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Hi, I’m Özgür.

Creative technologist, filmmaker and media artist

Özgür Önal is a creative technologist, filmmaker and media artist based in Istanbul. His work sits where archival evidence meets generative and interactive systems, returning to one problem: how to make an imperceptible force perceptible without illustrating it. He performed with a self-built electromagnetic instrument at the Nissan Art Award 2020 in Yokohama, releases sound work internationally with Cities and Memory in Oxford, and builds evidence-based reconstructions of damaged cultural material, from a Roman mosaic surviving only from the eyes up to the Library of Celsus at Ephesus. He is a member of the Europeana cultural heritage network and has served as an expert evaluator of EU cultural innovation proposals for EIT Culture & Creativity. His background is computer science engineering with a master’s in design.

Creative Director & Founder @ PromptBricks.ai Creative AI Studio

PromptBricks.ai

Model evaluation for Single Label Classification Tasks with Transformers Model

The overall goal of the intent classification task is to develop a machine learning model that accurately identifies the intent behind natural language statements within the enteral tube feeding domain. The objective is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer service interactions by automatically routing input sentences to corresponding flow’s dialogue initiator.

Mapping the Hidden Networks of AI Harm

Project investigates how opaque AI systems generate real-world harms that individuals cannot contest, and connects these failures to gaps in the enforcement of the EU AI Act. By analyzing a curated database of 1,000+ AI incidents and 3,200+ entities, I have traced patterns of opacity in hiring, healthcare, and content moderation, revealing how corporate practices collide with regulatory obligations for transparency, risk management, and bias prevention.

Foresight Explorer Tool

multidimensional framework for curating, classifying, and mapping weak signals from emerging technologies and sociopolitical shifts. It helps trace how technical, cultural, and systemic changes interact

Zeugma mosaic — reconstruction of a damaged Roman portrait

Electromagnetic Orchestra Without Borders (2020)

Celsus Library, Ephesus — evidence-based 3D reconstruction and VR

I am also an expert evaluator and mentor for the EU-funded programs. Experienced in evaluating 20+ proposals for EU-funded programs, including Horizon Europe (HE), European Research Council (ERC), EIT, EIT Culture & Creativity. Expertise in product design, audiovisual media, cultural heritage, and gaming with a focus on innovation, education, and business creation. I have offered a qualitative and quantitative analysis along with sufficient rationale to support the scores given to each criterion.

If you’re building something ambitious and seek critical insight with warm collaboration, let’s connect.

Education:

Product Design, MDes
2006, Izmir Institute of Technology, İzmir

Computer Science Engineering, BSc
2001, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir

University City Science Center, USA
Student Exchange Trainee IAESTE, Philadelphia
2000, In DRaW Computing Associates, Inc. I have developed 3D computer graphics software to be used in NASA’s VR trainings