Riza Velioglu

Riza Velioglu is a Machine Learning Engineer at fal since October 2025 and a Doctoral Researcher at Bielefeld University since May 2021, focusing on computer vision and generative models, particularly in object detection, segmentation, and diffusion models for real-world applications. As Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer at VisionAI from January 2020 to August 2023, Riza implemented visual AI technologies for online retailers and co-developed a product portfolio adopted by over 50 customers within a year. Riza has also served as a Teaching Assistant across various machine learning and neural networks courses at Bielefeld University, receiving "The Best Tutor Award" for outstanding teaching. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence (expected November 2024) and a Master of Science in Intelligent Systems from Bielefeld University, alongside a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Istanbul Bilgi University. Riza's early experience includes engineering internships at Migros Ticaret and Sunny Elektronik.