Data-driven Inverse Kinematics using Laban Movement Analysis
Computers & Graphics, vol. 138 (Proc. SMI 2026)🏆 Honorable Mention
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Generalization of Multi-Dimensional Polygonal Numbers
Caucasian Journal of Science, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 75–94, 2022
Conduct research on computational and signal-processing methods for structural health monitoring, focusing on statistical estimation and geometric methods for analysing sensor data.
Built Riskoloji, a sensor-based structural health monitoring platform supporting continuous measurement, data analysis, reporting, and comparisons before and after earthquakes.
Developed data-driven solutions to human-body inverse kinematics problems using Laban Movement Analysis, supervised by Prof. Uğur Güdükbay. The work culminated in a paper published in Computers & Graphics and presented at SMI 2026, where it received an Honorable Mention.
Designed and implemented an immersive VR experiment in Unity investigating expressive conversational virtual agents. Ran a user study on how agent personality traits shape user engagement and learning. Mentored by Dr. Katja Zibrek.
Built modular backend services with Spring Boot, Java, and RabbitMQ, and web interfaces with Vue.js and TailwindCSS.
Built reusable API-integration components in TypeScript, making third-party APIs accessible to non-technical users.
Supervisor: Prof. Uğur Güdükbay.
Graduated summa cum laude with a CGPA of 3.92 / 4.00, ranked 4th in cohort. Admitted on a full (100%) merit scholarship after ranking 266th nationally in the university entrance exam (YKS) among 3M+ candidates.
The best way to reach me is by email: mehmetakifika@outlook.com. You can also find me on LinkedIn.
Ankara, Turkey