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Experience
- Software Engineer, Google, August 2014-February 2017
- Software development
- Worked in Swiffy, an Adobe Flash to HTML5 converter, and helped in phasing out of Adobe Flash creatives.
- Built a machine learning model for measuring rendering performance.
- Worked for Cultural Institute, done facial landmark detection and rendering using Native Client, Dlib, OpenCV and OpenGL.
- Software development
- Software Engineer and Research Assistant, eBrandValue, May 2012-July 2014
- Research on social networks and branding
- Worked on a social network analysis and branding project supported by TÜBİTAK.
- Software development
- Developed the core algorithms, the data gathering and analysis modules and the web services of eBrandValue Enterprise in Python using MongoDB.
- Developed the automatic report generation module.
- Research on social networks and branding
- Software Engineer, Mynet, September 2010-May 2012
- Research and development
- Worked on The Cost and Context-Sensitive Advertising Project supported by TÜBİTAK.
- Built an Adsense-like just-in-time contextual advertising system for Turkish language in Java.
- Team leader
- Lead the development team of Mynet's advertisement network, Adklik.
- Research and development
- Software Engineer, EVD, September 2009-February 2010
- Test development
- Analyzed, implemented and tested the computational model of The Energy Performance of Buildings Project conducted by T.R. The Ministry of Public Works and Settlement in Matlab and Python.
- Test development
- Research Assistant Supported by TÜBİTAK, ITU, September 2006-June 2009
- Research on bioinformatics
- Classified proteins and peptides using sequence similarity-based techniques.
- Implemented a tool for sequence alignment and Oommen-Kashyap transition probability calculation in Eiffel. (http://balign.sourceforge.net/)
- Research on bioinformatics
- Assistant Student, ITU Computer Center, November 2002-September 2005
- Software development
- Built a central authentication system similar to Microsoft Passport by extending the .NET libraries and using LDAP. (https://giris.itu.edu.tr/)
- Built an anti-virus web portal similar to Symantec Security Response. (http://www.bidb.itu.edu.tr/?a=52)
- Technical Support
- Gave support on software, servers, network and PC hardware.
- Software development
- Intern, Tekstilbank Computer Center, August 2004-August 2004
- Enterprise servers and Oracle database
- Installed HP-UX 11i and Oracle Database 10g on an HP V-Class server.
- Gained experience on enterprise servers, SANs, Unix and Oracle Database.
- Investigated Tekstilbank’s server and network infrastructure.
- Enterprise servers and Oracle database
Education
- PhD, Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, unfinished
- I left Turkey before getting my degree.
- GPA: 3.94 / 4
- Selected courses:
- Evolutionary Computing by Şima Etaner Uyar
- Information Theory by Ümit Aygölü
- Optimization Techniques in Engineering by Melike Nikbay
- Software Modeling and Design by Feza Buzluca
- Special Topics in Highly Correlated Systems by Ayşe Erzan
- MS, Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
- Thesis: Improvement of Protein Function Prediction Using Structural Information and Peptide Classification Using Syntactic Transition Probabilities
- GPA: 3.5 / 4
- Selected courses:
- Graph Theory and Applications by Ayşegül Gençata Yayımlı
- Machine Learning by Zehra Çataltepe
- Statistical Physics by Ayşe Erzan
- BS, Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
- Graduation project: Web Page Classification Techniques and Similarity Metrics
- GPA: 3.15 / 4
- Selected courses:
- Advanced Programming by Turgut Uyar
- Computer Ethics by Turgut Uyar
- Compiler Design by Nadia Erdoğan
- Discrete Event Simulation by Şima Etaner Uyar & Nadir Yücel
Publications
Journal Articles
- Aygün, E.; Oommen B.J. & Cataltepe, Z. Peptide Classification Using Optimal and Information Theoretic Syntactic Modelling Pattern Recognition, 2010, 43, 3891
- Herdağdelen, A.; Aygün, E. & Bingol, H. A formal treatment of generalized preferential attachment and its empirical validation Europhysics Letters, 2007, 78, 60007
Selected Conference Papers
- Aygün, E.; Oommen B.J. & Cataltepe, Z. On Utilizing Optimal and Information Theoretic Syntactic Modelling for Peptide Classification Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics, 2009
- Cataltepe, Z. & Aygün, E. An Improvement of Centroid-Based Classification Algorithm for Text Classification IEEE 23rd International Conference on Data Engineering, 2007, 952-956
- Herdagdelen, A.; Aygün, E. & Bingol, H. Measuring generalized preferential attachment in an online hyper-textual dictionary: Eksi Sozluk European Conference on Complex Systems, 2005
Selected Posters
- Aygün, E. & Önduygu D.C. EVODES: An Evolutionary Poster Design Environment Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution, 2009
Honors
- Bronze medal in Data Journalism category of Information is Beautiful Awards, 2012
- Special community award in Information is Beautiful Awards, 2012
- Special prize in METU National Computer Club Programming Contest, 2003
- Second place in Computer Branch of TÜBİTAK BAYG National Project Contest, 2001