Awards and Achievements

• Best Paper Award, at the 9th IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Applications, Gazi Magusa, Republic of Northern Cyprus, 2001
  (1. Alper Atalay En İyi Öğrenci Makalesi Yarışması Birincilik Ödülü, IEEE 9. SİU Kurultayı)
  
• METU Mustafa N. Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Award, 1999
  (ODTÜ Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. Parlar Eğitim ve Araştırma Vakfı Araştırma Teşvik Ödülü)
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• TÜBİTAK Young Scientist Award, 1998
  (TÜBİTAK Teşvik Ödülü, Mühendislik Bilimleri)
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• 1994 Best Paper Award (Nakamura Prize) at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1993
  
• Yale University Fellowship, 1986-1987
  
• 1st rank at graduation from Boğaziçi University, 1986
  
• Boğaziçi University Double-Major Program Award, 1986
  
• Boğaziçi University Department of Physics Award, 1983
  
• Ranked 1st among over 400,000 entrants in the University Entrance Examination (ÖSS), Turkey, 1982
  
• Türkiye İş Bankası Prize for the top 50 students in the University Entrance Examination, 1982
  
• Vehbi Koç Foundation Scholarship, 1982-1986
  
• TÜBİTAK Physics and Chemistry Prizes (1st and 3rd places respectively), Aegean Region, 1982
  
• American Collegiate Institute, Izmir Valedictorian and Atatürk Awards, 1982
• Türk Tuborg Scholarship, 1981-1982