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Education

Postdoc in Computer Science  -- 2008-Present

University of California, Berkeley, USA 

Department of Electrical Eng. and Computer Sciences

 

Natural Language Processing, Semantic Computing,

Graphical Models.

Ph.D. in Information Sciences -- 2005-2008

University of TorontoCanada

Department of Industrial Engineering
Thesis: “Modeling Uncertainty with Evolutionary Improved Fuzzy Functions”

 

M.A.Sc. in Information Sciences -- 2003- 2005

University of TorontoCanada

Department of Industrial Engineering
Thesis: "Fuzzy Functions with Support Vector Machines, "

 

Computer Programming and Analysis  -- 2000-2002
Seneca College , Toronto , Canada
Thesis Title: “Enterprise Web Application for Student Registration on J2EE Technology.”

 

B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering  -- 1993-1997
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Thesis Title: “Multi-Objective Decision Making on Marketing Research – Conjoint Analysis”

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April 2008-Present

Postdoctoral Research Employment-

University of California, Berkeley

Department of Computer Sciences

BISC – The Berkeley Initiative and Soft Computing Laboratory

Research Area: Intelligent Applications on Advancing Question and Answering Systems

·        Designed and built modules, i.e., query analyzer, query expansion, deduction, text entailment and question/answer text alignment for automatic answer generation systems.

September 2003-April 2008

Research Assistant KIS Laboratory - University of Toronto              

Conducted research on several projects on fuzzy logic and soft computing:

·        Software Risk Analysis Project for Royal Bank of Canada -      Sept 2006-Jan 2007

o   Worked as a lead data-mining consultant,

o   Designed a data model to create appropriate relationships within provided unstructured data.

·        Credit Worthiness Analysis for Nordea Bank Finland  -              May 2005-Dec 2005

o   Worked as a lead consultant,

o   Increased the accuracy of identifying the risk of credit applications of customers.

·        Desulphurization Process Improvement for Dofasco Canada  -   Sep 2002-May 2004        

o   Designed a special Fuzzy Data Mining Model for Desulphurization Process

·        Wealth Management and Income Prediction Analysis for Toronto Dominion Bank Canada –   Sep 2001-Apr 2002

o   Worked as a Data Mining Specialist on Fuzzy System Modeling of Wealth Management and Income Prediction Project

October 2002-September 2003

Data Mining Specialist Innovations Foundation of University of Toronto

Designed and implemented data mining software using Java, Matlab, SAS.

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2002-2007

Teaching Assistant - University of Toronto

·        Knowledge Modeling and Management

o   Hold tutorial on Protégé, FOL, SWRL, OWL,

o   Assisted preparation of the assignments,

o   Hold office hours to address student questions on assignments and mid-terms,

·        Data Modeling

o   Taught database access using JAVA and JDBC,

o   Prepared parts of the assignments and final exam related to the database connectivity,

o   Management of course web site.

·        Decision Analysis

o   Assisted in the preparations of the assignments,

o   Reviewed the student work on project modules,

 

May 2006

Teaching Assistantship Training Program University of Toronto

·        Completed a year long peer-training certification program.

 

2005-2006

Undergraduate Student Supervision University of Toronto

·        Assisted two undergraduate students in their undergraduate thesis.

 

2000-2001

Teaching Assistant -  Seneca College

·        Database Design and Modeling with ORACLE

o   Assisted students during the laboratory sessions and throughout their preparation for the term project.

 

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

  • Java and J2EE.
  • C/C++
  • Matlab Scripting
  • SAS (AF, SCL)
  • SQL, Oracle PL/SQL

Web Languages

  • RDF/XML
  • OWL, SWRL
  • FOL

Applications / Tools

  • Matlab (FL, NN, SP)
  • Eclipse
  • Protege
  • SAS (Analyst, Enterprise Miner)
  • SPSS
  • MS-Office

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