013
Arı Mobil Çözümler, Istanbul, TURKEY
- Web programming using PHP, JS, JQuery, HTML, CSS, and MYSQL
Publications
- Kaya, A., Gumussoy, C. A., Ekmen, B., & Bayraktaroglu, A. E. (2021). Usability heuristics for the set‐top box and TV interfaces. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries.
- Ekmen, B., & Ekenel, H. K. (2018). From 2D to 3D real-time expression transfer for facial animation. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 1-17. (https://vimeo.com/153692017)
- Köprülü, M., Kasapoğlu, Ş., & Ekmen, B. (2018, September). Feature Usage and Access Pattern Evaluation for Set-Top-Box Feature Recommender Systems. In Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference (pp. 1185-1192). Springer, Cham.
- Ekmen, B., & Ekenel, H. K. (2016, May). Real time animated facial expression transfer. Signal Processing and Communication Application Conference (SIU), 2016 24th (pp. 1193-1196). IEEE.
Honors, Scholarships & Awards
- International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science (Master’s Scholarship)
- Bachelor's Degree (2010 - 2015) - Foundation of ITU, KYK, OBBS (Success Scholarships)
- High School (2006 - 2010) - Foundation of TEKFEN (Success Scholarship)
- Istanbul Technical University Honor List (2012 Spring, 2013 Fall, 2014 Fall, 2016 Spring)
- Istanbul Technical University High Honor List (2011 Spring, 2011 Fall, 2012 Fall)
- ITU Seed Contest (2015) - Acceptance to Acceleration Camp with “Training without Disabilities”
- 13th National Philosophy Olympics (2009) – 36th place in the country
Contact
Location:
Saarbrücken, GERMANY
Email:
besteekmen@gmail.com
Call:
+000 000 000