Kadiray Karakaya
Research Assistant at Heinz Nixdorf Institut
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolKadiray Karakaya is a research-focused software engineer and PhD candidate in program analysis with 11 years of industry and academic experience, currently a Research Assistant at Heinz Nixdorf Institut. He leads SootUp on GitHub, blending deep static-analysis research with practical tooling that bridges academia and real-world codebases. His background includes production engineering and analytics roles at Turkish Airlines and a stint as an Applied Scientist at AWS, giving him a strong track record of moving research into applied systems. Based in Paderborn, Germany, he combines rigorous PhD training with hands-on software delivery across both enterprise and research environments. Notably, his profile reflects a rare mix of long-term industrial experience alongside ongoing contributions to program-analysis tooling.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Paderborn UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Technische Universität ChemnitzBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Yildiz Technical University
Turkish, English, German
Github Skills (30)
static-code-analysis10
static-analysis10
architecture10
abstract-interpretation10
soot10
java10
source-code-analysis10
bytecode10
android10
optimization10
program-analysis10
java-libraries6
composition6
testing5
pddl5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kadirayk/API-Gateway-2go
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 10 months
api-gatewayapigolanggatewayminimal-api
kadirayk/ANIE
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:52 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 11 months
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