Director: Prof. H. Fatih Ugurdag

The Full-Time Team Seckin Ipek Works on FPGA design for Communications PhD student in CS -- joined Feb 2020 main: Cagatay Edemen & Ali Akoglu Supported by a Fellowship MS in CS, Ozyegin Univ, 2023 BS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2020 C. Emre Dedeagac Works on Neural Network Accelerators PhD student in CS -- joined Sep 2020 Supported as a YOK-RA BS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2020 Amer Dyab Works on Customized Soft CPU Cores PhD student in EE -- joined Sep 2023 co: Ilker Hamzaoglu Supported by a Fellowship MS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2025 BS in CmpE, Univ of Jordan, 2019 Metehan Kaya Works on Single Event Upset MS student in EE -- joined Sep 2023 co: Vecdi Emre Levent Supported by a Fellowship BS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2023 Kutay Bulun Works on a Zynq based Controller for MR imaging MS student in EE -- joined Sep 2024 co: Lincoln Craven-Brightman & Jason Stockmann Supported by a Fellowship BS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2024 Emre Tekin Works on heterogeneous platforms and MR imaging MS student in EE -- joined Sep 2025 co: Ali Akoglu & Bastien Guerin Supported by a Fellowship BS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2025 Taha Gemici Works on LLM based digital design MS student in EE -- joined Sep 2025 main: Ilker Hamzaoglu Supported by a Fellowship BS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2025 T. Azhar Shah Works on LLM based digital design MS student in EE -- joined Sep 2025 main: Ilker Hamzaoglu Supported by a Fellowship BS in EE, Ozyegin Univ, 2025 The Part-Time Team M. Ali Gozukucuk, PhD ongoing, FEV Ahmad Houraniah, PhD ongoing, Yongatek Shewit W. Tesfay, PhD ongoing, ARM (UK) Yigit Bektas Gursoy, MS ongoing, Qualcomm (Ireland) Ozan Yurtsever, MS ongoing, Weeteq (UK) Deniz Kurt, MS ongoing, Rambus (Netherlands) Burak Cakar, MS ongoing, Yongatek M. Tayyip Akcin, MS ongoing, MatriksData The Undergraduate Team Uygar Ege Kocakir

PhD Alumni 2. Dr. Abdullah Yildiz, CS, 2020, main: Prof Sezer Goren, now at Yongatek 1. Dr. V. Emre Levent, CS, 2018, now at Fenerbahce Univ MS Alumni (with Thesis) 47. Amer Dyab, EE, 2025, now at OzU 46. Seckin Ipek, CS, 2023, co: Prof Sezer Goren 45. Yigit Bilgin, CS, 2023, main: Prof Sezer Goren, is at a startup (Germany) 44. Ahmad Houraniah, CS, 2023, now at Yongatek 43. Gurol Saglam, CS, 2022, was at KIT (Germany) 42. Burhan Toruk, EE, 2022, now at FEV 41. Mustafa Ghanim, EE, 2021, main: Dr Ozgur Tasdizen, now at Univ of Arizona (USA) 40. Tugay Emre Yucedag, CS, 2021, main: Prof Sezer Goren, now at OBase 39. Dr. Ilkin Aliyev, EE, 2021, main: Prof Ali Akoglu, now at Nvidia (USA) 38. Pakize Ergul, EE, 2021, now at Rockwell Collins (Germany) 37. N. Fajar R. Annafianto, EE, 2020, co: Prof Sergey Polyakov, now at NIST (USA) 36. Ahad Aghapour, CS, 2020, now a consultant and entrepreneur 35. Abdullah Varici, EE, 2020, co: Prof Sezer Goren, now at PrlowRISC (UK) 34. Deniz Iskender, CS, 2020, co: Prof Sezer Goren, now at ENTER (Netherlands) 33. Dr. Burak Tufekci, CS, 2020, now at Univ of North Texas (USA) 32. Mert Sahin, MS, 2020, now at FEV 31. Mert Celik, MS, 2020, co: Prof Taylan Akdogan, now at Koenigsegg Automotive (Sweden) 30. Dr. Furkan Aydin, EE, 2018, now postdoc at North Carolina State Univ (USA) 29. Dr. Tohid K. Tasooji, MS, 2018, co: Prof Taylan Akdogan, now at GM (Canada) 28. Umut Ulutas, CS, 2017, now at Vispera 27. Mert Buyukmihci, CS, 2017, main: Prof Sezer Goren, now at Qblox (Netherlands) 26. Y. Serhan Gener, CS, 2017, main: Prof Sezer Goren, now at Univ of Arizona (USA) 25. Aydin E. Guzel, CS, 2017, now at Qualcomm (USA) 24. Mustafa Tosun, EE, 2016, now at Aselsan 23. Waqas Hussain, EE, 2015, co: Prof Murat Uysal, now at FEV 22. Gokhan Guner, EE, 2014, now at GMV (UK) 21. Okan Palaz, CS, 2014, now at Lifemote Networks 20. Koray Ozansoy, EE, 2014, now at AppearTV (Norway) 19. Furkan Sahin, EE, 2014, main: Prof Tolga Yalcin, now at ALCAN Systems 18. Hasan Unlu, CS, 2014, co: Prof Esref Adali, now at Tesla (USA) 17. Dr. Bilgiday Yuce, EE, 2013, co: Prof Gunhan Dundar, now at Google (USA) 16. Anil Bayram, 2013, EE, now at Vivace Vision 15. Ali Basaran, 2012, EE, co: Prof Taylan Akdogan, now at AMD (UK) 14. Ozgur Ozkurt, EE, 2012, main: Prof Sezer Goren, now at Imagination Technologies (UK) 13. Dr. Abdullah Yildiz, EE, 2012, main: Prof Sezer Goren, now at Yongatek 12. Fatih Temizkan, EE, 2012, now at Renesas 11. Mehmet Emin Tulu, EE, 2012, main: Prof Deniz Yildirim, now at Aselsan 10. Hatice Sahin, EE, 2011, now at Diasemi 9. V. Ugur Guney, Phys, 2010, main: Prof Taylan Akdogan, now at Instagram (USA) 8. Okan Keskin, EE, 2010, now at Vivace Vision 7. Onur Ocal, EE, 2010, now at Trakya Cam 6. Dr. Ferhat Canbay, CS, 2009, main: Prof Sezer Goren, now at Istanbul Univ 5. Dr. Coskun Kazma, CS, 2009, now at Kordsa 4. A. Cagatay Cura, CS, 2009, co: Prof Sezer Goren, now at EPAM (Poland) 3. Erinc Topdemir, EE, 2008, now at Hexagon Studio 2. Onur Baskirt, EE, 2008, now at Emirates (UAE) 1. Soner Dedeoglu, CS, 2008, now a Smart City Consultant Some notable early exits from nEMESysLab 15. Aydin E. Guzel, PhD, 2017-2024, now at Qualcomm (USA) 14. Hamza Y. Dere, PhD, 2017-2024, now at Semimobility and ECEMTAG 13. Zeynep G. Demirdag, PhD, 2023, pursuing PhD at KIT (Germany) 12. Bugra Onal, MS, 2019-2022, pursuing direct PhD at UCSC (USA) 11. Mustafa Tosun, PhD, 2016-2021, now at Aselsan 10. Ozan Cihangir, PhD, 2013-2021, now at Amazon (Luxemburg) 9. Dr. Mert Bektas, MS, 2016-2018, now at ULAK 8. Halil Tosunoglu, PhD, 2012-2016 (USA) 7. Ozgur Ates, PhD, 2015-2016, now at AUSY (France) 6. Batuhan Yapanoglu, MS, 2015-2016, now at ComeOn! 5. Dr. Barbaros Kirisken, PhD, 2013-2016, now at Vestel 4. Ahmet Kakacak, PhD, 2012-2016, now at Renesas (UK) 3. Dr. M. Akif Ozkan, PhD, 2014-2015, got PhD from FAU (Germany), now at Cadence (Germany) 2. Ayhan Yanarsoy, PhD, 2011-2012, now at TUBITAK 1. Dr. Cihan Tunc, PhD, 2010-11, got PhD fron U of Arizona (USA), now tenure track at U of North Texas (USA) Some notable BS Alumni 37. H. Umut Suluhan, 2023, now at U of Arizona (USA) 36. Eren Dogan, 2022, now at UCSC (USA) 35. Hakki Motorcu, 2022, now at U of Rochester (USA) 34. Deniz Kurt, 2021, now at Rambus (Netherlands) 33. Orhun Arik, 2021, now at Bosch (Spain) 32. Eytan Dilmen, 2020, now at Blackbox (Ireland) 31. Muhammet Akgul, 2020, now at TUBITAK BILGEM 30. M. Batu Ozmeteler, 2020, now at Dortmund MS (Germany) 29. S. Emre Kaynar, 2020, now at AVL 28. Mert Dedekoy, 2020, now at Benchcrowd (Switzerland) 27. G. Doruk Keser, 2020, now at FEV 26. Bugra Onal, 2019, now at UCSC (USA) 25. Mert Hayta, 2018, now at Hyundai (Germany) 24. Birkan Kolcu, 2018, now at Ambient Innovation (Germany) 23. Dogukan Ergun, 2017, now at Actian (Germany) 22. Dr. Mert Bektas, 2017, now at ULAK 21. Engin Tarakoglu, 2017, now at OzU CS 20. Batuhan Mudun, 2017, now at Qualcomm (Ireland) 19. Tunc Sivrioglu, 2017, now at Airbus (Germany) 18. Ozan Dengiz, 2017, now at ABB (Estonia) 17. Mert Celik, 2017, now at Koenigsegg Automotive (Sweden) 16. Mert Sahin, 2016, now at FEV 15. Salih Yilmaz, 2015, now at Maroteknoloji 14. Mert Akozel, 2015, now at DLG PLAST 13. M. Polat Kuntuz, 2015, now at FEV 12. Emircan Zincircioglu, 2015, now at FEV (Germany) 11. Batuhan Yapanoglu, 2015, now at ComeOn! 10. Dr. Mert Kaya, 2011 9. Okan Palaz, 2011, now at Lifemote Networks 8. Guney Kayim, 2009, now at Facebook (UK) 7. Gurbey Izmirli, 2009, now at Is Bankasi 6. Ulas Keles, 2008, now at Glossier (USA) 5. Ozgur Ozkurt, 2008, now at ARM (UK) 4. M. Fatih Gunes, 2008, now at Turkish Airlines Technic 3. Dr. Cihan Tunc, 2008, now at Univ of North Texas (USA) 2. Mustafa Tekin, 2007, now at TAI 1. Mert Sanver, 2006, now at Spotify (USA)