About
Danyal Akarca earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge and researches system architectures for computationally efficient AI. His work has received backing from funders including Eric Schmidt and ARIA, the UK's advanced research agency.
CEO at Callosum
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Experience
- CallosumCo-foundercurrent2025 — presentLondon
- Imperial College LondonImperial College Research Fellow2024 — 2026London, UK
- Imperial College LondonSchmidt Fellow2024 — 2026
- University of CambridgeVisiting Scientist2024 — 2026
- University of CambridgePostdoctoral Research Associate2023 — 2024
- University of CambridgePostdoctoral Scientist2022 — 2024Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- University of SydneyVisiting Scientist2023 — 2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education
- University of CambridgePhD, Computational Neuroscience & AI
- University of CambridgeMPhil, Basic and Translational Neuroscience
- University of SouthamptonBMedSc BMBS, Medicine
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Languages English · French · Turkish
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