MELTEM ERYILMAZ

Biography

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Meltem Eryilmaz with a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics from METU, Ankara-Turkiye, completed her MS degree in Computer Engineering Department at ATILIM University in Ankara. She then was awarded a Ph.D. degree from CEIT (Computer Education and Instructional Technology) Department of Ankara University. She began her professional career as a sales manager at Entek Bilgisayar. She held positions such as sales director, software manager, and regional manager in leading companies in the information technology sector. Her research areas are adaptive learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, big data, and augmented reality. She taught courses and conducted academic research in the same areas at Atılım University's Department of Computer Engineering from 2001 to 2024. During this time, she also served as a guest lecturer in the Software Engineering department at Austria's Applied Sciences Upper Austria University and the Mathematics and Computer Science departments at Poland's Lodz University. Between 2022 and 2023, as a part-time faculty member at TED University's Department of Computer Engineering. She has numerous published scientific articles, domestic and international conference papers, book chapters, editorships, newspaper, and magazine articles. Eryılmaz, who has provided academic guidance to many master's and doctoral students, continues her academic work at Ostim Technical University's Department of Software Engineering. As the founder of Invicta Academy, a founding member of the Academic Informatics Foundation (ABV), and an Executive Board Member of the Turkey Informatics Association (TBD), Eryılmaz was elected to represent Turkiye on the Board of Directors of the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) in the election held in Brussels on November 24, 2022.