About Me

I'm a researcher working on AI-driven approaches for robotics. I currently work at Consorzio CREATE at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. I earned my PhD in the Department of Computer Engineering (CMPE) at Boğaziçi University. Previously, I worked as a robotics engineer at several companies and also served as a system administrator and teaching assistant in CMPE. I am an experienced ROS and Linux user and a cat father 🐱

I usually upload recordings of my academic content to my Youtube channel. You can check out the channel here.

News

• I moved to the University of Naples Federico II, Italy as a postdoctoral researcher.
• Our RAMPA paper is accepted for presentation at ICRA 2026.
• My doctoral dissertation was awarded the PhD Dissertation Award by Bogazici University.
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• My CNEP paper is accepted for presentation at ICRA 2025.
• Presented CNEP in the INVERSE meeting at TU Wien. Click here to view the poster
• I successfully defended my thesis. I was a bit hesitant to share the recording since I umm too much:) I have finally decided to embrace my umms.
  • video
  • presentation (+600MB)
  • The thesis is publicly available here
• My PhD Thesis Defense will be held in Jan 10, 2025.
• I am serving as a TC member in HARL workshop at ICRA 2024
• Our lab, Colors, is now a partner in the INVERSE project.
• I was invited to give a talk on the development of Machine Learning 9th International YUDSA Congress

Publications

[W]: Workshop, [C]: Conference, [J]: Journal

Contact Me

• Email: yigit.yildirimconsorziocreate.it
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• LinkedIn
• Google Scholar