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Bekir Sait Ciftler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Data Science & AI
University of Doha for Science and Technology
College of Computing and IT
Employment
  • July 2022 – Current, Assistant Professor, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, QATAR
  • July 2019 – June 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, QATAR
  • September 2017 – July 2019, Solution Architect, P.I.Works, Istanbul, TURKEY
  • August 2016 – August 2017, Visiting Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
  • May 2016 – August 2016, Intern Researcher, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs MERL, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • May 2015 – June 2015, Intern Researcher, Qatar Mobility and Innovation Center, Doha, QATAR
  • May 2014 – June 2014, Intern Researcher, Qatar Mobility and Innovation Center, Doha, QATAR
  • August 2013 – April 2016, Graduate Research / Teaching Assistant, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
  • September 2011 – June 2013, Graduate Research / Teaching Assistant, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, TURKEY
Education
  • PhD – Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University,
    Miami, FL, USA (August 2013 – July 2017)
  • MSc – Electrical and Electronics Engineering, TOBB ETU,
    Ankara, Turkey (September 2011 – May 2013)
  • BSc – Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University,
    Ankara, Turkey (September 2007 – June 2011)
Biography

Bekir Sait Ciftler received his BS degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2011; his MSc degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, in 2013. His Ph.D. degree is from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, in 2017.

His research currently focuses on Communication, Privacy, Security, and Explainability for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications as an Assistant Professor at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar.

Prior to joining the University of Doha for Science and Technology, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar). He worked as a Machine Learning Researcher / Solution Architect for P.I. Works in Istanbul, Turkey, between 2017 to 2019. He worked at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, as a Visiting Research Assistant between August 2016 – August 2017. From May 2016 to August 2016, he had an internship at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), Boston, MA, USA.