Ali Ustun
📍 Istanbul, Turkey
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🎓 Education
- M.S. in Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Technical University — Feb 2024
- B.S. in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Istanbul Technical University — June 2020
💼 Experience
TÜBİTAK — Digital IC Design Engineer
Kocaeli, Turkey | September 2020 - Present
TÜBİTAK — Part-time Digital Design Engineer
Kocaeli, Turkey | June 2019 - March 2020
- Worked on RTL design of digital random number generators for FPGAs.
TÜBİTAK — Intern Student
Kocaeli, Turkey | June 2018 - July 2018
- Participated in digital and analog design training using Cadence tools.
Adirondack Woodcraft Camps — Maintenance Worker
Old Forge, NY | June 2017 - August 2017
- Summertime job to improve English language skills.
🛠 Technical Strengths
- HDLs: Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL
- Languages: C/C++, Python, Embedded (Keil etc.)
- Tools: Vivado, Genus, Xcelium, Innovus, MATLAB
📜 Certificates
- SystemVerilog Assertions v5.1 Exam
- Cadence RTL-to-GDSII Flow v4.0 Exam
🧪 Activities
ITU Solar Car Team — Electronics Engineer
Istanbul | Sept 2017 - Mar 2019
- Designed embedded circuits and telemetry software using LoRa.
- Developed prototype active balancing battery management system.
- Worked on 3-phase motor driver research and circuit design.
🏆 Honors & Awards
- Bronze Medal – Turkish National Physics Olympics, April 2016
📘 Thesis
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M.Sc: Instruction Set Extension Of RISC-V Core with Plantard Modular Reduction for Number Theoretic Transform Used In Post-Quantum Cryptography
Author: Ustun A. — Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ors B. (2024)
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B.Sc: Instruction Set Extension for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms on RISC-V Cores
Authors: Ustun A., Ates B., Antike M. — Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ors B. (2020)
📰 Publications
- Can F., Ustun A., Ors B., Alaybeylioglu E., Savas E., 2024.
Hardware Implementation of K²RED and Plantard Modular Multiplication Algorithms in Post-Quantum Cryptography.
PAnhellenic Conference on Electronics and Telecommunication, March 28-29, 2024, Thessaloniki, Greece.