Ömer Kurkutlu 🤖

Ömer Kurkutlu

PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois Chicago

Professional Summary

I am a PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. My research focuses on autonomous robotics, vision-based navigation, reinforcement learning, TinyML, embedded AI, and resource-constrained robotic systems.
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Education

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2024-08-01

University of Illinois Chicago

PhD in Electrical Engineering

2023-08-01
2024-08-01

University of Notre Dame

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

2015-08-01
2021-05-01

University of Pune

Interests

Robotics Autonomous Navigation Tiny Drones Deep Reinforcement Learning Vision-Based Navigation Vision-Language-Action Models TinyML Edge AI
📚 My research

My research focuses on autonomous robotic systems, with an emphasis on vision-based navigation, tiny drones, deep reinforcement learning, TinyML, and embedded AI. I work on building perception-to-action pipelines that allow resource-constrained robots to sense their environment, avoid obstacles, and navigate safely in dynamic environments.

I am particularly interested in autonomous tiny drones, edge AI, vision-language-action models, and learning-based control methods that can move from simulation to real-world deployment.