Mehmet Demirci - Gazi University Technology and Innovation Center

Mehmet Demirci
Personal Data
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Aydın, Türkiye | 1983
Gazi Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi
Bilgisayar Mühendisligi Bölümü
Celal Bayar Bulvarı, Maltepe / ANKARA
mdemirci@gazi.edu.tr
Education
August 2013
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Thesis: Facilitating the Provision of Auxiliary Support Services for
Overlay Networks
Advisor: Prof. Mostafa Ammar
August 2009
M.S. in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
May 2006
B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics
Minor in Electrical Engineering
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
June 2001
Izmir Fen Lisesi, Izmir, Türkiye
Experience
April 2014-Present
Assistant Professor
Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Computer Engineering
November 2013March 2014
TÜBITAK Postdoctoral Fellow
Hacettepe University, Department of Computer Engineering
August 2006-2013
Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Computer Science
Conducted NSF-supported research projects under the supervision of
Prof. Mostafa Ammar.
Spring 2012, 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Computer Science
Head TA for graduate-level CS6250 - Computer Networks
Spring 2005
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Purdue University, Department of Computer Science
TA for undergraduate-level CS250 - Computer Architecture
Research Interests
Network virtualization, Overlay networks, Software-defined networking, Cloud
computing, Network architecture, Future Internet, Network monitoring, Resource
management and optimization, Network security.
Research Projects and Funding
January
2014Present
Policy Design for Virtual Network Reconfiguration
2009-2013
Facilitating the Provision of Auxiliary Support Services for Overlay Networks
Principal Investigator, TÜBITAK-supported 2-year research project
Funded through TÜBITAK Destination Turkey Fellowship program
Doctoral dissertation research at Georgia Tech
Funded through Prof. Mostafa Ammar’s NSF grants
2006
Mitigating Attacks on Unstructured Multicast Overlays
Undergraduate research at Purdue University
Funded through Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program
2005
Improving Application Security through System Call Sandboxing
Honors program research at Purdue University
Publications
2014
Mehmet Demirci, Mostafa Ammar. “Design and Analysis of Techniques
for Mapping Virtual Networks to Software-Defined Network Substrates,”
Elsevier Computer Communications.
Fida Gillani, Mehmet Demirci, Ehab Al-Shaer, Mostafa Ammar. “Problem Localization and Quantification Using Formal Evidential Reasoning For Virtual Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
2013
Mehmet Demirci, Fida Gillani, Mostafa Ammar, Ehab Al-Shaer. “Overlay Network Placement for Diagnosability,” Proceedings of the IEEE GLOBECOM.
2012
Fida Gillani, Ehab Al-Shaer, Mostafa Ammar, Mehmet Demirci. “Fine-Grain
Diagnosis of Overlay Performance Anomalies Using End-Point Network
Experiences,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Network
and Service Management (CNSM). [Acceptance rate: 16%]
2010
Mehmet Demirci, Mostafa Ammar. “Fair Allocation of Substrate Resources
among Multiple Overlay Networks,” Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and
Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS). [Acceptance rate: 16%]
2009
Mehmet Demirci, Samantha Lo, Srinivasan Seetharaman, Mostafa Ammar.
“Multi-layer Monitoring of Overlay Networks,” Proceedings of the 10th
Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM).
Awards and Honors
2013
2006-2013
2006
2006
2002
2001
1998
1994
TÜBITAK Destination Turkey Research Fellowship
Full research assistantship from Georgia Tech School of Computer Science
Outstanding Senior of the Year Award, Purdue University College of Science
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Purdue University President’s Leadership Class
Ranked 56th nationally in ÖSS (University Entrance Exam)
Ranked 4th nationally in LGS (High School Entrance Exam)
Ranked 1st nationally in Anadolu Lisesi Sınavı (Middle School Entrance Exam)
Service Activities
June 2014–
Vice Chair
GAZI UNIVERSITY
Deparment of Information Security Engineering
2014
Reviewer, IEEE Communications Letters
Reviewer, Computer Communications, Elsevier
Reviewer, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems,
Elsevier
PC Member & Reviewer, 7th International Conference on Information
Security and Cryptology (ISCTurkey)
Referee, TÜBITAK 1507 (SME R&D Initial Support Program) Project
2012
Referee, Georgia Tech Undergraduate Research Projects Competition
Volunteering
2008-2010
Volunteer Programming Instructor, taught C++ to high school students in Georgia.
2004-2006
MathCounts coach, prepared middle school students for MathCounts
competitions in Indiana.
Computer Skills
C, C++, Java, SQL, Python, Matlab
UNIX/Linux, Latex, GDB, GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit), gnuplot
Languages
Turkish:
English:
Italian:
Native
Fluent
Intermediate
References
Mostafa Ammar, Regents’ Professor
School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
266 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
ammar@cc.gatech.edu | +1 (404) 894-3292
Ehab Al-Shaer, Professor
Cyber Defense and Network Assurability (CyberDNA) Center
Department of Software & Information Systems
College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223 USA
ealshaer@uncc.edu | +1 (704) 687-8663
Ellen Zegura, Professor
School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
266 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
ewz@cc.gatech.edu | +1 (404) 894-1403