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Biography

Deniz Cetinkaya is a Principal Academic in Computing in the Department of Computing & Informatics at Bournemouth University. She is the Programme Leader for Software Engineering and Computing courses offered at BU. Prior to BU, she worked as an Assistant Professor in Software Engineering Department at Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey.

She graduated from Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey with honors in the top 2nd rank in 2002. She received her MSc degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 2005. She received her PhD degree in Systems Engineering from Delft University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Delft) in the Netherlands in 2013.

Deniz is a Senior ACM Member. She has over 60 academic publications published in refereed international conferences and journals. She is also serving as a program committee member or a reviewer for several internationally renowned conferences and journals.

Research

Areas of interest: Software engineering practice and methodology, Systems analysis and design, Model driven software development, Automated software development, Quantum computing, Quantum software engineering, Modelling and simulation, Data analytics and visualization, Digital health, AI, Computer vision in healthcare and medicine, Machine learning, Human-computer interaction, User experience and usability, and other related areas.

I am currently looking for PhD and MSc students. If you are interested, please contact me with your CV so that we can discuss the options available.

Favourites

  • Oztas, B., Cetinkaya, D., Adedoyin, F., Budka, M., Aksu, G. and Dogan, H., 2025. Tab-AML: A Transformer Based Transaction Monitoring Model for Anti-Money Laundering. In: IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI 2025) 5-7 May 2025 Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • Ajibosin, S. and Cetinkaya, D., 2024. Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms for Binary Classification. Software, 3 (4), 498-513.
  • Oztas, B., Cetinkaya, D., Adedoyin, F., Budka, M., Aksu, G. and Dogan, H., 2024. Transaction monitoring in anti-money laundering: A qualitative analysis and points of view from industry. Future Generation Computer Systems, 159, 161-171.
  • González-Villa, J., Cuesta, A., Spagnolo, M., Zanotti, M., Summers, L., Elms, A., Dhaya, A., Jedlička, K., Martolos, J. and Cetinkaya, D., 2024. Decision-support system for safety and security assessment and management in smart cities. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 83 (22), 61971-61994.
  • Kiyak, C., Cetinkaya, D., McAlaney, J., Hodge, S. and Ali, R., 2024. Interrupting Dissociation of Players through Real-Time Digital Tasks during Online Gambling. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 40 (18), 5247-5258.
  • Bruno, A., Ferjani, M., Sabeur, Z.A., Arbab-Zavar, B., Cetinkaya, D., Johnstone, L., Sallal, M. and Benaouda, D., 2022. High-Level Feature Extraction for Crowd Behaviour Analysis: A Computer Vision Approach. ICIAP Workshops, 13374, 59-70 Springer.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Quality education

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"

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Industry, innovation and infrastructure

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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