- Co-authored more than 50 scientific publications in prestigious international journals and conferences such as IEEE TIFS, TDSC, TII, IoTJ, TMC, TSC, TLT, S&P, Big Data, ACM CCS, TOPS, and ESORICS.
- Recipient of a National Young Leaders Award (2247-D) and a CAREER Award from TUBITAK.
- BAGEP Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Science Academy in 2025 (special mention in the category of Engineering).
- Best Paper Awards from IFIP Security and ACM EdgeSys.
- Outstanding Teaching Award from Koç University.
- PETS Quality Reviewer Award.
- 3 US patents.
- Currently serving as an Associate Editor of ACM TOIT.
Research Experience
He is currently an Assistant Professor at Koç University and leads the SPADE Lab for research.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology
- M.Sc. in Computer Science from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
- B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Sabanci University
- High school degree from Robert College
Background
His research interests include data privacy and security, cybersecurity, data analytics and mining, adversarial machine learning, Internet of Things, and the intersection of artificial intelligence with security and privacy. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Koç University.
Miscellany
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