Computer engineer · AI · NLP

Hi, I'm Halide Yılmaz.

I'm a computer and AI engineer, a graduate of METU Computer Engineering. I build genuinely useful products with machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) — these days at EcoFluxion.

Halide Yılmaz

Halide Yılmaz

Computer and AI engineer

About

About me

I'm a computer and AI engineer, a METU Computer Engineering graduate. In short, my work is turning machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) into products people can rely on.

From idea to product

I care about taking an idea and turning it into an end-to-end, scalable product on a solid engineering foundation.

Machine learning and NLP

I work with machine learning, natural language processing (NLP) and language models — carrying a model from experiment to production.

Reliable, measurable AI

I care that models don't just work, but are accurate, measurable and trustworthy.

Computer Engineering
Product Vision
System Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Large Language Models
Natural Language Processing
RAG & Semantic Search
Entrepreneurship
What I do

What I work on

In short: I take a machine-learning or AI idea and turn it into a product people can trust and use. Most of my work goes through the same three steps.

How I work

From idea to product, in three steps

First I adapt the data and the model to the problem at hand. Then I ground the answers in real sources with RAG to make them reliable. Finally I move the model into production and keep it observable and scalable.

  • Models adapted to the data and the problem
  • Source-grounded, verifiable answers with RAG
  • Ownership in production, from training to monitoring
Train
adapt the model
Ground
with RAG
Monitor
in production
model: machine learning · language models
retrieval: RAG · semantic search · vector DB
production: monitoring · evaluation · MLOps
principle: accurate, measurable, reliable
Right now

These days I do this at EcoFluxion — working on İçtiHub, a legal product whose idea I helped pioneer.

What is EcoFluxion? → What is İçtiHub? →
Areas of Expertise

The technologies she works on

The engineering behind the products. All of it serves a single purpose: accurate, fast, and reliable Turkish artificial intelligence.

Large Language Models (LLM)

She trains and deploys her own models fine-tuned to the Turkish legal language.

Natural Language Processing

Understanding Turkish and multilingual text: classification, inference, and meaning-based processing.

RAG — Retrieval-Augmented Generation

A retrieval architecture that prevents the model from “making things up” and grounds answers in real documents.

Semantic Search & Vector DB

Fast, meaning-based search rather than keyword matching. Accurate retrieval across large archives.

MCP Agent Systems

Agent architectures that perform smart routing and use tools via the Model Context Protocol.

Model Training & MLOps

Training, fine-tuning, and continuous deployment on large-scale infrastructure. TRUBA and HPC experience.

Writing

Who, what, and what's it all about?

In-depth, research-based writing on artificial intelligence, legal technology, and startups.

All writing →
Vision· 9 min

CNNs and the Basics of Image Processing: How Does a Machine "See" an Image?

An intuitive guide to CNNs through filters, convolution, pooling and layers: how a machine actually parses and "sees" an image, with a short code sketch.

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History· 10 min

From RNNs and LSTMs to the Transformer: The Evolution of Sequence Architectures

An intuitive guide to the evolution of sequence architectures: how RNNs work, their limits like vanishing gradients and the inability to parallelize, the gates of the LSTM, and why attention won out with the Transformer.

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Fundamentals· 10 min

Overfitting and Regularization: Why Models Memorize Instead of Learn

Why do models memorize? An intuitive guide to overfitting and regularization: dropout, L1/L2, early stopping, and cross-validation explained with everyday examples.

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Training· 9 min

Gradient Descent and Optimization: How Does a Model "Learn"?

An intuitive walk through gradient descent via the loss function, learning rate, SGD and Adam: how does a model really "learn" by measuring and reducing its error?

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Metrics· 9 min

Classification Metrics: When to Use Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1, and ROC-AUC

Starting from the confusion matrix, we explain accuracy, precision, recall, F1, and ROC-AUC through everyday examples and clarify which metric is the right choice and when.

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Learning· 10 min

Unsupervised Learning and Clustering: Finding Patterns in Unlabeled Data

An intuitive guide to unsupervised learning through k-means, hierarchical clustering and PCA: how to extract hidden patterns from unlabeled data and choose the number of clusters.

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Journey

A short timeline

The turning points of a story that runs from engineering to building products.

Education & Foundation

METU Computer Engineering

She gained a solid engineering foundation in Computer Engineering at Middle East Technical University, learning the depths of algorithms, computer science, and system design.

Experience

Years of computing and artificial intelligence

She accumulated deep, years-long engineering experience in computing and artificial intelligence, mastering system architecture and product development.

Idea

The birth of the İçtiHub idea

Starting from a real need, she became one of the pioneers of the İçtiHub idea; she turned a problem into a product idea that would add value for legal professionals.

2024

The founding of EcoFluxion

She brought EcoFluxion Teknoloji A.Ş. to life as a co-founder at ODTÜ Teknokent in Ankara. The goal: its own Turkish-focused artificial intelligence products.

Today

Turning İçtiHub into a product

She is turning İçtiHub into a complete product with an LLM and RAG architecture purpose-built for the Turkish legal language, growing the team together with co-founder İsmail Tarık Şenkal.

Contact

Let's talk artificial intelligence, product, or collaboration

If you'd like to talk about artificial intelligence, products or a possible collaboration, don't hesitate to write.

halide.yilmaz@ecofluxion.com Visit EcoFluxion