Kayman.
Artificial Intelligence & Algorithm Engineer.
About Me
Hello, World! 👋🌍
👋🌍 Hello, World! I'm a Ph.D. student and graduate researcher in the Electrical Engineering Department at The City College of New York (CCNY), advised by Prof. Tushar Jois and Prof. Rosario Gennaro.
My research in the Spacelab focuses on the intersection of AI and cryptography, specifically exploring Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (ZK-ML) and Verifiable AI to provide strong security and privacy guarantees. I am also a proud recipient of the Grove School of Engineering Fellowship. Those interested in my ongoing work can peruse my curriculum vitae (CV) or my recent publications.
My passion for technology began at age five when my brother gifted me my first laptop. This early curiosity, combined with a deep interest in complex math problems, drove me to earn my Computer Science degree from Dokuz Eylul University as the highest-ranking student in my department and the entire science faculty. Since then, my fervent exploration of technology has brought me to New York, where I also dedicated time to studying English—an enriching experience that broadened my cultural understanding and communication skills in our globalized world. Today, I take immense pride in working in fields like AI and cryptography that have such tremendous potential to shape the future.
Outside of the lab, I am always looking to push myself to learn and grow. You can often find me solving puzzles, playing chess, or chatting about philosophy. I have been passionate about these subjects for years, having even participated in the XXI. Turkey Philosophy Olympiad. I truly believe that exercising my analytical and strategic skills through these hobbies heavily supports my academic success by enhancing my critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
My Skills
Machine& Deep Learning,AI
Advanced Algorithms
Cryptography& Blockchain
2026 Updates
- 🎉 Our paper Towards Verifiable AI with Lightweight Cryptographic Proofs of Inference was accepted to IEEE SaTML 2026---see you in Munich! [link]
2025 Updates
- 🤩 Thrilled to share that my advisors, Tushar Jois and Rosario Gennaro, nominated me as a PhD student.
- 🤓 Working as a Research Assistant under Prof. Gennaro's team, funded by Google's Cyber NYC initiative.
- 🎉 Our chapter "AI and ML Principles for Autonomous Vehicle Operations" for the book Applied Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Applications was completed!
2024 Updates
- 👍 Our Talk: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and ChatGPT for Non-Tech Majors [link]
- 🎉 A collaborative proposal for A Novel Method to Implement AI based Object Detection on FPGA was accepted.
Teaching
- Spring 2025 (CCNY (Recitation)): [CSC 10400] Discrete Mathematical Structures
- Spring 2025 (CCNY (Main Lecturer)): [ENGR 22800] Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Engineering
- Fall 2024 (CCNY (Recitation)): [CSC 10400] Discrete Mathematical Structures
- Fall 2024 (CCNY (Adjunct Lecturer)): [ENGR 22800] Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Engineering
- Spring 2024 (CCNY (Grader)): [CSC 30400] Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
- Fall 2023 (CCNY (Grader)): [CSC 30400] Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
Publications
Papers
Projects
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Verifiable AI: Lightweight Cryptographic Proofs of Inference
The Core Question: How do we know a remote server…
#Proof_of_Inference, #LLM, #Python -
Verifiable AI
Classical Result in Cryptography: Given any progr…
#Proof_of_Inference, #LLM, #Python -
Micron: A Novel Method to Implement AI based Object Detection on FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) allow the u…
#FPGA, #CNN, #Python -
ASPIRE: Explosive Hazard Detection by Leveraging Multiple Sensing Modalities
The Puppy-Pi is an Autonomous Quadruped Robot tha…
#FRCNN, #Robot, #Python