Deniz Karakay

Education

• M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering @ University of Arizona Aug 2023 - Present
• B.S. Electrical Electronics Engineering @ Middle East Technical University
• High School @ Kadikoy Anatolian High School

Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Arizona - Bilgin's Lab Sep 2023 - Present
• Undergraduate Researcher @ METU Center For Image Analysis (OGAM) Sep 2021 - Sep 2023
• Affiliated Researcher @ Photogrammetric Computer Vision Lab (PCVlab) in Ohio State University Feb 2021 - Apr 2023
• Intern @ Micropsi Industries in Berlin, Germany July 2022 - Oct 2022
• Software Engineer & Special Project Manager @ Gamer Arena in Istanbul, Turkey July 2022 - Oct 2022
• Technical Writer @ GDevelop Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Volunteer Experience

• GitHub Campus Expert @ METU 2020 - Present
• Technical Writer @ Mobiler.Dev 2020 - 2022
• Google Summer of Code Mentor @ SCoRe Lab 2018 - 2022
• Lead @ Google Developer Student Clubs in METU 2020 - 2021
• Software Team Member @ METU ROVER 2019 - 2020
• Google Code-In Mentor @ SCoRe Lab 2017 - 2019

Awards & Achievements

• Outstanding Performance Award in Capstone Projects of METU EEE 2023 - Jun 2023
• Global Top 50 Semi-Finalist in Google Solution Challenge 2022 - May 2022
• 3rd Place in Yıldız Bootcamp - Apr 2022
• 3rd Best Poster in AdimODTU Undergraduate Research Day - Apr 2022
• Global Top 10 Finalist in Google Solution Challenge 2021 - Jun 2021
• 1st Place in Hack for Planet - Feb 2021
• Technical Writer @ GDevelop for Google Season of Docs 2020 - Feb 2021
• 4th Place and Best Scientists in European Rover Challenge as METU ROVER - Sep 2020
• 1st Place in Ankara in TUBITAK’s University Research Project Competition - Aug 2020
• Apple Swift Student Challenge Winner (WWDC’20 Scholar) - Jun 2020
• 3rd Place in IEEE ODTU & Pixery Hackathon - Jan 2020
• Kadikoy Anadolu High School Republic Honor Award - Jun 2019
• 3rd Place in Turkey in 49th TÜBİTAK High School Research Project Competition - May 2018
• Indie Developer in Gaming Istanbul (GIST) - Feb 2018
• Best Game in DesignFest by Gram Games engineers and designers - May 2017
• Grand Prize Winner in Google Code-in 2016 - Jan 2017
• Exhibitor in Kiel, Germany & 1st Place in Turkey in Project IRRESISTIBLE by EU - Oct 2016