Ali Karakus

Ali Karakus is an Associate Professor at Middle East Technical University (METU) and Deputy Head of Department. He obtained his Bachelor's degree (2005), Master's degree (2009), and PhD (2015) from METU. His research focuses on computational fluid dynamics, high-order numerical algorithms, and GPU-accelerated solvers for multiphysics problems.

• Specializes in high-performance scientific computing and finite element methods.
• Develops GPU-optimized solvers for compressible/incompressible flows, level-set reinitialization, and physics-informed neural networks.

The Accelerated Multiphysics (AMiP) research group, led by Dr. Karakus, emphasizes discontinuous Galerkin approaches, adaptive mesh refinement, and Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov methods. His recent work integrates data-driven modeling with traditional fluid dynamics solvers.

Notable scientific achievements include:

• 2024 Lecturer of the Year award from METU Parlar Foundation
• Collaborative publications on NekRS, a GPU-accelerated Navier-Stokes solver
• Selected as a groundbreaking paper in Parallel Computing journal

Dr. Karakus has supervised multiple M.Sc. theses on topics including:

• High-order Boltzmann solutions for low Mach aerodynamics
• Physics-informed neural networks in CFD
• GPU-accelerated level-set reinitialization

His publications demonstrate expertise in GPU parallelization, mesh deformation, and weakly compressible flow modeling.