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About

Mert Biricik.

Cybersecurity researcher and incoming Erasmus Mundus Scholar (MSc in Applied Cybersecurity) with hands-on experience in network administration, system deployment, and threat discovery. I run critical IT infrastructure and software rollouts under high-pressure conditions and focus on Zero Trust, Cloud Security, and SASE.

I work at the seam between systems engineering and applied AI: building research tools that survive production loads, hardening the infrastructure that hosts them, and turning sensor data — power grids, EEG signals, sports telemetry — into signals defenders can act on.

Particular interests

  • ·Threat hunting & memory forensics
  • ·OSINT-driven threat discovery
  • ·Anomaly detection in critical infrastructure
  • ·Agentic AI & RAG systems
  • ·Zero Trust, Cloud Security, SASE
01 — Stack

Security

5 items
  • Threat Hunting
  • Memory Forensics
  • OSINT Analysis
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Network Security

AI & Data

6 items
  • Agentic AI
  • RAG
  • ETL Pipelines
  • Time-Series Analysis
  • NLP
  • Predictive Modeling

Infrastructure

5 items
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • QEMU + KVM
  • Linux (Debian, Red Hat)
  • Network Administration

Tooling

5 items
  • Python
  • Shell Scripting
  • Git
  • LaTeX
  • Microsoft Office
02 — Experience

  1. 09/2025 — Present

    Istanbul

    Graduate Researcher

    at Kadir Has University BCI-Feast

    • › Conducting research on Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems within the BCI-FEAST laboratory.
    • › Delivering laboratory sessions for MIS undergraduates on algorithm design and operating systems.

  2. 10/2023 — 09/2025

    Istanbul

    Undergraduate Researcher

    at Kadir Has University CCIP

    • › Provided technical support for ML projects, specialising in GPU-accelerated systems.
    • › Administered network and systems infrastructure for the Center on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection.

  3. 05/2025 — Present

    Istanbul

    Search & Rescue Operator & Instructor

    at AFAD

    • › Conduct high-stakes urban and mountain search & rescue operations under life-critical pressure.
    • › Certified AFAD instructor delivering training on disaster preparedness and USAR protocols.
    • › Operate specialised equipment under AFAD (TR) and INSARAG (UN) standards.

  4. 09/2022 — 07/2025

    Video Operator & Technical Support

    at FIBA & Turkish Basketball Federation

    • › Provided technical setup and troubleshooting to 12 video operators during live, high-stress events to maintain 100% uptime.
    • › Managed real-time referee data and video tagging using the ERIC software suite.
03 — Education

  1. 09/2026 — 07/2027

    MSc in Applied Cybersecurity (CyberMACS)

    Erasmus Mundus Joint MSc

    • › Awarded full EU scholarship (€1,400/month) on academic excellence.
    • › Mobility: Year 1 — Kadir Has University (TR) & SRH Berlin (DE); Year 2 — UKIM (MK).
    • › Focus: Applied Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Network Security, Entrepreneurship.

  2. 09/2025 — 07/2026

    MA in Administrative Sciences

    Kadir Has University

    • › Graduate researcher in the BCI-Feast lab on EEG-driven Brain Computer Interfaces.
    • › Thesis under journal review.

  3. 09/2021 — 06/2025

    BA in Management Information Systems

    Kadir Has University, Istanbul

    • › Thesis: Anomaly Detection in Electric Distribution Systems.
    • › Collaborative work with BEDAS, published at IEEE UPEC 2025.

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