Resume
| Education | ||
| Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor-MI | 2025(expected) |
| B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (with a minor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering) | Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkiye | 2015-2020 |
| Research Experience | ||
| Graduate Student Research Assistant * Temporal Logic Inference * Path planning for multi-agent systems | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor-MI | Aug 2020-Present |
| Summer Research Intern * Active preference learning for customization within safe operation for autonomous vehicles | Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, CA | May 2023-Aug 2023 |
| Undergraduate Intern * Worked on Self-assembly of Soft Robots * Simulation, molecular dynamics, decision-making algorithms, experience on image processing and experiment design | Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart-Germany | Jul 2019-Sep 2019 |
| Undergraduate Research Student * Robust rotating mechanism design for LiDARs * Control theory, simulation and experimentation | Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkiye | Oct 2018-Aug 2020 |
| Publications | ||
| Journals | ||
| * R. Karagulle, N. Aréchiga, A. Best, J. DeCastro, and N. Ozay,“A Preference Learning Approach to Develop Safe and Personalizable Autonomous Vehicles,” 2023 (submitted to RA-L) | ||
| Conferences | ||
| * R. Karagulle, N. Ozay, N. Aréchiga, J. DeCastro, and A. Best,“Incorporating Logic in Online Preference Learning for Safe Personalization of Autonomous Vehicles,” 2023 (submitted to HSCC) | ||
| * R. Karagulle, N. Aréchiga, J. DeCastro, and N. Ozay, “Classification of Driving Behaviors Using STL Formulas: A Comparative Study,” in Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022, pp. 153–162, ISBN: 978-3-031-15839-1 | ||
| Presentations and Talks | ||
| * Safety Guaranteed Preference Learning. Poster Presentation | HSCC 2023 | May 2023 |
| * Classification of Driving Behaviors Using STL Formulas:A Comparative Study Talk | FORMATS 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| Honors and Awards | ||
| * Completed B.S. with High Honors, ranked fifth in class. | ||
| * Turkish Presidency Award for excellence in the Undergraduate Placement Examination | ||
| Academic Servce and Outreach | ||
| * Reviewer: L4DC (2023), SAE WCX (2023), CASE (2021) | ||
| * Control For Girls Workshop on controls for elementary school girls | Online, Turkiye | Summer 2021 |
| * Career Girls - 2023 AI Machine Learning and Robotics Virtual Camp * Participated as presenter and role-model expert | Online | Summer 2023 |
| Skills | ||
| Coding | ||
| * Python, C, C++ | ||
| Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis | ||
| * MATLAB/Simulink | ||
| * CARLA, ROS2 | ||
| * CATIA, SolidWorks, Abaqus, V-Rep, ADAM, Linkage | ||
| Languages | ||
| * Turkish, English, French |