معرفی
Haluk Topcuoglu is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Marmara University's Faculty of Engineering. He holds a PhD from Syracuse University (1999) and has been at Marmara University since 1999, progressing through roles as Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor. His research focuses on multicore architectures, parallel algorithms, fault tolerance, dynamic optimization, and hybrid evolutionary algorithms. He has led multiple funded projects, including TUBITAK initiatives on reliability optimization and sensor placement.
Education: PhD in Computer Science (Syracuse University, 1999), MSc and BSc in Computer Engineering (Boğaziçi University, 1993 and 1991).
Research Interests: Task scheduling for multicore systems, reliability-aware computing, dynamic optimization, and applications of evolutionary algorithms in cloud/fog computing. His work emphasizes balancing performance, energy efficiency, and fault tolerance in parallel systems.
Awards include the 2008 IBM Faculty Award, 2010 IEEE ISDA Best Paper Award, and Marmara University's 2012 Publication Impact Award. He has supervised 4 PhD and 19 MSc theses, with ongoing research in machine learning-assisted metaheuristics and dynamic monitor selection.
Editorial roles include Cluster Computing Journal (SCI-Expanded) and Journal of Aeronautics and Space Technologies. He teaches courses on evolutionary computing, multicore computing, and parallel processing.
Current projects include cross-layer reliability frameworks and scheduling algorithms for fog computing, reflecting his focus on industry-relevant computational challenges.
