Demir Bucukoglu

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Spring 2025

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Minor: AI

GPA: 3.17/4.00

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Spring 2027

University of Sussex, Brighton and Hove, UK

Microsoft Artificial Intelligence Internship

March 2025 – Present / Istanbul, Turkey

• Engineered AI-driven semantic kernel agents at Microsoft using Python, Flask, and OpenAI APIs to automate workflows and boost productivity.

Creative Inquiry

Spring 2024 – May 2025 / Clemson, SC

• Research Assistant on a BMW-funded project.
• Developed an AI pipeline using Hugging Face image captioning AIs to generate descriptive captions from dash cams and Street View images.
• Optimized model accuracy through dataset preprocessing, prompt tuning, and evaluation.

Clemson Forge Club

March 2025 – May 2025 / Clemson, SC

• Did side projects in AI development, including model training to sharpen my programming expertise.

Worksheet-AI, Microsoft

Developed a Flask web app that uses the OpenAI API to auto-generate custom English worksheets and exams, with downloadable DOCX export. Built with Python (Flask, python-docx), OpenAI SDK, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and Git.

Earthquake Building Damage Assessment AI

Built an earthquake damage assessment pipeline using Python, PyTorch, Resnet 50 and YOLOv5 with synthetic and mosaic data augmentation. Achieving over 75% means average precision and ~80% recall on satellite imagery, enabling rapid, automated identification of damaged buildings.

Personal Website

Utilized CSS, HTML, and JavaScript to create a responsive personal site showcasing my work and background. demirbucukoglu.com