Bilkent University
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department
Advisory Board Members
(as of January 2026)
1) Dr. İlge Akkaya, Open AI, Member of Technical Staff
2) Prof. Dr. A. Aydın Alatan, METU, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng.
3) Selçuk Kerem Alparslan, ULAQ.Global, CEO
4) Dr. Tayfun Aytaç, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM İLTAREN, Deputy Director
5) Dr. Belma Doğdaş, Elepsas, Director, Data Science
6) Dr. M. Fatih Erden, Seagate Technology, Advanced Systems Architect and Technologist
7) Dr. Mustafa Eröz, Hughes Network Systems, Advisory Engineer
8) Dr. Çağrı Göken, ASELSAN, Technical Team Lead
9) Dr. Ali Taha Koç, TURKCELL, CEO
10) Ertuğrul Kolagasıoğlu, Adhoc Teknoloji, Co-founder and Board Member
11) Prof. Dr. Selçuk Köse, University of Rochester, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
12) Elvan Kuzucu Hıdır, Türkiye Teknoloji Takımı Vakfı, Chairperson of the Board of Directors
13) Dr. Defne Küçükyavuz, ASELSAN, Senior Lead Design Engineer
14) Dr. Emre Oğuz, Arçelik, R&D Director
15) Dr. Ruhi Sarıkaya, Amazon, Vice President, Artificial General Intelligence
16) Zekeriyya Şahin, ASELSAN, Vice President
17) Prof. Dr. Şennur Ulukuş, Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park
18) Işıl Yalçın, Ericsson Turkey, President
19) Prof. Dr. Halim Yanıkömeroğlu, Carleton University, Systems and Computer Engineering
20) Dr. İlkay Yıldız Potter, Biosensics, Principal Research Scientist