İlkay ÖksüzView profile
Associate Professor
İlkay Öksüz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), where he has been serving since 2021, following his appointment as a Doctoral Academic Staff member in 2020. He previously held research positions at King's College London (2017–2020), The University of Edinburgh (2016), and Yale University (2015–2016). He earned his Ph.D. in Computer, Decision and Systems Science from IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, in 2017, under the supervision of Prof. Sotirios Tsaftaris. B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2010) M.Sc. in Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Bahçeşehir University (2013) Ph.D. in Computer, Decision and Systems Science, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (2017) His research focuses on medical image analysis, particularly in cardiac MRI, with core interests in image segmentation, registration, quality assessment, and reconstruction using deep learning. He also explores electricity price forecasting and explainable AI. His work bridges machine learning with clinical applications, aiming to improve diagnostic accuracy and automation in radiology. The 15 most recent publications highlight a strong trend in applying deep learning to medical imaging, especially cardiac and prostate MRI, mammography, and ECG analysis. A significant emphasis is placed on explainability , optimization , and clinical applicability , with frequent participation in MICCAI challenges and collaborations with radiology departments. Projects also extend into energy forecasting, showing interdisciplinary versatility. Scientific awards include: 2024 ITU Young Scientist Award in Engineering 2024 Parlar Research Incentive Award He leads the Predictive Intelligence and Medical Imaging (PIMI) Lab at ITU, mentoring graduate students and managing multiple funded projects, including the TUBITAK International Fellowship. His lab has achieved top placements in national and international AI competitions such as Teknofest and MICCAI challenges. He serves as principal investigator (PI) on several active grants focused on interpretable deep learning for medical imaging and electricity forecasting. The PIMI Lab, under his leadership, actively participates in high-impact medical AI challenges and has consistently achieved top rankings in competitions related to prostate cancer detection, breast imaging, and cardiac MRI reconstruction, demonstrating strong translational research impact.






