Moharram Challenger TT. asst. research professor

Moharram Challenger

Lab director: Prof. Moharram Challenger

Valorisation manager of the lab: Dr Fatma Bozyigit (NEXOR & Flanders Make)

Admin support of the lab: Jasper Wijnings (Flanders Make)


Postdoc researchers:

  1. Dr Bentley Oaks (currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Software Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal University, Canada)
  2. Dr Fatma Bozyigit (currently a valorisation manager in the Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium)
  3. Dr. Armin Moin (currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA)
  4. Dr Hossein Yarahmadi (currently a lecturer in the Department of Computer Engineering, IAU-Boroujerd University, Iran)
  5. Dr Baris Tekin Tezel (currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey)
  6. Dr Hassan Bashiri (currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, Hamedan University of Technology, Iran)

Ph.D. Students:

  1. Burak Karaduman (BOF)
  2. Hussein Marah (Flanders Make)
  3. Hossein Yarahmadi (Joint-PhD): currently a postdoc at the University of Antwerp and a lecturer at IAU-Boroujerd University
  4. Alireza Khalilipour (Flanders Make)
  5. Mina Khoshrangbaf (Joint-PhD)
  6. Ercument Turk (External - Ege University)
  7. Elham Azadi Marad (External - IAU-Sanadaj University)
  8. Zahra Mardani (External - Portugal)

Master Students:

  1. Hussein Marrah (External, Graduated)
  2. Mustafa Abshir (External, Graduated)
  3. Burak Karaduman (External, Graduated)
  4. Alper Silistre (External, Graduated)
  5. Elaheh Azadi Marand (External, Graduated)
  6. Elham Azadi Marand (External, Graduated)
  7. Eda Akalp (External - Mugla Sitki University)
  8. Timothy Smet
  9. Christopher Ronken
  10. Mert Can
  11. Dogukan Altay
  12. Shahhoseini (External)
  13. Alireza Matani (External)
  14. Ebert Schoofs (research internship)
  15. Pablo  de Vicente Abad
  16. Niels Van der Planken
  17. Jonas De Maeyer
  18. Jonas Caluwé (research internship)

Visiting Researchers:

  1. Metehan Mustafa Yalcin: Ege University, Turkey (Erasmus+ Internship for 3 months)
  2. Hichem Ltaif: Higher Institute of Industrial Systems, Tunesia (Internship for 6 months)
  3. Prof. Fatma Bozyigit: Bakircay University (Visiting Professor for 1.5 months)
  4. Noushin Karimpour: Ege University (Visiting Ph.D. student for 2 months)
  5. Prof. Vahid Akram: Ege University (Visiting Professor for 2 months)
  6. prof. Baris Tekin Tezel: Dokuz Eylul University (Visting Professor for 2 weeks)
  7. Onur Alhas: Dokuz Eylul University (3 Months)
  8. Melike Oruc: Dokuz Eylul University (3 Months)
  9. Goksu Beren: Dokuz Eylul University (remote)
  10. Jiyan Aytek: Mugla Sitki University (remote)
  11. Tolgahan Bardakci: From a Turkish Company (June 2022)
  12. Hossein Yarahmadi: Joint-PhD visit from IAU-SRB University (7 months, Dec 2022 - Jun 2023
  13. Can Utku; Bakircay University (Master Visting Student 3 Months, Jun-Aug 2023)
  14. Halil Yesil (3 Months + 1 year Erasmus, Oct-Dec 2023 and Oct 2024-July 2025)
  15. Furkan Polat: Koc University (6 Months, Dec 2023 - May 2023)​
  16. Seda Vatan: Celal Bayar Univ. Turkey, visiting PhD student, (1 month, June 2024)