Welcome to my research web page!

My main research interests include construction of new bio-computational models and application of machine learning and computer vision algorithms for diagnostic and prognostic purposes in cancer research, in particular, and in medicine, in general.

Biography: Cigdem Gunduz Demir received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, in 2005. She joined Bilkent University in 2006, where she is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering.

Her Ph.D. focused on the development of a new bio-computational model for automated cancer diagnosis based on cell-graphs of tissue samples using artificial intelligence, image processing, and graph theory. Her M.S. studies led to the incorporation of cost of computation and feature extraction into the design of classifier ensembles by using utility theory. She is 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.