RUSEN BIRBEN
AI & Data Engineering graduate from Istanbul Technical University. Building intelligent systems with NLP, LLMs, and agentic AI applications.
EXPERIENCE
Founded an AI lab working on natural language, speech and LLM technologies to democratize AI systems for humanity.
Built AI automations and agentic LLM implementations for Phillip Capital subsidiary. Intelligent systems for operations and customer-facing platforms.
Researched LLMs for financial applications: forecasting, sentiment analysis, tool usage, reasoning, and RAG implementations.
AIOps research using software log data for predictive maintenance. Generated demos on HDFS logs.
PROJECTS
Tobor
Amazon Warehouse RobotAutonomous warehouse robot simulating Amazon logistics. Pathfinding, obstacle avoidance, task scheduling. Human/cargo detection with custom YOLO.
Biting The Bytes
Turkish Diacritic RestorationT5-based transformer for restoring Turkish diacritics. Automatically adds accent marks and special characters for enhanced readability.
AIZheimer
Machine Unlearning on SDSelectively removed concepts from Stable Diffusion 2.1 while preserving other capabilities. Content moderation and AI output customization.
To-AI-or-Not-to-AI
GPT DetectorEnsemble method to detect AI-generated text using three fine-tuned models. Addresses academic integrity and misinformation concerns.
Anime Recommender
Collaborative FilteringPersonalized anime recommendations combining collaborative filtering and content-based approaches. RMSE: 0.289, MAE: 0.213.
EDUCATION
M.Sc. Computer Engineering (Thesis)
Middle East Technical UniversityB.Sc. AI and Data Engineering
Istanbul Technical UniversityB.Sc. Electronics & Communication
Istanbul Technical UniversityTransferred to AI & Data Engineering
INTERESTS
Coffee
V60 • Aeropress • Moka Pot
Books
Philosophy • AI/CS • Finance
Anime & Manga
Watcher • Reader • Collector
Fitness
Lifting • Running • Calisthenics
RUSEN BIRBEN
AI & Data Engineer
SUMMARY
AI & Data Engineering graduate from Istanbul Technical University with experience in NLP, LLMs, and agentic AI applications. Co-founder of Fiction Studios, an AI lab focused on democratizing AI systems through natural language, speech, and LLM technologies.
EXPERIENCE
Founded an AI lab working on natural language, speech and LLM technologies to democratize AI systems for humanity.
Built AI automations and agentic LLM implementations for Phillip Capital subsidiary. Intelligent systems for operations and customer-facing platforms.
Researched LLMs for financial applications: forecasting, sentiment analysis, tool usage, reasoning, and RAG implementations.
AIOps research using software log data for predictive maintenance. Generated demos on HDFS logs.
PROJECTS
Autonomous warehouse robot simulating Amazon logistics. Pathfinding, obstacle avoidance, task scheduling. Human/cargo detection with custom YOLO.
T5-based transformer for restoring Turkish diacritics. Automatically adds accent marks and special characters for enhanced readability.
Selectively removed concepts from Stable Diffusion 2.1 while preserving other capabilities. Content moderation and AI output customization.
Ensemble method to detect AI-generated text using three fine-tuned models. Addresses academic integrity and misinformation concerns.
EDUCATION
SKILLS
Languages: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, C/C++
Frameworks & Tools: PyTorch, TensorFlow, ROS2, YOLO, Transformers, Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy
Specialties: NLP, LLMs, Computer Vision, RAG, MLOps, Agentic AI, Data Engineering