EDUCATION

Ph.D. Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000-2005

MS Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1997-2000

BS Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993-1997

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997 - 2005     Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

                         Research and Teaching Assistant

2005 -              University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

                         Postdoc Study with NATO-B1 Scholarship from TUBITAK

                         Member of the Cerberus Team (4 legged Sony Robot League Team)

2001 in Seattle, USA

2002 in Fukuoka, JAPAN

2003 in Padua, ITALY

ASSISTED COURSES

Introduction To Computing

Introduction To Computers

Introduction To Object Oriented Programming

Discrete Computational Structures

Digital Systems

Data Structures And Algorithms

Computer Organization

Principles Of Programming Languages

Microprocessor-based System Design

Introduction To Artificial Intelligence

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

Kuru, S., H. L. Akın, A. Levi, O. T. Yıldız, and O. Kurşun, "Elektronik Ticaret Gosterileri," IGEME'den Bakis, sayi 11, pp. 65-71, Ankara, 1999. (In Turkish)

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Omnivariate Decision Trees”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol 12, No 6, pp. 1539-1546, November 2001.

Yıldız, O. T., L. Akarun and H. L. Akın “Fast nearest neighbour testing algorithm for small feature sizes”, Electronics Letters, Vol 40, No 3, pp. 171-172, February 2004.

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Linear Discriminant Trees”, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol 19, No 3, pp.323-353, May 2005.

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Ordering and Finding the Best of K > 2 Supervised Learning Algorithms”, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, accepted.

Conference Papers

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Comparing Univariate and Multivariate Decision Trees”, TAINN 1999.

Kuru, S, H. L. Akin, O. T. Yildiz, and O. Kursun, "Electronic Commerce Roadshow", Bilişim 99, 1999. (In Turkish)

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Univariate and Multivariate Decision Trees”, TAINN 2000.

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Linear Discriminant Trees”, ICML 2000.

Guler, N., O. T. Yıldız, F. Gurgen, F. Varol, E. Alpaydın, “ A Comparison of Discriminant Functions and Decision Tree Induction Techniques in Evaluation for Antenatal Fetal Risk Assessment ”, ISCIS 2000.

Gündüz, Ç., O. T. Yıldız, E. Alpaydın, T. Bilgiç, “ An Algorithm to Learn the Structure of a Bayesian Network ”. TAINN2001.

Güler, N., O. T. Yıldız, F. Gürgen, F. Varol, E. Alpaydın, “ Discriminant Functions and Decision Tree Induction Techniques for Antenatal Fetal Risk Assessment ”, IJCNN2001.

Akın, H. L., P. Pavlova, O. T. Yıldız, "Cerberus 2002," Robocup 2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI, The 2002 International Robocup Symposium Pre-Proceedings, June 24-25, 2002, Fukuoka, pp.448.

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Learning Rules from Data”, TAINN2004.

Yıldız, O. T., E. Alpaydın, “Model Selection in Omnivariate Decision Trees”, ECML2005.

Technical Reports

Yıldız, O. T., O. Dikmen, “Parallel Univariate Decision Trees”, Technical Report, FBE/CMPE-02/2004-13, Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, Boğaziçi University.

Yıldız, O. T., “Induction of Decision Trees: ICELL Tree Induction Software”, Technical Report, FBE/CMPE-03/2004-14, Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, Boğaziçi University.

Yıldız, O. T., “A Matlab Toolbox for Comparing Supervised Classification Algorithms”, Technical Report, FBE/CMPE-04/2004-15, Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, Boğaziçi University.

SOFTWARE

ICELL Tree Induction Software, Over 15,000 lines of code written in Delphi Programming Language. Contains implementations of decision tree algorithms C4.5, LMDT, OC1, CART, QUEST, LDT, ODT and Neural Network algorithms.

ISELL Machine Learning Library and Programming Language. Contains over 30,000 lines of code written in ANSI C, consisting of implementations of machine learning and Bayesian network training algorithms and statistical tests.

REFEREEING

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, TAINN, ISCIS

LANGUAGES

English (Fluent) 

German (Good)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Machine Learning, Decision Trees, Bayesian Networks, Neural Networks, Statistical Machine Learning Theory, Robotics.

AWARDS

IBM Award for participation in ICML Conference (2000).

NATO-B1 Scholarship for Postdoc Study from TUBITAK (2005).