Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy
  2018 – 2023 (Expected)
  • Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
• Master of Science
  2013 – 2016
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University
• Bachelor of Science
  2007 – 2011
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University

Personal Achievements:

Running

• Personal Record in distance:
  • Distance: 36 km,
  • Timing: 3h 58min
  • Event: Sapanca Ultra-Marathon, June 2017
• Personal Record in timing:
  • Distance: Half marathon (21.1 km)
  • Timing: 1h 30min 16sec
  • Event: Runatolia, March 2017
• Associated clubs:
  • Ankarunning
  • Northeastern Running Club

Weight loss

• ~40 kg in a year (2007 – 2008)

Chess

• Age 10-12 Turkish National Chess Championship 2nd place
  • Consecutively in 1999 and 2000
• Member of the Turkish National Chess Team with grandmaster coach Evgeni Andreyevich Vasiukov, 1999 – 2000