Dogukan Aksu, Ph.D.

I am currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), where I have the privilege of collaborating with Assoc. Prof. Ihsen Alouani and Prof. Jesus Martinez del Rincon on cutting-edge research projects in AI and Cybersecurity. I hold a B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, specializing in machine learning and cybersecurity.

Previously, I worked on computer vision and generative AI projects at the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK), Informatics and Information Security Research Center (BILGEM) as a Principal Applied Scientist.

Before that, I was an AI Tech Lead and Senior AI Research Engineer at Huawei, leading Click Through Rate (CTR) prediction tasks for large-scale advertising projects. During this time, I was honored with the Sparkling Star and Consumer Cloud Service President awards. Additionally, I spearheaded a TUBITAK University-Industry collaboration project between Huawei and Middle East Technical University (METU), where I had the privilege of working alongside esteemed professors Prof. Ismail Hakki Toroslu, Prof. Pinar Karagoz, and Prof. Ismail Sengor Altingovde.

Besides my industry experience, I focused on machine learning solutions for intrusion detection systems during my Ph.D. and M.Sc. studies under the supervision of Prof. M. Ali Aydin, while also serving as a Research and Teaching Assistant. Earlier, in my B.Sc., alongside coursework such as artificial intelligence, programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java), data structures, algorithms, cybersecurity, and linear algebra, I founded a start-up company, Aksu Informatics, supported by a techno-initiative capital program from the Ministry of Science, Industry, and Technology. I developed AI software solutions for individuals with disabilities, such as ALS.

With a deep interest in deep learning and cybersecurity, I have extensive experience in building advanced ML/DL models using Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and have been proficient in Python since 2014.