Work Experience
Current Affiliation:
- Oct 2024 – Present | University of Bath Department of Computer Science, Bath, UK
Senior Lecturer (US title: Associate Professor – German title: Univ.-Doz. MM.Sc. Dr.)
Mathematical Foundations of Computation
Past Affiliations:
- Oct 2021 – Sep 2024| Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, AUT
Team Leader Senior Research Scientist (Senior Postdoctoral Researcher)
Principal Investigator of Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Project: P34501N “Partition Identities Through the Method of Weighted Words”, - Mar 2021 – Sep 2024| University of Bath Department of Computer Science, Bath, UK
Research Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Mentors: Hebron & Medlock Professor of Information Technology James H. Davenport and Senior Lecturer Dr. Russell Bradford
Project: EPSRC EP/T015713/1 – DEWCAD “Pushing Back the Doubly-Exponential Wall of Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition“ - Mar 2022 – Jun 2022 | Institute of Algebra, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, AUT
Teaching Assistant - Oct 2020 – Feb 2021 | Institute for Machine Learning, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, AUT
Teaching Assistant - Oct 2019 – Feb 2021| Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, AUT
Research Scientist (Senior Postdoctoral Researcher),
Mentor: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christoph Koutschan
Project: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) SFB F50-11 - Sep 2017 – Sep 2019 | Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, AUT
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Mentors: Prof. DI Dr. Carsten Schneider and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veronika Pillwein
Project: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) SFB F50-07 and F50-09 - Aug 2010 – Aug 2017 | University of Florida Department of Mathematics, Gainesville, FL
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Sep 2008 – Jul 2010 | TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Education
- 2012 – 2017 | University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Ph.D. in Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics
Thesis: Some Topics in-Series and Partitions.
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Alexander Berkovich - 2010 – 2012 | University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
M.Sc. in Mathematics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics - 2008 – 2010 | TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Mathematics,
M.Sc. in Mathematics | Summa cum laude
Thesis: Computational aspects of Modular forms.
Supervisor: Dr. Cetin Urtis - August 2008 | Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summerschool in Mathematical Sciences REU
Topics in Algebra, Analysis, and Number Theory Certificate. - 2004 – 2008 | Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
B.Sc. Mathematics
Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics
Senior Projects: Classification Problem of Indefinite Integral Lattices (2008)
Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ali Sinan Sertoz
Mobius Function on Posets & Its Relation with Stirling Numbers (2007)
Mentor: Dr. Laurence Barker
Department Service and Volunteer Work
Departmental Service
- November 2024 – Present | Post-Graduate Research (PGR a.k.a. PhD students) Admissions Tutor and PGR Director of Studies of the Computer Science Department
- Spring 2014 – Spring 2016 | Graduate Council Representative of the Graduate Mathematics Association of University of Florida
- Fall 2015 | Graduate Representative for the Departmental Committee meetings.
- Fall 2014 | Secretary of the Graduate Mathematics Association of University of Florida
- Spring 2008 | Bilkent University Almanac Council rep. for Mathematics Dept.
All above service positions are nomination-/election-based.
Voluntary work
- Judge at CMS Summer Meeting 2021 Undergraduate Poster Session.
- Biography work on the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM) project EvenQuads, 2020.
- Reviewer for American Mathematical Society (AMS), MathSciNet
- Judge at MAA Committee on Undergraduate Student Projects 2019 and 2020.
- Fall 2012 – Fall 2016 | University of Florida Graduate Student Mentor
Referee Work
I refereed and gave expert opinions on many scientific works in many venues. It is a thankless job but it is great to see the new trends in your field and to learn new ideas first-hand. Here are some of these venues:
Advances in Applied Mathematics, American Mathematical Monthly, Annales Henri Poincaré D (Physics and combinatorics), Annals of Combinatorics, Discrete Mathematics, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Integral Transforms and Special Functions, International Journal of Number Theory, Journal of Combinatorial Theory – Series A, Journal of Integer Sequences, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, Journal of Number Theory, Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society, Journal of Symbolic Computation, Proceedings of the American -Mathematical Society, (Pre- and Post-)Proceedings of the ISSAC, Proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Ramanujan Journal, Research in Number Theory, Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire, Turkish Journal of Mathematics.
Here are some awards and acknowledgments I received over the years. >
Other Past Work
- Jul – Aug 2007 | Brouhaha International Street Festival, Liverpool, UK
Musician, representing Turkey
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