Scholar
M. Yunus Seker
Google Scholar ID: H8NkqvQAAAAJ
Carnegie Mellon University
Citations & Impact
Citations
282
H-index
6
i10-index
6
Publications
13
Co-authors
15
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- Research Assistant, Intelligent Autonomous Manipulation Lab (IAM LAB), Carnegie Mellon University (2022 – present)
- Research Assistant Intern, Cognitive Developmental Robotics Lab (Nagai LAB), University of Tokyo (2020)
- Research Assistant, Cognition, Learning and Robotics Lab (Colors LAB), Bogazici University (2017 – 2022)
- Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University (2024 – 2025)
- Teaching Assistant, Bogazici University (2019 – 2020)
Background
- Ph.D. student at The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Oliver Kroemer
- Research focuses on building intelligent robotic systems that can learn complex skills and generalize to new environments with zero to minimal supervision
- Develops algorithms for robot learning, emphasizing skill acquisition and transfer, action-effect prediction, affordance understanding, and learning from demonstration
- Particularly interested in integrating robot manipulation with deep learning, perception, foundational models (e.g., LLMs/VLMs), symbolic reasoning, and data-efficient optimization to enable rapid and robust real-world adaptation
- Aims to bridge the gap between low-level control and high-level reasoning, empowering robots to understand, plan, and act as versatilely and intuitively as humans
