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About

I am a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department at UCLA. I work in the Software Engineering and Analysis Laboratory (SEAL), where I am advised by Prof. Miryung Kim. My research explores ways to create scalable, explainable and reliable software testing and generation tools.

Before joining UCLA, I earned my B.S. in Computer Science from Bilkent University in 2025. I continue to collaborate with the Bilkent Software Engineering and Data Analytics Research Group (BILSEN) as a research volunteer under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Eray Tüzün, studying developer and project metrics that capture software evolution.

Research Interests

• Software engineering
• Software testing and debugging
• Developer and project analytics
• Software evolution and maintenance

Highlights

• Graduate Researcher, SEAL Lab @ UCLA — building empirical foundations for developer-facing automation.
• Research Volunteer, BILSEN @ Bilkent University — investigating metric-driven insights for long-lived software systems.

If you would like to collaborate or learn more about my work, feel free to reach out.