Özkan CANAYView profile
Assistant Professor
Dr. Özkan CANAY serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Technologies at Sakarya University's Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences. With a career spanning nearly 30 years at the university, he progressed from technical roles to his current academic position, which he assumed in 2025 following completion of his doctorate. His educational credentials include: Industrial Engineering B.S. from Sakarya University (2002) Industrial Engineering M.S. from Sakarya University (2005) Computer and Information Engineering Ph.D. from Sakarya University (2024) Dr. CANAY's research centers on web analytics, user behavior prediction, and data governance frameworks. His expertise spans web usage mining (WUM), application logging, anomaly detection, and machine learning applications for enriched analytics. He has developed specialized frameworks like CAWAL for comprehensive web analytics. His scholarly output includes two academic books published in 2016 and the BIDAM scientific journal search engine. His Web of Science profile shows an h-index of 2 with 11 total citations, indicating a developing research trajectory. Administratively, he served as Deputy Director (2005-2008, 2009-2011) and Director (2011-2012) of the Computer Research and Application Center. He has taught informatics courses for 16 years, primarily through distance education, and currently instructs courses in information systems analysis, Python programming, and project management.











