Selim Temizer

Selim Temizer is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Nazarbayev University's School of Engineering and Digital Sciences (SEDS). Previously, he worked at Middle East Technical University (METU) for seven years before joining Nazarbayev University in August 2019. He holds a PhD and MS in Computer Science from MIT (2011 and 2001), and a BS in Computer Engineering from METU (1999, summa cum laude).

His research focuses on artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous systems, and dynamic collision avoidance for unmanned vehicles. Recent interests include machine learning applications in agriculture and algorithmic trading. He has developed simulation systems, navigation models, and contributed to POMDP-based collision avoidance frameworks for UAVs.

Key projects include work on MIT's CSAIL (formerly AI Lab) under Professors Leslie Pack Kaelbling and Tomás Lozano-Pérez. Notable publications address collision avoidance algorithms for aircraft and POMDP applications in autonomous systems. He is also a software developer with expertise in parallel rendering, meta-language design, and embedded systems.

His academic journey includes pioneering roles among Turkish students admitted to MIT's EECS program and being one of few Turkish MIT CS PhD holders. He teaches courses like Algorithmic Trading and maintains a portfolio of hobby projects in network topology design and graphics systems.