Ongoing and Completed Projects

16) Reliable and Explainable AI Approaches for Medical Image Understanding 

Researcher - A Türkiye-Tunisia bilateral project (Tübitak 124N417) led by Dr. Berrin Yanikoglu (2025-2028).

15) Expanding the Experience of Citizens through Extended Reality (X-CITE) 

Researcher - EU Project, DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-AI-04 call, a collaboration with Tampereen Kaupunki (Finland), Nokia Technologies (Finland), Vlaamse Gewest (Belgium), Cegeka (Belgium), Gemeente Rotterdam (Netherlands), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, BITES, and more (2024-2027) (Note: all Turkish partners were removed from this project unilaterally by the EU commission right after it started, via an unjustified administrative excuse).

14) Domain generalized remote sensing image analysis

Principal Investigator - A Tübitak 1001 project in collaboration with Koray Kayabol from Gebze Technical University (2024-2026).

13) Visual keyword spotting in historical handwritten Ottoman documents

Researcher - A research project funded internally by Sabanci University, led by Dr. Mehmet Kuru (2023-2025).

12) Domain adaptation for semantic segmentation in remote sensing images

Principal Investigator - Integration research project internally funded by Sabanci University (2023-2025).

11) Intelligent Public Safety Platform for Smart Cities

Researcher - A Türkiye-Qatar bilateral project (Tübitak 2556) jointly with Gebze Technical University, Havelsan, Turkcell, Hyperion, IstLink, Tazi, Ozyegin University., Texas A&M University, Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Informatica Qatar (2021-2024).

10) MULTI-variate, temporal, resolution and SourCe remote sensing image Analysis and Learning (MULTISCALE)

Principal Investigator - A Türkiye-France bilateral project (Tübitak 2545-118E258) jointly with Laetitia Chapel from the Université de Bretagne Sud, France (2019-2022).

9) Branding of Bingol Honey through DNA barcoding

Researcher - Funded and led by Bingöl University (2019-2022).

8) Real-time night-time vehicle detection and recognition for adaptive matrix headlights

Researcher - A project for Odelo, Bursa (2019).

7) Deeply learned attribute profiles for the classification of remote sensing images

Principal Investigator - A Tübitak 1001 (217E053) project in collaboration with Sema Ariman from Samsun University (2018-2020).

6) Content based description and retrieval of hyperspectral remote sensing images

Principal Investigator - A Tübitak 1001 (115E857) project (2016-2018).

5) Melt pond detection from sea-ice SAR data

Researcher - A collaboration with Phil Hwang from the Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK (2015).

4) Content Based Image Retrieval for Plant Identification

Researcher - A Tübitak 1001 (113E499) project led by Berrin Yanikoglu from Sabanci University (2014-2016).

3) Hyperspectral remote sensing data description through multivariate mathematical morphology

Principal Investigator - A Tübitak 3501 (112E210) project (2013-2016).

2) Hydraulic Steering System Design for Semi-trailers

Researcher - A project led by Basar Ozkan from Okan University forTIRSAN, Sakarya (2013).

1) The Okan Autonomous Vehicle Project

Researcher - A project led by Tevfik Akgün from Okan University (2010-2011).