Alper Demir

  • Welcome!

    My name is Alper Demir. I am a Computer Engineer, an amateur photographer and an amateur basketball player. I like to watch movies and I am interested in cosmology.

    Currently, I've recently get my MS degree in the same field and seeking to have a PhD in Computer Science. My major interests in Computer Science fall into Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Also, I work as a Research and Teaching Assistant in Middle East Technical University (Turkey).

  • My Resume

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    • Education

      Middle East Technical University Ankara / Turkey

      • M.S., Computer Engineering, August 2016

        Topic: Effective Subgoal Discovery and Option Generation in Reinforcement Learning
        Advisor: Polat Faruk, Ph.D.

      • B.S., Computer Engineering, June 2014

        GPA : 3.36, HONOR 7 Semesters, HIGH HONOR 1 Semester
        Erasmus Program : Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, POLAND,2013

    • Research Experience

      • Research Assistant, September 2014 to present

        Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University
        Supervisor: Polat Faruk, Ph.D.

    • Publications

      • Demir A., Çilden E., Polat F.

        Local Roots: A Tree-Based Subgoal Discovery Method to Accelerate Reinforcement Learning
        ECML/PKDD (2) 2016: 361-376

      • Demir A., Çilden E., Polat F.

        A History Tree Heuristic to Generate Better Initiation Sets for Options in Reinforcement Learning
        ECAI 2016: 1644-1645

    • Presentations

      • Turkish National Software Architecture Conference, Dec 2014

        CengBall : 2D Football Programming Game
        Ankara

  • Contact Information

    Address

    Computer Engineering Department, A-205
    Middle East Technical University
    Ankara / Turkey

    Network

    ademir@ceng.metu.edu.tr