Hidir Yesiltepe
Deep Learning Enthusiast
About Me
Hello! I’m Hidir Yesiltepe. I am passionate about Deep Learning Models and Optimization. My research interests covers Deep Generative Models and Probabilistic Machine Learning.
I dedicated my life to share knowledge to everyone interested. To accomplish this, I won't stop writing what I know for a lifetime.
Bio
Age
22
Email
hidir.yesiltepe.ai@gmail.com
Location
Eskisehir, Turkey
Work Experience
Research Associate at University of Edinburgh &
University College London, UK
July, 2022 - Present
Conducted the research on devising deterministic
regularized encoder-decoder pairs in challenging domains such as protein, images/audio generation
and trajectory
modeling, evaluating their performance with respect to their stochastic variants.
Supervised by Professor Antonio Vergari and Professor Pasquale
Minervini.
Research Associate at KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Sweden
June, 2021 - October, 2021
Participated in studies concerning synthetic gesture generation for virtual avatars, in
particular,
decoding underlying emotions into gestures using representation learning. Took part in research
associated with extended version of the paper named ”Gesticulator”
which was awarded as Best Paper by ICMI.Took supervision by Professor
Hedvig Kjellström, Dr. Taras Kucherenko and Rajmund Nagy.
Education
Bachelors of Computer Engineering from Middle East
Technical University
2018 - 2023
Took Master courses in addition to obligatory courses given by the department Deep Learning,
Advanced Deep Learning, Deep Generative Models and Scientific Computing. Member at Turkish hackerspace inzva
Science and Mathematics from Bursa Ataturk Anatolian
High School
2014 - 2018
Finished as a Valedictorian. Participated in a international competition in the field of Physics-Chemistry in Poland.