Rifat Kurban

Dr. Rifat Kurban

Department of Computer Engineering, Abdullah Gül University, Kayseri, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Biography

I have Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering and a second Master's degree in Integrated Water Management. My professional research interests are Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Optimization, Image Processing and Water Management. Currently, I work as an Assistant Professor at Abdullah Gul University (Turkey), Department of Computer Engineering. Also, I work as the Technical Advisor of Envest Energy and Water Technologies Ltd. (Turkey). I have over 15 years of academic experience at Erciyes University (Turkey), Kayseri University (Turkey) and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (USA). Also, I have nearly 10 years of industry experience at various smart automation companies in Turkey such as Envest Energy, Focus Information Technology, Computer & Robotics Corobo. Until now, I've published 17 journal articles (11 of them are indexed in SCI-E) and over 30 conference papers. According to Google Scholar; I received over 700 citations to my publications and my h-index was calculated as 10. I have successfully completed many academic and industrial projects so far. Among our latest products developed at Envest are smart water management software and energy efficient IoT devices for pump control and non-revenue water (NRW) reduction.

Affiliations

Abdullah Gül University

Kayseri, Turkey (Türkiye)

Department of Computer Engineering

Honors and Awards

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Experience

University Educator/Researcher

Abdullah Gul University, Department of Computer Engineering

01 Mar 2023 - present

University Educator/Researcher

Kayseri University, Department of Computer Technologies

01 Jan 2020 - 01 Feb 2023

University Educator/Researcher

Erciyes University, Department of Computer Engineering

01 Nov 2006 - 01 Dec 2019