Cagil Gumus

DESY

Experience

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
March 2017 – Present
FPGA Developer
Hamburg, Germany

• Implemented high-speed ADC and fast-feedback DSP solutions for LLRF control of superconducting cavities in next-generation particle accelerators
• Lead FPGA Developer: Architected and implemented firmware for the open-source motion controller used in PETRA IV beamlines
• Developed complete Board Support Packages (BSP) for multiple Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC custom boards, enabling system interfaces (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, I2C/SPI) and seamless PS-PL integration within a Yocto-based Embedded Linux environment
• Initiated and architected the core of the open-source DESY-MSK FPGA framework (FWK) and related IP core libraries
• Provided technical education on MicroTCA standards within the open-standard community
• Deputy Firmware Team Lead: Coordinated firmware projects, managed issue tracking, and supported team productivity

Yeditepe University
December 2009 – October 2010
Research Assistant, Biomedical Engineering Department
Istanbul, Turkey

• Worked on the project: “Accelerated Phosphorus MR Spectroscopic Imaging of Human Brain Using Compressed Sensing Reconstruction”
• Responsible for the laboratory course “Biomedical Image Processing”
• Publication: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Conference (19–26 April 2013, Salt Lake City, USA)



Education

Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
2013 – 2016
M.Sc. in Microelectronics & Microsystems Engineering

• Thesis: Analysis and Measurement of Errors in High-Speed Wired SPI Communication and Improvements Using Error Correction Codes on FPGA
• Publication: 13th IASTED Biomedical Conference (Innsbruck, Austria, 20–21 Feb. 2017)
• GPA: 1.78 (German grading system)

Yeditepe University, Turkey
2007 – 2012
B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering

• Thesis: Implementation of Various Guitar Effects Using Texas Instruments DSK6713
• GPA: 3.27 / 4.00