Ömer Kaan Baykan received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Selçuk University in 1998, his M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Selçuk University in 2001, and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Selçuk University in 2007. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of Computer Engineering, Selçuk University, from 1998 to 2007, and then served as an Assistant Professor at the same department from 2007 to 2018. Since 2018, he has been with Konya Technical University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Computer Engineering, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. His research interests include image processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and intelligent optimization algorithms. He has authored 1 book, 36 journal articles (30 in international refereed journals and 6 in national refereed journals), and 38 conference papers (33 international and 5 national). He has supervised 8 master's and 6 doctoral theses and has been involved in 4 research projects. He also served as a member of the Institute Board of Directors at Konya Technical University between 2018 and 2019. According to Google Scholar, he has an H-index of 29 with over 3200 citations.