Yasar Becerikli received the B.S. degree with honors from the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department (formerly at Kocaeli Enginnering Faculty) at Yıldız (Technical) University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1991, the M.S. degree from the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at the Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at the Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey, in 1998. He was a Research Assistant at Sakarya University, Turkey, from 1992 to 2000. Moreover, he worked as an Assistant Professor of computer engineering at Kocaeli University, Izmit, Turkey, from 2000 to 2005, and he served as an Associate Professor of computer engineering, Kocaeli University, Izmit, Turkey, from 2005 to 2011. Currently, he works as a Professor of Computer Engineering, Kocaeli University, Izmit, Turkey. He served as a Senior Researcher at Marmara Research Center (MRC), TUBITAK, Izmit, Turkey, from 2003 to 2004. Also, he has taught many courses at some Universities. His current research interests include intelligent systems and control, neurofuzzy systems and optimal control, machine learning/pattern recognition, computational intelligence, artificial learning, optimization theory/deep learning, Neural networks, wavelet networks, stochastic process control, medical/signal and image processing, UAVs and pattern recognition, FPGA based embedded systems.