{"id":63,"date":"2018-04-02T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T14:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/figeno\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:31:19","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/figeno\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>METU Signal Processing And Computational sEnsing (SPACE) Lab<\/h2>\n<h3><em><strong>Postdocs<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>S\u00fcleyman Ayazg\u00f6k<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><strong>Graduate Students<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ali Tomruk, M.S.<\/li>\n<li>\u015eevket Ege Ye\u015filyurt, M.S.<\/li>\n<li>Emirhan Y\u0131lmaz G\u00fcney, M.S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><strong>Undergraduate Researchers<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Alumni<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Completed PhD Theses:<\/em><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>S\u00fcleyman Ayazg\u00f6k, <em>Snapshot Hyperspectral Imaging Using Generalized Diffractive Lens Designs and Deep-Learning, <\/em>Ph.D., February 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Ak\u0131n Dalk\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/105227\">A novel approach for the solution of forward and inverse problems associated with near field microwave imaging systems<\/a>, <\/em>Ph.D., August 2023 (co-supervised, main advisor: Assoc. Prof. Lale Alatan).<\/li>\n<li>Emre Alp Miran, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/96245\">Sparse reconstruction for near-Field MIMO radar imaging problems using fast multipole methods<\/a>, <\/em>Ph.D., January 2022 (co-supervised, main advisor: Prof. Sencer Seyit Koc).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><em>Completed MS Theses:<\/em><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Kerem Dolkay, <em>Weakly supervised classification for breast cancer grading using smartphone-based microscopy images,<\/em> M.S., February 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Deniz K\u00fclbay, <em>Deep plug-and-play and unrolling approaches for phase retrieval<\/em>, M.S., July 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Mehmet Onurcan Kaya, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/110069\">Data-driven phase retrieval using deep generative models<\/a>, <\/em>M.S., June 2024 (moved to Technical University of Denmark (DTU)).<\/li>\n<li>Okyanus Oral,<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/110033\"> Efficient three-dimensional near-field imaging with physics-informed deep learning for MIMO radar<\/a>, <\/em>M.S., June 2024 (moved to University of Luxembourg).<\/li>\n<li>\u0130rfan Manisal\u0131,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/98756\"> <em>Deep learning-based reconstruction methods for near-field MIMO radar imaging<\/em><\/a>, M.S., June 2022 (moved to Bilkent University).<\/li>\n<li>Utku G\u00fcndo\u011fan, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/96729\"><em>Compressive spectral imaging using diffractive lenses and multi-spectral sensors with learned reconstruction and joint optimization<\/em><\/a>, M.S., February 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Can Deniz Bezek, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/93159\"><em>Deep learning-based unrolled reconstruction methods for computational imaging<\/em><\/a>, M.S., September 2021 (moved to Uppsala University).<\/li>\n<li>Didem Do\u011fan, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/45647\"><em>Efficient algorithms for convolutional inverse problems in multidimensional imaging<\/em><\/a>, M.S., February 2020 (moved to Delft University of Technology).<\/li>\n<li>Hasan Can Ba\u015fkaya, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/45278\"><em>Evaluation of classical and sparsity-based methods for parametric recovery problems<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">M.S., January 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cagatayisil.github.io\/\">\u00c7a\u011fatay I\u015f\u0131l<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/43641\"><em>Development of novel analysis and reconstruction techniques for coherent optical imaging systems<\/em><\/a>, M.S., July 2019 (moved to UCLA) (co-supervisor: Aykut Ko\u00e7).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ofkar.github.io\/\">O\u011fuzhan Fatih Kar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/43636\"><em>Computational spectral imaging techniques using diffractive lenses and compressive sensing<\/em><\/a>, <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">M.S., July 2019 (moved to EPFL).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Burak Kocam\u0131\u015f, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/27260\"><em>Optimal design of sparse MIMO arrays for wideband near-field imaging based on a statistical framework<\/em><\/a>, M.S., May 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Tun\u00e7 Alkanat, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.metu.edu.tr\/handle\/11511\/25936\"><em>Numerical and experimental evaluation of computational spectral imaging with photon sieves<\/em><\/a>, M.S., September 2016 (moved to Eindhoven University of Technology).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><em>Completed Undergraduate Research Studies:<\/em><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\u015eevket Ege Ye\u015filyurt, 2025 (pursuing MS study under my supervision)<\/li>\n<li>Emirhan Y\u0131lmaz G\u00fcney, 2025 (pursuing MS study under my supervision)<\/li>\n<li>Ercihan Kara, 2024<\/li>\n<li>Ali Tomruk, 2024 (pursuing MS study under my supervision)<\/li>\n<li>Deniz K\u00fclbay, 2022 (completed MS study under my supervision)<\/li>\n<li>Mehmet Onurcan Kaya, 2021 (after MS study under my supervision, moved to DTU)<\/li>\n<li>Ekin Gunes Ozaktas, 2021, John Hopkins University<\/li>\n<li>Gizem Y\u00fcce, 2020 (moved to ETH Zurich)<\/li>\n<li>Mert Bora Do\u011fan, 2020 (moved to EPFL)<\/li>\n<li>Refik Mert \u00c7am, 2020 (moved to UIUC)<\/li>\n<li>Salih Can Malko\u00e7o\u011flu, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Batu \u00d6zt\u00fcrkler, 2019 (moved to Stanford University)<\/li>\n<li>Ege \u00d6zsar, 2019 (moved to UMASS Lowell)<\/li>\n<li>Memduh Kesici, 2019 (moved to RWTH Aachen University)<\/li>\n<li>Ahmet Furkan Odunk\u0131ran, 2019 (completed MS study at METU)<\/li>\n<li>Berk \u0130skender, 2018 (moved to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)<\/li>\n<li>\u00c7a\u011fatay I\u015f\u0131l, 2017 (after MS study under my supervision, moved to UCLA)<\/li>\n<li>O\u011fuzhan Fatih Kar, 2017 (after MS study under my supervision, moved to EPFL)<\/li>\n<li>Ula\u015f Kamac\u0131, 2017 (moved to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)<\/li>\n<li>Fatih \u00c7a\u011fatay 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