Education:

• PhD 2005, Electrical-Electronics Eng., Georgia Tech.
• BS 1999, Electrical-Electronics Eng., Boğaziçi Univ.

Research:

• Speech recognition, speech synthesis, speech analysis/coding Speech enhancement
• Medical applications of the speech processing field

AI Research Interests

• Speech and language technologies

  • Large Language Models (LLMs)

  • Audio LLMs

  • Speech recognition

  • Emotional and expressive speech synthesis

  • Audio-based behavioral and affective computing

• Applications of AI

  • Education

    • Reading fluency assessment

    • Second-language proficiency scoring

  • Health

    • Speech-based pre-screening of depression and anxiety

    • Human–robot dialogue analysis

  • Finance

    • AI-driven investment advisory

    • Banking automation