Academic Experience
May 2021-Today
University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne, Germany
University of Cologne
- Prof.Dr., Head of the
Institute for Biomedical Informatics - Co-leader of the
Medical Data Integration Center (MeDIC) - Affiliated with the
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Computer Science Department (since December 2022) - Core Scientist
Center for Data and Simulation Science (since January 2024)
Aug 2016-Today
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, FIT. Sankt Augustin, Germany
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, FIT
Oct 2015-Apr 2021
Informatik 5, RWTH Aachen University. Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Lecturer
2012-2015
INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, Innovative Personalised Medicine Technologies Research Centre. NUI Galway, Ireland.
INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Visiting Researcher
- Adjunct Lecturer
2011-2012
Department of Computer Engineering, Atılım University. Ankara, Türkiye
Atılım University
- Assistant Professor
2000-2011
Informatics Institute, Department of Health Informatics, Middle East Technical University (METU). Ankara, Türkiye
Middle East Technical University (METU)
- Research Assistant
Invited Talks and Presentations
OPEN SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2023
TMF 2023
Perspektive der Medizininformatik-Initiative aus Standortsicht.(.pdf presentation)
14. TMF-Jahreskongress. Medizin der Zukunft – Wohin führen Omics, Digitalisierung und gesellschaftlicher Wandel? Session 2: Forschungsinfrastrukturen und Datennutzung, 18-19 April 2023IPMM Web-Lecture 2022
Learning health systems: bridging from AI to practice.
IPMM Web-Lecture Molecular Medicine.
In cooperation with the CMMC, CCRC, IPHS, Faculty of Medicine – Univ. of Cologne and CECAD. Winter Term, 2022-2023.NFDI InfraTalk 2022
CMMC 2022
Workshop 2: Data Science Graduate Program in Cologne.
CMMC Anuual Retreat, 16-17 February 2022.Data Champions Netzwerk 2021
Why science needs to be FAIR?(.pdf presentation)
Data Champions Netzwerk. Cologne Competence Center for Research Data Management (C3RDM). 9th December 2021.DHE 2021
Data-driven health and care: Is the future federated? (video link)
Day 2: Empowering citizens through health data. Digital Health Europe Summit 2021, 28-30th September 2021.HL7 FHIR 2021
FAIR Compliance: RDA FAIR Data Maturity Model.(.pdf presentation)
Educational session: RDA FAIR metrics. Virtual HL7 FHIR CONNECTATHON 26. 13rd-15th January 2021.BIODATA 2020
Using maturity models to support processes.
BioData World Congress 2020. 9th-12th December 2020.RDA FDMM WG 2020
MIMTT 2020
FAIR Assessment Frameworks: Maturity Models. (video link)
FAIR Health Data Sets with HL7 FHIR. (Preconference Tutorial, 17th October 2020)
Translating FAIR principles to Health Care. (video link)
(Session 3: Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable (FAIR) Health Data Sets – Health technology standards and interoperability, 22nd October 2020)
Building a Healthier Global Community with AI and MI3. 2nd EU-China Health Summit on Medical Innovation, Medical Informatics, Medical Imaging and Medical Technology Transfer. European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI). 17th-23rd October 2020.D4 GLOBAL 2020
FAIRification at Scale. (Panel Discussion, 13th October 2020)
Unlocking Data-Driven Discovery and Development in Pharma R&D. D4 Global, Virtual Event. 13th-16th October 2020.FUTURE LABS LIVE 2020
FAIR Data: What Is Needed to Expand This Beyond Pharma.
Future Labs Live 2020. 28th-29th September 2020.RDA DEUTSCHLAND 2020
EOSC FAIR Working Group: from FAIR principles to FAIR practices. (.ppt presentation)
RDA Deutschland Tagung 2020. EcoDM: FAIRification Initiativen & Projekte: EOSC FAIR Working Group. 25th-27th February 2020, Potsdam-Germany.HEALTH-RI 2020
The Personal Health Train International Implementation Network. (.pdf presentation)
2020 Health-RI Conference, “Towards Data Driven Health”. 30th January 2020, Utrecht-The Netherlands.FAIRPLUS SME FORUM 2020
FAIR Capability Maturity Model Integration. (.pdf presentation)
FAIRplus Innovation and SME Forum. 29th January 2020, Hinxton-UK.BIODATA 2019
Distributed Analytics: Enabling Learning without Sharing Data. GO FAIR Personal Health Train Approach. (.pdf presentation)
BioData World Congress 2019. 4th-5th December 2019, Basel-Switzerland.RDA FDMM WG 2019
FAIR Capability Maturity Model (FCMM) Indicators. (.pdf presentation)
FAIR Data Maturity Model Working Group. Online Meeting. 4th December 2019.EOSC SYMPOSIUM 2019
GO BUILD 2019
GMDS 2019
RDA, Personal Health Train and GO FAIR in the context of FAIR data infrastructures for biomedical research communities. (.pdf presentation)
64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e. V. (GMDS). Workshop FAIRe Dateninfrastrukturen für biomedizinische Fachcommunities (WS16). 08th-11th September 2019, Dortmund-Germany.FIT Science Café 2019
FAIR Data and Services. Getting Ready for AI. (.pdf presentation)
FIT Science Café, Schloss Birlinghoven. 03rd September 2019, Sankt Augustin-Germany.RDA WEBINAR 2019
Health Data IG and Reproducible Health Services WG. (video link)
RDA Output Adoption Webinar Series: Outputs to Support Reproducible Health Research. Online Webinar. 22nd March 2019.GO FAIR PHT IN 2019
Distributed Analytics on Sensitive Medical Data. (.pdf presentation)
GO FAIR PHT Implementation Network, German Chapter Workshop. 12th February 2019, Berlin-Germany.
Scientific Event Organizations
INTERDISZIPLINÄRER KONGRESS 2023
Working Group Chair.
V. Interdisziplinärer Kongress: Junge Wissenschaft und Praxis. Qualität und Effizienz ein Widerspruch? –Zur Zukunft exzellenter medizinischer Versorgung in wirtschaftlich herausfordernden Zeiten. Working Group 1: AI in Medicine – Balancing Innovation and Risks.
In Kooperation mit der Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung und gemeinsam mit der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. 28-29 November 2023, Berlin.OPEN SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2023
Co-organizator, Panel Organization.
Open Science Festival, Meet, Share, Inspire, Care! 4th-5th July 2023, Cologne.CODATA-GO FAIR 2020
Session Organization.
International FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020, Virtual Event, Online. 27th November – 4th December. Session Title: Working with various public Personal Health Train implementations and FAIR data stations. 4th December 2020.EFMI MIE 2020
Workshop/Webinar Organization.
FAIR in HL7: New Standards for Supporting Health Research, EFMI MIE 2020 Workshop. 5th July 2020.GO FAIR IN 2020
Session Organization.
2nd Annual GO FAIR Implementation Networks Meeting. Hamburg-Germany, 23-24th January 2020.GO FAIR PHT IN 2019
Member of Organization Committee.
GO FAIR PHT Implementation Network, German Chapter Workshop. Berlin-Germany, 12th February 2019.SWAT4HCLS 2018
Program Chair.
SWAT4HCLS 2018 (Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences). Antwerp-Belgium, 3rd-6th December 2018.ESWC 2018
Editors of Joint proceedings of the MEPDaW, SeWeBMeDA, SWeTI co-located with ESWC 2018.
Workshop Organization and SeWeBMeDA co-chair.
15th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC). Heraklion-Greece, 3rd-7th June 2018SWAT4HCLS 2017
Hackathon Organization (Track C).
SWAT4HCLS 2017 (Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health care and Life Sciences). Roma-Italy, 4th-7th December 2017HIBIT 2007
Member of Organization Committee.
HIBIT’07 International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics. Informatics Institute, METU. Antalya-Türkiye, April 2007HIBIT 2005
Member of Organization Committee.
Editors of HIBIT Proceedings (Yalabık, Y, Akman E, Togan İ, Koçgil OD).
HIBIT International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics. Informatics Institute, METU. Antalya-Türkiye, November 2005