Ozcan Ozturk

Dr. Ozturk has been on the faculty as a Professor at Sabancı since February 2024. Prior to joining Sabancı in Spring 2024, he worked as a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering between 2008 and 2024 at Bilkent University. His research interests are in the areas of heterogeneous computing, hardware accelerators, GPU computing, manycore accelerators, on-chip multiprocessing, computer architecture, heterogeneous architectures, and compiler optimizations. Even before Bilkent, he worked as a software optimization engineer in Cellular and Handheld Group at Intel and Marvell. Dr. Ozturk has been recognized by Bilkent University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019, Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) in 2018, HiPEAC Paper Award in 2016, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) Associate Membership since 2015, Fulbright Senior Researcher Award in 2014, Intel Research Award in 2013, Turk Telekom Research Collaboration Award in 2012, IBM Faculty Award in 2009, European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation (HiPEAC) Paper Award in 2009, and ICPADS Best Paper Award in 2006. He is a member of GSRC, HiPEAC, IEEE, and ACM and is currently serving as editor/reviewer on leading IEEE, ACM, and various other journals. Dr. Ozturk received his Ph.D. degree in computer science and engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, the M.S. degree in computer engineering from University Of Florida, and received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Bogazici University, Turkey.