Muhammet Balcilar
Scholar

Muhammet Balcilar

Google Scholar ID: LRyde44AAAAJ
Senior Scientist at Ofinno, Rennes
Graph Neural NetworksMachine LearningVideo CodingNeural CompressionStandards
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
902
 
H-index
12
 
i10-index
15
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
9
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Resume
Academic Achievements
  • Publications: Numerous papers in areas like exploration, navigation, robot control, and mapping; Awards: Second prize in Biltronik National Project Competition (2008); First prize in Virtual Robot Rescue League at RoboCup (2016), second prizes in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Research Experience
  • Post-doc researcher at Stochastic Robotics Lab, focusing on localization, mapping, exploration, and communication methods for multi-robot platforms; Post-doc researcher at CAOR, Centre de Robotique, Mathématiques et Systèmes MINES ParisTech, working on light field cameras and their robotic implementation such as 3D reconstruction and SLAM; Member of LITIS Research Lab at the University of Rouen Normandy, working on Graph Neural Networks for chemical molecule based inputs; Currently an R&I researcher at Interdigital, focusing on data compression for non-Euclidean domain data using ML approaches.
Education
  • B.S.: 2004, Department of Computer Engineering at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul; M.S.: 2007, same department; Ph.D.: 2013, same department.
Background
  • Research Interests: Image processing, application of AI methods in interdisciplinary projects. Specialization: Computer Engineering, particularly robotics.
Miscellany
  • Programming Skills: Proficient in C/C++, Java, Matlab, Python, and Assembly; Extensive experience with ROS, microcontrollers, and OpenCV; Experience in parallel programming, network programming, machine learning, and deep learning; Strong background in both heuristic and mathematical optimization.