Zafer AYDIN

Zafer AYDIN is an Associate Professor at the Computer Engineering Department of Abdullah Gul University. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Bilkent University (Turkey) and his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology (USA). His research focuses on machine learning applications in bioinformatics, health informatics, and industrial problems.

• PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology (2008)
• Postdoc: University of Washington (2008-2011)
• Previous: Assistant Professor at Bahcesehir University (2011-2014)

Research Interests include protein structure prediction, medical imaging analysis, network security, and financial data modeling. His work spans both fundamental bioinformatics research and practical industrial applications.

Scientific Awards:

• 2nd in T0 phase of Respiratory Viral Dream Challenge (2016-2017)
• 1st in both question 1 and 2 prediction tasks of COVID-19 DREAM Challenge (2020-2021)

Teaching includes undergraduate courses in Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, and Algorithms, and graduate courses in Deep Learning and Pattern Recognition.