Welcome to my research web page!


I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering at Bilkent University. I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and my Ph.D. degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, in 2005. I am currently the treasurer of IEEE Turkey Section. I am also a member of the professional societies of IEEE and ISCB, and a member of the alumni of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bogazici University, and Ankara Science High School.

My main research interests and projects include development of new bio-computational models and application of pattern recognition and computer vision algorithms for medical image analysis.

My research group currently focuses on histopathological image analysis and high content screening. The research topics include:

• Image segmentation
• Image representation and feature extraction
• Classification
• Content-based image retrieval
• Graph algorithms
• Machine learning algorithms

Please contact me for possible research topics and positions available in our group.


Research topics for undergraduates and CS 490 students are available!