Gökhan Göktürk, PhD

HPC Researcher

Skills

Education

2015 - 2021
PhD in Computer Science Sabanci University with Kamer Kaya, focusing on High Performance Computing and Graph Algorithms.
Thesis: Ultra-Fast Influence Maximization with Fused Sampling and Sketches
2011 - 2014
MSc at Sabanci University where I worked with Yucel Saygin and Berrin Yanikoglu on Network Analysis and Sentiment Analysis.
2006 - 2011
BSc in Computer Science @ Sabanci University.
Thesis: Parallel Implementation of Gentry's Fully Homomorphic Encryption.

Work

2024 -
HPC Consultant @ Sisecam
2021-2023
Post-doctoral Researcher @ Sabanci University
2016
Analytics Manager @ Akbank
2015 - 2016
Doctoral Researcher @ Behavioural Analytics and Visualization lab.
Consulting @ Akbank and Sigorta Bilgi Merkezi
2013 - 2015
Researcher @ Sentiment Analysis Lab.
2010
Intern @ TUBITAK

Awards

Altın Baykuş

Awarded "Scholar Owl" for “Twitter and politics: identifying Turkish opinion leaders” project.

References

Prof. Kamer Kaya
Sabancı University
kamer.kaya@sabanciuniv.edu
Deniz Akar
Ernst & Young, Senior Manager
deniz.akar@tr.ey.com

Publications

DiFuseR: a distributed sketch-based influence maximization algorithm for GPUs
The Journal of Supercomputing 2024
Fast and error-adaptive influence maximization based on Count-Distinct sketches
Information Sciences 2024
Fast and High-Quality Influence Maximization on Multiple GPUs
2022 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) 2022
Boosting Parallel Influence-Maximization Kernels for Undirected Networks With Fusing and Vectorization
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems 2021
Twitter and Politics: Identifying Turkish Opinion Leaders in New Social Media
Turkish Studies 2014