Education Information
2002 - 2008
2002 - 2008Doctorate
George Mason University, Bilgisayar Bilimi (Computer Science), United States Of America
1999 - 2001
1999 - 2001Post Graduate
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kimya Mühendisliği (Yl) (Tezli), Turkey
1995 - 1999
1995 - 1999Under Graduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Turkey
Research Areas
bioinformatics, Database Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Learning and Pattern Recognition, Uncertainity Management, Computer Learning, Bioinformatics, Biological Modelling, Biological Databases
Academic Titles / Tasks
2018 - Continues
2018 - ContinuesAssistant Professor
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Informatics, Medical Informatics
2012 - 2018
2012 - 2018Assistant Professor
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Informatics, Medical Informatics
2009 - 2012
2009 - 2012Lecturer
İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü
2002 - 2008
2002 - 2008Research Assistant
George Mason University
2001 - 2002
2001 - 2002Research Assistant
Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Computer Engineering
1999 - 2001
1999 - 2001Research Assistant
Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Chemical Engineering
Managerial Experience
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018Head of Department
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Informatics, Cybersecurity
2012 - 2016
2012 - 2016Program Koordinatörü
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Informatics, Medical Informatics
Articles Published in Journals That Entered SCI, SSCI and AHCI Indexes
2021
2021Defining a master curve of abdominal aortic aneurysm growth and its potential utility of clinical management
Akkoyun E., Gharahi H., Kwon S. T. , Zambrano B. A. , Rao A., ACAR A. C. , et al.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, vol.208, 2021 (Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded)
2021
2021Projecting the course of COVID-19 in Turkey: A probabilistic modeling approach
Acar A. C. , Er A. G. , Burduroğlu H. C. , Sülkü S. N. , Aydin Son Y. , Akin L., et al.
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.51, no.1, pp.16-27, 2021 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
2020
2020The Use of Informed Priors in Biclustering of Gene Expression with the Hierarchical Dirichlet Process
Tercan B., Acar A. C.
IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, vol.17, no.5, pp.1810-1821, 2020 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
2020
2020iBioProVis: interactive visualization and analysis of compound bioactivity space
Dönmez A. , Rifaioğlu A. S. , Acar A. C. , Doğan T., Cetin-Atalay R., Atalay V.
BIOINFORMATICS, vol.36, no.14, pp.4227-4230, 2020 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
2020
2020Real-time Malaria Parasite Screening in Thick Blood Smears for Low-Resource Setting
Chibuta S., Acar A. C.
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING, vol.33, no.3, pp.763-775, 2020 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
2020
2020Predicting abdominal aortic aneurysm growth using patient-oriented growth models with two-step Bayesian inference
Akkoyun E., Kwon S. T. , Acar A. C. , Lee W., Baek S.
COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, vol.117, 2020 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
2011
2011mESAdb: microRNA Expression and Sequence Analysis Database
Kaya K., Karakülah G., Yakicier C., Acar A. C. , Konu O.
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, vol.39, 2011 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
2003
2003The synthesis and sodium-silver ion exchange of sodalites
Acar A. C. , Yucel H., Culfaz A.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS, vol.190, pp.861-882, 2003 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Articles Published in Other Journals
2020
2020Personalized Tumor Growth Prediction Using Multiscale Modeling
ÜNSAL S., Acar A. C. , Itik M., KABATAŞ A., GEDİKLİ Ö., ÖZDEMİR F., et al.
JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES, vol.4, no.3, pp.347-363, 2020 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
2019
2019iBioProVis: Interactive Visualization and Analysis of Compound Bioactivity Space
Dönmez A., RİFAİOĞLU A. S. , ACAR A. C. , DOĞAN T., Martin M. J. , ATALAY R. , et al.
27th Conference on Intellient Systems for Molecular Biology and 18th European Conference on Computational Biology, Basel, Switzerland, 21 - 25 July 2019
2015
2015COMBINATION THERAPY FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: A SYSTEMS BIOLOGY PERSPECTIVE ON THE SYNERGISTIC ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF SORAFENIB WITH PI3K/AKT PATHWAY INHIBITORS
Erşahin T., Tunçbağ N. , Acar A. C. , Atalay R.
50th International Liver Congress of the European-Association-for-the-Study-of-the-Liver, Vienna, Austria, 22 - 26 April 2015, vol.62, pp.464
2019
2019Cross-Cultural Audiences and Their Perceptions of Music in a Biological Context: Transforming “Music Within” Art Installation into a Cross-Cultural Interface
Bozlak E., ACAR A. C. , SÜRER E.
International “Music and Sciences” Symposium, İstanbul, Turkey, 17 - 19 April 2019, pp.57
2018
2018Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Art Installation to Introduce 'de novo' Mutations to Different Audiences: "Music Within" Project
Bozlak E., ACAR A. C. , SÜRER E.
4th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, Bologna, Italy, 28 - 30 November 2018, pp.82-87
2017
2017Gene mutations involved in drug resistance in liver cancer cells using a new rna-seq data analysis workflow
Guzelcan E. A. , Shojaei M., ACAR A. F. , ATALAY R.
42nd European-Society-for-Medical-Oncology Congress (ESMO), Madrid, Spain, 8 - 12 September 2017, vol.28
2017
2017A framework for applying bioinformatics analysis of drug resistance to mathematical tumor models
ÜNSAL S., ACAR A. C. , İTİK M., KURT B., ÜNSAL Ü., TURHAN K.
NGS Tech Applications Congress: USA, United States Of America, 25 - 26 July 2017
2017
2017A Method Proposal for Revealing Epigenetic Immune-Escape Mechanisms Using 450k Methylation Array Data
KASAP B., ÜNSAL S., AYDIN KASAP Z., ACAR A. C. , TURHAN K.
10. International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (HIBIT), 28 - 30 June 2017
2017
2017Identification of Gene Mutations Involved in Drug Resistance in Liver Cancer Using Rna-Seq Data Analysis
Shojeai M., Akhan E., ACAR A. C. , ATALAY R.
The International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, (HIBIT), 28 - 30 June 2017
2017
2017Kişiselleştirilmiş Tıp Uygulamaları ve Bir Örnek
ÜNSAL S., ACAR A. C. , İTİK M., KABATAŞ A., GEDİKLİ Ö., TURHAN K.
Tıp Bilişiminde Yenilikler Sempozyumu, Turkey, 25 March 2017
2011
2011Segmenting and Labeling Query Sequences in a Multidatabase Environment
Acar A. C. , Motro A.
Confederated International Workshops and Posters: EI2N plus NSF ICE, ICSP plus INBAST, ISDE, ORM, OTMA, SWWS plus MONET plus SeDeS, and VADER, Hersonissos, Greece, 17 - 21 October 2011, vol.7044, pp.367-368
2009
2009Efficient discovery of join plans in schemaless data
ACAR A. C. , Motro A.
Proceedings of the 2009 International Database Engineering Applications Symposium on - IDEAS ’xx09, Cetraro - Calabria, Italy, 16 - 18 September 2009
2008
2008Query Consolidation: Interpreting a Set of Independent Queries Using a Multidatabase Architecture in the Reverse Direction
ACAR A. C. , Motro A.
14th International Workshop on New Trends in Information Integration, VLDB-NTII 2008, 24 - 30 August 2008
2004
2004Why is this User Asking so Many Questions Explaining Sequences of Queries
ACAR A. C. , AMIHAI M.
18th Annual IFIP TC11/WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security, Sitges, Spain, 25 - 28 July 2004
2004
2004Utility Based Resolution of Data Inconsistencies
MOTRO A., ANOKHIN P., ACAR A. C.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Information Quality in Information Systems, 23th ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, 13 - 18 July 2004
Books & Book Chapters
2010
2010Inferring User Goals from Sets of Independent Queries in a Multidatabase Environment
ACAR A. C. , MOTRO A.
in: Advances in Intelligent Information Systems, Zbigniew W Ras, Li-Shiang Tsay, Editor, Springer, Berlin, pp.225-243, 2010
Supported Projects
2020 - Continues
2020 - ContinuesIdentification of deregulated metabolic networks in hepatocellular carcinoma
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions
BANERJEE S. (Executive) , ACAR A. C.
2016 - Continues
2016 - ContinuesKanser Sistem Biyolojisi Laboratuvarı KanSiL
CB Strateji ve Bütçe Başkanlığı (Kalkınma Bakanlığı) Projesi
ACAR A. C. (Executive)
2017 - 2020
2017 - 2020LAP1B Proteininin Kas Hücrelerinin Transkripsiyonel Regülasyonundaki Rolünün Araştırılması
TUBITAK Project
Acar A. C. , Dinçer P. R. (Executive)
2013 - 2019
2013 - 2019MikroRNA-Transkripsiyon Faktörü Düzenleyici Ağlarının Gen İfade Verisinden Olasılıksal Tema Modelleri Kullanılarak Tanımlanması
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions
ACAR A. C. (Executive)
2015 - 2018
2015 - 2018