Final-year Computer Engineering student @ Başkent University ('26) — building things in edge AI optimization, embedded software and systems programming, primarily in C, C++ and Python.
| neo-swarm · live ☄️ The near-Earth asteroid swarm — 6,800+ real orbits from NASA/JPL SBDB, close-approach watch mode, discovery timeline, 41k real stars. Zero dependencies |
movie-recommendation · live 🎬 CineMatch — content-based recommender over 9,500+ films (TF-IDF + cosine similarity), instant search, posters, genre browsing, EN/TR. Zero dependencies, fully static |
| tinyml-keyword-spotting End-to-end TinyML keyword spotting — log-mel features, a NumPy MLP, INT8 quantisation and a pure-C inference that matches it exactly |
mini-tcp-stack A small, readable TCP/IP stack from scratch in C — Ethernet, ARP, IPv4, ICMP, TCP state machine, unit tests + Linux TAP demo |
| mini-rtos AArch64 cooperative + preemptive RTOS — round-robin and priority scheduling, context switching, semaphores, on QEMU virt |
aes-sca-sim AES-128 side-channel attack simulator — synthetic power traces + Correlation Power Analysis key recovery |
| vehicle-routing-solver Capacitated VRP / VRPTW solver built on Google OR-Tools — capacity, time windows, haversine maps, route plots |
onnx-quant-benchmark FP32 / FP16 / INT8 ONNX model comparison for edge deployment — latency, size, accuracy across quantization modes |
BİTES — Defence & Aerospace Technologies · Intern · Jan – Feb 2025 · Ankara
Researched and developed optimization techniques for edge AI within classical CNN algorithms. Focused on performance and efficiency improvements for edge-level inference in defense and aerospace applications.
Meteksan Savunma · Intern · Aug 2024 · Ankara
Embedded software development in C, C++, and Python within a defense technology environment. Worked on software integration and deployment in embedded systems.
Kodfu · Intern · Jul – Aug 2023 · Ankara
Software development with a focus on code quality, optimization, and team collaboration. Participated in code reviews and project delivery.
Nomatto · Intern · Jul – Aug 2023
Software development and design; testing, debugging, and project documentation.
| ⚙️ Edge AI & Embedded Systems CNN optimization, C/C++, embedded software development |
🧩 Constraint Programming & Optimization CP-SAT, Google OR-Tools, scheduling systems |
| 👁️ Computer Vision OpenCV, MediaPipe, augmented reality |
🌐 Backend Development FastAPI, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL |
🌐 kncn23.github.io · LinkedIn · ✉️ kaancanolcay@gmail.com
Portfolio is bilingual (EN / TR) — projects, experience and CV in both languages.