Tolga Can
Teaching Professor at Colorado School of Mines
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolTolga Can is a Teaching Professor of Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines, with a strong background in bioinformatics, graph theory, and algorithms. He earned his BS in Computer Engineering from METU in 1998 and a PhD in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara as a Fulbright Scholar, underpinning a career that blends research excellence with hands-on teaching. Before joining Mines in 2022, he served as a tenured professor at METU, where he taught Bioinformatics, Data Structures and Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Computer Graphics, and Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists, and earned two Instructor of the Year awards. His research spans protein structure analysis and large-scale biological networks, reflecting a knack for connecting theory to real-world biological problems. He also led Turkey's Informatics Olympiads academic committee, shaping national IOI training programs from 2019 to 2022. Based in Denver, Tolga brings a rare mix of rigorous academic scholarship, leadership in competitive programming training, and commitment to student-centered education.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at UC Santa BarbaraBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tolgacan/DirectedGraphlets
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
mines-csci400/f23-syllabus
Jul 2023 - Aug 2023
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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