METU Signal Processing And Computational sEnsing (SPACE) Lab

Graduate Students

  • Ali Tomruk, M.S.
  • Şevket Ege Yeşilyurt, M.S.
  • Emirhan Yılmaz Güney, M.S.

Undergraduate Researchers

Alumni

Completed PhD Theses:

  1. Süleyman Ayazgök, Snapshot Hyperspectral Imaging Using Generalized Diffractive Lens Designs and Deep-Learning, Ph.D., February 2026.
  2. Akın Dalkılıç, A novel approach for the solution of forward and inverse problems associated with near field microwave imaging systems, Ph.D., August 2023 (co-supervised, main advisor: Assoc. Prof. Lale Alatan).
  3. Emre Alp Miran, Sparse reconstruction for near-Field MIMO radar imaging problems using fast multipole methods, Ph.D., January 2022 (co-supervised, main advisor: Prof. Sencer Seyit Koc).

Completed MS Theses:

  1. Kerem Dolkay, Weakly supervised classification for breast cancer grading using smartphone-based microscopy images, M.S., February 2026.
  2. Deniz Külbay, Deep plug-and-play and unrolling approaches for phase retrieval, M.S., July 2025.
  3. Mehmet Onurcan Kaya, Data-driven phase retrieval using deep generative models, M.S., June 2024 (moved to Technical University of Denmark (DTU)).
  4. Okyanus Oral, Efficient three-dimensional near-field imaging with physics-informed deep learning for MIMO radar, M.S., June 2024 (moved to University of Luxembourg).
  5. İrfan Manisalı, Deep learning-based reconstruction methods for near-field MIMO radar imaging, M.S., June 2022 (moved to Bilkent University).
  6. Utku Gündoğan, Compressive spectral imaging using diffractive lenses and multi-spectral sensors with learned reconstruction and joint optimization, M.S., February 2022.
  7. Can Deniz Bezek, Deep learning-based unrolled reconstruction methods for computational imaging, M.S., September 2021 (moved to Uppsala University).
  8. Didem Doğan, Efficient algorithms for convolutional inverse problems in multidimensional imaging, M.S., February 2020 (moved to Delft University of Technology).
  9. Hasan Can Başkaya, Evaluation of classical and sparsity-based methods for parametric recovery problems, M.S., January 2020.
  10. Çağatay Işıl, Development of novel analysis and reconstruction techniques for coherent optical imaging systems, M.S., July 2019 (moved to UCLA) (co-supervisor: Aykut Koç).
  11. Oğuzhan Fatih Kar, Computational spectral imaging techniques using diffractive lenses and compressive sensing, M.S., July 2019 (moved to EPFL).
  12. Burak Kocamış, Optimal design of sparse MIMO arrays for wideband near-field imaging based on a statistical framework, M.S., May 2018.
  13. Tunç Alkanat, Numerical and experimental evaluation of computational spectral imaging with photon sieves, M.S., September 2016 (moved to Eindhoven University of Technology).

Completed Undergraduate Research Studies:

  1. Şevket Ege Yeşilyurt, 2025 (pursuing MS study under my supervision)
  2. Emirhan Yılmaz Güney, 2025 (pursuing MS study under my supervision)
  3. Ercihan Kara, 2024
  4. Ali Tomruk, 2024 (pursuing MS study under my supervision)
  5. Deniz Külbay, 2022 (completed MS study under my supervision)
  6. Mehmet Onurcan Kaya, 2021 (after MS study under my supervision, moved to DTU)
  7. Ekin Gunes Ozaktas, 2021, John Hopkins University
  8. Gizem Yüce, 2020 (moved to ETH Zurich)
  9. Mert Bora Doğan, 2020 (moved to EPFL)
  10. Refik Mert Çam, 2020 (moved to UIUC)
  11. Salih Can Malkoçoğlu, 2020
  12. Batu Öztürkler, 2019 (moved to Stanford University)
  13. Ege Özsar, 2019 (moved to UMASS Lowell)
  14. Memduh Kesici, 2019 (moved to RWTH Aachen University)
  15. Ahmet Furkan Odunkıran, 2019 (completed MS study at METU)
  16. Berk İskender, 2018 (moved to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  17. Çağatay Işıl, 2017 (after MS study under my supervision, moved to UCLA)
  18. Oğuzhan Fatih Kar, 2017 (after MS study under my supervision, moved to EPFL)
  19. Ulaş Kamacı, 2017 (moved to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  20. Fatih Çağatay Akyön, 2017 (moved to Bilkent University)