AIRLab Members
The AIRLab team is composed of principle investigators, affiliated professors, and a dynamic group of full-time and part-time research students. To explore the specific research endeavors of each team member, kindly refer to our dedicated research group pages for more detailed information.
Principle Investigators

Dr. Erdem Akagündüz
Principle Investigator
(DEEPVIS, GAIA, DeRS)
METU – Informatics Institute
Dept. of Modeling & Simulation

Dr. Barbaros Yet
Principle Investigator
(COGSAI)
METU – Informatics Institute
Dept. of Cognitive Science

Dr. Salih Tileylioğlu
Affiliated PI
(GAIA)
Kadir Has University
Dept. of Civil Engineering

Dr. İrem Ülkü
Affiliated PI
(DeRS)
Ankara University
Dept. of Computer Engineering
Research Students (αβ order)
(full-time)

Barış Güneş
(GAIA)

Delfin B. Gürkan
(GAIA)

Laya Moridsedaghat
(DeRS)

Övgü Özdemir
(DEEPVIS)

Melek Türkmen
(GAIA)

Barış Yılmaz
(GAIA)
(part-time)

Can Albayrak
(GAIA)

İlayda Ergür
(DeRS)

Türkan S. İşpak
(GAIA)

Ibrahim Orcan Ön
(DEEPVIS)

Murat Önen
(DEEPVIS)

Özgü Özkan
(DeRS)
Former Members and/or Graduates (graduation order)

İrem Doğrusöz
(GAIA)

Bevan D. Çılğın
MSc Nov
2025
(GAIA)

Ü.Mert Çağlar
(GAIA)

Utku M. Topçuoğlu
MSc Sep 2024
(DEEPVIS)

Engin Uzun
MSc Sep 2024
(DEEPVIS)

Sanem Meral
MSc Sep 2023
(GAIA)

Abbas Türkoğlu
MSc Aug 2023
(DEEPVIS)

Aytekin Erdoğan
MSc Aug 2023
(DEEPVIS)

K. İrem Danacı
MSc Jan 2023
(DEEPVIS)

Melis
Çıkış
MSc Sep 2022
(GAIA)



