Serra Dane

Ann Arbor MI · (720) 492-3258 · sdane at umich.edu

I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Jean-Baptiste Jeannin in Michigan Aerospace and Robotics Verification Laboratory (MARVL) focusing on synchronous programming with formal verification for robotics.


Experience

Graduate Student Research Assitant

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Studying verification of cyber-physical systems and synchronous programming with refinement types. Advised by Prof. Jean-Baptiste Jeannin

August 2024 - Present

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Colorado, Boulder

Studied modeling and analysis of autonomous cyber-physical systems, with applications to artificial pancreas devices for type 1 diabetes treatment under the supervision of Prof. Sriram Sankaranarayanan

January 2023 - May 2024

Summer Research Intern

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Studied identifying hybrid systems from the driving data to classify driving behaviors, under the supervision of Prof. Necmiye Ozay.

July 2023 - August 2023

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Bilkent University, UMRAM, Ankara, Turkey

Developed a deep learning approach via TensorFlow with Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to classify autism spectrum disorder and typical control participants and had a 93% accuracy, under the supervision of Prof. Tolga Cukur

September 2021 - July 2022

Software Developer Intern

V-Count Technology, Ankara, Turkey

Developed a gender recognition software via TensorFlow based on convolutional neural networks (CNN) with help of V-Count's demographic data collection

August 2021 - October 2021

Software Developer Intern

Monday Hero Inc., Istanbul, Turkey

Created a mobile app connects towing trucks and cars named Go Assist in a team of 3 and solely responsible for frontend components with Dart and Flutter

July 2020 - August 2020

Education

University of Michigan Ann Arbor

PhD
Computer Science

Courses: Advanced Compilers, Automated Formal Verification

Activities: Member of Turkish Student Association

August 2024 - Present

University of Colorado Boulder

Bachelor of Science
Computer Science

GPA: 4.00/4.00

Minor: Philosophy, GPA: 4.00/4.00

Courses: Linear Programming, Autonomous Systems, Advanced Data Structures, Introduction to Data Science, Human Computer Interaction

Activities: Member of Tau Beta Pi and Turkish Student Association

August 2022 - May 2024

Middle East Technical University

Computer Engineering

GPA: 3.47/4.00

Courses: Data Structures, Discrete Computational Structures, C Programming, Programming Language Concepts, Statistics, Algorithms, Data Management and File Structures, Computer Organization, Signals and Systems

September 2018 - July 2022

Research Interests

My research interests are: Validating real-world, safety-critical systems, particularly ensuring the safety of cyber-physical systems in their actual deployment. I am currently focused on synchronous programming with verification for continuous and hybrid systems with applications in robotics.