🛰️
Multi-Agent Systems & UAVs
Reputation-based team formation and simulation for autonomous multi-UAV missions operating beyond visual line of sight.
About Me
I'm Kıvanç — an AI researcher and software engineer from İstanbul, now based in Chicago. I'm pursuing my Master of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology and working as a graduate researcher at the IIT Robotics Lab, where I build real-time, ML-driven autonomy for UAVs.
My research focuses on multi-agent systems and dependable autonomy: my first-author work on reputation-based UAV team formation was published at AAMAS 2025 and ECAI 2025. On the engineering side, I've shipped production software across the stack — from .NET and Spring Boot backends at BSH and Arçelik to a ride-sharing app I co-founded that served 500+ users on AWS.
0First-author papers
0Years of experience
0App users served
0Open-source repos
What I'm Doing
🧠
Machine Learning & LLMs
Time-series forecasting with semantic prompt learning, deep learning in PyTorch and TensorFlow, and LLM-powered agents.
⚙️
Software Engineering
Full-stack systems with .NET, Spring Boot and React — secure REST APIs, JWT auth, and databases that scale.
☁️
Cloud, DevOps & Robotics
AWS deployments, Docker, Linux and Jetson-based edge autonomy with ROS2 for real-time robotic decision-making.
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology
Master of Computer Science. Coursework in Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Deep Learning.
Özyeğin University
B.Sc. in Computer Science. Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Analysis of Algorithms; university promotion team member.
Resume
Download CVProfessional Experience
-
Chicago, USA
Research Assistant — The Robotics Lab, IIT
Feb 2026 — PresentDeploying an end-to-end autonomy stack on NVIDIA Jetson for real-time, ML-driven UAV decision-making, and designing a modular autonomy framework with plug-and-play ML modules and real-time validation.
-
İstanbul, Türkiye
IT Consultant — Management Solutions
Apr 2025 — Sep 2025Built SQL-based data validation pipelines for large-scale financial datasets and automated reconciliation workflows, raising validation coverage from 20% to 90%.
-
İstanbul, Türkiye
Co-Founder — UniPool (Non-profit Startup)
Oct 2023 — Jul 2025Co-founded a Flutter ride-sharing app for iOS and Android serving 500+ users; deployed and operated its services on AWS EC2 and S3.
-
İstanbul, Türkiye
Software Developer (Part-time) — BSH (Bosch & Siemens)
Sep 2023 — Jun 2024Built a scalable .NET + MSSQL platform supporting internal R&D projects; optimized database performance within an Agile team.
-
İstanbul, Türkiye
Software Engineering Intern — Arçelik
Jul 2023 — Sep 2023Developed a React + Spring Boot asset management system with JWT authentication, MSSQL and REST APIs.
-
İstanbul, Türkiye
Research Assistant — Özyeğin Industry 4.0 Lab
Jul 2022 — Sep 2023Analyzed AGV and warehouse-robot data with Python (pandas, NumPy) and built pipelines for sensor processing, optimization and performance analytics.
Skills
Languages
AI & ML
Systems & Backend
Cloud & Tools
Publications
Conference · First Author2025
RTF: Reputation-Based Team Formation for Enhancing Dependable Critical Fully Autonomous Multi-UAV BVLOS Operations
ECAI 2025 — 28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
A dynamic, Byzantine-resilient reputation algorithm for trustworthy coordination among autonomous UAVs in beyond-visual-line-of-sight missions.
Demo Track · First Author2025
UAV Marketplace Simulation Tool for BVLOS Operations
AAMAS 2025 — 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
A Java-based multi-agent simulation tool for modeling UAV collaboration under adversarial conditions and benchmarking team-formation strategies.
Projects
UMS-SIM — UAV Marketplace Simulator
Multi-agent simulator for BVLOS missions with configurable adversarial behavior and CSV metrics export. Demonstrated at AAMAS 2025.
Publication ↗FinS2IP-LLM — Financial Forecasting with LLMs
LLM-based time-series forecasting with semantic prompts and multi-channel financial indicators; improved S&P 500 forecasting stability.
GitHub ↗MERIDIAN — AI Portfolio Optimization
AI-driven portfolio optimization built with Python for the ScarletHacks 2026 hackathon at Illinois Tech.
GitHub ↗UniPool — Campus Ride-Sharing App
Non-profit ride-sharing app for university students on iOS and Android, serving 500+ users on AWS EC2/S3.
Co-founder · 2023–2025UAV Autonomy Stack — IIT Robotics Lab
Jetson-deployed autonomy framework with plug-and-play ML modules, built on the DJI Payload SDK for real-time flight decisions.
GitHub ↗ML & LLM Playground
Ongoing experiments — PyTorch MNIST MLPs, polynomial fitting demos and LangChain agent basics.
All repos ↗Awards & Activities
Competition
1st Place in Mathematics — XII International Science Quiz
Ranked first in the mathematics category of an international science competition.
Honor
UN Refugee Project
Recognized for contributions to a United Nations refugee-focused project.
Leadership
Student Leadership & Community
Board member of the Engineering Club (2022) and Science Club (2021) at Özyeğin University, and the Turkish Student Association at Illinois Tech (2025). Represented Özyeğin University on the student promotion team.
Athletics
Basketball — Fenerbahçe Sports Club
Played for Fenerbahçe Sports Club and the high-school team (2016–2018) — where the teamwork obsession started.
Contact
Whether it's research collaboration, an engineering role, or just an interesting idea — my inbox is open.