Deniz Karakay
Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Arizona
Bioscience Research Laboratories
Tucson, AZ
Education
- Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering @ University of Arizona Aug 2023 - Present
- B.S. Electrical Electronics Engineering @ Middle East Technical University
- High School @ Kadikoy Anatolian High School
Experience
- Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Arizona - Bilgin's Lab Sep 2023 - Present
- Undergraduate Researcher @ METU Center For Image Analysis (OGAM) Sep 2021 - Sep 2023
- Affiliated Researcher @ Photogrammetric Computer Vision Lab (PCVlab) in Ohio State University Feb 2021 - Apr 2023
- Intern @ Micropsi Industries in Berlin, Germany July 2022 - Oct 2022
- Software Engineer & Special Project Manager @ Gamer Arena in Istanbul, Turkey July 2022 - Oct 2022
- Technical Writer @ GDevelop Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
Volunteer Experience
- GitHub Campus Expert @ METU 2020 - Present
- Technical Writer @ Mobiler.Dev 2020 - 2022
- Google Summer of Code Mentor @ SCoRe Lab 2018 - 2022
- Lead @ Google Developer Student Clubs in METU 2020 - 2021
- Software Team Member @ METU ROVER 2019 - 2020
- Google Code-In Mentor @ SCoRe Lab 2017 - 2019
Awards & Achievements
- Outstanding Performance Award in Capstone Projects of METU EEE 2023 - Jun 2023
- Global Top 50 Semi-Finalist in Google Solution Challenge 2022 - May 2022
- 3rd Place in Yıldız Bootcamp - Apr 2022
- 3rd Best Poster in AdimODTU Undergraduate Research Day - Apr 2022
- Global Top 10 Finalist in Google Solution Challenge 2021 - Jun 2021
- 1st Place in Hack for Planet - Feb 2021
- Technical Writer @ GDevelop for Google Season of Docs 2020 - Feb 2021
- 4th Place and Best Scientists in European Rover Challenge as METU ROVER - Sep 2020
- 1st Place in Ankara in TUBITAK’s University Research Project Competition - Aug 2020
- Apple Swift Student Challenge Winner (WWDC’20 Scholar) - Jun 2020
- 3rd Place in IEEE ODTU & Pixery Hackathon - Jan 2020
- Kadikoy Anadolu High School Republic Honor Award - Jun 2019
- 3rd Place in Turkey in 49th TÜBİTAK High School Research Project Competition - May 2018
- Indie Developer in Gaming Istanbul (GIST) - Feb 2018
- Best Game in DesignFest by Gram Games engineers and designers - May 2017
- Grand Prize Winner in Google Code-in 2016 - Jan 2017
- Exhibitor in Kiel, Germany & 1st Place in Turkey in Project IRRESISTIBLE by EU - Oct 2016
news
| Sep 25, 2024 | Transferred to ECE Ph.D. Program @ University of Arizona |
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| Jan 25, 2024 | “Impact of Vessel Removal on Classification of Chronic Liver Disease using Radiomics Features and Quantitative T2 Mapping” Accepted to ISMRM 2024 |
| Aug 21, 2023 | Started as a Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Arizona |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Accepted to ECE Master Program @ University of Arizona |
| Aug 28, 2022 | First Conference Paper @ IEEE Sensors 2022 |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Accepted to Micropsi Industries as a summer intern in Berlin, Germany |
selected publications
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Impact of Vessel Removal on Classification of Chronic Liver Disease using Radiomics Features and Quantitative T2 MappingISMRM, 2024 -
Enhancing Deep Learning-Based Liver Vessel Segmentation on MRI with Image Translation TechniquesISMRM, 2024
