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He received BS, MS and PhD degrees from Gazi University, 1993, 1998 and 2002, respectively. In his dissertation, he worked on applying fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks to dynamic systems. He has been as visiting scholar at Michigan State University, USA, 2004.

He is currently director of Big Data and Mobile Systems Laboratory that receives both national and international funding. The projects that he was principal investigator have been funded by various public and private sector organizations including Gazi University, TÜBİTAK, Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, TAI and Huawei. He has served as editor and reviewer for numerous international and national journals.

His research interests include, artificial intelligence, deep learning, big data analytics, recommender systems, intelligent optimization systems, mobile wireless networks and smart buildings.

Tolga, whose main area of interest is artificial intelligence, contributes to studies that create experiences where artificial intelligence and creativity come together, and also conducts studies on autonomous systems. It aims to develop human-oriented and responsible artificial intelligence solutions with the accumulation of thought that it continues to build on the philosophy of artificial intelligence.

Tolga loves camp culture, is interested in sports such as rowing and tennis, likes to explore classic movies and enjoys reading in the field of psychology.

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.