About


Dr. Merve Ayyüce KIZRAK started her professional career in 2009 and has more than 13 years of experience in Artificial Intelligence.

She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Haliç University in 2009 and 2011, respectively. She has her Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Yıldız Technical University in 2021. She held an AI Strategy certificate from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2020. She has accomplished her second Master’s in Economics, Financial Technology at Bahçeşehir University in 2023.

From 2009 to 2019, she was a Research Assistant at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Haliç University. Since 2019, she has been an academic at the Artificial Intelligence Engineering Department at Bahçeşehir University.

She has been employed as an AI Specialist at The Digital Transformation Office, The Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, since 2019. She is an OECD AI Governance Working Group member on behalf of the Republic of Türkiye.

Research Topics:

  • Deep Learning Model Engineering
  • Computer Vision
  • Crowd Analysis
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Music and Sound Analysis
  • Artificial Intelligence Strategy Development and Implementation
  • Data Governance and Privacy
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Ethics

Details of academic research topics can be found in the publications tab.,


You can access my data and artificial intelligence-related courses that I have published online on various platforms, such as Udemy and BTK Academy, on the online artificial intelligence online courses tab.


You can access the lecture notes prepared in English and Turkish for the Computer and Ethics course at Bahçeşehir University, Artificial Intelligence Engineering Department here.


Volunteer Activities:

She publishes blogs, videos and implementations/applications content for understanding and dissemination of knowledge and science. She also creates translation resources (for Turkish speakers) to bring international sources with our friends. You can check the Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative (YZ-AI) web-site.

She conducts artificial intelligence studies on the interdisciplinary conduct of environment, community, and human-centered.

🚀 As the HÜMA team, they completed the TEKNOFEST 2021 Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Competition as the 1st.🥇 You can check the details of their work here!

🚀 Within the scope of Teknofest 2019, she participated in the Artificial Intelligence Competition as HÜMA team and completed the competition as the 7th finalist among 167 teams. You can check the details of their work here!


She gave a speech about the importance and necessity of working interdisciplinary for Artificial Intelligence in Zorlu PSM stage for TEDx Bahcesehir University on April 6, 2019. The video of the talk is published on YouTube!