Özyegin University Service Awards (2015-2020-2025)
June 2015 Rector’s Merit Award – by Özyegin University
May 2013 IBM Faculty Award – Big Data
Oct 2010 Tubitak EU-FP7 Program Participation Incentive Award
Dec 2009 EU-FP7 Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (IRG)
Dec 2009 Tubitak (Turkish NSF) Young Researcher Career Award
Nov 2009 Selected IBM Cloud Academy Member
Sept 2009 IBM Shared University Research (SUR) Award
Apr 2009 IBM Smarter Planet University Jam “Top Faculty Contributor Award”
2008 – HP Labs 5 years Service Award
2001-2004 PhD research sponsored by HP Labs over 3 years
1994-1998 B.S.E.E finished with an honors degree
1994 Ranked 11th among 1.2 million students in National University Entrance Exam (*).
* Won several awards and scholarships from governmental, educational, and private institutions.
1994 Graduated from high school with a 2nd rank