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Hi, I'm
Oruç Çakır

A Computer Engineering student and researcher driven to uncover hidden patterns and build intelligent systems.

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Currently interning at Ayesaş.

Oruç Çakır

My Journey

A timeline of my professional experience and education.

experience

Software Engineering Intern

AYESAŞ

15/09/2025 – Current
Ankara, Türkiye
  • Contributed to the Roketsan MUFS (Micro Satellite Launch System) demo project using Java Spring and React.
  • Integrated database support using PostgreSQL for reliable data persistence and system monitoring.
  • Learned and applied Grafana for dashboard creation and Kafka for event-driven communication within the system.
experience

AI Performance Intern

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

08/01/2025 – 07/04/2025
Barcelona, Spain
  • Developed Lumina, a modular full-stack profiling framework for LLMs (VLMEvalKit, llama.cpp, perf, PAPI, nsys, ncu).
  • Profiled inference on Intel Xeon 8480+ and NVIDIA H100; identified bottlenecks across CPU/GPU.
  • Benchmarked on MMLU, MMBench, OCRBench.
  • First-author paper accepted at SAMOS 2025: “Beyond the Shadows A Deep Dive into Profiling Modern Mixed-Modal and Multi-Modal Transformer Models”.
experience

IoT & AI Intern

GT-ARC

12/06/2024 – 03/09/2024
Berlin, Germany
  • Integrated OPACA Framework with Node-RED via custom nodes for agent communication and automation.
  • Built a ChatGPT-powered smart home chatbot with voice & image capabilities; modular backend integrated with OPACA for real-time use.
  • Undertaken as part of the Erasmus+ program.
experience

Undergraduate Researcher

Kasırga Microprocessors Laboratory

08/01/2024 – Current
Ankara, Türkiye
  • Led design of a custom pipelined processor in Verilog; drove architectural & functional optimization.
  • Coordinated on-site and remote progress during internships; resolved design challenges.
  • Researched transformer optimization for LLMs; developed transformers.cpp (C++).
experience

Full Stack Developer

Specson Instruments

01/01/2024 – 05/05/2025
Ankara, Türkiye
  • Developed the Specson CO₂ Capture System (C#/.NET): modular components, UI, MFC backend logic.
  • Integrated Excel-based data handling & reporting; improved operator workflow.
  • Diagnosed and fixed a legacy timing issue affecting run scheduling in earlier versions.
experience

Teaching Assistant

TOBB University of Economics and Technology

15/09/2023 – 06/06/2024
Ankara, Türkiye
  • Supported labs, clarified core programming concepts, and guided OOP exercises.
experience

Private Tutor

TOBB University of Economics and Technology

15/09/2023 – Current
Ankara, Türkiye
  • Provided private tutoring to a fellow student, covering introductory programming with Java, algorithms, data structures and combinatorics.
education

Bachelor of Science: Computer Engineering

TOBB University of Economics and Technology

09/2021 – Current
Ankara

GPA: 3.80/4.00

education

High School Diploma

Meram Science High School

Graduated
Konya

Graduation Grade: 98.9/100

Featured Projects

From local ideas to global experiences. Here's the work that defines my journey.

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Transformers.cpp

Transformers.cpp

Reconstructing modern multi & mix modal Transformer architectures with LibTorch in C++ without Python dependencies.

C++
LibTorch
Transformers
+4
View Case Study
Lumina Framework

Lumina Framework

Modular benchmarking and profiling framework for multi & mix-modal LLMs across CPU and GPU, includes paper artifacts.

Python
C++
llama.cpp
+5
View Case Study
Evangeline

Evangeline

A project for me to learn how to run transformer based LLMs on FPGAs, using a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU102 evaluation kit.

FPGA
LLMs
Transformers
+4
View Case Study
Kasırga Ateş

Kasırga Ateş

Team Leader, Custom digital processor design. Teknofest 2024 Digital Processor Category, 2nd place in Turkey.

Verilog
Processor Design
FPGA
+1
View Case Study

Technical Skills

A snapshot of the technologies and tools I work with to bring ideas to life.

Programming Languages

PythonJavaC++C#CJavaScript

Frontend

ReactNext.jsHTMLCSSJavaScript

Backend

Spring FrameworkNode.js

Database

MySQLPostgreSQL

Machine & Deep Learning

LibTorchPyTorchOpenCVPandasNumpyMatplotlib

Languages

Turkish (Native)English

Interests

AIComputer ArchitectureTransformersLLMsMachine LearningDeep Learning