Demo Day 2026

In Ceng Demo Day, students from department of Computer Engineering at Middle East Technical University present their graduation projects to the target audience.

Every year, more than 100 students graduate from the department of computer engineering at METU. Students pour all their knowledge and experiences into concrete outcomes by implementing their graduation projects.

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Date 5 June 2026
Location ODTÜ KKM, Ankara
Event 09:30 – 15:30

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Project Showcase

HemenPark 🏆 First Place

HemenPark

Ertan Onur
MUHAMMET HASAN ÇİFTCİ CAN KARAÇELEBİ ÇAĞDAŞ ÖZTÜRK ERAY TAŞ ALİ RIZA KURT
Poster Video Webpage
Lumora 🏆 Second Place

Lumora

Pelin Angın Ülküer
YARKIN ÖZCAN FEYZA ÖZLÜ BERAT TÜRK HAVVANUR DİNCER AHMET MÜRTEZAOĞLU
Poster Video Webpage
Buddies 🏆 Third Place

Buddies

Ahmet Oğuz Akyüz
TAHA KARAGELDİ BAHAR SALMAN YAMAN ÖZDOĞAN ARAZ SOLEYMANPOUR DARGHLU SERDAR DÜNDAR
Poster Video Webpage
WalkWithMe 🏆 Fourth Place

WalkWithMe

Sinan Kalkan
ENFAL ELGÖRMÜŞ YİĞİTCAN ÖZCAN YUNUS EMRE UYAR MERT ERFİDAN METEHAN ERDOĞAN
Poster Video Webpage
BRIFY 🏆 Fifth Place

BRIFY

İsmail Hakkı Toroslu, Pınar Karagöz, İsmail Sengör Altıngövde
TARIK BUĞRA AKBAŞ FATİH BAŞTAN GÖKHAN DURUOĞLU MERİÇ BUĞRA HALİLOĞLU MEHMET TAYLAN ŞAHİN
Poster Video Webpage
Cinematix

Cinematix

Ahmet Oğuz Akyüz
AKIN AYDEMİR OZAN KAMALI MURAT ŞENGÜL MUHAMMED FATİH ÖZDAL OMAR AFANDI
Poster Video Webpage
ADAPT

ADAPT

Çağrı Toraman
YİĞİTHAN TAMER ARDA CAN TÜRKAN MELİH GÖKAY YİĞİT AHMET ŞEHRİYAROĞLU METE YILMAZ
Poster Video Webpage
V-Fix

V-Fix

Çağrı Toraman
PINAR AKSOY DİNÇALP ACAR ALP TOYKAN KAPLAN ÖMER BURAK ÇINAR MEHMET MERT DALKILIÇ
Poster Video Webpage
AIVIEW

AIVIEW

Cevat Şener
ELİF NAZ DEMİRYILMAZ ALİ İNAN BAKIRCI MEHMET BERK POYRAZ MUHAMMED FURKAN SEVİM MERT YILMAZ
Poster Video Webpage
Takasla

Takasla

Cevat Şener
NEDİM EFE CANDAŞ CENK KEREM CENGİZ İBRAHİM EMRE ERTÜRK BAHAR GÜNEŞ ARDA YAMAN
Poster Video Webpage
Runalyst

Runalyst

Emre Akbaş
FURKAN ASLAN BARIŞ TAŞTAN ELİF DUYGU DEMİRCİOĞLU ARDA ALPER GÖLBAŞI CEREN KARAOĞLAN
Poster Video Webpage
TenniSSight

TenniSSight

Emre Akbaş
VELİ UMUT ÖZYURT YUSUF MERİÇ KARADAĞ GÜLAY OKLAN İSMAİL TALAZ EMİR CAN UÇAR
Poster Video Webpage
PoseTrack

PoseTrack

Emre Akbaş
DENİZ KAPUCUOĞLU ZEYNEP ÖZBEK ZEYNEP PEKTAŞ SUDEM FEYZA ÜDÜL ELİF SEZER
Poster Video Webpage
AccrediX

AccrediX

Ertan Onur
HAKAN UÇAK MUSTAFA ALKAN HÜSEYİN UMUT DENİZ AHMET FURKAN ÖZTÜRK BERAT SEÇGİN
Poster Video Webpage
Avicenna

Avicenna

Fatoş Yarman-Vural
CELAL CANKUT ALDEMİR ABDULLAH DURUM ZEYNEP DEMİRBAŞ ÇAĞLA BETÜL ÇAM YAĞMUR YAVUZ
Poster Video Webpage
CandC

CandC

Ramazan Gökberk Cinbiş
ADİL BERKAY ÇOŞKUN HARUN DOĞRU FATİH EMRE GÜNEŞ YAĞIZ ŞAHİN ONUR ALTAY TOPALOĞLU
Poster Video Webpage
HOCAMDAN

HOCAMDAN

Halit Oğuztüzün
EMRE BURAK BAKDEMİR YAKUP MERT KARASULU MEHMET CAN ŞENSOY MEHMET YAYVAN BORA ASLAN
Poster Video Webpage
SHAMAN

SHAMAN

İsmail Hakkı Toroslu
MUHAMMET ÖMER FATİH SOYLU BERDAR YARKIN YÜCESOY ABDULKADİR ALTAY RIDVAN KUTAY SİVRİ KUBİLAY YILMAZ
Poster Video Webpage
MEME-Finder 🏆 Special Mention: Technical

MEME-Finder

İsmail Sengör Altıngövde
ADİLHAN ÇETİN AHMET KILAVUZ ALPEREN OVAK BARIŞ ERAY PASİNLİOĞLU MİTHAT CAN TİMURCAN
Poster Video Webpage
HRV-4

HRV-4

Nihan Kesim Çiçekli, Ferda Nur Alpaslan
ELVAN BUSE ANLI TARIK EGE BİLSEL MEHMET EMRE ÖĞÜTLÜ EKİN ŞAHİN ÖYKÜ BİCAV
Poster Video Webpage
Project Themis

Project Themis

Onur Tolga Şehitoğlu
YİĞİT ALP ALAKOÇ EMRE KAAN KAÇAN UMUT ÜNAY TUNA DEMİRDÖĞEN
Poster Video Webpage
StayWise

StayWise

Onur Tolga Şehitoğlu
ASİL ATA KARAKOÇ REZA GHOLIZADEH KAAN ÇOLAK MEHMET KAAN ENGÜR İSMAİL MERT ÜNAL
Poster Video Webpage
HostWise

HostWise

Pelin Angın Ülküer
EHSANULLAH KAAMIL AHMET UĞUR AKDEMİR MERT SÖNMEZER BATU SAATÇI ÖMER FARUK ŞANLIER
Poster Video Webpage
Sepetly

Sepetly

İsmail Hakkı Toroslu, Pınar Karagöz
MAHAMMAD VALIYEV ABDUR RAHMAN KAZIMOV AYNUR AHMAD KHAN BUSHRA RIAZ MERYEM ERDOĞAN
Poster Video Webpage
RoboPick 🏆 Special Mention: Innovation

RoboPick

Şeyda Ertekin
ILAY KAAN EDIS UĞUR EROĞLU ILAYDA SUNGUR FATİH BAL CEM İHSAN ÇAM
Poster Video Webpage
Yolda 🏆 Special Mention: Presentation

Yolda

Sinan Kalkan
HÜSEYİN SAMET ALEMDAR UYGAR BARAN ÜLGEN ALİ OSMAN BALCI RABİA ÇÖLGEÇEN İLKNUR ORMAN
Poster Video Webpage
CitusTune

CitusTune

Ebru Aydın Göl
EFEKAN KORKUT KEMAL ÜNLÜ ANELIYA ABDIMALIK ALPER MEHMET ÇELEBİ YUSUF ATAHAN ÇELİK
Poster Video Webpage
Historia

Historia

Onur Tolga Şehitoğlu
EMRE AKBURAKCI YUNUS GÜNEY MERT CENK YEDİPARMAK KEMAL TARIK NEHROZOĞLU
Poster Video Webpage
Ayna-Ayna

Ayna-Ayna

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MİRAC KAAN ARSLAN TUNAHAN BELLİER ABDULLAH ERDEM ÖMÜR MAHMUT FAİK UMUTLU MUSA ALPER YAMAN
Poster Video Webpage

Jury Members

Jury members evaluate each project on four dimensions:

Innovation
Technical Strength
Academic / Business Impact
Overall Presentation
Hale Gezgen
BEKO Corporate

Hale Gezgen

IT R&D PMO Leader
She holds a Master's degree in Control and Computer Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, with nearly three decades of diverse experience in informati…
Güneş Çepiç
EPAM Systems

Güneş Çepiç

Senior Data Scientist
Güneş Çepiç received her B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, in February 2021. She is currently p…
Şevki Kocadağ
Vignetim

Şevki Kocadağ

CEO
Şevki Kocadağ is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vignetim, a mobility and fintech platform simplifying cross-border road travel across Europe. He leads the developmen…
Ali Samet Ayık
Accelerate Simülasyon

Ali Samet Ayık

Senior Data Scientist
Ali Samet Ayık received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Gazi University. He began his professional career in Ankara, contributing to software and …
İbrahim ARDIÇ
Turkish Aerospace

İbrahim ARDIÇ

Avionics and Software Engineering Manager
İbrahim Ardıç completed his BS in both Computer, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Eskişehir Osmangazi University. He completed his M.Sc. in Electrical-…
Berkan Demirel
TÜRKSAT

Berkan Demirel

AI Architect
Berkan Demirel is a researcher in artificial intelligence with a background in computer engineering from METU (PhD) and Hacettepe University (MSc, BSc). His wor…
Alper Karamanlioğlu
TÜRKSAT

Alper Karamanlioğlu

Data Architect
Alper Karamanlıoğlu is a Data Architect at TÜRKSAT, where he leads initiatives involving large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and privacy-awar…
Baran Barış Kıvılcım
Vision Labs

Baran Barış Kıvılcım

Co-founder
Baran Barış Kıvılcım is the Co-Founder of Vision Labs, an AI-focused mobile app studio. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering from Middle Eas…
Meltem Turhan Yöndem
Seturtech

Meltem Turhan Yöndem

Senior AI Consultant
Dr. Meltem Turhan Yöndem received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University. She also served as a faculty …
Yavuz Gürcan
praktiga Consulting

Yavuz Gürcan

Co-Founder | Solution Architect
Yavuz is an experienced Identity and Access Management (IAM) professional with a background in Computer Engineering, having graduated with High Honors in 2005 f…
Güven Orkun Tanık
Güriş Holding

Güven Orkun Tanık

Head of Digital Transformation
Güven Orkun Tanık graduated from METU Computer Engineering in 2006, Electrics and Electronics Engineering in 2007. He completed his M.Sc. in computer engineerin…
Eda Yüksel
VLMedia

Eda Yüksel

Chief Research Officer
Eda graduated from METU with BS (2006) and MS (2010) Degrees in Computer Engineer Department. She has been working in the tech industry for 20 years. After her …
Hüseyin Sayın
ASISGUARD Defense Industry Trade Inc.

Hüseyin Sayın

Marine Platform Product Leader
32 years of professional experience, of which about 18 years as an entrepreneur of digital transformation and information systems, procurement, logistics, proje…
Ömer Orkun Düztaş
Ceng Alumni

Ömer Orkun Düztaş

CTO
Ömer Orkun Düztaş graduated from METU CENG in 2010 and founded Büyütech in 2011. Today the company designs autonomous systems, perception stacks, and edge compu…
Haldun Yıldız
Parabol Yazilim

Haldun Yıldız

CTO
Haldun Yıldız received his BSc in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University. He started his career at Accenture, contributing to multiple inter…
Gökdeniz Karadağ
Hudson River Trading

Gökdeniz Karadağ

Systems Engineer
Gökdeniz has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, from METU Computer Engineering Department. His research interests were on computer security and high dynamic range imaging…
Mürsel Taşgın
KKB Kredi Kayıt Bürosu A.Ş.

Mürsel Taşgın

Director of Artificial Intelligence
Mürsel Taşgın received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University in 2002, and his M.Sc. (2006) and Ph.D. (2019) degrees in …
Onur Yigit Arpalı
Picus Security

Onur Yigit Arpalı

Staff Data Engineer
Onur Yiğit Arpalı received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from METU, 2018. He worked as a graduate research and teaching assistant at METU, focusing o…
Nur Öztin Kurak
Wilfrid Laurier University

Nur Öztin Kurak

Senior Lecturer
Nur Öztin Kurak is a highly accomplished executive in the international payments systems with over two decades of experience. She’s passionate about enabling te…
Berkhan Ağar
Odi Teknoloji A.Ş.

Berkhan Ağar

Co-Founder & CTO
Berkhan Ağar received his B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE). During his first year at univ…
Güven Fidan
MindMons

Güven Fidan

CEO
Pelin Su Pişkin
Gamegine

Pelin Su Pişkin

Project Manager
I am an Electric and Electronic engineer, graduated in 2022. I have been working as a project manager in Gamegine. I am also responsable to manage R&D TUBIT…
Egemen Sert
Morty

Egemen Sert

Director of Data
Egemen Sert earned his B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and M.S. in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU). His work sp…
Bülent Yetkin TÜMEN
Gamegine

Bülent Yetkin TÜMEN

Lead Game Programmer
Bülent Yetkin Tümen received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering. He has extensive professional experience in the gaming industry as a Lead Game Programmer…
Can Ünaldı
Udemy

Can Ünaldı

Software Engineer
Can is a backend engineer specializing in distributed systems, microservices, and modern backend architectures. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering (2019) and…
Fatih Düzgün
TÜBİTAK BİLGEM

Fatih Düzgün

IT Director
Fatih Düzgün is an information technology executive at TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, leading enterprise IT, digital transformation, and technology strategy initiatives for on…
Oğuzhan Güçlü
sahibinden.com

Oğuzhan Güçlü

AI Research Engineer
Oğuzhan Güçlü received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Hacettepe University. His doctoral research focused on Simultaneous Localization …
Mustafa Raşit Özdemir
Turkish Aerospace Inc.

Mustafa Raşit Özdemir

Chief Engineer - Pilot Decision Support Software
Mustafa Rasit Ozdemir is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Engineering at the Middle East Technical University (METU), where he also earned his B.…
Gökberk Açıkgöz
Turkish Aerospace, Department of Computer Engineering, METU

Gökberk Açıkgöz

Senior Software Design Engineer, Ph.D. Student
Gökberk Açıkgöz is pursuing his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at Middle East Technical University. He received his M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Hacettepe …
Şeyma Alan
invent.ai

Şeyma Alan

Software Engineer
Şeyma Alan received her B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from METU in 2023. During her undergraduate studies, she co-founded ConFarm, a smart agriculture startup, …
Mehmet Yiğit
Scout Ventures

Mehmet Yiğit

Startup Mentor/Advisor/Scout
Accomplished Telecom Executive with 30+ years of experience in GSM, Telecommunications, Smart Cities, IoT, and Smart Transportation Systems, including CTO roles…
Cansu Pınar Aslantaş
PttAVM

Cansu Pınar Aslantaş

Data Engineering Tech Lead
Cansu Pınar Aslantaş holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University and an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Brown University, where she conducted r…
Tolga Can
Colorado School of Mines

Tolga Can

Teaching Professor
Tolga Can received his BSc degree in computer engineering from Middle East Technical University, Turkey, in 1998 and his PhD degree in computer science from the…
Emre Özdeveci
PTTeM

Emre Özdeveci

Software Engineering Manager
Emre Özdeveci received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Kocaeli University in 2017. With over eight years of experience, he has worked as a backend…
Gürcan Kavakçı
ESEN

Gürcan Kavakçı

Senior Software Engineer
Gürcan Kavakçı received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Ankara University in 2013 and his M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Te…
Muhammed Emir Çakıcı
Turkish Aerospace

Muhammed Emir Çakıcı

Senior Software Engineer
Emir Cakici received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Gazi University in 2018 and completed his M.Sc. degree in Computer Science at Hacettepe Unive…
Burak Ulucanlar
Yapı Kredi

Burak Ulucanlar

Principal System Engineer
Burak received his M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Sakarya University in 2013. Throughout his career, he has specialized in voice systems infrastructu…
Uğur Coşkun
AATG Savunma

Uğur Coşkun

CEO Founder
Uğur Coşkun is a technology entrepreneur and executive with over two decades of experience in the technology sector and more than 20 years in defense, aerospace…
Elif Sürer
ODTÜ Enformatik Enstitusu

Elif Sürer

Assoc. Prof.
Elif Sürer received her Ph.D in Bioengineering in 2011 from the University of Bologna. She received her M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering from Boğaz…
Akın Yılmaz
Simsoft

Akın Yılmaz

Simulator Group Software Unit Technical Lead
Akın Yılmaz is a software engineer and technical lead at Simsoft with 12 years of experience in real-time simulation systems. His expertise includes C++ softwar…
Yiğitcan Uçan

Yiğitcan Uçan

Software Engineer
Yiğit received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from METU in 2022 and is currently pursuing his M.Sc. degree at the same university. His professional in…

Event Agenda

5 June
2026
ODTÜ KKM
Ankara
09:30 - 13:00
Exhibition
09:30 - 13:00
Jury Evaluation
14:00
Award Ceremony

Awards & Winners

First Place

HemenPark

MUHAMMET HASAN ÇİFTCİ CAN KARAÇELEBİ ÇAĞDAŞ ÖZTÜRK ERAY TAŞ ALİ RIZA KURT
Supervisor: Ertan Onur
Second Place

Lumora

YARKIN ÖZCAN FEYZA ÖZLÜ BERAT TÜRK HAVVANUR DİNCER AHMET MÜRTEZAOĞLU
Supervisor: Pelin Angın Ülküer
Third Place

Buddies

TAHA KARAGELDİ BAHAR SALMAN YAMAN ÖZDOĞAN ARAZ SOLEYMANPOUR DARGHLU SERDAR DÜNDAR
Supervisor: Ahmet Oğuz Akyüz
Fourth Place

WalkWithMe

ENFAL ELGÖRMÜŞ YİĞİTCAN ÖZCAN YUNUS EMRE UYAR MERT ERFİDAN METEHAN ERDOĞAN
Supervisor: Sinan Kalkan
Fifth Place

BRIFY

TARIK BUĞRA AKBAŞ FATİH BAŞTAN GÖKHAN DURUOĞLU MERİÇ BUĞRA HALİLOĞLU MEHMET TAYLAN ŞAHİN
Supervisor: İsmail Hakkı Toroslu, Pınar Karagöz, İsmail Sengör Altıngövde
Special Mention: Technical

MEME-Finder

ADİLHAN ÇETİN AHMET KILAVUZ ALPEREN OVAK BARIŞ ERAY PASİNLİOĞLU MİTHAT CAN TİMURCAN
Supervisor: İsmail Sengör Altıngövde
Special Mention: Innovation

RoboPick

ILAY KAAN EDIS UĞUR EROĞLU ILAYDA SUNGUR FATİH BAL CEM İHSAN ÇAM
Supervisor: Şeyda Ertekin
Special Mention: Presentation

Yolda

HÜSEYİN SAMET ALEMDAR UYGAR BARAN ÜLGEN ALİ OSMAN BALCI RABİA ÇÖLGEÇEN İLKNUR ORMAN
Supervisor: Sinan Kalkan

Project Supervisors

Akbaş, Emre
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Akbaş
Akyüz, Ahmet Oğuz
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Oğuz Akyüz
Alpaslan, Ferda Nur
Prof. Dr. Ferda Nur Alpaslan
Altıngövde, İsmail Sengör
Prof. Dr. İsmail Sengör Altıngövde
Angın Ülküer, Pelin
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pelin Angın Ülküer
Aydın Göl, Ebru
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Aydın Göl
Aydın, Hüseyin
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Aydın
Cinbiş, Ramazan Gökberk
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Gökberk Cinbiş
Ertekin, Şeyda
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeyda Ertekin
Kalkan, Sinan
Prof. Dr. Sinan Kalkan
Karagöz, Pınar
Prof. Dr. Pınar Karagöz Pınar Karagöz
Kesim Çiçekli, Nihan
Prof. Dr. Nihan Kesim Çiçekli
Oğuztüzün, Halit
Prof. Dr. Halit Oğuztüzün
Onur, Ertan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ertan Onur
Şehitoğlu, Onur Tolga
Dr. Onur Tolga Şehitoğlu
Şener, Cevat
Dr. Cevat Şener
Toraman, Çağrı
Asst. Prof. Dr. Çağrı Toraman
Toroslu, İsmail Hakkı
Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Toroslu
Yarman-Vural, Fatoş
Prof. Dr. Fatoş Yarman-Vural

The Location

ODTÜ Kültür ve Kongre Merkezi
ODTÜ Üniversiteler Mah. Dumlupınar Blv. No:1 06800 Çankaya/Ankara
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Demo Day Team

Aslı Umay Öztürk
Aslı Umay Öztürk
Orhun Buğra Baran
Defne Erkan
Defne Erkan
Defne Odabaşı
Defne Odabaşı
Doğukan Araslı
Doğukan Araslı
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Gökberk Cinbiş
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Gökberk Cinbiş
Dr. Güneş Sucu
Dr. Güneş Sucu
Selay Tekgül
Selay Tekgül
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeyda Ertekin
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeyda Ertekin
Yiğit Sever
Yiğit Sever

Contact Us

Questions about Demo Day? Reach out to the organizing team.

demoday@ceng.metu.edu.tr