CV

Ph.D. in Computer Science, GPA: 4.00

• Advisor: Yezhou Yang

Masters in Cognitive Science, GPA: 3.75

• Thesis: Implementing Shared Decision-Making For Returning To Play Sports After An Injury Using The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) In A Web Application
• Advisors: Barbaros Yet, Ceren Tuncer Şakar

Masters in Software Engineering, GPA: 3.78

• Capstone Project: Tone Checker Add-in for Microsoft Outlook
• Advisor: Raghvinder (Raghu) S. Sangwan

English Language Programs (ELP)

B.S. in Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.00 (Honors)

Graduate Research Associate - AI Acceleration Team

• Built a multiturn multimodal conversation benchmark for a tutor bot using diverse course materials.
• Designed metrics to evaluate multimodal reasoning and conversation performance.

Instructor

• Taught FSE 100: Introduction to Engineering lab (3 semesters) and online CSE 579: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning.
• Achieved average student rating of 4.47/5.

Graduate Teaching Associate

• Facilitated lab sessions, supported students, and graded assignments.
• Developed course materials to enhance engagement.

Project Manager

• Communicated project goals with stakeholders and led weekly syncs with dev and QA teams.
• Validated software and created test reports.

Senior Software Engineer

• Developed full‑stack applications (ASP.NET CORE, C#, SQL, JS, React).
• Implemented Agile, CI/CD, REST APIs, JWT auth, Swagger UI.
• Mentored junior developers; built ERP systems in Java.

Computer Engineer Intern

• Worked with Adabas DB, WPF, and natural language programming for CRM systems.
• Designed flowcharts, ER diagrams, and database models.

• University Graduate Fellowship, ASU - awarded for excellent research and academic performance.

• METU Open Research Day Best Poster Award
• Turkish Educational Scholarship (Presidency of Turkey) - full funding for U.S. graduate studies.

• HLS Analyzer Project Award Finalist by ARRIS

• Turkish Educational Scholarship (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) - full funding for graduate studies in the U.S.

• Bridging Perception and Reasoning: Can Multimodal LLMs Solve Visual Analogies? - Machine Learning Day 2025

Volunteer Information Technology Engineer