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Onurhan Turfanda(CS 2020) earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Özyeğin University. During his university years, he gained valuable experience as a teaching assistant under the guidance of Professor Jason Lau in the business department. This role allowed him to develop his teamwork and support skills. Simultaneously, he was an active member of the OzU Rover Team, which gave him the opportunity to delve into robotics and represent our country on the international stage by participating in the European Space Agency's Rover competition.

Following his university years, Onurhan embarked on his professional journey. He began by working on AI-based cash flow management at Yapı Kredi Technology. Later, he joined Amazon.com in Spain, contributing to EU-InTech. Currently, he is a member of the TomTom Spain team, working on the "Map of the Future" project. In this role, he is focused on creating real-time maps and revolutionizing map technologies and location-based services.

Deniz Uğur (CS), 2021’de mezun olduktan sonra Siemens’te 1 yıla yakın araştırma ve geliştirme departmanında tam zamanlı olarak çalıştı. 2022 yazında Vancouver, Kanada’da Simon Fraser Üniversitesi’nde (SFU) tezli bilgisayar mühendisliği yüksek lisansına başladı. Şu anda SFU’nun Ağ Sistemleri Laboratuvarı’nda “Buluttan Oyun Oynama” alanında çalışıyor. Önümüzdeki yaz da Cupertino, Amerika’da Apple’da “Görüntü ve Renk Mühendisliği” stajına başlayacak.

Prof. Özkan Bebek ile Robotik Laboratuvarı’nda ve Prof. Barkan Uğurlu ile Biyomekatronik Laboratuvarı’nda yaptığı çalışmalarla kendini geliştirdi ve Prof. Ali C. Beğen ile multimedya alanında yaptığı çalışmalarla ödüller kazandı.

Alara Baransel (CS 2020), completed an internship at Oracle Turkey. During her internship, she honed her skills in cloud technologies, containerization, and virtualization. In the final years of her bachelor's degree, she engaged in academic research on smart load testing methods alongside Assist. Prof. Dr. İsmail Arı, resulting in the publication of her first international conference paper in 2021.

After graduating, Alara began her professional career as an Application Developer at IBM Turkey. Over the course of 2.5 years at IBM Turkey, she worked in various roles. Currently, Alara works as a Solutions Architect at AWS (Amazon Web Services) in London.