Merve Karakas

Biography

I am a Ph.D. student at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. I work with Prof. Fragouli as a member of the Laboratory of Algorithmic Research in Network Information Flow. Before joining UCLA, I received my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Science (double major) from Koc University.

Research Interests

• Machine learning
• Information and coding theory
• Algorithms

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, (Current)
  • Advisor: Prof. Christina Fragouli
• B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering & Computer Engineering (Double Major), Koc University, Turkey, 2021