Murat Ambarkutuk

Murat Ambarkutuk, Ph.D.

Senior Perception Engineer

Computer Vision • 3D Reconstruction • Robot Perception

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About Me

I am a Senior Perception Engineer at RSquared Robotics, a division of Ranpak, where I design, build, and deploy computer vision and machine learning systems for real-time industrial automation. My work spans sensor fusion, 3D reconstruction, deep learning acceleration, and production-grade inference systems.

Education

Ph.D.
Computer Engineering

Virginia Tech

Robot perception, multi-sensor fusion, 3D reconstruction, large-scale aerial mapping

M.S.
Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech

Wireless propagation modeling, indoor localization techniques

B.Sc.
Mechatronics Engineering

Kocaeli University

Embedded systems, robotics, machine vision, sensing platforms

Research Interests

My research focuses on large-scale 3D perception systems that integrate geometry, learning, and optimization. I work at the intersection of multi-view computer vision, 3D reconstruction, and high-performance deep learning.

Multi-View Geometry & Calibration

Robust camera pose estimation, bundle adjustment, COLMAP pipelines, and large-scale aerial reconstruction.

3D Reconstruction & Scene Representation

TSDF fusion, voxel hashing, multi-view stereo, and neural scene representations including 3D Gaussian Splatting.

Real-Time Inference & Acceleration

TensorRT optimization, CUDA kernels, quantization, operator fusion, and deployment on embedded hardware.

Object Detection & Tracking

Model distillation (DINOv2, ViT to YOLO), multi-class segmentation, robust tracking under challenging conditions.

Depth Estimation & Regularization

Multi-view depth fusion, photometric consistency, winsorized regression, confidence weighting.

Neural Rendering & Splat-Based Vision

High-fidelity Gaussian Splatting, splat compression, differentiable rendering, cross-view feature fusion.

Projects

Decision Tower 2.0

Full perception stack rewrite for high-throughput packaging automation; multi-camera calibration, YOLO-based detection, and TensorRT-accelerated inference.

2025
Quality Tower – Carton Graphic Validation & Hazard Label Inspection

Multi-class segmentation pipeline for on-line carton graphic validation and hazard-label inspection in industrial settings.

2025
libinference – TensorRT Inference Library

Header-only, cross-platform ONNX/TensorRT engine with dynamic shapes, multi-GPU support, CUDA stream parallelism, and unified logging/configuration.

2024–2025
Depth Regularizer

Winsorized multi-view depth fusion with polynomial regression weighting and robust confidence filtering; production-grade C++/CUDA implementation.

2024–2025
TSDF Fusion with Voxel Hashing (CUDA)

Real-time TSDF integration using voxel hashing; supports depth-only and depth+color fusion with GPU-optimized memory access for large-scale mapping.

2024–2025
Few-Shot Logo Classification with DINOv2

Prototypical-network architecture using a frozen DINOv2 backbone and raster logo support sets for robust industrial brand and logo recognition.

2025
Knowledge Distillation – DINOv3 to YOLOv8

Distilling high-capacity DINOv3 features into lightweight YOLOv8 models to achieve real-time, high-accuracy detection and segmentation on embedded hardware.

2025
Large-Scale Occupant Localization

Evaluation of classroom engagement using advanced localization and sensing techniques.

2018
Indoor Robot Localization

Radio wave propagation approximation for indoor localization of mobile robots.

2016
Motion Control System

Automatic road-profiling system with advanced motion control and embedded sensing.

2016
Mine Automation

Remote tracking and monitoring of underground environments via wireless sensor networks.

2013
Remote Learning Laboratory

Mecfuture – Internet-based mechatronics laboratory enabling remote experimentation and teaching.

2013

Publications

Modeling and analysis of dispersive propagation of structural waves for vibro-localization

Ambarkutuk, M., & Plassmann, P. E. (2024). Sensors, 24(23), 7744.

A grid-based indoor radiolocation technique

Ambarkutuk, M., & Furukawa, T. (2017). IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration (MFI), 220–226.

Image processing-based package volume detection with Kinect

Ocak, H., Ambarkutuk, M., et al. (2015). 23rd Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), 515–518.

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