ℹ About Me

Burak Kara works at Synamedia as a Software Architect under the supervision of Gwendal Simon. Burak Kara is a Ph.D. candidate at INRIA  under the supervision of Prof. Bruno Tuffin. In this industry & academia Ph.D. program with notable supervisors, his Ph.D. research is focused on the energy-efficient video streaming system design and optimization. He has been delivering the academic knowledge to the industry by proof of concept demo products. Burak Kara has been working in video streaming over five years and has gained experience in Content Delivery Network (CDN), 360-degree video and low-latency streaming. Previously, he graduated from Ozyegin University with MSc in CS degree with a 3.96 GPA and as a High Honor Student under the supervision of Prof. Ali C. Begen. More details can be found in Experience 💼 and Education 📚

In his master's studies, he worked on a 360-degree video streaming project with Nokia for over two years. He co-designed and co-developed new concepts to enhance user experience during 360-degree video streaming with OMAF v1 and OMAF v2. Previously, Burak Kara graduated with B.Sc. in CS from Ozyegin University with a 3.62 GPA as a High Honor Student. Details in Education 📚

In his previous software engineering experiences, he worked on a wide range of projects, from web applications to mobile applications as an associate software engineer at Trendyol and Paraşüt, a part-time associate software engineer at Koç Sistem and an intern at Credit Europe Bank and OBSS. More in Experience 💼

He also has several projects on video streaming, web and mobile apps. More in Projects 💻

In his academic studies, Burak Kara has co-authored six conference and magazine papers, published in ACM and IEEE proceedings and journals. He also contributed three patent fillings in the field of 360-video streaming. See details in Publications & Patents 📜

He has been achieving new personal and local records on cycling. See details in Social 🚴‍♂