Elif Saçıkara

Education

Ph.D. in Algebraic Coding Theory at the Department of Mathematics, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey,
Dissertation Topic: Concatenated Structure and Construction of Certain Code Families,
Supervision: Prof. Cem Güneri,
2012–2018.

M.Sc. in Time Scale Calculus at the Department of Mathematics, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey,
Dissertation Topic: Positive Solutions of Second Order Time-Scale Boundary Value Problems on Infinite Intervals,
Supervision: Prof. İlkay Karaca,
2010–2012.

B.Sc. in Mathematics at Ege University, İzmir, Turkey,

Research Interests
Algebraic Coding Theory; specifically on concatenated codes and their applications on certain code families.

Research Experience

2018 (September–   ) TÜBİTAK 215E200 Research Project Postdoctoral Researcher,
Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey.
2018 (January-June) TÜBİTAK 2214/A International Research Fellowship Programme, invited by
Patrick Solé for a research stay of 5 months, Paris 8 University, Paris, France.
2016–2017 TÜBİTAK 114F432 Research Project Scholarship Graduate Student,
Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey.
2012–2016 Graduate Research Assistant, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey.
2011–2012 Faculty of Science 11 FEN 066 Scientific Research Project Master Student, Ege
University, İzmir, Turkey.

Publications
[1]. Cem Güneri, Ferruh Özbudak, Elif Saçıkara,  A concatenated construction of linear complementary pair of codes, submitted.
[2]. Martino Borello, Cem Güneri, Elif Saçıkara, Patrick Solé, The concatenated structure of q-abelian codes, submitted.
[3]. Cem Güneri, Ferruh Özbudak, Buket Özkaya, Elif Saçıkara, Zahra Sepasdar,
Patrick Solé, Structure and performance of generalized quasi-cyclic codes,
Finite Fields and their Applications, vol. 47, 183-202, 2017.

Awards
2018 (January-June) TÜBİTAK 2214/A International Research Fellowship Programme, invited by
Patrick Solé for a research stay of 5 months, Paris 8 University, Paris, France.
2016–2017 TÜBİTAK 114F432 Research Project Graduate Scholarship, Sabancı University,
İstanbul, Turkey.
2013–2014 Teaching Assistant Award, Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey,
First Place Winner.
2013–2014 Teaching Assistant Incentive Award, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences,
Sabancı University, İstanbul.
2012–2013 Teaching Assistant Incentive Award, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences,
Sabancı University, İstanbul.
2012–2016 Full Scholarship, Sabancı University, İstanbul,
Full tuition fee exemption, monthly net stipend, and dormitory support.

Conference and Seminar Organization
Co-organizer of A Graduate Seminar Week on Algebraic Coding Theory, Sabancı University (19-27 April 2017).
Local organizer of GAeL XXIV, Nesin Mathematics Village (13-17 June 2016).

Academic Service
Referee for Designs, Codes and Cryptography, Mathematical Reviewers.
Reviewer for Mathematical Reviewers/MathSciNet Reviewer.

Skills Magma.

Languages Turkish (Native), English (Advanced), French (Basic).