The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Türkiye. It was established in 1963 with a mission to advance science and technology, conduct research and support Turkish researchers. The Council is an autonomous institution and is governed by a Scientific Board whose members are selected from prominent scholars from universities, industry and research institutions. TÜBİTAK is responsible for promoting, developing, organizing, conducting and coordinating research and development in line with national targets and priorities. TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy making body in Türkiye. Setting its vision as to be an innovative, guiding, participating and cooperating institution in the fields of science and technology, which serves for improvement of the life standards of our society and sustainable development of our country, TÜBİTAK not only supports innovation, academic and industrial R&D studies but also in line with national priorities develops scientific and technological policies and manages R&D institutes, carrying on research, technology and development studies. Furthermore, TÜBİTAK funds research projects carried out in universities and other public and private organizations, conducts research on strategic areas, develops support programs for public and private sectors, publishes scientific journals, popular science magazines and books, organizes science and society activities and supports undergraduate and graduate students through scholarships.
Hasan Erdem Yantır received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering and electrical and electronics engineering from Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2011, the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree from The University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, in 2018. He was an Engineer with Ford Motor Company, Istanbul, from 2012 to 2013, and Ericsson, Istanbul, from 2011 to 2012. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, from 2018 to 2021. He is currently a Chief Researcher at the TÜBITAK-Informatics and Information Security Research Center, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey and an Assistant Professor at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, Turkey. In ITU, he teaches the classes on integrated circuit and processor design. His current research interests include digital/mixed-signal IC design, AI accelerator architectures, neuromorphic computing, in-memory computing, computer architectures, and reconfigurable computing.