About
I am a Patent and Trademark Attorney and a part‑time instructor at METU. My work centers on intellectual property, database systems, and software for IP automation. I have authored reference books on EU trademark law and teach topics in database design and SQL.
Courses
STAT 311 — Modern Database Systems
Wed 12:40–15:30 (P4) · Thu 15:40–16:30 (YP‑B201)Assessment
- Quiz/Homework 10%
- Project 30% + Presentation 20%
- Final Exam 40%
Term
Lecture Notes
- Lecture 1 Chapter 1 – Database and Database Users
- Lecture 1 Chapter 2 – Database System Concepts and Architecture
- Lecture 2 Chapter 3 – Data Modeling Using the Entity–Relationship (ER) Model
- Lecture 2 – Activity Coffee Shop
- Lecture 3 Chapter 4 – The Enhanced Entity–Relationship (EER) Model
- Lecture 3 Chapter 5 – The Relational Data Model and Relational Database Constraints
- Lecture 3 – Activity UNIVERSITY
- Lecture 4 Chapter 6 – Basic SQL
- Lecture 4 – Activity Stat311 Queries
- Lecture 5 Chapter 7 – More SQL
- Lecture 6 Chapter 8 – The Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus
- Lecture 7 Chapter 9 – Relational Database Design & Relational Mapping
- Lecture 8 Chapter 10 – Introduction to SQL Programming Techniques
- Lecture 8 Chapter 11 – Web Database Programming Using PHP
- Lecture 9 – PHP Example Simple PHP Script: Displaying a Student Record
- Lecture 9 – HTML Simulation Recreating the PHP Example Using JavaScript
- Lecture 9 – HTML Simulation 2 Edit Mode + CSV/XML Loading
- Lecture 9 – CSV Database Simulation Next/Previous Navigation + Database Logic
- Lecture 9 – Objects Object-Oriented Student Representation
- Lecture 9 – Inheritance Student vs. GraduateStudent Example
- Lecture 9 – Composite Types Nested Objects: Address + Contact
- Lecture 9 – Collections Course Lists, Maps & Derived Data
- Lecture 9 – XML Example XML Representation & Parsing of Student Records
- Lecture 10 Chapter 14-30 & Normalization, Big Data, Data Mining
2025-2026 Fall
STAT 444 — Advanced Statistical Computing
This syllabus will be published soon.
| Instructor | Deniz Çelikel |
|---|---|
| dcelikel@metu.edu.tr |
STAT 292 — Statistical Computing II
This syllabus will be published soon.
| Instructor | Deniz Çelikel |
|---|---|
| dcelikel@metu.edu.tr |