Yüksel Çelik graduated from the Department of Computer Education, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1997. He received his MSc degree from the Department of Electronics and Computer Systems, Institute of Science, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey, in 2004. He completed his PhD degree at the same university in 2013. He started his career as an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey, and continued until 2023. Dr. Yüksel Çelik is currently a Visiting Research Assistant at the University of Albany and a faculty member in the Department of Computer Engineering, Nişantaşı University, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Çelik's expertise covers artificial intelligence, cyber security, and optimization algorithms.