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Last week has mostly been taken up with QCon London. I really had a great time and I would like to give a big thanks to Google for supporting my travel and registration costs.

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In my last post, I wrote that I am going to work on Machine Learning for my master’s thesis. I am coding an interactive machine learning framework which enables users to run basic/advanced machine learning algorithms online.

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Statement of Purpose (S.O.P) is probably the most annoying thing in the graduate school application process. It is very important because it is your only opportunity to speak up for yourself. You have to structure your essay carefully and explain why you are the best and why you’re that awesome for the program and unfortunately you have to manage all of these in 500 words (or a bit more for some schools).
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By mid of November, I left my job after working two years at TUBITAK UEKAE. I worked with one of the best Open Source teams in Turkey and led Pardus Security Team, therefore I am a bit sad about leaving that early..

Fortunately, the reason for leaving my job leads me closer to my dreams: I have been selected as a Fulbright Ph.D. fellow and hopefully, I am going to continue my education in USA next year. As I am currently doing my master degree at Computer Engineering Department, Bogazici University, I had to give my full energy and time to finish my education in Turkey, so I decided to contribute Pardus as a non-TUBITAK employee. Continue Reading

Last week I attended to Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit at Googleplex, Mountain View. It was definitely one of the best time I had in recent years.

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