M. Yunus Seker

PhD Student


mseker@andrew.cmu.edu
m.yunusseker@gmail.com

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Education

PhD in Computer Engineering

2020 - Current
Bogazici University , GPA 4.0/4.0

MSc in Computer Engineering

2017 - 2020
Bogazici University , GPA 3.78/4.0

BSc in Computer Engineering

2012 - 2017
Bogazici University , GPA 3.44/4.0

Academic Experience

Intern Research Assistant

Jan 2020 - May 2020
University of Tokyo, Nagai Lab, Japan
  • Guided by Prof. Yukie Nagai and Prof. Erhan Oztop
  • Worked on computational modelling of Mirror Neuron Systems using deep neural networks and conditional neural processes.

Research Assistant

2017 - Current
Bogazici University, ColorsLAB, Istanbul
  • Supervisor: Assist.Prof. Emre Ugur, Bogazici University
  • Co-supervisor: Prof. Justus Piater, University of Innsbruck
  • ColorsLAB webpage: link

Full-time Researcher

2017 - 2020
IMAGINE, EU H2020 Project
  • The project aims to enable robots to understand the structure of their environment and how it is affected by their actions
  • My responsibility is to design an association engine that helps the robot to find object affordances, relative action parameters, and to predict the effects of the actions
  • Using visual, haptic and geometrical features with deep neural networks and classical methods

Computer Skills

Languages: Python, MatLab, Lua, C, C++, Java, Prolog, MySQL, Perl, LISP
Frameworks: ROS, PyTorch, Keras, Tensorflow, V-REP, Gazebo, Swing, lejOS, Android SDK, Spring
Robots: UR10, Baxter, Nao

Publications

  • ACNMP: Flexible Skill Formation through Learning from Demonstration and Reinforcement Learning via Representation Sharing, Conference on Robot Learning
    M.T. Akbulut, E. Oztop, M.Y. Seker, A.E. Tekden, E. Ugur
    Conference on Robot Learning, CoRL 2020

  • Belief Regulated Dual Propagation Nets for Learning Action Effects on Articulated Multi-Part Objects
    A.E. Tekden, A. Erdem, E. Erdem, M. Imre, M.Y. Seker, E. Ugur
    The International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2020

  • Conditional Neural Movement Primitives
    M.Y. Seker, M. Imre, J. Piater, E. Ugur
    Robotics Science and Systems, RSS 2019

  • Deep Effect Trajectory Prediction in Robot Manipulation
    M.Y. Seker, A.E. Tekden, E. Ugur
    Robotics and Autonomous Systems, RAS 2019

  • Action - Effect Prediction Using Shape Context
    M.Y. Seker, E. Cagirici, E. Ugur
    Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK 2018 (Best Paper Nominee)
(More info at Publications)

Posters

  • Locally Weighted Conditional Neural Movement Primitives
    A. Ahmetoglu, M.Y. Seker, E. Oztop, M. Asada, E. Ugur
    Workshop on Mechanism of Brain and Mind, 2020

  • Learning Object Manipulation using Conditional Neural Movement Primitives
    M. Imre M.Y. Seker, E. Ugur
    Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK 2019

Awards

  • Best Poster Award Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK 2019
  • Best Paper Nominee Best Paper Contest, Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK 2018
  • Best Project Award Bogazici University Graduation Project Competition, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
  • First Prize B/S/H Big Data Mining Hackathon, Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
  • Finalist TUBITAK Software Project Competition for Undergraduate Students, Ankara, Turkey, 2016
  • Dean's Honor List Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013-2017
  • Tubitak Science Scholarship TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), 2012-2017
  • Bronze Medal International Zhautykov Olympiads, IZhO Committee, Kazakhstan, 2011
  • Bronze Medal TUBITAK National Olympiads in Informatics, Ankara, Turkey, 2011
  • Silver Medal Istanbul Science Olympiads in Informatics Finals, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011

Academic Activities

  • Reviewer Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, TCDS, 2020
  • Oral Presentation Workshop on New advances in Brain-inspired Perception Interaction and Learning, Brain-PIL, 2020
  • Reviewer IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, RA-L, 2020
  • Reviewer Robotics: Science and Systems, RSS, 2020
  • Reviewer International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IROS, 2020
  • Reviewer International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IROS, 2020
  • Reviewer International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA, 2019
  • Reviewer International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR, 2019
  • Oral and Poster Presentation Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, RSS, 2019
  • Poster Presentation Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK, 2019
  • Reviewer Signal Processing and Communication Applications, SIU, 2019
  • Reviewer Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK, 2019
  • Oral and Poster Presentation Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK, 2018
  • Organization Stuff Turkish Robotics Conference, ToRK, 2018

Projects

Project Avatar, Teleoperating NAO Robot

Winner Project for Bogazici University 2017 Graduation Project Competition

  • Aim is to tele-operate a NAO robot in real time using Kinect motion sensor and VR glasses to investigate the body schema adaptation in humans in response to changes in their embodiment
  • Video:

Will you solve my Question?

Finalist Project for Tubitak National Software Project Competition
  • Android app for question-solving based on microvolunteering to help students

Find My Beacon

  • Android app to track your pets or objects with Bluetooth Beacons