Tuğkan Tuğlular

Tuğkan Tuğlular received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Computer Engineering from Ege University. During his doctoral studies, he worked as a researcher at Purdue University in the United States. He joined İzmir Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2000. Between 2003 and 2007, he served as the Head of the Information Technology Department at the same university, and between 2010 and 2014, he served as the Rector’s Advisor for Information Technologies. In 2012, he served as the Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), which was held in İzmir with the participation of 450 attendees from 40 countries. In the same year, he served as the project leader of the “İzmir Information Society-Based Development Strategy” project defined by the İzmir Development Agency. Between 2013 and 2018, he worked extensively to strengthen İzmir’s techno-entrepreneurship ecosystem. Throughout his academic career, Tuğkan Tuğlular served in the Department of Computer Engineering and the Department of Technology, Design and Innovation Management at İzmir Institute of Technology. He retired as a professor in 2026. His areas of academic expertise include information security, software quality assurance, software testing, and dependable software development. He has authored more than 75 national and international publications.