Welcome to my GitHub profile! I am a PhD Student at EPFL, deeply passionate about the intersection of AI, philosophy, and economics. I am driven to develop robust AI systems that can reason through complex scientific and healthcare challenges.
- Current Education: PhD Student in Computer and Communication Sciences (EDIC) at EPFL
- Undergraduate: B.S. in Computer Science (Valedictorian) from Bilkent University '25
- Research Focus: Foundational ML frameworks, Reinforcement Learning, and Agentic AI for healthcare.
- Former Roles:
- Candidate AI Engineer at ROKETSAN
- Machine Learning Intern at Huawei
- Candidate Engineer at ASELSAN
- Vice President at Bilkent AI Society
- R&D Intern at Ondokuz Mayıs University
- NLP Intern at Dijital Dönüşüm Ofisi
- LiGHT Lab (Current PhD Rotation): Working with Prof. Mary-Anne Hartley on LLM Reasoning for High-Stake Domains and AI for healthcare.
- IMOS Lab (PhD Rotation): Worked with Prof. Olga Fink on Agentic AI for Root Cause Analysis and Predictive Health Management (PHM).
- Undergraduate Research (Bilkent):
- Çiçek Lab: Generative modeling (GPT-2, T5) for RNA sequences and Compound-Protein Interaction (CPI) predictions.
- Arıkan Lab: Investigated information theory, cooperative driving models, and traffic simulations using CARLA/Unreal Engine.
- Large Language Models: Focus on pre-training, complex reasoning, and robustness in scientific contexts.
- Reinforcement Learning: Application of RL for LLM alignment, safety, and decision-making in healthcare.
- Agentic Systems: Multi-agent architectures for scientific knowledge graphs.
- Email: yusuffkesmen2@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: Yusuf Kesmen
- X (Twitter): @yusuffkesmen2