Oyku Eren Ozsoy

Title
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Email
Department
Electrical, Computer & Software Engr Department
College
College of Engineering

Areas of Expertise

Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, and Linear Optimization.
Oyku Eren Ozsoy

Dr. Eren Ozsoy has a Ph.D. in Health Informatics and an M.S. and a B.S. in Computer Engineering. She joined the Computer, Electrical, and Software Engineering Department faculty in 2023. Her research interests include bioinformatics, machine learning, and linear optimization, specifically focusing on the construction of biological networks and automated classification of allergen proteins. She took part as a researcher in the SysPatho European Union - FP7 Research Project. She was the manager and co-founder of Mantis Software Company in Turkey, which developed software for private companies and government organizations. She has more than 7 years of experience in teaching Computer Science courses. 


  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Informatics, Middle East Technical University
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Baskent University
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Baskent University

CS118 – Fund of Computer Programming
CS125 – Computer Science I
CS125L – Computer Science I Lab
EGR 115 – Intro Computing for Engineers 

G. Budak, O. Eren Ozsoy, Y. Aydin-Son, T. Can, and N. Tuncbag, "Reconstruction of the temporal signaling network in Salmonella-infected human cells," Frontiers in Microbiology, 6:730, 2015

O. Eren Ozsoy, T. Can, “A Divide and Conquer Approach for Construction of Large-Scale Signaling Networks from PPI and RNAi Data Using Linear Programming”, IEEE/ACM Transaction on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 10 (4), 2015.

O. Eren Ozsoy, T. Can, “Construction of signaling pathways from PPI and RNAi data using Linear Programming”, 25th Conference of European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization ECCO 2012, Antalya, Turkey, 2012.

H. Ogul, C. Beyan, O. Eren, K. Yildiz, T. Ercelebi, B. Sonmez, “MicroRNA target recognition from compositional features of aligned microRNA-mRNA duplexes”, Proceedings of International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications, Kayseri, Turkey, 2010.

O. Eren, H. Ogul, “Automated classification of allergen proteins”, Proceedings of 14th Annual Biomedical Engineering Conference (BIYOMUT'08), Ankara, Turkey, 2008.


Ph.D. Scholar, TUBITAK – Short Term R&D Funding Program, Prediction of Signal Transduction Networks from Gene Expression and RNAi Data, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2013- 2014

Ph.D. Researcher, SYSPATHO:EU-FP7 Research Project, New Algorithms for Host Pathogen Systems Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2011- 2013

Teaching Assistant/Instructor, Informatics Institute, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 2010-2011

Visiting Scientist, BioQuant Center of Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, August 2011- November 2011

Co-Founder, Manager, Mantis Software Company, Ankara, Turkey, 2007-2008

Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Computer Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2006-2010


Member - American Society for Engineering Education

“Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Education and Research Foundation, METU Thesis of the Year Award”, Ankara, Turkey, 2014

Visiting Scientist Fellowship, BioQuant Center of Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, 2011

Full scholarship for Graduate School, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2006