About Me

I’m Ayse Bilge; a Ph.D. candidate in CS and passionate about cybersecurity and Data Science specifically application security and computer vision. I’m also an active member of many technical communities. In my free time, I do Muay Thai, read novels and travel around the world.

E-mail : [email protected]

Education

PhD in Computer Engineering, YTU, Turkey, Sept 2016 – Present

  • Thesis: Malware Analysis with GAN
  • GPA: 3.79
  • Advisor: Prof. Ali Gokhan Yavuz

M.S. in Computer Engineering, ITU, Turkey, Sept 2013-Jul 2016

  • Thesis: Fraud Detection
  • GPA: 3.00
  • Advisor: Prof. Dr. Esref Adali

B.S. in Computer Engineering, Sakarya Uni, Sept 2008-Jun 2011

  • Thesis: Text-to-speech application
  • GPA: 3.42

Professional Experiences

Cyber Security Intern, Mosse Security, Nov 2019 – Present

Data Scientist, HueDATA, NY, Jan 2018 – Feb 2019

  • HueColor Project
  • Managers: Anat Lechner, Leslie Harrington

Research Assistant, CS Dpt, YTU , Turkey, Jul 2013 – Jun 2019

  • Network and System Security, Data Structures, Cryptography, Algorithm Analysis, Structural Programming, Data Communication, Network, Operating Systems

Software Eng, Software Dev Team, Daikin, Jul 2012 – Jul 2013

  • Air Handling Unit Selection Application, Central Heating Boiler Application
  • Manager: Frank De Baets

Lecturer, Linux Summer Camp, Summer 2017

  • Machine Learning
  • Manager: Linux Users Association

Lecturer, Informatica Feminale, Bremen Uni, Summer 2016

  • Web Application Security 101
  • Manager: Veronika Oechtering

Lecturer, Linux Summer Camp, Summer 2016

  • Web Application Security
  • Manager: Linux Users Association

Lecturer, Informatica Feminale, Bremen Uni, Summer 2015

  • Web Application Security 101
  • Manager: Veronika Oechtering

Research Experience

Research Intern, MTRDL, Summer 2010

  • TUBITAK (Turkish NSF) EUKAE

Research Assistant, Intelligent Sys Lab, Jul 2013 – Jul 2019

  • YTU, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Advisors: Prof. Ali Gokhan Yavuz, Prof. Mine Elif Karsligil

Visiting Stud Researcher, Informatica Feminale, Summer 2014

  • Bremen University, Bremen, Germany
  • Advisor: Veronika Oechtering

Participant,  QuantumBlack, July 2019

  • Quantum Black McKinsey, London
  • Women Transforming Tech Event

Online Courses

  • Machine Learning by Stanford Uni, Coursera
    • Certificate earned at 08/04/2020
  • Surviving Encryption: Cryptanalysis, Udemy
  • From 0 to 1: Machine Learning, NLP

Interests

Communities

  • Code Like A Girl
  • Linux Users Association
  • Towards Data Science
  • Women Developer Turkey
  • Muaythai Academy
  • Women Tech Network