Tarik Can Ozden
I am a Computer Science Master’s student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I am currently a graduate research assistant at Rehg Lab working with Founder Professor James M. Rehg.
Previously, I completed my bachelor’s in Computer Engineering at Bogazici University, Turkey. I completed a research internship at UT Austin Swarm Lab under the supervision of Prof. James Rehg and Prof. Sandeep Chinchali, and Google STEP internship at Google Lens, Zurich.
My current research interests are:
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Multimodal agentic AI,
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Interactive AI systems,
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Development and safety of generative models.
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research Assistant at Rehg Lab
Jan 2026 – Present
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Bogazici University
Graduated with High Honors · Exchange student at the University of Texas at Austin
Aug 2020 – Jun 2025
High School
Izmir Science High School
Mathematical Olympiads · Valedictorian
Aug 2016 – Jun 2020
Experience
UT Austin Swarm Lab · Research Intern
Conducted a research internship focused on preventing image editing techniques in diffusion-based models.
Developed an optimization-free, end-to-end framework for image immunization, effectively preventing edits using diffusion models.
Developed an optimization-free, end-to-end framework for image immunization, effectively preventing edits using diffusion models.
May – Aug 2024
Google Lens · STEP Intern
Redesigned and reimplemented Answer Relations at Google Lens, Zurich.
Jul – Oct 2023
