Sep 5, 2017Yeni bir gezegene yolculuk ve Cylone’lar ile yaşamAn itibarı ile bozkırdan, vadiye giden bir yoldayım. Okyanusun üzerinde yavaş ama kararlı bir şekilde ilerleyen bir metal kutunun içinde. Uzunca bir yolculuk, ve haliyle insanın düşünmeye zamanı oluyor geçmişi. Aklım Alice Harikalar Diyarı’na gidiyor. Doktoramın ilk kısmına bu kitaptaki bölümlerden biri olan “down the rabbit hole” ismini vermiştim. …4 min read4 min read
Apr 23, 2017How hard is to buy a flight ticket?It is no secret that I fly a lot. At first it was for leisure and now it is combination of leisure, conferences, LDR etc. I love every bit of traveling except buying flight tickets. I have flown ~100k miles in last few years but still has no idea how…Travel7 min readTravel7 min read
Jan 9, 2017Niloya Matematik’e KarşıNiloya, Türkiye’nin en iyi üniversitelerinden birinde genç, cesur ve yetenekli bir bilgisayar mühendisliği öğrencisiydi. Soğuk ve karlı bir Ankara sabahına uyandı, bir cafe’ye gitti, bilgisayarını açtı ve mümkün olmadığına neredeyse emin olduğu ödevine bakmaya devam etti. Vazgeçmek geçmedi içinden çünkü o ödev onun için 4 yıldır dinlediği zırvaların toplamını ifade…3 min read3 min read
Nov 2, 2016Tale of Two Government AgenciesThis is more of an aftermath of a weird experience I had with two government agencies namely USCIS and USPS. I recently applied for my OPT extension since I graduated. …Immigration2 min readImmigration2 min read
Apr 16, 2016Going Meta on Jokes“The funniest joke in the world” skit of the Monty Python is one of my favorites in the category of jokes, meta jokes and Month Python jokes. I love meta jokes, I even like meta jokes about meta jokes going even deeper. Funny, deep and even confusing sometimes. …Monty Python2 min readMonty Python2 min read
Mar 30, 2016Homage to CataloniaI was already admiring George Orwell because of Animal Farm since I was a high-schooler; but, a small story changed my understanding of life and love completely when I first read the 1984. I was in a very long flight from Tokyo to Moscow half dreaming, half reading. It all…Barcelona3 min readBarcelona3 min read
Nov 30, 2015Some reading advice for (Computationally Oriented) UndergraduatesI wanted to collect couple of interesting papers and books which were extremely useful or inspiring for me. Disclaimer: These are my personal suggestions and I reserve the right to be wrong in one or more of these suggestions. These suggestions are also heavily affected by Prof. Cagatay Candan’s suggestions Computability and Approximation …Books3 min readBooks3 min read
Nov 30, 2015I Learned GravityHatirlariz hepimiz coyote’nin road runner’i kovaliyisini ve bir ucurumun kenarina geldiklerinde road runner’in ucup kacisinin ama coyote’nin yurumeye devam edip tam ucurum ortasinda yer cekimini, ya da havada oldugunu farketmesini ve sonra dusmesini. Ya da diger cizgi filmlerde o kahramanlarin dusmeleri gerektiklerini farkedene kadar dusmeyislerini. Birden aklima geldi bu gun…Turkce2 min readTurkce2 min read
Nov 30, 2015Story of Thesis.texSince I finished writing my Master thesis and waiting for the reviews of my advisor, I am currently procrastinating with some side projects. Here comes one of them. This one is mostly motivated with “A story in file names” comic of PhD comics. This story is pretty much accurate; file…Research3 min readResearch3 min read
