Academic Staff

After graduating from Software Engineering as a high honor student in 2012, Serhat Uzunbayır started his master's education in the Intelligent Computing Systems (with thesis) program at Izmir University of Economics in the same year. After completing her master's degree in 2015, he started his education at Izmir University of Economics Computer Engineering Doctorate Program. Currently, he is continuing his doctorate education and working as a Research Assistant at Izmir University of Economics Software Engineering Department.

Senem Kumova Metin has taken her B.S degree from Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Ege University (2001), MS and PhD degrees from International Computer Institute, Ege University, İzmir (2005, 2011). She is mainly interested in Natural Language Processing/Computational Linguistic applications. She is currently working as an Associate Professor in Software Engineering Department, in İzmir University of Economics. Further information can be found about Senem Kumova Metin from her web page (http://homes.ieu.edu.tr/skumova/).

Erdem Okur completed his undergraduate degree in the Izmir University of Economics, Department of Software Engineering in 2012. In the same year he started his master in Intelligent Engineering Systems at Izmir University of Economics and became a research assistant at Software Engineering Department. After he erned his MSc, he started to his Phd in 2015. He is currently studying Phd. in Computer Engineering at Izmir University of Economics and works as a research assistant at Software Engineering Department.

Kaan Kurtel has been a Professor at the Department of Software Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Izmir University of Economics since 2002. He obtained his MSc in Computer Engineering from Ege University, in 2005 and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Trakya University, Turkey, in 2009. His Ph.D. thesis research involved a collaboration with Bimar professionals on software product measurement and maintenance. He has worked in various areas of the computer industry, among others, in software development, education, service, sales and marketing, and management. During his professional life, he worked for a year in England and learned English (1987-1988). His current research interests focus on software engineering, software quality, software measurement, software maintenance, logistics information systems, e-business, and health care systems.

Dr. Ibrahim Zincir is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Software Engineering at Izmir Economy University. Dr. Zincir received his PhD in Computer Engineering from University of Plymouth with a focus on data mining for secure mobile networks. His research interests include data mining, machine learning, network security and web centric business applications. He is a member of the IEEE.

Ph.D. in Computer Science, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn NY, 2008 M.S. in Computer Science, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn NY, 2005 B.S. in Control and Computer Engineering, İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey, 1999.

Prof. Dr. Yasar Guneri Sahin received his PhD and MS degrees in 2005 and 1999 from Gazi University - Industrial technology and computer education respectively and BS degree from Middle East Technical University-Computer engineering in 1994. He has worked in industry for 10 years as senior and top manager, and managed many official and private software projects. His major fields are Software Engineering, Real-Time Systems and Educational Technologies. He has been working at Department of Software Engineering, Izmir University of Economics since 2007, and he has been serving as a dean at Faculty of Engineering, Izmir University of Economics since 2014. He served as a visiting professor at University of Missouri Columbia between 2018 and 2019.

He completed his undergraduate education in İzmir University of Economics, Department of Computer Engineering in 2019. In the same year, he started his master's program in Izmir University of Economics, Computer Engineering Department. After he earned his MSc, he started to his PhD in 2022. In addition to his ongoing PhD education, he is working as a research assistant at Izmir University of Economics, Software Engineering Department.