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Ahmet Emre Harsa

Computer Scientist

Phone

+90 530 500 18 33 (Turkey)

Email

aemre.harsa@dal.ca

Address

Siteler Mahallesi, 193 Sokak

DoÄŸakent Sitesi, No: 24

Güzelbahçe, 35310 Izmir

Türkiye

Date of Birth

March 1995

Summary

An independent and highly self-motivated Computer Science graduate looking for a future endeavour

Education

February 2022 - Ongoing

September 2014 - September 2021

September 2009 - June 2014

MSc, Computational Science and Engineering

Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Ä°zmir, Türkiye

Current CGPA: 3.63

Artificial Intelligence in computer vision & health,

Deep Learning, Feature Engineering and AI architectures

BCS, Computer Science

Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

CGPA: 3.08

Specialization in Communication Technologies & Cyber Security

High School

American Collegiate Institute (ACI), Ä°zmir, Türkiye

SCORE: 83.43 / 100.00

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma

Work Experience

November 2022 - February 2023

February 2022 - April 2022

Software Engineer, ETE Technology Inc., Izmir, Turkey

Back-End development for Blockchain with C++ and various libraries such as JSON-Cpp and Crypto++

Software Engineer, FYK Technology Inc., Izmir, Turkey

Back-End and microservice development for insurance and education with Java and frameworks such as Spring Boot, Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ

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Experience with IntelliJ IDEA and Postman

Modern Architecture

Notable Courses

  • Natural Language Processing - Winter 2019, B-

  • Principles of Programming Languages - Summer 2020, A-

  • Cryptography - Winter 2021, A+

  • Foundations of Machine Learning - Summer 2021, A

  • Systems Neuroscience - Summer 2021, A

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Certificates

  • Certificates from Cisco Networking Academy on Cybersecurity (September 2023)

  • FEV Mobility Systems Engineering and Management Program (July 2022 - August 2022)

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Awards and Scholarships

  • Certificates of Commendation for every semester for outstanding academic achievement and character during primary and high school education

  • “Duran Simsek Award” for achievement in philosophy during high school (2013)

  • “ACI Special Award” for the creativity shown during the Student Union Elections during high school (2013)

  • Entrance Scholarship to Dalhousie University (2014)

  • Student Engagement Award for Systems Neuroscience course (Summer 2021)

Technical Skills

Programming: Java (Good), C (Good), Python (Good), SQL (Good)

Software: MS Office Suite (Experienced)

Operating Systems: Windows 7, 10 (Very Good) and MacOS (Very Good)

Soft Skills

  • Leadership and Creativity:

    • Founded & Led the very first Turkish International Linguistics Olympiad Team in International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL 2013)

    • Initiated Turkey’s continuous involvement in International Linguistics Olympiads

    • Chaired the DalTurk (Dalhousie Turkic Society) student society in Dalhousie University

  • Communication:

    • St. Andrew’s Model United Nations (SAIMUN) General Assembly (GA): Speech to over 200 people to oppose the subject-matter and informed GA Delegates on the delicate issues

  • Problem Solving and Self-Directed Learning:

    • Mathematical Model of a Freely-Hanging Chain: Devised a method to understand if a hyperbolic or quadratic function is a better match and gained experience in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries

  • Negotiation:

    • Model United Nations (MUN): Represented American Collegiate Institute for 3 successive years and received multiple awards

  • Adaptability:

           Adapted to a new country and continent with a totally different culture and environment

Key Achievements

  • 9th International Geography Olympiad, Cologne, Germany (IGEO 2012):

    • Chosen by two nationwide examinations and an interview

    • Represented Turkey

  • National Philosophy Olympiads in Turkey (2013 and 2014):

    • 17th National Philosophy Olympiad in 2013: Ranked 2nd (Regional) and 22nd (National)

    • 18th National Philosophy Olympiad in 2014: Ranked 1st (Regional) and 7th (National)

  • 11th International Linguistics Olympiad, Manchester, United Kingdom (IOL 2013):

    • Persuaded the IOL Organization for Turkey’s first involvement through American Collegiate Institute

    • Organized a team from American Collegiate Institute students and represented Turkey

  • International Baccalaureate (IB) High Level Mathematics Exploration (2014):

    • Mathematical Model of a Freely-Hanging Chain

    • Reported the results as a 15-page essay
       

Entrepreneurship

  • Board of Governors and Senate Representative in Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) elections

    • Put myself forward as candidate for Senate Representative in Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) elections

    • Ran an election campaign in the first year of my university education in Canada

    • Created a website for the promotion of my nomination

  • “TUBITAK-1512 Techno-entrepreneurship Capital Support Program” of Turkey (November 2020 - February 2021)

    • Came up with a project idea, “Land Area Characterization for High Value-Added Endemic Plants (LACHEP)"

    • The project idea has been selected as one of the 40 successful proposals among over 200 project proposals in the qualifying round

    • Took a full set of 36-hours entrepreneurship training program

    • Prepared the full project proposal to be submitted for the “TUBITAK-1512 Program” of Turkey

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Conferences

  • St. Andrew’s International Model United Nations (SAIMUN) Conference in Dublin, Ireland in April 2011 & April 2012

  • The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) Conference in The Hague, Holland in January 2013

  • Water Conference 2013: Presented my resolution on “Efficient Usage of Water Streams in Turkey” which was accepted in the General Assembly (GA)

  • The Dalhousie Student Leadership Conference (DalLead): Attended two times in February 2015 and February 2016

Volunteer Experience

  • ACI Sister School Social Service (SSSS) Club (October 2009 - June 2010)

    • Visited the sister school 5 times, spent time with the students to increase the social interaction and gave them free lessons for their class examinations

    • Made philosophy presentations to the students to increase their understanding and interpretation of themselves and their environments and, also, to help them increase their critical thinking abilities

    • Helped the Club in organizing activities and social events for the students of the sister school

    • Recorded monthly activity logs and prepared the yearly report of the SSSS Club which was submitted to the ACI Social Clubs Administration for evaluation

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Extracurricular Activities

  • Playing piano (since the age of 10) and guitar

  • Writing poems in Turkish and English (over 80)

  • Philosophy, history, world politics and international relations

  • Playing tennis

  • Licensed chess player and a member of the Turkish Chess Federation

  • Woodcarving and making model airplanes

Languages

  • Turkish : proficient / mother tongue, verbal & written

  • English : proficient, verbal & written

  • French : basic, verbal & written

References

  • Prof. Srinivas Sampalli: Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, srini@cs.dal.ca , +1 902 494 1657

  • Prof. Jennifer Stamp: Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, jastamp@dal.ca , +1 902 494 3432

  • Dr. Serdar Ozen: Senior Research Specialist, NOKIA Standardization Research, Radio Access and Interface Group, Naperville, Illinois 60563, USA, serdar.ozen@nokia.com , +1 847 756 0494

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