Education
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024 - Present
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering
Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering
Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024
Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
Architecture.fail at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2024 - Now
- Investigating vulnerabilities of Intel data enter CPU trusted execution environments (SGX v2).
Summer Research Intern (Summer@EPFL)
HexHive Lab at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2023 - 2023
- Funded by Summer@EPFL Program (Program acceptance rate is ~1.5% in 2023).
- Investigated the feasibility of hardware-driven feedback for fuzzing of Trusted Execution Environments such as Intel SGX.
- Examined various architectural structures and implemented side-channels.
- Developed a templated codebase of reverse engineering, side-channel implementation and analysis tools, and documentation for microarchitecture, and for usage.
- Contributed to various open-source SGX tools.
Software Engineer Intern
Valensas R&D at Istanbul, Turkey, 2022 - 2022
- Developed front-end of a cryptocurrency exchange app (Bitronit) for Android with Jetpack Compose and Kotlin.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
PURE (Program for Undergraduate Research), at Istanbul, Turkey, 2022 - 2022
- Researched design of thermomechanical structures using topology optimization and developed analysis/design tools based on homogenization and topology.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2021 - 2024
- Assisted 1000+ students across 4 courses in total.
- Graded/prepared programming assignments, exams and quizzes.
- Teached various subjects and aided students during recitations(labs) and office hours.
- For course lists, please refer to teaching section.
Honors & Awards
- Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) - Georgia Institute of Technology
- Includes 100% tuition fee waiver and a monthly stipend
- MS Research Scholarship Program - EPFL
- Awarded to 3 applicants among all accepted students to CS-related MS programs
- Forfeited the award as I chose GATech for PhD
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Summer@EPFL Program Fellowship (~1.5% acceptance rate in 2023) - EPFL
- 2x Sakip Sabanci Encouragement Scholarship - Sabanci University
- 100% Tuition waiver, rewarded to selected top-ranked students in a pool including all faculties
- I was awarded a second time for second major
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Dean’s List of High Honor (All Semesters) - Sabanci University
- Extracurricular Activities Award - Sabanci University
Projects
Some notable projects I was involved include:
- Cell Mitosis Detection using Deep Learning for Assessing Breast Cancer (CV Course Project)
- CacheFuzz: Detecting Vulnerabilities in Confidential Computing Platforms
- Possible Applications of ML for privacy violations in smart-devices
- Effectiveness of GPT-4 on Software Engineering and Security
- Twitter Bot/Political Tweet Detection (ML Course Project)
- Timing Attacks on IoT devices
- Covid-19: Case Surveillance and Census (DS Course Project)
- TeknoSU (Fully functional e-commerce website, backend, mobile app for Software Engineering Course Project)
- CampSU (Real-time Instagram-like mobile app for Mobile Programming Course Project)
- SUPlay (MySQL database and website for Database Systems Course Project)
- Implementation of a shortened version of RSA in MIPS architecture
I was also involved in some projects in non-EECS disciplines:
- Design of thermomechanical structures using topology optimization
- Developing a Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) Based Cleaning Method for Saline Soils
Teaching
Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey:
- Machine Learning (CS 412)
- Database Systems (CS 306)
- Advanced Programming (CS 204)
- Introduction to Computing (CS 201)
Publications
Soon!
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