PhD, Information Systems, Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University, 2006, Ankara.
Title of dissertation: "An Assessment Method for Statistical Process Control of Software Processes", Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Onur Demirörs.
MSc, Computer Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, 1999, İzmir.
Title of dissertation: "A Commitment Management Tool for Software Development". Supervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Elif Yılal
BSc, Computer Engineering, Ege University, 1995, İzmir.
İzmir Science High School, 1990, İzmir.
"Introduction to CMMI v1.1", Software Engineering Institute, 2005.
"Personal Software Process", Software Engineering Institute, 2000.
"SPICE Training Course", International SPICE Assessor Program, 1999.
"Defining Software Processes Workshop", Software Engineering Institute, 1998.
IEEE Membership, 2013, 2016 - .
Full Prof. / Assoc.Prof. / Assist. Prof. / Lecturer, Hacettepe University, Computer Engineering Department, Ankara, 2007 - .
Visiting Researcher, Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Sub-department of Information Systems, Eindhoven, 2013 Sep–2014 Aug and 2014 Nov–2015 Feb (15 months).
Part-time Lecturer, Middle East Technical University, Informatics Institute, Software Management Program, Ankara, 2002 – 2006.
Software Process Consultant / Partner, Bilgi Grubu Software Research, Education and Consultancy Ltd., Ankara, 2000 – 2006.
Research Assistant, Dokuz Eylül University, Computer Engineering Department, İzmir, 1998 – 1999.
Software Engineer, Informatics Department, Turkish Standards Institution, Ankara, 1995 – 1997.
Best Paper Award: B.Gezici, A.Kolukısa-Tarhan, "Explainable AI for Software Defect Prediction with Gradient Boosting classifier", in proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (UBMK 2022), IEEE CPS.
Best Talk Award: "Maturity Concept, Models, and Examples in Electronic Healthcare", The 2nd International Congress on Health Informatics and Information Security, 8-11 November 2017, Antalya.
Best Poster Award: D.Gündoğmuş and M.N.Tiftik, "An Indoor Tracking System for Patients of Damentia" (Co-supervised with Assist.Prof.Dr. Mehmet Köseoğlu), in Undergraduate Projects Exhibition of Computer Engineering Department of Hacettepe University, 2017.
Best Senior Project Award: K.Akeren and B.Ekici, "Conformance Analysis of Disease Treatment Processes to Treatment Protocols: Process Mining Oriented Tool Development", in TÜBİTAK 2242 University Senior Pojects Competition in the category of Scientific Solutions, 2016.
Best Paper Award (in Turkish): F.İlisulu, A.Tarhan ve O.Türetken, "İş Süreci Olgunluğu İçin Bir Öz-Değerlendirme Aracı", IX. Ulusal Yazılım Mühendisliği Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı, Eylül 2015, İzmir (CEUR Proceedings, sf. 582-593).
Best Paper Award (in Turkish): M.A.Sağ ve A.Tarhan, "İşletim İzlerinden Otomatik COSMIC Büyüklük Ölçme - Durum Çalışması", IX. Ulusal Yazılım Mühendisliği Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı, Eylül 2015, İzmir (CEUR Proceedings, sf. 800-811).
Best Paper Shortlist: R.Gönültaş and A.Tarhan. "Run-time Calculation of COSMIC Functional Size via Automatic Installment of Measurement Code into Java Business Applications", in proceedings of The 41th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2015), pp. 112-118, IEEE CPS.