Category: News

Mobile gaming company, Loop Games, co-founded by our CS graduate Mert Gür (2017), received upto $60 million investment from international mobile games publisher Tilting Point. The company was founded in 2019. Since then, games developed by the Ankara-based company have been downloaded more than 50 million times on iOS and Android platforms; in 2020, Loop […]

A book on founding startup companies, written by Computer Engineering Graduate Ilker Koksal (CS’2013) is now available in Amazon.com.  Entitled as “Founder’s FAQ”, the book has also made into the bestseller list in Venture Capital category. “Founder’s FAQ is an authentic guide for founders by revealing what works and what doesn’t in the predictable journey […]

Selim Aksoy, Associate Professor in Department of Computer Engineering, has been  promoted to the rank of Full Professor, effective March 18, 2021. Dr. Aksoy received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2001. Before joining Bilkent, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at UW during 1996-2001, and […]

Graduate school open house took place on March 27th through Zoom. Students interested in doing MS and PhD in our department were able to get information about our research. There were interactive sessions. Potential applicants  learned about the admission process and financial support opportunities. They met with our faculty members. Event link: http://gradopenhouse.bilkent.edu.tr/

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Dündar‘s project is funded by European Commission Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) program. The title of the project is “3D image synthesis with deep neural networks“. 3-dimensional image synthesis is a technology to render objects from different views which enables numerous applications in computer graphics and computer vision. As […]

The generosity of Department of Computer Engineering graduates is making it possible for current students to receive financial support for their studies. Donations from alumni living in Turkey and abroad have funded eight scholarships for Computer Engineering students this academic year. We express our sincere thanks to our alumni for their support and best wishes […]

This year (2021) CS mentorship program admitted 72 new junior students as mentees into the program and matched them with their mentors. The mentors are Bilkent alumni, graduated mostly from computer engineering department. First, interested 3rd year students applied to the program in December 2020. Then the students (mentees) and the mentors  came together at […]

Dr. David Davenport was commemorated in a zoom meeting on Monday, March 1, 2021, at 12:30. Dr. David Davenport, a beloved faculty member in our Department,  passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. He will live in our hearts with his profound contributions to our university and students for 35 years.  As a beloved member […]

Asst. Prof. Dr. Eray Tüzün elected for the Editorial Board of Journal of Software: Evolution and Process

Asst. Prof. Dr. Can Alkan’s project on rapid diagnostic kit for sepsis received support from Afyon Health Sciences University.