معرفی
Assoc. Prof. Berna KİRAZ holds a position at the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University. She earned her BA in Mathematics from Ege University (2004), MA in Computer Engineering from Marmara University (2008), and PhD in Computer Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (2014), followed by postdoctoral research at Michigan State University (2014-2015). Her research focuses on meta-heuristics, optimization problems, and deep learning applications in medical imaging.
Key academic roles include:
- Research Assistant at Marmara University (2007-2017)
- Assistant Professor at FSMVU (2017-2024)
- Elevated to Associate Professor in 2024 via university board decision
Research interests span:
- Single/multi-objective optimization
- Deep learning in medical image segmentation
- Neural architecture search
- Meta-heuristic algorithm development
Notable awards include the ISDA 2010 Best Paper Award and TÜBİTAK scholarships. She leads the ODESA-LAB, focusing on optimization and deep learning, and has advised multiple master's and doctoral students. Current projects involve low-cost microscopy systems and photonics filter design.
