Academic & industry

Experience

Academic research, industry leadership and hands-on engineering across METU, the SUIT platform, JeoIT and FreshData.

2008–nowSpan
7Roles
3Current positions
  1. 09/2023 — now
    Academic research

    Senior Researcher — Intelligent & Delay-Tolerant Networks

    Middle East Technical University, Ankara

    Goal-oriented and reinforcement-learning-based flow control for delay-tolerant and disruption-prone networks in the ERC-funded GO-SPACE project, alongside research on LoRa/LoRaWAN technology and the Age of Information.

    • Relay-side bundle management and flow control for deep-space links, using constrained reinforcement learning.
    • Designing an application-layer protocol for LoRa/LoRaWAN that enables age-aware communication.
    • Feasibility studies for integrating LoRa/LoRaWAN into diverse IoT ecosystems.
    Goal-oriented bundle management (IAC 2026) Duty-cycle compatible fresh data with LoRa
  2. 05/2023 — now
    Industry · leadership

    Chief Technology Officer

    FRESHDATA Technologies, Ankara

    Developing an age-sensitive IoT fault indicator device for the electricity distribution sector.

    • Designing an IoT fault indicator wireless node.
    • Developing and deploying an age-sensitive communication scheme that adapts its transmission interval to network conditions, keeping updates timely while holding data volume down.
    AoI-driven IoT fault detection
  3. 01/2023 — now
    Research platform

    Senior Researcher (part time)

    SUIT Platform, Ankara

    IoT and machine learning for energy-efficient control algorithms in the “Learning Smart Air Conditioner”, for the Sustainable Urbanization Through Innovative Technologies platform.

    • Leading an IoT system for smart rooms, integrating environment-monitoring devices over MQTT.
    • Tracking solar panel energy generation and room energy consumption.
    • Engineering occupancy measurement for real-time room usage monitoring.
    • Machine learning for adaptive HVAC, optimising energy efficiency and user comfort.
    IoT-based multi-speed HVAC control
  4. 09/2018 — now
    Industry · PI

    PI / Senior Internet of Things Engineer

    JeoIT Ltd. Şti, Ankara

    Designing, developing and optimising end-to-end IoT solutions.

    • IoT architectures spanning hardware, software, connectivity and data management.
    • Device and system design, including firmware development and hardware integration.
    • MQTT, LoRa and cellular communication for IoT devices.
    • LoRa-based IoT nodes for environmental monitoring, deployed at a landfill site.
  5. 05/2017 — 09/2018
    Industry R&D

    Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Engineer

    Teknolojik Sistemler San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti, Ankara

    Development of a Building Smart Energy Management System for residential and commercial buildings.

    • Q-learning for HVAC optimisation, under TÜBİTAK project 1150648 (2016–2018).
  6. 09/2010 — 05/2017
    Academic research

    Senior Researcher

    METU Communication Networks Research Group, Ankara

    Researcher on TÜBİTAK projects focused on energy-efficient IoT and wireless network optimisation.

    • Published work on wireless sensor networks, energy harvesting and machine learning.
    • Optimising energy-harvesting communications and wireless network efficiency.
    Energy-harvesting publications
  7. 04/2008 — 06/2010
    Industry · project management

    Project Manager

    Parto Afshan Aria Co.

    Managing installations of OTN centres, switch centres, rural GSM systems and power supplies to enhance telecommunications infrastructure.

Teaching

Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.