Dr. Mehmet Çakirtas completed his doctorate in the field of Islamic History at Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey in 2007. Between 2007 and 2011 he worked as an administrator in various units of the Radio and Television Supreme Council, Turkey. He worked as a Consultant at the Turkish Prime Ministry between 2011-2014. Between 2014-2017 he worked as the Head of the International Relations and Monitoring and Evaluation Department at the Radio and Television Supreme Council, Ankara, Turkey. He participated in the development of the Digital Recording and Analysis System in Turkey. Between 2017-2020, he worked as Executive Assistant of the Turkish Minister of Justice, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and the Turkish Minister of Health. Currently, he is the Head of the International Relations Department at the Radio and Television Supreme Council in Turkey. 2018-2019'da Ankara He worked as part-time instructor at Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey. His research interests include Islamic History, social media analysis and the study of radical Islamic groups.

Dr. Ozdemir received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from METU, Ankara, Turkey, in 1996 and 1998, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University, USA, in 2005.  He also obtained a Business Management Certificate from University of Toronto in 2010. Dr. Ozdemir has an industry experience of 15+ years, where he developed systems for CATV and wireless communication industries.  He is currently with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey.  His recent research interests include the application of deep learning to the wireless communication systems, such as jamming detection and spectrum sensing.  

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