Ph.D. in Computer Engineering
Near East University, Nicosia, TRNC
2020
Ai System Architect,Hyvex Defence
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 7th July 1988
Place of Birth: Antalya, Turkey
Phone: +90 539 112 96 19
Email: murat@hyvex.ai
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Turkish
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English
Education
Master's in Computer Engineering
Near East University, Nicosia, TRNC
2017Bachelor's in Computer Engineering
Near East University, Nicosia, TRNC
2013Awards and Achievements
Sasol Solar Challenge Adventure Class World Champion
(2014)Contributed to RA25 Solar Car Project, which won the Adventure Class of the Sasol Solar Challenge.
Near East University Young Researcher Award
(2018)Awarded for outstanding research contributions in AI and robotics.
RoboCup Small Size League World Champion
(2019)Member of the NEUIslanders Robotic Soccer Team, World Champions in the Small Size League at RoboCup 2019.
Professional Experience
AI System Architect
Hyvex Defence2026 -- Leading autonomous defence platforms including counter-drone systems, unmanned aerial/surface vehicles and edge AI mission stacks.
- Designing end-to-end AI pipelines for robotics, sensor fusion and mission autonomy in defence applications.
- Building secure, field-deployable systems for national security and defence technology programmes.
Asst. Prof. Dr., Academic Staff
Nisantasi University, Istanbul, Turkey2026 -- Teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate work in artificial intelligence, machine learning and software engineering.
- Conducting applied AI research and publishing in Scopus/SCI indexed venues.
Director of Artificial Intelligence
World Peace University, Nicosia, TRNC2025 - 26- Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in software engineering, robotics, discrete structures, automata theory, and operational research.
- Serving as Chairman, Department of Software Engineering, overseeing departmental strategies, curriculum development, and research directions.
- Actively involved in research at the Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Center focusing on AI, machine learning, and robotics.
Project Team Lead
Jeton Wallet2020 - 2025- Led the development and strategic planning for the Jeton Wallet project.
- Applied reverse engineering methods to understand and improve Bank APIs and financial systems.
- Developed dynamic and responsive user interfaces using React.js for several web applications.
Board of Trustees
Artificial Intelligence Application Center, World Peace University2025 -- Contributing to the development and optimization of software systems, including web and desktop applications.
- Implementing AI algorithms and machine learning models to solve real-world challenges.
Senior Researcher
Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Center, Near East University2012 - 2020- Contributed to NEUIslanders Robotic Soccer Team, which won the RoboCup Small Size League World Championship in 2019.
- Worked on various AI and robotics projects, including RA25 and RA27 Solar Car Projects, with RA25 winning the Adventure Class of the Sasol Solar Challenge (2014).
- Developed HMI and ADAS systems for the Gunsel Electric Car Project.
Skills
Programming & Development
Notable Projects
Velox - Autonomous Counter-Drone System
Autonomous counter-drone interceptor developed at Hyvex Defence. PX4 flight stack with a Jetson Orin companion computer (MAVSDK/Python), AR0234 gimbal camera with YOLO-based visual tracking and proportional-navigation guidance. First flight: 29 July 2026. Acoustic ML detection layer in development.
HGC - Hyvex Ground Control
Ground control station for the Velox counter-drone system: MAVLink command channel, motor test panel, ground map, live video, and a browser-based gimbal tracking UI with YOLO drone detection. Python/MAVSDK backend, web frontend, runs offline in the field.
YANKI - Acoustic Sensor Network
In progressDistributed acoustic detection layer for Velox (the 'listen' stage of the kill-chain): CNN/CRNN drone signature classification on edge nodes. In progress.
Neta - Autonomous UAV/USV
Autonomous unmanned aerial/surface vehicle developed at Hyvex Defence with a 3.2 m hull and MOSA-based modular architecture.
Gunsel EV
System control and integration work on the Gunsel electric vehicle.
NEUIslanders Robotics Soccer Team
RoboCup Small Size League World Champion team (2019); motion control and strategy software.
Tower Craft Skyscraper Cleaning Robot
Robotic system for automated high-rise façade cleaning.
RA25 RA27 Solar Car
Solar car projects; RA25 won the Adventure Class at the 2014 Sasol Solar Challenge.
Publications
Turkish Sign Language Recognition with BiLSTM Networks (2,010 signs, 94.36% accuracy)
M Arslan et al.
MDPI (under review), 2026Predicting ECtHR Judgements with RoBERTa and PCA over 3,997 Documents (EASA/Jana)
M Arslan et al.
Research article, 2026Atlas: A Holographic AI Avatar Framework
M Arslan et al.
Scopus-indexed journal (submitted), 2026Velox: Autonomous Counter-Drone Perception (3 parallel SCI studies)
M Arslan et al.
MDPI Remote Sensing / Sensors / Drones (in preparation), 2026TranscriptionSync: Synchronised Multimodal Transcription for Conversational Avatars
M Arslan et al.
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing (in preparation), 2026Fuzzy Neural System Application to Differential Diagnosis of Erythemato-Squamous Diseases
JB Idoko, M Arslan, R Abiyev
Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences, 3(2), 90, 2018Impact of Machine Learning Techniques on Hand Gesture Recognition
IJ Bush, R Abiyev, M Arslan
Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 37(3), 4241-4252, 2019DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-190353Identification of Epileptic EEG Signals Using Convolutional Neural Networks
R Abiyev, M Arslan, J Bush Idoko, B Sekeroglu, A Ilhan
Applied Sciences, 10(12), 4089, 2020DOI: 10.3390/app10124089Sign Language Translation Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
RH Abiyev, M Arslan, JB Idoko
KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 14(2), 631-653, 2020DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2020.02.009Systematic Literature Review on Machine Learning and Student Performance Prediction
B Sekeroglu, R Abiyev, A Ilhan, M Arslan, JB Idoko
Applied Sciences, 11(22), 10907, 2021DOI: 10.3390/app112210907Head Mouse Control System for People with Disabilities
RH Abiyev, M Arslan
Expert Systems, 37(1), e12398, 2020DOI: 10.1111/exsy.12398Vehicle Detection Systems for Intelligent Driving Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
R Abiyev, M Arslan
Discover Artificial Intelligence, 3(1), 16, 2023