Work Experience

• Assistant Professor at Middle East Technical University (METU):
  

  Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) Department, Middle East Technical University, 2022-present.

  Affiliated Faculty at Middle East Technical University (METU):
  

  Affiliated Faculty Member in the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM), Middle East Technical University, 2023-present.

  Director of the Reliable and Efficient INformation Systems (REINS) Group at METU.
  
  

• Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University:
  

  Postdoctoral Associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department, Duke University, 2018-2021.

  Overall rating: Exceptional in 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021.

  Major projects: Coding theoretic techniques to enhance the performance and the reliability of modern data storage, cloud storage, computational storage, distributed computing, DNA data storage, and quantum computing systems.
  
  

• Development Engineer at Mentor Graphic Corporation:
  

  Senior Development Engineer in the Device Modeling Team (DMT), Analog-Mixed Signal (AMS) Verification, Deep Sub-Micron (DSM) Division, Mentor Graphics Corporation (MGC), currently Siemens EDA, 2006-2014.

  Major projects: Device models implementation/testing, TSMC modeling interface (TMI), input-output buffer information specification (IBIS) modeling, reliability framework standardization, and parameter extraction for new technologies.
  
  

Internship Experience

• ECC Architect at Intel Corporation:
  

  Error-Correction Coding (ECC) Architect in the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group (NSG), Intel Corporation, June 2017-September 2017.

  Major project: Spatially-coupled codes for Flash memory.
  
  

• ECC Architect at Intel Corporation:
  

  Error-Correction Coding (ECC) Architect in the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group (NSG), Intel Corporation, June 2015-September 2015.

  Major project: Non-binary LDPC codes for Flash memory.