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Bilkent University

Master of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Grade: 3.87/4.00
• Advisor: Prof. Dr. Süleyman Serdar Kozat
• Thesis topic: Ensemble learning and feature selection methods for time-series forecasting

Middle East Technical University

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Grade: 3.60/4.00
• Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Vural
• Capstone Project: A smart monitor to keep track of vitals and sleep patterns of the baby.

Ankara Science High School

High School Diploma in Science

• Grade: 97.19/100
• Attended physics olympiads and won the bronze medal.
• Elected as the student council president.

UCLA (The Ozcan Research Group)

Summer Intern

• Studied diffusion models for biomedical images under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan.
• Helped the preparation of 3D printed diffractive layers for an all-optical image denoiser network.

METU (Dr. Elif Vural's Research Group)

Undergraduate Researcher

• Studied sample complexity of domain adaptation of different deep learning architectures.
• Performed regular neural network trainings with PyTorch to test novel theoretical bounds.

TUBITAK SAGE (Image Processing Division)

Summer Intern

• Studied on bad pixel detection and wrote a MATLAB code that simplifies the examination of calibration images.
• Improved robustness analysis algorithms by performing stitching on real seeker images.

METU (Communication Networks Group)

Undergraduate Researcher

Advisor Prof. Dr. Elif Uysal

• Studied age-aware random access for LoRa - LoRaWAN protocols.
• Employed a LoRaWAN network at the METU campus.

Hierarchical ensemble-based feature selection for time series prediction

Karaca, H., Tumay, A., Koc, A.T., Kozat, S.S.

A Unified Analysis of Generalization and Sample Complexity for Semi-Supervised Domain Adaptation

Vural, E., Karaca, H.

Soft Gradient Boosting with Learnable Feature Transforms for Sequential Regression

Karaca, H., Kozat, S.S.

All-optical image denoising using a diffractive visual processor

Isil, C., Gan, T., Ardic, F.O., Mentesoglu, K., Digani, J., Karaca, H., Chen, H., Li, J., Mengu, D., Jarrahi, M., Aksit, K., Ozcan, A.

An Experimental Study of the Sample Complexity of Domain Adaptation

Karaca, H., Akgul, O., Arslan, O.F., Aydemir, A.C., Aydin, F.S., Unsal, E.A., Vural, E.

Bilkent University

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Guided students during laboratory sessions, graded reports and quizzes, organized recitations.

• EEE321 Signals and Systems (Fall 2024)

  Guiding and evaluating students during laboratory sessions, grading reports and quizzes.

  Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Levent Onural

• EEE321 Signals and Systems (Spring 2025)

  Guiding and evaluating students during laboratory sessions, grading reports and quizzes.

  Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Billur Barshan

• EEE321 Signals and Systems (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)

  Organized recitations to reinforce core lecture topics. Reviewed and refined lab manuals and quizzes for suitability.

  Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Haldun Özaktaş

Middle East Technical University

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Assisted the preparation of lecture notes, organized monthly recitations.

• EE201 Circuit Theory I (Fall 2023)

  Assisted the preparation of lecture notes.

  Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Çağatay Candan

• EE224 Electromagnetic Theory (Spring 2024)

  Organized monthly recitations.

  Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Gülbin Dural

Research Awards

• ICT Authority of Türkiye 5G and Beyond Graduate Research Fellowship (10/25)
• METU EEE STAR Departmental Undergraduate Research Program 3rd Place Award (06/22)
• The Sci. Tech. Res. Council of Türkiye National Graduate Scholarship Program (2210-A) (09/24)
• The Sci. Tech. Res. Council of Türkiye Scientific Activities Abroad Support Program (2224-D) (06/23)

National Examinations

• Placed 24th among 2.6M participants in National University Entrance Examination (YKS) (07/19)
• Placed 1st among 1.4M participants in National High School Entrance Examination (TEOG) (08/15)

Physics Olympiads

• Bronze medalist in National Physics Olympiads (02/18)
• Represented Turkey in Asian and European Physics Olympiads held in Russia and Estonia. (05/17)
• The Sci. Tech. Res. Council of Türkiye Undergraduate Scholarship Program (2205) (09/19)

Trekking and Camping

• Participated in two trekking tours (200km) on the Ancient Lycian Way.
• Organized midnight full moon walks and camps in Cappadocia.

Cycling

• Represented METU in intercollegiate mountain and road bike races.
• Organized weekly trainings and rides for the newcomers.

Student Council Presidency

• Organized a spring festival and ``Happy New Year!'' party (three years in a row).
• Designed and sold printed hoodies for the Class of 2019.
• Founded a book society and organized weekly book review meetings.