Ali Cakmak
Associate Professor
Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolAli Cakmak is an associate professor and researcher with 10+ years of experience at the intersection of data management and bioinformatics, currently based at Istanbul Technical University. He combines academic leadership—vice chair and double-degree program coordinator roles—with hands-on research in data mining, information extraction, and big data applied to biological problems. His background includes industry-grade systems work on SQL query optimization at Oracle and deep research on pathway databases, graph mining, and text mining from his Case Western PhD and postdoc projects. Active in applied bioinformatics consulting for national health institutes and serving as an associate editor for IEEE TCBB, he bridges rigorous research, teaching, and practical system design. Less obvious: he has moved fluidly between large-scale database engineering and domain-specific bioinformatics tools, giving him a rare ability to translate biological questions into scalable data solutions.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Case Western Reserve UniversityB.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Bilkent UniversityBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering at Bilkent Üniversitesi
Github Skills (12)
bioinformatics8
python5
machine-learning5
simulation3
optimization3
angular2
classification1
ncbi1
taxonomy1
scalable1
hierarchical1
biodiversity1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
itu-bioinformatics-database-lab/metabolitics-breast-cancer-case-study
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
a research project
Contributions:6 commits, 14 pushes, 3 issues in 3 months
bioinformaticspythonmachine-learning
itu-bioinformatics-database-lab/CRC_Prediction_with_Immune_SNP_Profiles
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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