I build reliable software and research blockchain & distributed systems.
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering. 12+ years across academia and industry. Skilled in Python, Solidity, and cloud-native systems.
- Current: Actively seeking new opportunities (unemployed, job searching)
- Open to: Postdoc · Research · Developer Jobs
- Focus: Smart contracts, blockchain systems, distributed computing
- Based in: İstanbul, Türkiye
About
I’m a researcher and software engineer with a strong publication record (SCI Q1/Q2) and hands-on engineering background. I enjoy building robust systems, collaborating across academia & industry, and publishing open-source work and papers.
Experience
Senior Python Developer — Huawei
Part-time Lecturer — Boğaziçi University
Taught “Functional Programming and Verification”.
Middleware Administrator — Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik
Cloud Engineer — ICRON A.Ş.
Research Project Assistant — Binghamton University (SUNY)
- Smart Load Balancer: Echo State Network models for workload prediction in data centers.
- b-ext4 file system: Hybrid SSD/HDD design to improve performance and reduce energy.
Internships — Cisco, Ericsson, ITU Robotics Lab
Cisco University Prize-winning research intern. RoboCup 3D Simulation Team (ITU AI & Robotics Lab).
Publications
An Autonomous Blockchain-Based Workflow Execution Broker for e-Science
Cluster Computing. DOI: 10.1007/s10586-024-04534-z
An Autonomous Blockchain-Based Computational Broker for e-Science
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.8087
Design of a Smart Contract Based Autonomous Organization for Sustainable Software
IEEE 13th International Conference on e-Science. IEEE Xplore
BeeStanbul Team Description Paper
RoboCup Symposium Workshop. PDF
EDGChain-E: A Decentralized Git-Based Framework for Versioning Encrypted Energy Data
Valedictorian, Binghamton University Graduate Commencement (2014): “Protect Our Dreams”
Education
Ph.D., Computer Engineering — Boğaziçi University (GPA 3.64/4.0)
Thesis: EBlocBroker: Blockchain-based Computational Broker for e-Science (Advisor: Prof. Can Özturan)
M.Sc., Computer Science — Binghamton University (GPA 3.77, Valedictorian)
Thesis: Short-Term Workload Prediction with Reservoir Computing (Advisor: Prof. Kanad Ghose)
B.Sc., Information Systems — SUNY Binghamton & Istanbul Technical University (GPA 3.89, Summa Cum Laude)
Honors & Awards
Contact
- Email: alper.alimoglu@gmail.com