Featured2026/Team captain · Turkcell
Akıllı Şehir Sağlık Haritası
A smart-city health intelligence platform built and recognized at the finalist stage.
- Python
- AI/ML
- Data
- Web
Data Science & AI Engineer·Kyrenia
Ahmet Özgün Arkıner
Software & Computer Engineering · Eastern Mediterranean University
Demos prove what's possible. Systems prove what holds. I build the second: retrieval, evaluation, deployment that ships.
01/Profile
Building software systems,
growing into applied AI.
My interest in computers started early, with games and tech, and gradually turned into a fascination with how applications actually work under the hood.
At 14 I joined a Cybersecurity Bootcamp and got my first hands-on exposure to engineering from people doing it for a living. I finished high school at Near East College on the A Level track (Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, and ICT), then started a Double Major in Software Engineering and Computer Engineering at Eastern Mediterranean University, where I'm now a Junior.
Freshman year laid the engineering foundation across software design, systems, and databases. Sophomore year stretched the perspective through collaborative engineering work: product thinking, team communication, and applying technology to real problems.
Today my focus is bridging software engineering with Artificial Intelligence. Python, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks, pushed forward by competitive work. I built a RAG-based kiosk assistant at AI Future Minds'25, and led my team to the finalist stage of Turkcell Yarının Teknoloji Liderleri 2026 with “Akıllı Şehir Sağlık Haritası”.
I'm committed to a career in AI and technologies that create meaningful real-world impact.
02/Skills
What I build with,
and what I'm building toward.
The toolkit is concentrated on AI / ML right now, but grounded in solid engineering fundamentals.
AI / ML
The core direction, bridging engineering and intelligent systems.
- Machine Learning
- Neural Networks
- RAG
- LLMs
- Model Integration
ML & Data Stack
Libraries and tooling I reach for when building with models and data.
- Hugging Face
- scikit-learn
- pandas
- NumPy
Languages
Comfortable across paradigms: typed, low-level, and web.
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- C++
- SQL
Web & Software
Modern interfaces, APIs, and the systems behind them.
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- REST APIs
- Tailwind CSS
- API Integration
Engineering
Practical engineering: the work of designing, planning, and shipping real systems.
- Project Management
- System Design
- Technical Planning
- Software Architecture
- Database Management
- Git & GitHub
03/Focus
Four disciplines,
one trajectory.
The areas I'm investing in, converging on a career building AI products that ship and matter.
01
AI & Machine Learning
Building intelligent systems with Python, neural networks, RAG, and LLM workflows, focused on practical products, not demos.
02
Software Engineering
Designing and shipping reliable software across interfaces, APIs, databases, and system architecture, with product-minded engineering from idea to deploy.
03
Product Building
Building focused prototypes from real problem spaces, balancing product clarity, technical tradeoffs, and team execution.
04
Cybersecurity Foundation
A security-first foundation shaped by early cybersecurity training, focused on trust, resilience, and systems that fail safely.
04/Projects
Selected projects,
short preview.
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022025/Team captain · Hackathon
Construction AI Kiosk
A RAG-powered assistant prototype for construction-domain questions.
- Python
- RAG
- Hugging Face
- LLMs
032026/Team captain · CMSE 322
LuxeStay
A full-stack hotel booking platform with a locally run AI assistant and a recommendation engine, built end to end with my team.
- Qwen 2.5 (Ollama)
- RAG
- KNN
- Next.js
- React
More code and experiments continue on github.com/ahmetozgunarkiner.
05/Journey
How I got here.
The path so far: formal, informal, and self-directed.
2026
Finalist: Turkcell Yarının Teknoloji Liderleri 2026
Turkcell
Led my team to the finalist stage with "Akıllı Şehir Sağlık Haritası", strengthening leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. Also had the chance to meet with senior leadership at Turkcell.
- Finalist
- Leadership
- AI
2025
AI Future Minds'25 Hackathon: Construction AI
Cyprus Construction
Led the team as captain and developed a RAG-based kiosk assistant using Hugging Face models to process and interpret construction-related data.
- Team Captain
- RAG
- Python
2023 – Present
B.Sc. Double Major in Software Engineering & Computer Engineering
Eastern Mediterranean University · Famagusta
Currently a Junior. Built a strong engineering foundation across software systems, architecture, and databases, now actively bridging that practice with Artificial Intelligence through Python, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks.
- Software Engineering
- AI Systems
- Machine Learning
- Database Systems
2021 – 2023
A Level: Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, ICT
Near East College · Nicosia
High school education on the A Level curriculum with a strongly quantitative focus that became the analytical foundation everything since has been built on.
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Physics
- ICT
2020
Cybersecurity Bootcamp
Industry-led program
First exposure to practical engineering, learning directly from industry professionals about security fundamentals, threat thinking, and how systems actually behave in the real world.
- Security
- Networking
- Foundations
06/Contact
Start a conversation.
Open to internships, collaborations, and AI/software projects with teams building practical systems that ship.
Comfortable working across time zones; usually replies within a day.