Dr. Ozgur Ural
Building secure, distributed machine learning for systems that cannot fail.
I'm Dr. Ozgur Ural — a senior engineer and researcher operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, distributed systems, and cybersecurity. My work spans peer-reviewed research on proof-of-learning and model watermarking, real-time C++ kernels powering FAA Level-D flight simulators, and cloud-native services in production. I help teams move trustworthy AI from paper to runtime.
Currently in Leiden, Netherlands · open to research collaboration and technical advisory.
- 11+Years engineering
- Ph.D.ERAU · 2025
- 4IEEE Access papers
- PCNLPAICS 2026
Focus areas
- AI / ML Security
Trustworthy machine learning
Proof-of-Learning protocols, feature-based model watermarking, adversarial robustness, blockchain-enhanced ML — published in IEEE Access.
- Distributed Systems
Production-grade architecture
Cloud-native services in Scala, TypeScript, and gRPC. Designing for scale, resilience, and verifiability across heterogeneous workloads.
- High-Reliability
Aerospace simulation
Real-time C++ kernels behind FAA Level-D Full Flight Simulators at Avion FFS — software where downtime is unacceptable.
- Leadership
Cross-functional direction
A decade leading engineers, mentoring researchers, translating principled research into production-ready systems.
Recent
- Dec 2025 Joined the Program Committee for the 2nd Workshop on NLP Applied to Information and Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026), University of Alicante. Conference.
- Dec 2025 Published SecurePoL: Integration of Watermarking with Proof-of-Learning to Enhance Security Against Spoofing Attacks in IEEE Access. Read paper.
- Aug 2025 Conferred Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (ERAU). Dissertation: Enhancing Proof-of-Learning Security Against Spoofing Attacks Using Model Watermarking. Dissertation.
- Nov 2024 First-author paper Feature-Based Model Watermarking for PoL in IEEE Access. Read paper.
- Dec 2023 Published the survey Blockchain-Enhanced Machine Learning in IEEE Access. Read paper.
Get in touch
For research collaboration, technical advisory, or speaking engagements, please reach me at drozgurural@gmail.com.