Professional Background
Associate Professor 2002 to date, Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Assistant Professor 1996-2002, Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D. 1996, Computer Science Department, University of Maryland at College Park, USA. Thesis: ``Query Processing in Heterogeneous Mediated Systems.''
Advisor: V.S. Subrahmanian.
B.S. 1991, Computer Engineering and Information Science Department , Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Personal Information
Web Life
I created and maintained the Turkish poetry page containing a large collection of poems both in Turkish and in English from 1995 to 2000. The page received various reviews and awards over the years of its activity. In addition to Web reviews,an article in "Business Week" (June 23, 1997) contained a blurb on my research and the Turkish Poetry site. The article subsequently got coverage appeared in most major Turkish newspapers. Other notable blurbs (to my knowledge) were published in the literary magazine "Hurriyet Gosteri" (August 1996), the Turkish newspaper "Sabah" (August 3, 1998/ August 30, 1999), and the Turkish newspaper "Milliyet" (May 6, 2000). A long article appeared in the literary magazine Milliyet Sanat (March 15, 2000) which was written by Avniye Tansug. I would like to thank her for her kind words. More importantly, over the years I have received personal notes and blessings from dozens of poets and their families whose work is the only raison-d'être of this site.
Family
Adali sightings on the internet?
On a personal note, the site reminds me of the days the web was new to me and to everyone. Thanks to this site, I found a nice group of friends from all over the world. I hope it still offers a small rest stop for surfers every now and then.