Funded Projects

Summary
I have served as Principal Investigator or Research Collaborator on multiple projects, securing external funding from sources including TÜBİTAK, EPSRC, national foundations, and industry partners.

Principal Investigator

2026– Improving Deepfake Detection in Unseen Scenarios
TÜBİTAK 1001 Funding Program
(In preparation)
2022–2024 Deepfake Detection Using One-Class and Open-Set Classification
TÜBİTAK 1001 Funding Program
Grant No: 121E465
2017–2018 Video-based Advanced Driver Assistance System for Vehicle, Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection
S.A.I.P.A (Second largest automaker in Iran)
Status: Completed
2011–2012 Unconstrained Face Recognition
Iranian National Elites Foundation
Status: Completed

Research Collaborator

2023–2024 Future of Hydro-meteorological Droughts in the Aegean Region with Respect to the Climate Change Scenarios
Yaşar University Project Evaluation Commission (PEC)
PI: M.J.S. Safari
Grant No: BAP133
2018–2023 Semantic Information Pursuit for Multimodal Data Analysis
University of Surrey (Lead RO)
PI: J. Kittler
EPSRC Grant: EPR0184561
2020–2022 Experimental Studies on Sediment Transport in Open Channel Flow: Drainage Channel Design Consideration
Yaşar University Project Evaluation Commission (PEC)
PI: M.J.S. Safari
Grant No: BAP085
2016–2021 Face Matching for Automatic Identity Retrieval, Recognition, Verification and Management (FACER2VM)
University of Surrey (Lead RO)
PI: J. Kittler
EPSRC Grant: EPN0077431
2009–2013 Adaptive Cognition for Automated Sports Video Annotation (ACASVA)
University of Surrey (Lead RO)
PI: J. Kittler
EPSRC Grant: EPF0694211