Wednesday, April 10
“Brain-Inspired Computing at Multiple Levels of Inspiration: A Memory-Device Perspective,” by Abu Sebastian (IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland), at UNAM, SU-01, 3:40 p.m. Organized by PHYS.
Wednesday, May 8
“An Atomic-Scale View on Oxide Surfaces,” by Ulrike Diebold (Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Austria), at UNAM, SU-01, 3:40 p.m. Organized by PHYS.
Wednesday, May 15
“Computational (Nano)Tribology and Materials to Reduce Friction,” by M. Clelia Righi (Department of Physics, Informatics and Mathematics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy), at UNAM, SU-01, 3:40 p.m. Organized by PHYS.
Wednesday, April 10
“Paris Is Burning” (1991; dir. Jennie Livingston), in the Library Orientation Room, 5 p.m. Organized by the Department of Turkish Literature.
Wednesday, April 17
“Moonlight” (2016; dir. Barry Jenkins), in the Library Orientation Room, 5 p.m. Organized by the Department of Turkish Literature.
Wednesday, April 24
“Bande de filles” (Girlhood, 2014; dir. Céline Sciamma), in the Library Orientation Room, 5 p.m. Organized by the Department of Turkish Literature.
Wednesday, May 8
“Under the Skin” (2013; dir. Jonathan Glazer), in the Library Orientation Room, 5 p.m. Organized by the Department of Turkish Literature.
Wednesday, April 10, 8 p.m.
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Music Days IV
“Fresh, Dynamic and Masterly”
Özberk Miraç Sarıgül, guitar
Elif Kara, piano
M. Giuliani, Grand Duo in A major
İlkim Bektaş, flute
Elif Naz Ateş, oboe
İlayda Yılmaz, clarinet
Zeynep Bilgesu Bozkaplan, bassoon
Okan Korkmaz, horn
F. Danzi, Quintet in B flat major, Op. 56, No. 1
F. Farkas, Early Hungarian Dances From the 17th Century
Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20, 8 p.m.
Bilkent Concert Hall
Kids’ Concerts
Bilkent Children’s Symphony Orchestra
Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestra
Barış Demirezer, conductor
Children’s Choir of the Early Music Education Program
Bilkent MPS Soloists
Songs From Disney Movies
Tuesday, April 9
“Nevanlinna-Type Representations II,” by Prof. Aurelian Gheondea (Bilkent University), at FS, SA-141,
4 p.m. Organized by MATH.
Tuesday, April 9
“The Turkish Economy for Everyone” Seminar Series: “Swap, CDS, Bilumum Mali Piyasa Araçları ve Türkiye Örnekleri,” by Gizem Öztok Altınsaç (Özyeğin Univeristy), at FADA, FFB-22, 5:40 p.m. Organized by ECON.
Wednesday, April 10
“DevOps Temelleri ve Yazılım Geliştirmede Mikroservis Mimarisi,” by Fırat Turan (Oracle), at East Campus, C Building, CE-106, 12:40 p.m. Organized by CTIS.
Thursday, April 11
“New Classes of Spherically Symmetric, Inhomogeneous Cosmologial Models,” by Yaghoub Heyderzade (Bilkent University), at FS, SA-141, 2:40 p.m. Organized by MATH.
Friday, April 12
“Stochastic Flows,” by Prof. Mine Çağlar (Koç University), in EA-409, 1:40 p.m. Organized by IE.
Friday, April 12
“Nonlinear World of Commercial Photonic System,” by Prof. Sergei K. Turitsyn, in the UNAM Conference Room, 4 p.m. Organized by UNAM.
Sunday, April 14
International Festival 2019, at Main Campus Sports Hall, 12 noon – 6 p.m. Organized by Bilkent International House, the South Asian Cultural Club and the Erasmus Student Network Bilkent.
Career Center Events
This week, the Career Center is hosting three sessions that will look at today’s and tomorrow’s career opportunities from different perspectives. All of the sessions will take place at 12:30 p.m. in C Block Auditorium.
On Tuesday, April 9 (today), a presentation by Senior Data Scientist Fırat Gönen and Senior Recruitment Specialist Pınar Aşkınoğlu from Doğuş Technology will consider the impact of artificial intelligence solutions and machine learning on the technology sector, and also provide detailed, action-oriented information and tips regarding the job search and interview process.
Next, on Wednesday, April 10, Bilkent alumnus Akan Abdula (MAN ’01), founder and managing partner of the FutureBright group of companies, will give a talk on “Youth and New Business Cultures in the Algorithm Era.” Mr. Abdula will not only highlight the real-world impacts of the post-truth era on youth behavior and business cultures but also give insight into how young people can deal with this new reality.
And on Thursday, April 11, ACTECON Law and Consultancy is offering a seminar on career opportunities and interview tips that will be of great interest to law students.
IDF School Spring Conference
The IDF Bilkent Primary, Middle and High School will hold its 13th Spring Conference on Saturday, April 27.
Guest speakers will be Umut Sav, director of İzgören Academy, and Ali Koç, founder of Fide Schools and Eğitimpedia. During the morning session of the day-long event, IDF School teachers will share their teaching practices with their colleagues.
All members of the Bilkent community are invited to attend the conference, which is free of charge. For more information and to register, please visit the school’s web page: http://www.obi.bilkent.edu.tr/semp/.