https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/Recent content in Stories on Computer EngineeringHugoenCopyright © {year} Department of Computer Engineering, Boğaziçi University. All rights reserved.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-29-siu-award/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-29-siu-award/Our Master's Student Refika Kalyoncu Won the First Place Award in the Robotics, Control, and Automation Track at SIU 2026https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-28-news-department-presentation/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-28-news-department-presentation/Our department open day will take place on Wednesday, 29 July at the North Campus.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-23-news-ismb-presentations/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-23-news-ismb-presentations/Our Graduate Students Present Their Research at ISMB 2026.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-21-news-bap-phd-thesis-award-for-dr-suzan-ece-ada/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-21-news-bap-phd-thesis-award-for-dr-suzan-ece-ada/Our PhD graduate, Dr. Suzan Ece Ada, received the BAP PhD Thesis Award.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-08-news-best-paper-award-for-zeynep-yirmibesoglu/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-07-08-news-best-paper-award-for-zeynep-yirmibesoglu/Our PhD student Zeynep Yirmibeşoğlu Balal and her advisor Prof. Dr. Tunga Güngör won the Best Paper Award at EAMT 2026 for their work on diversity-aware literary machine translation.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-06-12-news-congratulations-to-unzile-coban-and-our-rowing-team/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-06-12-news-congratulations-to-unzile-coban-and-our-rowing-team/The Boğaziçi University Rowing Team won gold medals in the Women's 8+ and Women's 4- categories at the Edirne Meriç Akademi Rowing Races.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-06-12-news-spring-2026-graduation-projects/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-06-12-news-spring-2026-graduation-projects/Our senior Computer Engineering students presented over 60 graduation projects, with three standout projects recognized by the jury.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-04-05-news-assoc-prof-inci-meliha-baytas-receives-the-bagep-2026-award/Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2026-04-05-news-assoc-prof-inci-meliha-baytas-receives-the-bagep-2026-award/Assoc. Prof. İnci Meliha Baytaş has been awarded the 2026 Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) by the Science Academy.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-12-10-news-gokberk-celikmasat-received-the-best-paper-award-in-profes-25-conference/Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-12-10-news-gokberk-celikmasat-received-the-best-paper-award-in-profes-25-conference/Our master's student, Gökberk Çelikmasat, received the best paper award at the PROFES '25 conference held in Salerno, Italy, from December 1-3, 2025.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-10-31-news-congratulations-dr-suzan-ece-ada/Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-10-31-news-congratulations-dr-suzan-ece-ada/Suzan Ece Ada has successfully defended his PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-05-08-news-congratulations-dr-goshgar-can-i-smayilov/Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-05-08-news-congratulations-dr-goshgar-can-i-smayilov/Goshgar Can Ismayilov has successfully defended his PhD thesis.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-03-21-news-baris-yamansavascilar-phd-defense/Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-03-21-news-baris-yamansavascilar-phd-defense/Barış Yamansavaşçılar has successfully defended his PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-03-05-news-a-eurohpc-success-story/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-03-05-news-a-eurohpc-success-story/Professor Lale Akarun and her research team at Boğaziçi University have been awarded computing hours by EuroHPChttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-01-10-news-yigit-yildirim-phd-defense/Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2025-01-10-news-yigit-yildirim-phd-defense/Yiğit Yıldırım has successfully defended his PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-09-11-news-fatih-alagoz-received-the-excellence-in-research-award/Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-09-11-news-fatih-alagoz-received-the-excellence-in-research-award/The Boğaziçi University Outstanding Achievement Award in Research, given annually by the Boğaziçi University Foundation (BÜVAK), has found its owners.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-09-11-news-congratulations-dr-sumeyye-agac/Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-09-11-news-congratulations-dr-sumeyye-agac/Sümeyye Ağaç has successfully defended her PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-07-02-news-bap-phd-thesis-award-for-dr-alper-ahmetoglu/Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-07-02-news-bap-phd-thesis-award-for-dr-alper-ahmetoglu/Our PhD graduate, Dr. Alper Ahmetoğlu, received the BAP PhD Thesis Award.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-07-02-news-congratulations-dr-berrenur-saylam/Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-07-02-news-congratulations-dr-berrenur-saylam/Berrenur Saylam has successfully defended her PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-09-11-news-congratulations-dr-beytullah-yigit/Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-09-11-news-congratulations-dr-beytullah-yigit/Beytullah Yiğit has successfully defended her PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-05-21-news-congratulations-dr-nuriye-ozlem-ozcan-simsek/Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-05-21-news-congratulations-dr-nuriye-ozlem-ozcan-simsek/Nuriye Özlem Özcan Şimşek has successfully defended his PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-05-21-news-siu-2024-alper-atalay-awards/Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-05-21-news-siu-2024-alper-atalay-awards/Two of our graduate students, Merve Gül Kantarcı and Timoteos Onur Özçelik, won the second and third prizes for the best student paper at the Signal Processing and Communication Applications conference held in Tarsus between May 14-18. The Alper Atalay Best Student Paper Award at the Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference is given in memory of Alper Atalay, who graduated with honors from Boğaziçi University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1993 and lost his life in a tragic car accident on August 16, 1998.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-05-21-news-congratulations-dr-binnur-gorer/Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-05-21-news-congratulations-dr-binnur-gorer/Binnur Görer has successfully defended her PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-02-06-news-turna-language-model/Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-02-06-news-turna-language-model/https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-01-31-news-alper-ahmetoglu-phd-defense/Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2024-01-31-news-alper-ahmetoglu-phd-defense/Alper Ahmetoğlu has successfully defended his PhD thesishttps://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2023-07-06-news-cmpe-graduation-ceremony-2023/Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2023-07-06-news-cmpe-graduation-ceremony-2023/The CMPE Graduation Ceremony 2023 was held on July 7.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-07-25-news-yavuz-koroglu-defended-his-phd-thesis/Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-07-25-news-yavuz-koroglu-defended-his-phd-thesis/Underestimating the value of software testing had catastrophic results in recent history. Automated Test Generation (ATG) is an approach that aims to minimize the manual effort required for testing. This thesis aims to improve the effectiveness and performance of ATG approaches via Machine Learning (ML) based guidance, and focuses on Android Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing using Reinforcement Learning (RL), specifically. We propose four solutions, Q-learning Based Exploration (QBE), Test Case Mutation (TCM), Fully Automated Reinforcement LEArning Driven (FARLEAD), and FARLEAD2 test generators. QBE uses RL to crawl a set of applications and learns an action generation policy while exploring. Then, it uses this learned policy to either detect more unique crashes or cover more activities in new applications. TCM takes the tests QBE generates and replaces the well-behaving actions in those tests with bad-behaving ones to detect even more crashes. FARLEAD uses RL to learn how to verify a functional behavior that is given as a high-level test scenario in the form of a monitorable formal specification. FARLEAD learns by trial-and-error like QBE but it learns app-specific patterns instead of QBE’s app-generic patterns. To the best of out knowledge, FARLEAD is the first engine fully automating the functional testing of GUI applications. Finally, FARLEAD2 improves FARLEAD with Generalized Experience Replay (GER) and human-readable Staged Test Scenario (STS) language.Experimental results show that, QBE outperforms state-of-the-art test generators in crash detection and coverage. Furthermore, executing QBE first and then switching to TCM detects even more unique crashes. FARLEAD and FARLEAD2 expand the scope of automated testing to verifying functional behavior. Overall, these test generators elevate automated GUI testing closer to replacing manual GUI testing.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-07-06-news-cmpe-graduation-ceremony-2022/Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-07-06-news-cmpe-graduation-ceremony-2022/The CMPE Graduation Ceremony 2022 was held on July 6.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-01-25-news-arzucan-ozgur-received-the-excellence-in-research-award-from-bogazici-university-foundation-buvak/Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-01-25-news-arzucan-ozgur-received-the-excellence-in-research-award-from-bogazici-university-foundation-buvak/The Boğaziçi University Outstanding Achievement Award in Research, given annually by the Boğaziçi University Foundation (BÜVAK), has found its owners.https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-01-24-news-lale-akaruna-bogazici-universitesi-vakfi-buvak-arastirmada-ustun-basari-odulu/Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://650efe43.bouncmpe.pages.dev/news/2022-01-24-news-lale-akaruna-bogazici-universitesi-vakfi-buvak-arastirmada-ustun-basari-odulu/The Boğaziçi University Outstanding Achievement Award in Research, given annually by the Boğaziçi University Foundation (BÜVAK), has found its owners.