Tolga Ayav

Professor Tolga Ayav is affiliated with the Department of Computer Engineering at Izmir Institute of Technology, where he has served as faculty since 2006. He received his BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1995) from Dokuz Eylül University, MSc in Computer Engineering (1999) from Izmir Institute of Technology, and PhD in Computer Engineering (2004) from Ege University. He was a researcher at INRIA Rhone-Alpes in 2005.

• Education
  • BSc: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University (1995)
  • MSc: Computer Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (1999)
  • PhD: Computer Engineering, Ege University (2004)

Research Interests include formal methods for software testing, hardware component and on-chip system tests, real-time and fault-tolerant embedded systems, blockchain applications, and machine learning. His work focuses on:

• Formal verification techniques
• Real-time system optimization
• Hardware-software co-design
• Blockchain-based security solutions
• Mathematical modeling in testing

Recent Publications span topics like:

• Deep learning for livestock monitoring
• Blockchain in IoT security
• Fourier expansion in fault analysis
• Optimized data replication strategies
• Finite state machine testing

Scientific Awards include:

• Best Paper Award at IEEE CBDCom 2016 for cloud data replication research

Teaching includes courses such as:

• CENG 312: Computer Networks
• CENG 523: Advanced Topics in Real-Time Systems
• CENG 215: Circuits and Electronics

Projects he has led include:

• TÜBİTAK TEYDEB: Spectrally Efficient Small Cell Base Station Design
• BAP: Dedicated Server for Physical Network Applications

Lab Leadership: He leads the DCS Research Group at Izmir Institute of Technology, focusing on distributed computing and real-time systems.