Research Interests
Education
Ph.D., Electrical & Electronics Engineering
2015 - 2023Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Dissertation Title: Artificial Intelligence-based Hybrid Anomaly Detection & Clinical Decision Support Techniques for Automated Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases & COVID-19
Advisor: Prof. Orhan Arikan
M.S., Electrical & Electronics Engineering
2012 - 2015Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Thesis Title: Early Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndromes Automatically by using Features of ECG Recordings
Advisor: Prof. Orhan Arikan
International Education Experience
Athénée Royal d'Auderghem, Brussels, Belgium
Complete Secondary Education
Academic Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2024 – PresentBilkent University, Electrical-Electronics Engineering Department & National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM), Ankara, Turkey
Supervisor: Prof. Emine Ulku Saritas
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant
2012 – 2023Bilkent University, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey
Teaching Assistant Performance was formally evaluated as "Exceptional" Five times by course instructors.
Assisted in a diverse range of undergraduate & graduate courses, including:
- EEE-525 Advanced Signal Processing
- EEE-520 Multirate Signal Processing & Wavelet Theory
- EEE-501 Linear System Theory
- EEE-443/543 Neural Networks
- EEE-442/542 Nonlinear Systems
- EEE-431 Digital Communications
- EEE-424 Digital Signal Processing
- EEE-351 Engineering Electromagnetics
- EEE-342 Feedback Control Systems
- EEE-321 Signals & Systems
- EEE-313 Electronic Circuit Design
- EEE-212 Microcontrollers & Embedded Systems
- EEE-211 Analog Electronics
- EEE-201/202 Circuit Theory
Honors and Awards
TUBITAK BIDEB-2250 Performance-based Scholarship Program for Post-Doctoral Scholars (2025/1)
Awarded in recognition of research performance & active contribution to research projects.
TUBITAK BIDEB-2250 Performance-based Scholarship Program for Post-Doctoral Scholars (2024/2)
Awarded in recognition of research performance & active contribution to research projects.
TUBITAK BIDEB-2250 Performance-based Scholarship Program for Post-Doctoral Scholars (2024/1)
Awarded in recognition of research performance & active contribution to research projects.
TUBITAK BIDEB 2237-A Grant Program (2022)
Awarded to support scientific training activities in science & technology.
TUBITAK BIDEB 2224-A Grant Program for Participation in Scientific Meetings Abroad (2020)
Awarded to support participation in an international scientific conference.
TUBITAK BIDEB 2224-B Grant Program for Participation in Scientific Meetings within the Country (2018)
Awarded to support participation in a national scientific conference.
TUBITAK BIDEB 2211-C National Ph.D. Scholarship Program for Priority Research Areas in Science & Technology
Awarded to support my Ph.D. dissertation research in priority research areas (2017-2018).
Exceptional Teaching Assistant Performance
During my Ph.D. studies, I was recognized five times for “Exceptional” Teaching Assistant Performance based on formal faculty evaluations. These recognitions were accompanied by departmental appreciation & partial financial support for academic conference & publication-related expenses.
Full Merit Scholarship for Graduate Education (2012-2023)
Received a full Merit Scholarship for both M.S. and Ph.D. education at Bilkent University – the top engineering school in Turkey.
Valedictorian (First in Class) in the School of Engineering (2012)
Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
TUBITAK BIDEB 2209-A Research Projects Support Program for Undergraduate Students (2011-2012)
Awarded funding & scholarship for my Undergraduate Senior Design Project.
Erasmus Scholarship for Summer School “Biomedical Engineering in a European Perspective” (2013)
The University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, June 2013 – Sept. 2013. The scholarship was awarded in recognition of maintaining continuous High-Honor academic performance during my undergraduate education.
Outstanding Achievement Scholarship (2008-2012)
Awarded for maintaining continuous High-Honor academic standing throughout my undergraduate education.
First Prize Winner at the Interactive Computer Competition of the NATO Science Exhibition
"Bringing Scientists Together for the Advancement of Science", organized by NATO in Brussels, Belgium.
Research Projects
A Neurotechnological Solutions Platform for Challenges Threatening Human Function
Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1004 Project (23AG005)
Principal Investigators (PI): Prof. Ergin Atalar & Prof. Emine Ulku Saritas
Focused Hyperthermia & Simultaneous Temperature Monitoring with Magnetic Particle Imaging
Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 Project (122E162)
Principal Investigator (PI): Prof. Emine Ulku Saritas
Nanoparticle Fingerprinting for Cancer Imaging with Magnetic Particle Imaging
Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 Project (120E208)
Principal Investigator (PI): Prof. Emine Ulku Saritas
Ensemble Learning–based Hybrid Clinical Decision Support Technique for Automated COVID-19 Detection using RT-PCR Curves, Computed Tomography Images & Clinical-Laboratory Data
Funding: TUSEB Strategic Research & Development Project Support Program (CV01-9081)
Principal Investigators (PI): Prof. Orhan Arikan & Prof. Ozlem Ozdemir Kumbasar
Modeling Structural Characteristics of Anomalies and Irregularities in the Turkish Ionosphere using Machine Learning Techniques
Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 Project (114E541)
Principal Investigators (PI): Prof. Feza Arikan & Prof. Secil Karatay
Machine Learning– and Signal Processing–based Automated ECG Analysis for Early and Robust Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases
Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 Project (113E174)
Principal Investigators (PI): Prof. Orhan Arikan & Prof. Adnan Abaci
Magnetic Resonance Electrical Properties Tomography (MREPT)
Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 Project (11E090)
Deep Learning–based Automated Early Detection of Cardiac Diseases from Sympathetic Nerve Activity Signals
Funding: TUBITAK ARDEB 1001 Project
Principal Investigators (PI): Prof. Orhan Arikan & Prof. Adnan Abaci
Weakly-Supervised Multiple Instance Learning for Tumor Detection in Histopathology Images
CS-550 Machine Learning Course Project
Course Instructor: Prof. Cigdem Gunduz Demir
Explainable AI (XAI) for Computer Vision Failure Mode Analysis
EEE-543 Neural Networks Course Project
Course Instructor: Prof. Tolga Cukur
Numerical Simulation & Comparative Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Sequences
EEE-574 Foundations of MRI Course Project
Course Instructor: Prof. Ergin Atalar
Ora-Nasal Airflow Measurement System Design & Ora-Nasal Respiratory Index Measurement
Funding: TUBITAK BIDEB 2209-A Project
Advisor: Prof. Osman Erogul
Selected Publications
Magnetic Particle Imaging Scanner Hardware: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
Manuscript in preparation
Unsupervised Image Reconstruction Techniques for Magnetic Particle Imaging
Manuscript in preparation
No-Reference Image Quality Assessment (NR-IQA) for MPI Image Reconstruction
Manuscript in preparation
Multi-Color Magnetic Particle Imaging for Interventional Procedures: Current Technologies and Future Directions
Manuscript in preparation
Machine Learning based Hybrid Anomaly Detection Technique for Automatic Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases using Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Electrocardiogram
Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik, vol. 69, no. 1, 2024, pp. 79-109
Deep Learning-based Hybrid Clinical Decision Support System Algorithm for COVID-19 Diagnosis via PCR Graphics and Thorax CT Images, Preliminary Data
European Respiratory Journal, vol. 60, suppl 66, September 2022
Deep Learning-based Hybrid Clinical Decision Support System Algorithm for COVID-19 Diagnosis via PCR Curves and Thorax CT Images, Preliminary Data
25th Annual National Congress of Turkish Thoracic Society, Antalya, Turkey, May 2022, pp. 211-212
Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmia using Sympathetic Nerve Activity, Gaussian Mixture Model and Artificial Neural Network
19th National Neuroscience Congress (USK), Ankara, Turkey, November 2021
Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmia using Sympathetic Nerve Activity, Gaussian Mixture Model, and Artificial Neural Network
Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Anatomy, November 2021
Deep Learning with Gated Recurrent Neural Networks for Anomaly Detection
International Congress on Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences and Engineering (ICOMNAS), Ankara, Turkey, December 2021, pp. 300-308. (ISBN: 978-605-71156-0-7)
Deep Gated Recurrent Unit and Long Short Term Memory-based Anomaly Detection Technique
International Congress on Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences and Engineering (ICOMNAS), Ankara, Turkey, December 2021, pp. 149-157. (ISBN: 978-605-71156-0-7)
Anomaly Detection with Deep Long Short Term Memory Networks
2021 6th International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (UBMK), Ankara, Turkey, 2021, pp. 129-132
The GU-ECG Database: ECG Datasets for Detection and Classification of Acute Myocardial Ischaemia Through Machine Learning
Mendeley Data, V1, 2021
Detection of Ischaemia using Nerve Activity, Artificial Neural Network and Gaussian Mixture Model
18th National Neuroscience Congress (USK), Ankara, Turkey, 2020, p. 200
Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmia using Autonomic Nervous System, Gaussian Mixture Model and Artificial Neural Network
2020 Medical Technologies Congress (TIPTEKNO), Antalya, Turkey, 2020, pp. 1-4
Anomaly Detection Technique based on Sympathetic Nerve Activity for Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmia
2020 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Gaziantep, Turkey, 2020, pp. 1-4
Detection of Myocardial Ischaemia by using Sympathetic Nerve Activity, Artificial Neural Network and Gaussian Mixture Model
Anatomy: An International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Anatomy, vol. 14, 2020, p. S151. (ISSN: 1307-8798)
Detection of Myocardial Infarction using Autonomic Nervous System, Gaussian Mixture Model and Artificial Neural Network
2020 Medical Technologies Congress (TIPTEKNO), Antalya, Turkey, 2020, pp. 1-4
Detection of Myocardial Ischaemia by using ECG, Artificial Neural Network and Gaussian Mixture Model
2020 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Gaziantep, Turkey, 2020, pp. 1-4
Detection of Acute Coronary Syndrome based on Support Vector Machines and ECG
2019 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Sivas, Turkey, 2019, pp. 1-4
Detection of Acute Myocardial Ischemia based on Artificial Neural Networks and Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity
II. International Conference and Exhibition on Digital Transformation and Smart Systems (DTSS), Ankara, Turkey, 2019, pp. 69-72
Coronary Artery Disease Detection by using Support Vector Machines and Gaussian Mixture Model
2019 Medical Technologies Congress (TIPTEKNO), Izmir, Turkey, 2019, pp. 1-4
Detection of Myocardial Ischaemia based on Artificial Neural Networks and Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity
EasyChair, 2019, (2165)
Detection of Acute Myocardial Ischemia based on Support Vector Machines
2018 26th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Izmir, Turkey, 2018, pp. 1-4
Classification of Regional Ionospheric Disturbances based on Support Vector Machines
2017 25th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Antalya, Turkey, 2017, pp. 1-4
Classification of Regional Ionospheric Disturbances based on Machine Learning Techniques
The Third Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Symposium, Jeju, South Korea, 2017, pp. 1-4
Classification of Regional Ionospheric Disturbances based on Support Vector Machines
41st Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016, vol. 41, pp. C1-4
Classification of Regional Ionospheric Disturbance based on Machine Learning Techniques
Living Planet Symposium (LPS), European Space Agency (ESA) Special Publication, Prague, Czech Republic, vol. SP-740, 2016, pp. 1-6. (ISSN: 0379-6566) (ISBN: 978-929221305-3)
Classification of Regional Ionospheric Disturbances based on Support Vector Machines
VIII. International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Scientific Congress, Ankara, Turkey, September 2016, pp. 1-4
Classification of Regional Ionospheric Irregularities using Support Vector Machines
Summer School on New Techniques in Machine Learning and Information Processing, Ankara, 2016
Early Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndromes with Automatic ST/T Classifier
2014 18th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2014, pp. 1-4
Ora-Nasal Airflow Measurement System Design & Ora-Nasal Respiratory Index Measurement
2011 16th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting (BIYOMUT), Antalya, Turkey, October 2011, pp. 1-4
Full list of publications available upon request.
Conference Organization
Organizing Committee Vice Chair – 29th Graduate Research Conference
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 6 April 2018.
Conference WebsiteOrganizing Committee Vice Chair – 30th Graduate Research Conference
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 22 March 2019.
Conference WebsiteOrganizing Committee Vice Chair – 31st Graduate Research Conference
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 8 May 2020.
Conference WebsiteOrganizing Committee Vice Chair – 31st Graduate Research Conference
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 20 January 2021.
Conference WebsiteOrganizing Committee Vice Chair – 32nd Graduate Research Conference
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 27 January 2022.
Conference WebsiteOrganizing Committee Vice Chair – 33rd Graduate Research Conference
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 27 January 2023.
Conference WebsiteProfessional Memberships
Academic Journal Reviewership
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
- Python
- MATLAB
- Julia
- C, C++
- CUDA
Deep Learning Frameworks
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- Keras
- scikit-learn
- MONAI
Scientific Computing & Simulation
- Simulink
- COMSOL
- LTSpice
Technical & Research Tools
- LaTeX/Overleaf
- Linux
- Git
Language Skills
- English Professional working proficiency
- French Professional working proficiency
- German Elementary proficiency
- Turkish Native proficiency