I am an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering at Istanbul Technical University, specializing in machine learning, deep learning, and recommender systems. My teaching covers Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, and AI courses.
Developing graph-based models and diffusion models for improving recommendation quality across domains and markets.
Graph-based methods for session analysis and search task extraction, including CoGCN-C-CL model and k-peak decomposition.
Developing Video Summarization models using GAN-VAE and Diffusion architectures.
Virtualized Programmable Interfaces for Innovative Cost-Effective IoT Deployments in Smart Cities VITAL-IOT, 2013-2016 (EU FP7 Project Vital-iot ). Developed data analytics for smart city applications.
Associate Professor: Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2018 - ..)
Assistant Professor: Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2012 - 2018)
Research Assistant: Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2005 - 2012)
Research Engineer: ROTAM Excellence Center, Istanbul Technical University (2004 - 2005)
Software Engineer: Multimedia Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition Laboratuary (2002 - 2004)
Visiting Scholar: Learning Systems Group, California Institute of Technology, USA (July 2009)
Visiting Scholar: Statistical Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Group, Helsinki University of Technology (September 2007 - March 2008)
Intern: Research Institute for Optronics and Pattern Recognition, Germany (August 2001 - February 2002)
Email: yyaslan@itu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 212 285 7701
Office: Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Computer and Informatics Engineering, Computer Engineering Dept.