Resume of Atilla Özgür (Phd)

Mönchengladbach Germany 1) +49 0162 5638824, 2) ati.ozgur@gmail.com 3) atilla.oezguer@sms-digital.com

Summary of Qualifications

I consider myself: polyglot programmer, database developer, build engineer and researcher. Although I graduated in 2003 from Electrical Engineering, I started programming in 1991. I have 20 years of professional experience, with 6 years of Project Management and Team Leading experience and 6 years of Database Administration. I worked with different web application development platforms and Database Systems. I have numerous Microsoft certifications (MCPD,MCSD,MCT). I am certified in Oracle (OCA 11g) and SQL Server (2000-2008) Databases. I have worked on machine learning and artificial intelligence for more than 16 years due to my PhD+Postdoc. I hold a PHD degree in Electrical Engineering. My thesis was about machine learning, optimization and intrusion detection systems. I currently work as a scientific developer focused on machine learning and optimization for steel production systems.

Education

University Department Degree Start End
Middle East Technical University Electrical Engineering Bachelor 1995 2003
Atılım University Computer Engineering Master 2004 2007
Middle East Technical University Medical Informatics Master 2005 2008, Incomplete
Başkent University Electrical Engineering PHD 2007 2017

Employment History

Title Company Start End
Senior Developer SMS Digital 02-2022 Now
Assistant Professor Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıd University - Computer Engineering 06/2021 02/2022
Postdoctoral Researcher Jacobs University Bremen - Mathematics and Logistics 01/2018 01/2022
Database Administrator Turkish Labor Agency 07/2011 12/2017
Software Developer and Build/DevOps Engineer Milsoft 05/2010 07/2011
Senior Software Developer Tilda Telekom 10/2009 05/2010
Software Trainer Freelance 06/2009 10/2009
Software Project Manager Turksat 07/2008 06/2009
Software Project Manager Simetri 09/2006 04/2008
Software Trainer Netsoft 10/2005 12/2006
Software Developer Kale Yazılım 10/2004 10/2005
Software Developer Veripark 06/2003 10/2004

Peer Reviewed Articles (SCI-E)

  1. Fatih Nar, Atilla Özgür and Ayşe Nurdan Saran. “Sparsity-Driven Change Detection in Multitemporal SAR Images,” in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2016.
  2. Fatih Nar, Osman Erman Okman, Atilla Özgür, Müjdat Çetin. “Fast Target Detection in Radar Images using Rayleigh Mixtures and Summed Area Tables” in Digital Signal Processing, 2017
  3. Atilla Özgür, Hamit Erdem. “Feature selection and multiple classifier fusion using genetic algorithms in intrusion detection systems” in Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University, 2018.
  4. Atilla Özgür, Hamit Erdem, Fatih Nar. “Sparsity-driven weighted ensemble classifier” in International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2018
  5. Atilla Özgür,Yılmaz Uygun,Marc-Thorsten Hütt “A review of planning and scheduling methods for hot rolling mills in steel production”, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021

Other Peer Reviewed Articles

  1. Atilla Özgür, Hamit Erdem Saldırı Tespit Sistemlerinde Kullanılan Kolay Erişilen Makine Öğrenme Algoritmalarının Karşılaştırılması Bilişim Teknolojileri Dergisi, 41-48, 2012
  2. Fatih Nar, Osman Erman Okman, Atilla Özgür, M Çetin, “RmSAT-CFAR: Fast and accurate target detection in radar images” in SoftwareX, 2017

Certifications - Exams (See Long Version for Complete History)

  • OCA - Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate , 2010
  • Microsoft Certified Professional Developer , Asp.Net Developer 3.5
  • Microsoft Certified IT Professional Database Developer , 2008, (Early Achiever, Beta Exam)
  • Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) , Microsoft, 2005
  • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET , Microsoft, 2005
  • MCAD (Microsoft Certified (Web) Application Developer), Microsoft, 2004
  • KPDS 91/100 (2010 Spring) (Turkish Nation-wide English Language Exam)
  • GRE Quantitative (2008) (800/800) Verbal (450/800)

Courses I Taught in Universities:

  • Programming in Python (Jacobs University, in English, 5 semestres: 2019-2023
  • Web Programming (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıd University, in English 1 semestres: 2022)
  • Programming Languages (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıd University, in English 1 semestres: 2022)
  • Data Mining (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıd University, in English 1 semestres: 2021)
  • Programming in R (Jacobs University, in English, 3 semestres: 2019-2021
  • Deep Learning and Neural Networks (Applied University Bremen, in English, 2 semestres:2019 and 2020)
  • Data Structures (Baskent University, in Turkish, 2 semestres: 2013 and 2014)
  • Note: I have taught numerous courses when I was working as an IT Trainer and Senior Developer, mostly general programming, web programming, software management and database courses.

Online Presence

  1. google scholar
  2. researchgate
  3. github
  4. stack exchange
  5. linkedin

References

Available upon request.

Languages

  • Turkish (Native)
  • English (C2)
  • German (B1, Telc certification)
  • Bulgarian (A1)

Long Version of My Resume