I am a 7th year PhD student in the theory group of the computer science department and my advisors are Janos Simon (U of C) and Umut Acar from the Toyota Techonlogical Institute at Chicago, (TTI-C). I have received BS degrees in computer engineering and in mathematics, both from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 2002. I also have a MS degree in computer science from the University of Chicago, in 2005.