Mehmet Kerim Yucel is a Team Lead in AI Research at Canva, specializing in generative AI, computer vision, and vision-language models. With over a decade of experience, including leadership roles at Samsung Electronics, he has led the development of multimodal AI systems and deployed large-scale models used by millions of users. Mehmet combines deep technical expertise in 3D vision and neural rendering with strong research credentials, including patents and publications, to advance next-generation AI-powered creative tools.