Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal Details

• Surname: Varol
• Name: Aygün
• ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4029-7676
• Date of CV: 14.02.2025

2. Degrees

• D.Sc. (ongoing), Computing and Electrical Engineering (Internet of Things), Tampere University
• M.Sc. (2022), Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Analog Circuit Design), Isparta University of Applied Sciences
• B.Sc. (2017), Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Industrial Automation), Manisa Celal Bayar University

3. Other Education and Expertise

• The European Summer School on Artificial Intelligence (2024), ESSAI & ACAI
• Introduction to Generative AI (2023), Google Cloud

4. Language Skills

• Native language: Turkish
• Other languages:
  • English (Proficient - C1, IELTS: 7)
  • Finnish (Elementary)
  • German (Elementary)

5. Current Employment

Doctoral Researcher (Since 2023), Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland

• Research focus: Creating intelligent indoor environments by integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Contributing researcher to the EVIL-AI Project, investigating AI-related harms and developing mitigation strategies.

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6. Previous Work Experience

• Research Assistant (2020–2023), Faculty of Technology, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Turkey
  • Conducted laboratory courses: Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronics, Circuit Analysis, Digital Systems, Microprocessor System Design.
• Electrical Maintenance Engineer Intern (2016), Habas Industrial and Medical Gases Production Industries Inc., Turkey
  • Monitored operations and maintenance in a natural gas combined cycle power plant.
• Electrical Maintenance Engineer Intern (2015), Çimentaş İzmir Cement Factory, Turkey
  • Conducted maintenance and repair of electrical and electronics equipment.

7. Research Funding and Grants

• Study Abroad Programme Scholarship (2021), Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education
  • Total amount: €70,000
  • Sponsored Turkish students for postgraduate studies abroad.

8. Research Output

• Total Publications: 5 (10 citations)
• Selected Publications:
  1. Varol, A., Motlagh, N. H., Leino, M., Tarkoma, S., & Virkki, J. (2024). “Creation of AI-driven Smart Spaces for Enhanced Indoor Environments – A Survey” (Submitted to ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks).
  2. Varol, A., Yucel, F., Yuce, E., & Cakir, A. (2024). “A single-IC realizable, electronically tunable, OTA-based full-wave rectifier with simultaneous positive and negative outputs.” AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 155374.
  3. Kayaalp, K., & Varol, A. (2024). “LeNet ve ResNet Derin Öğrenme Modelleri ile Asma Yapraklarının Sınıflandırması.” Veri Bilimi, 7(1), 16-25.
  4. Varol, A., Yucel, F., & Cakir, A. (2023). “A new electronically tunable transimpedance-mode OTA-based first-order universal filter and its quadrature oscillator application.” Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, 32(11), 2350184.
  5. Varol, A., & Çetin, B. K. (2020). “A New Mobile Application for Physical Measurement in a Cellular Network.” Journal of Scientific Reports-A, (045), 178-200.

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9. Research Supervision and Leadership Experience

• 5 Undergraduate Research Project Supervisions (2020–2023), TÜBİTAK 2209-A Research Grant Program for University Students.

10. Teaching Merits

• Teaching Assistant (2020–2023), Faculty of Technology, Isparta University of Applied Sciences

11. Other Key Academic Merits

• Guest Speaker (2024), The 1st Winter School on 3D Digitainability, Tampere University
  • Topic: AI Agents in Smart Spaces
• Grant Proposal Contribution: Assisted in European Commission funding application (PI: Johanna Virkki).

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12. Other Merits

• Programming Languages: Python, Java, C, C++, LaTeX
• Software Tools: Visual Studio, Android Studio, MATLAB, PSpice, Origin
• Hardware/Systems Experience: IoT systems, analog circuit design

📌 Last Updated: 14.02.2025

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