CV

Research Experience

Graduate Researcher [August 2002 - present ]
The Pennsylvania State University
College of Information Sciences & Technology
The Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory
Advisor: Prof. C. Lee Giles

Research Intern [summers of 2004, 2005, 2006 ]
NEC Labs America, Princeton - NJ
Machine Learning Group
Supervisor: Dr. Léon Bottou

Graduate Researcher [January 2000 - July 2002 ]
Center for Advanced Computer Studies, UL Lafayette, LA
Advisors: Prof. Henry Chu, Prof. Vijay Raghavan

IAESTE scholar & undergraduate intern [Summer 1996 ]
Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau - Germany
Power Electronics Laboratory

Teaching Experience

TA of CMPSC 203 Principles of Programming with Business Applications [Jan. 2007 - May 2007]
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Computer Science & Engineering

TA of IST 421 Advanced Enterprise Integration [Sept. 2006 - Dec. 2006 ]
TA of IST 402.2 Storage Area Networks [Jan. 2006 - May 2006 ]
TA of IST 402 Information Retrieval and Search Engines [Jan. 2004 - May 2004 ]
TA of IST 511 Information Management [Sept. 2003 - Dec. 2003]
The Pennsylvania State University
College of Information Sciences & Technology

TA of CMPS 261 Data Structures and Algorithms [Aug. 2001 - May 2002 ]
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Center for Advanced Computer Studies

Student TA of Math 151/152 Calculus I/II [Oct. 1996 - June 1997]
Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi
Department of Mathematics
*The student assistantship was offered to junior and senior students who got excellent scores in corresponding classes before.

Industry Experience

Electronics Engineer [January 1998 - January 2000 ]
Aselsan Electronics, Inc., Ankara - Türkiye
Wireless Communication Department
Also worked there as a part time student in the senior year of Bachelor program at Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) [May 1997 - Dec. 1997].

Data Mining Consultant [January 2006 - May 2006 ]
Traffic.com, Inc., Wayne - PA