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General Information

Full Name Fazilet Gokbudak
Coding Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MATLAB, LaTeX, AWS, Git, HTML
Languages English (Fluent), Turkish (Native), German (Intermediate)

Education

  • 2020-Now
    PhD
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    • Data-efficient Neural Appearance Manipulations
      • Hypernetworks for Generalizable BRDF Representation
      • One-shot Detail Retouching
  • 2019
    MSc
    The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • Signal Processing and Communations
  • 2018
    BSc
    Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Experience

  • Summer 2022
    Computer Vision - Applied Scientist Intern
    Amazon Science
    • Worked on a GAN-based makeup transfer problem.
    • Introduced a local histogram loss function through curated face segmentation masks for more optimal and realistic results, overall reducing artifacts related to skin tone transfer.
  • Nov'20 - Jan'22
    Part-time Research Assistant
    University of Cambridge, UK
    • Led the Cambridge side of a computer vision-based blackgrass detection project, working with researchers from the University of Lincoln.
    • Trained a ResNet model on our novel dataset, achieving the milestone of 80% accuracy.
  • Feb - Sept 2020
    App Developer
    Freelance, Istanbul, Turkey.

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2023
    • Graduate Student Travel Award, Queens’ College
  • 2020 - Now
    • Computer Laboratory Studentship, full funding for my PhD research
  • 2018
    • Dean’s High Honor Certificate, Bogazici University
  • 2009-2018
    • Private Scholarship, TEKFEN Holding. For high achievement in both national high school and university placement exams. Ranked 185 over 2 million test takers in the university placement exam.

Academic Interests

  • Computer Vision/Graphics
    • Image Manipulation/Generation
    • Material Appearance Representation
  • Deep Learning
    • Diffusion models
    • Generalizable approaches

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Photography, Perspective drawing, Swimming.