Supervised Theses

Ph.D. Theses

  1. A General Framework For The Deterministic Medium Access On The Controller Area Network, Murat Akpınar, Ph.D. Thesis, Defense date: June 2022, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  2. Communication and Coordination for Urban Intelligent Transportation: Architecture and Algorithms, Maksat Atagoziyev, Ph.D. Thesis, Defense date: February 2022 Co-advisor, Main advisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  3. Fast, Efficient and Dynamically Optimized Data and Hardware Architectures for String Matching, Salih Zengin, Ph.D. Thesis, Defense date: September 2014, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Hasan Guran. Thesis overview
  4. Dependability Design for Distributed Real-Time Systems with Broadcast Communication, Yusuf Bora Kartal, Ph.D. Thesis, Defense date: June 2014. Thesis overview
  5. Design and implementation of hardware architectures for high-speed IP address lookup, Nizam Ayyıldız, Ph.D. Thesis, Defense date: August 2013, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Hasan Guran. Thesis overview
  6. QoC and QoS bargaining for message scheduling in networked control systems, Sinan Şenol, Ph.D. Thesis, Defense date: June 2012, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Kemal Leblebicioğlu.
  7. Design and implementation of scheduling and switching architectures for high-speed networks, Mustafa Sanlı, Ph.D. Thesis, Defense date: October 2011, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Hasan Guran.

M.Sc. Theses

  1. A Machine Learning Framework for High-Frequency Midprice Prediction: Feature Engineering, Hyperparameter Space Exploration, and Profit-Loss Evaluation, Barış Tiryaki, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2026.
  2. FPGA Hardware Acceleration for Ultra-Low-Latency Machine Learning: Architecture and System-Level Implementation for High-Frequency Trading, Alperen Koyun, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2026.
  3. Dynamic, Adaptive, And Optimal Resource Allocation And Migration In Cloud Data Centers, Onat Deniz Doğan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: July 2025, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  4. Offset Scheduling For AFDX: Definition, Response Time Computation, and Evaluation, Muhammed Fatih E;gin, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: July 2025, Co-advisor, Advisor:Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  5. An FPGA-Accelerated String-Matching Engine, Süleyman Samet Yalçın, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: November 2024.
  6. Cycle-Accurate Functional Simulation of RISC-V Processors for Embedded Applications: Timing Model Construction, Validation and Performance Evaluation, Utkucan Doğan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2024.
  7. Hardware Accelerators for High Throughput Packet Classification in Computer Networks, Doğu Erkan Arkadaş, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2024.
  8. Hardware Accelerated Packet Parsers and Deparsers for High-Throughput Flow Classification in Computer Networks: Design, Implementation and Evaluation, Ömer Bayram Demir, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2024.
  9. High-Throughput Bloom Filter Design: Systematic Parameter Selection and FPGA Implementation, Efe Berkay Yitim, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: July 2024.
  10. Anomaly Detection of MIL-STD 1553 Traffic: Machine Learning Methods and Realistic Simulation Evaluation, Hüseyin Sağırkaya, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2023.
  11. A UPF Module for 5G Networks with Quality of Service Support: Software Implementation and Realistic Evaluation, Mustafa Fatih Çemen, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2023.
  12. Optimal Resource Allocation and Migration Decision for Virtual Machine Requests in Cloud Data Centers, Nazım Kerem Mert, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2023, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  13. An Analytical Method for the Analysis and Design of AFDX Networks, Zeynep Ayhan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: June 2023, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  14. A Novel and Precise False Positive Probability Computation for Bloom Filters Implemented with Universal Hash Functions, Furkan Koltuk, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2022.
  15. AFDX (Avionics Full-duplex Switched Ethernet) Network Simulation and Performance Analysis, İpek Peşkircioğlu Gökçe, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: July 2022,Co-advised with Assoc.Prof. Dr. Murat Üçüncü, Başkent University.
  16. Extension of an Open Source Resource Management Tool For Heterogeneous Cloud Data Centers: Implementation And Evaluation, Taha Doğan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2022.
  17. A Workflow for Offering Hardware Accelerators as a Cloud Computing Service: Implementation and Evaluation, Anıl Tırlıoğlu, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2022. Thesis overview
  18. Design, Implementation And Verification Of A High-Speed On-Chip Packet Switch, Ayhan Sefa Yıldız, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2022.
  19. A Novel Flexible On-chip Switch Architecture for Reconfigurable Hardware Accelerators, Fatih Yazıcı, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2021. Thesis overview
  20. A New Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Ethernet Protocol: Design and Evaluation, Emre Atik, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2021, Co-advised with Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  21. Dynamic Resource Allocation in Virtualized Networks for Network Slicing, Ceren Canpolat, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2020. Thesis overview
  22. Clock Synchronization Algorithms on a Software Defined CAN Controller: Implementation and Evaluation Serkan Yalçın, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2020, Co-advisor, Main advisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  23. Train Communication Network, Multifunction Vehicle Bus, Scheduling, Integer Linear Programming, Heuristics, Mustafa Çağlar Güldiken, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2020, Co-advisor, Main advisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  24. Optimal Dynamic Resource Allocation for Heterogenous Cloud Data Centers, Nazım Umut Ekici, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2019.Thesis overview
  25. Generalized Resource Management for Heterogeneous Cloud Data Centers, Ahmet Erol, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2019.Thesis overview
  26. A Link Delay Computation Method for the Quality of Service Support in Software Defined Networks, Efe Balo, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2019. Thesis overview
  27. C³: Configurable CAN FD Controller: Design, Implementation and Evaluation, Mehmet Ertuğ Afşin, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2018, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.Thesis overview
  28. Controller Area Network with Offset Scheduling: Improved Offset Assignment Algorithms and Computation of Response Time Distributions, Ahmet Batur, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2018, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  29. An End-To-End Communication Architecture for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Design, Implementation and Latency Analysis, Çağatay Bağcı, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2018. Thesis overview
  30. Efficient and Fair Adaptive Streaming: Algorithm, Implementation and Evaluation, Ahmet Öge, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: June 2017. Thesis overview
  31. Efficient algorithms for the frame packing and slot allocation of FlexRay v3.0, Cumhur Çakmak, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2017, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.Thesis overview
  32. A Low Latency, High Throughput and Scalable Hardware Architecture for Flow Tables in Software Defined Networks, Göksan Eral, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2016. Thesis overview
  33. TZAR – Time Zone Based Approximation To Ring: An Autonomous Protection Switching Algorithm for Globally Resilient Optical Transport Networks, Fatih Düzgün, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2016.
  34. Message Scheduling For The Static and Dynamic Segment of Flexray: Algorithms and Applications Özgur Kızılay, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: December 2015, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  35. Dynamic Analysis For Complex Event Processing, Muhammet Oğuz Özcan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: December 2015, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Ali Doğru. Thesis overview
  36. Controller Area Network (CAN) Response Time Analysis and Scheduling For Advanced Topics: Offsets, FIFO Queues and Gateways, Burak Alkan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2015, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  37. A Frame Packing Method to Improve the Schedulability on CAN and CAN-FD, Gökhan Urul, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2015, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  38. RSAR: A Layered Software Architecture for Cyber-physical Systems, Erhan Akagündüz, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2015, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Halit Oğuztüzün.
  39. A Generic and Extendable System Architecture for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Kaan Çetinkaya, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2015. Thesis overview
  40. UNIBUS: A Universal Hardware Architecture For Serial Bus Interfaces With Real-Time Support, Mehdi Duman, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2015. Thesis overview
  41. Software Implementations of QoS Scheduling Algorithms for High Speed Networks Aydın Pehlivanlı, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2015. Thesis overview
  42. Implementation and Performance Analysis Of Switch Fabric Schedulers With a New Accurate Simulator Software, Ahmet Ada, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2014. Thesis overview
  43. Switch Fabric Schedulers with Intelligent Multi-Class Support: Design, Implementation and Evaluation on FPGA , Murat Akpınar, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2014.Thesis overview
  44. Diagnosers for discrete event systems: improved realization and examples, Bora Eser Kart, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2014, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  45. Combined centralized and decentralized fault diagnosis for discrete event systems, Ruhi Karav, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: February 2014, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  46. An FPGA implementation of two-step trajectory planning for automatic parking Halil Ertuğrul, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2013, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  47. Simulation-based VoIP performance evaluation under different traffic and codec conditions, Berk Ünlü, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2013. Thesis overview
  48. Implementation and evaluation of the dependability plane for the Dynamic Distributed Dependable Real Time Industrial Protocol (D3RIP), Ömer Berat Sezer, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2013, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  49. Implementation and evaluation of the Dynamic Distributed Real Time Industrial Protocol (D2RIP), Adem Kaya, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2013, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  50. https Adaptive Streaming architectures for Video on Demand and Live TV services, Yiğit Özcan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2013. Thesis overview
  51. The development and hardware implementation of a dynamically reconfigurable and area optimized Cyclic Redundancy Check architecture, Özcan Yurt, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2013. Thesis overview
  52. Software tool development for the automated configuration of FlexRay networks for in-vehicle communication, Can Öztürk, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2013, Co-advised with Associate Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt. Thesis overview
  53. The development and hardware implementation of a high-speed adaptable packet switch fabric, Erdem Eyüp Akbaba, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2013. Thesis overview
  54. A new service architecture for IPTV over Internet, Merve Özkardeş, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2013. Thesis overview
  55. A software tool for vehicle calibration, diagnosis and test via controller area network Utku Civelek, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2012. Thesis overview
  56. Development of strategies for reducing the worst-case message response times on the controller area network, Vakkas Çelik, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: January 2012, Co-advised with Assistant Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
  57. Simulation and performance evaluation of a distributed real-time communication protocol for industrial embedded systems, Güray Aybar, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: December 2011.
  58. Implementation and evaluation of a eynchronous time-slotted medium access protocol for networked industrial embedded systems, Ahmet Korhan Gözcü, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2011.
  59. Implementing and evaluating the Coordination Layer and time-synchronization of a new protocol for industrial communication networks, Ulaş Turan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: September 2011.
  60. A faster intrusion detection method for high-speed computer networks, Mehmet Cem Tarım, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: May 2011.
  61. Ethernet based real time communications for embedded systems, Ozan Yılmaz, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: May 2010.
  62. Inter-connected FlexRay and CAN Networks for ın-vehicle communication: Gateway implementation and end-to-end performance study, Melih Alkan, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: May 2010.
  63. Performance evaluation of FlexRay networks for in-vehicle communication, Ali Demirci, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: November 2009.
  64. A new feedback-based contention avoidance algorithm for optical burst switching networks, Hadi Alper Toku, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: December 2008.
  65. Time-triggered controller area network (TTCAN) communication scheduling: a systematic approach, Uğur Keskin, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: August 2008.
  66. Connectionless traffic and variable packet size support in high speed network switches: improvements for the delay-limiter switch, Alican Akçasoy, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: June 2008.
  67. Testing distributed real-time systems with a distributed test approach Gökhan Öztaş, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: May 2008.
  68. A new approach for the scalable intrusion detection in high-speed networks, Ümit Burak Şahin, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: December 2007.
  69. Scheduling algorithms for wireless CDMA networks, Serkan Ender Hakyemez, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: December 2007.
  70. Routing algorithms for on chip networks, Maksat Atagoziyev, M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: December 2007.
  71. An evaluation of aspect-oriented programming for embedded real-time systems, Yusuf Bora Kartal, M.S. Thesis, Defense date: May 2007.
  72. A novel method for the detection of P2P traffic in the network backbone inspired by intrusion detection systems, Murat Soysal , M.Sc. Thesis, Defense date: June 2006.