Bilkent University

Academic Staff of Faculty of Engineering

Nail Akar Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 1994. Teletraffic analysis, performance evaluation, high-speed telecommunication networks, Internet technologies.
Selim Aksoy Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 2001. Computer vision, statistical and structural pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining.
Mehmet Selim Aktürk Professor	Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University, 1990. Hierarchical planning of large scale systems, cellular manufacturing systems, advanced manufacturing technologies, production scheduling.
Can Alkan Associate Professor	Ph.D., Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 2005. Bioinformatics, genomics, computational biology.
Ayhan Altıntaş Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1986. Electromagnetic scattering, diffraction, and radiation. Fiber and integrated optics.
Çağın Ararat Associate Professor	Ph.D., Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University, 2015. Financial mathematics, risk measures, systemic risk; convex analysis, set-valued functions, Aumann integrals.
Erdal Arıkan Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. Information theory.
Orhan Arıkan Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990. Semantic Signal Processing, Remote Sensing, Communications.
Abdullah Erkam Arslan Research Assistant
Abdullah Atalar Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1978. Analog and digital integrated circuit design, micromachined sensors.
Ergin Atalar Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 1991. Image guided medical interventions, magnetic resonance imaging, antenna design for MRI.
Cevdet Aykanat Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, 1988. Parallel computing, algorithms, high performance information retrieval, parallel and distributed web crawling, parallel databases, grid computing.
Orhan Aytür Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1991. Optics and photonics, quantum optics, nonlinear optics, lasers, optoelectronics.
Billur Barshan Professor	Ph.D. Yale University, 1991. Sensor-based robotics, intelligent sensing, ultrasonic, optical, and inertial sensing, sensor signal processing, multi-sensor data fusion, human activity recognition and classification.
Melih Baştopçu Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, 2021. Age of information, wireless communications, optimization, information theory, and networks. With a current focus on resource allocation, low latency systems and communication network design, dissemination of misinformation in social networks, strategic information transmission, semantic communication (value of information).
Berat Biçer Research Assistant
Fazlı Can Professor in Residence	Ph.D., Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1985. Information Retrieval and data mining.
Özlem Çavuş İyigün Associate Professor	Ph.D., Operations Research, Rutgers University, 2012. Risk-Averse Dynamic Optimization, Markov Decision Processes, Stochastic Optimization.
Orçun Koray Çelebi Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024. Atomistic solid mechanics, crystal plasticity, materials design, first-principles modeling, physics-informed machine learning.
Barbaros Çetin Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2009. Microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip technology, electrokinetic transport at microscale, heat transfer at microscale.
Abdullah Ercüment Çiçek Associate Professor	Ph.D., Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 2013. Computational biology, machine learning, knowledge discovery on metabolic networks.
Tolga Çukur Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2009. Biomedical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), signal processing, computational neuroscience.
Aynur Dayanık Lecturer	Ph.D., Computer Science, Rutgers University, 2006. Machine Learning, information retrieval, text mining, bioinformatics, data mining.
Savaş Dayanık Professor	Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, 2002. Stochastic processes and modeling, stochastic dynamic programming, stochastic optimal control. Applications to financial engineering, statistics, and operations management.
Mustafa Değerli Instructor	Ph.D., Middle East Technical University, 2020. Software engineering, systems engineering, project management, program management, informatics.
Özlem Tuğfe Demir Assistant Professor
Hilmi Volkan Demir Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2004. Nanoscience, nanotechnology, nanophotonies, optoelectronics light-emitting diodes (LEDs), semiconductor nanocrystals, RF sensing bioimplants and medical devices.
Hamdi Dibeklioğlu Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Amsterdam, 2014. Computational Analysis of Behavior, Affective Computing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition.
Uğur Doğrusöz Professor	Ph.D., Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1995. Graph visualization, bioinformatics, combinatorial algorithms, and graph theory.
Ata Dönmez Assistant Professor
Tolga Mete Duman Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, 1998. Wireless and mobile communications, channel coding, turbo codes.
Ayşegül Dündar Boral Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 2016. Deep Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Generative Models, Image synthesis.
Emine Yegan Erdem Associate Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2013. Microfluidics, droplet-based systems, microreactors, nanoparticle synthesis, nanoimprinting.
Nesim Kohen Erkip Professor	Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, 1984. Multi-echelon inventory systems, Analytical models for supply chain management, inventory/production planning under uncertainty.
Vakur Behçet Ertürk Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Ohio University, 2000. Theoretical and computational electromagnetics, numerical methods, communications.
Sinan Gezici Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 2006. Statistical signal processing, ultra-wideband systems, telecommunications, and radar.
Uğur Güdükbay Professor	Ph.D., Computer Engineering and Information Science, Bilkent University, 1994. Computer graphics, physically-based modeling and animation, deformable models, multimedia databases, computational geometry.
Ahmet Alperen Günay Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019. Renewable energy, thermal management, phase-change heat transfer.
Ülkü Gürler Professor	Ph.D., Statistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1990. Stochastic inventory models, reliability and maintenance survival analysis. Nonparametric estimation, Bayesian analysis.
H. Altay Güvenir Professor	Ph.D., Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1987. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, intelligent data analysis.
Tagi Hanalioğlu Assistant Professor (on leave)	Ph.D., Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2018. Prescriptive analytics, large-scale optimization, brain connectivity networks, healthcare operations.
Mehmet Selim Hanay Associate Professor	Ph.D., Physics, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2011. Nanoelectromechanical systems, mass sensing.
Ali Javili Associate Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Erlangen - Nuremberg, 2012. Computational Continuum Mechanics, Interfaces and Interphases, Multi-physics, Bio-mechanics, Applied Mathematics.
Ayşenur Karagöz Assistant Professor
Ezhan Karaşan Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, 1995. Wireless networks, traffic and switching theory, optical networks, information and coding theory.
Oya Karaşan Professor	Ph.D., Operations Research, Rutgers University, 1997. Combinatorial optimization, mathematical programming, network flows, theoretical computer science.
Yiğit Karpat Professor	Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Rutgers University, 2007. Manufacturing systems and processes, micro/nano technologies.
Özlem Karsu Associate Professor (on leave)	Ph.D., Operational Research, London School of Economics, 2014. Multicriteria decision making, inequity-averse optimization, health care resource allocation, assignment problems.
Ayşe Selin Kocaman Associate Professor	Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2013. Energy infrastructure design, planning, modeling, optimization of power systems, renewable, sustainable energy resources, rural electrification, sustainable development.
Aykut Koç Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2011. Natural language processing and its applications, signal processing, graph signal processing, machine learning.
Anıl Koyuncu Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Computer Science and Computer Engineering, University of Luxembourg, 2020. Software Engineering: Automated Program Repair, Automated Fault Localization, Fix Pattern Mining, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing for Software Engineering, Empirical Software Engineering.
Süleyman Serdar Kozat Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2004. Digital signal processing, adaptive filtering, online learning and machine learning algorithms for signal processing.
İbrahim Körpeoğlu Professor	Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2000. Computer networks, mobile and wireless networks, computer systems.
Mehmet Alper Kutay Senior Lecturer	Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 1999. Signal processing, active and passive detection and tracking, radar signal processing, and time-frequency analysis.
Ömer Morgül Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1989. Linear and nonlinear systems, distributed parameter systems, control of flexible structures, nonlinear dynamics, neural networks.
Emre Nadar Associate Professor	Ph.D., Operations Management and Manufacturing, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. Markov decision processes, supply chain management, sustainable operations.
Levent Onural Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1985. Signal and image processing, video processing, holography, diffraction, signal processing for diffraction and holography, 3DTV.
Salih Özgür Öğüz Assistant Professor	Ph.D., School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich, 2018. Artificial Intelligence, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics.
Doruk Öner Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Computer and Communication Sciences, 2023. Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Reliable AI, Medical Image Analysis, Topology.
Haldun Özaktaş Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1991. Optical information processing, signal and image processing, optoelectronic and optically interconnected computing systems.
Ekmel Özbay Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1992. Nanotechnology, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, metamaterials, GaN MOCVD growth, GaN devices, photonic crystals, physics and applications of nanostructures, photonic devices, nanosensors.
Hitay Özbay Professor	Ph.D., Control Sciences and Dynamical Systems, University of Minnesota, 1989. Robust control, distributed parameter systems, applications of control theory in various engineering fields.
Onur Özcan Associate Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. Bio-inspired robotics, miniature robotics, flexure-based mechanisms, alternative fabrication methods for miniature robots and mechanisms, novel actuators, sensors, and mechanisms, autonomous robots.
Arif Bülent Özgüler Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1982. Decentralized control, stability robustness, realization theory, linear matrix equations.
Mustafa Çelebi Pınar Professor	Ph.D., Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1992. Mathematical programming, quadratic programming, network optimization.
Shervin Rahimzadeh Arashloo Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, 2010. Computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning.
Lori Rae Russell Dağ Instructor	M.S., Computer Engineering, Atilim University, 2006. Object oriented programming, database management systems, computer applications.
Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş Associate Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2010. Biomedical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic particle imaging (MPI), signal and image processing, safety limits of magnetic fields in medical imaging systems.
Sinem Sav Assistant Professor	Ph.D, Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL, 2023. Applied Security and Data Privacy.
Muhammed Ömer Sayın Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IIIinois at Urbana Campaign, 2019. Game theory, dynamic games and decision theory, learning in games, multi-agent learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning, strategic information transmission, intelligent and autonomous system, mechanism design, security.
Ayışığı Başak Sevdik Çallı Instructor	Ph.D., Cognitive Science, Middle East Technical University, 2015. Cognitive science, computational linguistics, discourse connectives and relations, corpus linguistics, anaphora resolution, human-computer interaction.
İpek Sözen Instructor	M.S., Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1989. Programming languages, data structures, information systems.
Nil Şahin Lecturer	Ph.D., Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, 2012. Commutative Algebra, Computational Algebraic Geometry, Arf rings and Monomial Curves.
Alper Şen Professor	Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Southern California, 2000. Revenue management, inventory theory, supply chain management, machine scheduling.
Abdullah Talayhan Assistant Professor
Erdinç Tatar Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2016. MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Inertial sensors, Strain sensing, Microfabrication Technologies, Bio-inspired sensors, Acoustic gas sensing, Sensor control electronics.
Cem Tekin Associate Professor	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2013. Online learning, data mining, multi-armed bandits, multi-agent systems, healthcare informatics, recommender systems, dynamic spectrum access.
İlker Temizer Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2005. Computational mechanics, thermodynamics of homogenization, contact mechanics, multiscale modeling.
Amine Gizem Özbaygın Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, 2017.
Eray Tüzün Associate Professor	Ph.D., Information Systems, Middle East Technical University, 2014. Software Engineering, Software Analytics, Software Product Line Engineering, Software process improvement and Gamification.
Sibel Uğurlubilek Instructor	M.S., Computer Engineering, Atilim University, 2005. Information technologies in education, programming for the internet.
Firdevs Ulus Associate Professor	Ph.D., Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University, 2015. Multi-objective and vector optimization, algorithms, financial applications.
Özgür Ulusoy Professor	Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992. Database systems, web information retrieval, mobile and peer to peer systems.
Emre Uzun Lecturer	Ph.D., Management, Rutgers University, 2015. Security Analysis of Access Control Systems.
Rabia Üşenmez Instructor	M.S., Management Information Systems, Gazi University, 2015. Website design, business computer applications, management information systems, Introduction to Computer Tools.
Bahar Yetiş Professor	Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, 1999. Hub location problems, hazardous materials transportation, bi-level optimization, mathematical programming.
Yıldıray Yıldız Associate Professor	Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. System dynamics and control, reinforcement learning, game theory, aerospace, automotive and robotics applications.
Serdar Yüksel Adjunct Professor	Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign,2006. Stochastic control theory, decentralized stochastic control, networked control, source coding and quantization, information and control, stochastic stability, stochastic dynamical systems.

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