Served as Principal Investigator or Research Collaborator on multiple projects, including externally funded TÜBİTAK, national grants, university grants, and an industry collaboration.


Projects as the Principal Investigator:

G4. Improving Deepfake Detection in Unseen Scenarios,

in preparation for TÜBİTAK, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 1001 Funding Program, Principal Investigator, 2025- (external funding).

G3. Deepfake Detection Using One-Class and Open-Set Classification,

funded by TÜBİTAK, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 1001 Funding Program, grant no: 121E465, Principal Investigator, 2022-2024 (external funding).

G2. Video-based Advanced Driver Assistance System for Vehicle, Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection,

funded by S.A.I.P.A (the second largest automaker in Iran), Principal Investigator, 2017-2018 (external funding).

G1. Unconstrained Face Recognition,

funded by the Iranian National Elites Foundation, Principal Investigator, 2011-2012 (external funding).

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Projects as the Research Collaborator:

Role: development of advanced AI-based modelling frameworks using project data and coauthoring associated articles.

R3. Future of Hydro-meteorological Droughts in the Aegean Region with Respect to the Climate Change Scenarios,

Funding: Yasar University Project Evaluation Commission (PEC), BAP133, 2023–2024.

R2. Experimental Studies on Sediment Transport in Open Channel Flow: Drainage Channel Design Consideration,

Funding: Yasar University Project Evaluation Commission (PEC), BAP85, 2020–2022.

R1. Drought Assessment in Izmir District, Turkey,

Funding: Yasar University Project Evaluation Commission (PEC), BAP94, 2020–2021.