About me

Alper Yazar

Embedded Systems, FPGA, Linux

Principal Engineer @ ASELSAN

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I earned my BSc and MSc degrees from the same department, METU EEE, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. My master’s thesis focused on statistical signal processing. As a PhD candidate, I worked on FPGA-accelerated cloud computing.

I’ve been passionate about electronics and computers since I was 10. Over the years, I’ve designed circuit boards and worked with FPGAs, SoCs, MCUs, and a variety of embedded platforms. I’ve developed software solutions using bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux solutions. My work typically spans multiple layers of the stack starting from schematics and hardware bring-up to the final application software running on Linux. Most of the time, an FPGA (Xilinx/AMD products, in general) is also part of that stack. I am interested in applying DevOps and CI/CD practices to embedded systems, especially FPGA development workflows.

That’s why I sometimes consider myself a Full Stack Electronics Engineer.

Besides technology, I also love music and musical instruments. 🎵

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Professional Experience

Present - 2025, Principal Engineer, ASELSAN
2025 - 2023, Senior Lead Engineer, ASELSAN
2023 - 2020, Senior Expert Engineer, ASELSAN
2021 - 2018, Project co-manager + Design Engineer, The ACCLOUD Project. ACCLOUD was a research project on FPGA accelerated cloud computing. The work was supported by TUBITAK and ASELSAN. I was one of the two project managers and responsible for architecture design + FPGA implementation (operational at 40 Gbps line rate).
2020 - 2016, Expert Engineer, ASELSAN
2016 - 2012, Engineer, ASELSAN
2011, Intern, ASELSAN
2010, Intern, Bosch Rexroth

Education

Not Completed, PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
- Area of Study: Heterogeneous Architectures and Cloud
- Thesis Topic: Reconfigurable and Composable Hardware Accelerators to Provide Quality of Service (QoS) in Cloud Computing
- Advisor: Prof. Ece Güran Schmidt
- Field: Computers
- CGPA: 3.75/4.00
- ℹ️ Began PhD studies in 2016, successfully passed the qualification exam, and progressed to the thesis stage before deciding to leave the program.
2015, MSc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
- Area of Study: Statistical Signal Processing
- Thesis Topic: Application of F-test Method on Model Order Selection and Related Problems.
- Advisor: Prof. Çağatay Candan
- Field: Signal Processing
- CGPA: 3.64/4.00
2012, BSc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
- Specialization Fields: Computers and Telecommunications
- CGPA: 3.93/4.00

Publications

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💡 TR means that the corresponding content is in Turkish.

Patent

Yazar, A. (2021). Bir ısıl pil kontrol sistemi ve kontrol yöntemi. 2017/14873 PDF TR
Yazar, A. (2018). A Configurable Latch Circuit with Low Leakage Current and Instant Trigger Input. WO2018004496A1 TR201609051A2 PDF PDF (TR)

Thesis

Yazar, A. (2015). Application of F-test method on model order selectionand related problems (Master’s thesis, Middle East Technical University). Link PDF

Conference

Tırlıoğlu, A., Demir, Ö. B., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2021, June). Hardware Accelerators for Cloud Computing: Features and Implementation. In 2021 29th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SIU53274.2021.9478015 PDF TR
Yazıcı, F., Yıldız, A. S., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2020, November). A Novel Scalable On-chip Switch Architecture with Quality of Service Support for Hardware Accelerated Cloud Data Centers. In 2020 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/CloudNet51028.2020.9335788 PDF
Yazıcı, F., Yıldız, A. S., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2020, October). An On-chip Switch Architecture for Hardware Accelerated Cloud Computing Systems. In 2020 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SIU49456.2020.9302370 PDF TR
Erol, A., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2019, July). OpenStack Generalization for Hardware Accelerated Clouds. In 2019 28th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN) (pp. 1-8). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.2019.8847115 PDF
Ekici, N. U., Schmidt, K. W., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2019, July). Resource allocation for minimized power consumption in hardware accelerated clouds. In 2019 28th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN) (pp. 1-8). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.2019.8847159 PDF
Koltuk, F., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2019, April). Cloudgen: Workload generation for the evaluation of cloud computing systems. In 2019 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SIU.2019.8806358 PDF TR
Erol, A., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2019, April). A generalization of openstack for managing heterogeneous cloud resources. In 2019 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SIU.2019.8806551 PDF TR
Ekici, N. U., Schmidt, K. W., Yazar, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2019, April). ACCLOUD-MAN - Power Efficient Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Clouds. In 2019 27th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SIU.2019.8806247 PDF TR
Yazar, A. (2018). Bir Açık Kaynak Kodlu Gerçek Zamanlı İşletim Sistemi (FreeRTOS) ile Gömülü Yazılım Geliştirme Çalışmaları. In 2018 9th Savunma Teknolojileri Kongresi (SAVTEK) (pp. 1–8). Bildiri Sunum TR
Yazar, A., Erol, A., & Schmidt, E. G. (2018, May). ACCLOUD (Accelerated CLOUD): A novel FPGA-Accelerated cloud archictecture. In 2018 26th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SIU.2018.8404548 PDF TR
Yazar, A., & Candan, Ç. (2015, May). Analysis window length selection for linear signal models. In 2015 23nd Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1301-1304). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SIU.2015.7130078 PDF TR

Poster

Yazar, A. (2015, March). Model Order Selection Using F-Test. In 2015 METU EEE Graduate Research Workshop (GRW). METU. Poster Abstract

Lecture Note

Yazar, A. (2017) Compiled Lecture Notes of EE533 Information Theory. PDF
Yazar, A. (2014) Compiled Lecture Notes of EE604 Sensor Array Signal Processing. PDF

Project

Some of my public projects with no confidentiality restrictions.

Funded

ACCLOUD A Novel, FPGA-Accelerated Cloud Architecture Project co-manager + design engineer. Completed Link

Hobby

EBox Embedded Box. Containerization of EDA tools Link
asynx.dev A platform especially for embedded + FPGA engineers. Dead
SSTBIOSProg Simple programmer for SST brand BIOS EEPROMs. Completed TODO: Add link
Sureli2Calibre Python script to add periodicals into an existing Calibre library. Completed Link
aPCmeter It is used to monitor CPU and RAM usage of a computer via vintage looking illuminated gauges. aPCmeter uses Arduino Nano v3 as controller. Completed Link Link 2
Devre, Devreler devre.org and devreler.org projects Historic TODO: Add link TR
isoUSBRS422 isoUSBRS422 is an isolated USB - RS422/RS485 converter. It is designed using KiCad. Link Link2
NASuX RaspberryPi based NAS device Historic TODO: Add link
İBTÇ İlk Bilgisayarımı Tekrar Çalıştırma / Trying to fix and boot up my first PC from year 2000. Completed TODO: Add link
FPGA232KU FPGA RS 232 Kod Üretici / Small EXE written in Python to generate simple UART transceiver in VHDL. Completed Link
Soğuk Lehim soguklehim.com Historic TODO: Add link TR
Devreler Hakkında devrelerhakkinda.com Historic TODO: Add link TR
İzoyazılım izoyazilim.com Programming oriented version of my İzoelektronik project Historic TODO: Add link TR
Kapasitans e-magazine project on electronics Historic TODO: Add link TR
İzoelektronik izoelektronik.com Historic TODO: Add link TR

Class

PhD

EE542 Computer Networks. Evaluation and minor improvements on ClassBench
CENG513 Wireless Communication and Networks. A load balancing algorithm for multi-user multiple access point wireless networks

MSc

EE604 Sensor Array Signal Processing. Implementation and evaluation of two source localization methods on MATLAB: Triangulation and RSS

BSc

EE493, EE494 Engineering Design. Being a member of a team with four members, designed a voice controlled car capable of auto collision avoidance. Speech processing was done using MATLAB on a PC. Commands were transferred to car over RF channel. An RF communication protocol was developed top on FSK modulation.
EE430 Digital Signal Processing. Designed and implemented FSK based communication system over acoustic air channel using MATLAB and standard microphone/speaker of a PC.
EE314 Digital Electronics Laboratory. Designed clone of “Space Invaders” game on FPGA board with VGA output using Verilog as HDL an XilinX ISE tools.
EE313 Analog Electronics Laboratory. Designed an op-amp using discrete transistors and passives.
EE214 Electronic Circuits Laboratory. Designed a DC-DC boost converter using discrete components.
EE213 Electrical Circuits Laboratory. Designed RGB color sensor using OPAMPs and discrete components.

Attended Trainings

Hardware

Power and Analog Applications. 2016. EMPA on behalf of Texas Instruments. 8 hours.
Mentor Graphics Workshop Day. 2015. CDT. 8 hours.
Mentor Graphics Workshop Day. 2014. CDT. 8 hours.
Mentor Graphics DxDesigner Training Course. 2014. CDT on behalf of Mentor Graphics. 20 hours.†
EMC Seminar. 2014. Würth Elektronik GmbH. 8 hours.†
Power Seminar. 2014. Linear Technology. 8 hours.†

Embedded/Software

Systems Programming and Advanced C Applications. 2025. C and System Programmers Association, Kaan Aslan. 510 hours.†
Unix and Linux Systems Programming. 2025. C and System Programmers Association, Kaan Aslan. 630 hours.†
A’dan Z’ye Docker. 2024. Udemy. 16.5 hours. Certificate
The Python Programming Language. 2024. C and System Programmers Association, Kaan Aslan. 225 hours.†
C Programming Language. 2023. Plepa, Necati Ergin. 220 hours.†
Embedded Linux using Yocto. 2023. Udemy. 4.5 hours. Certificate
The C Programming Language. 2022. C and System Programmers Association, Kaan Aslan. 120 hours.†
FreeRTOS Real-Time Programming. 2018. Doulos. 24 hours.†
Developing with Embedded Linux. 2017. Doulos. 32 hours.†
The Programmable Logic Training Course Professional ZYNQ. 2016. PLC2. 40 hours.†
Fundamentals of VxWorks. 2016. ASELSAN. 40 hours.
C6000 Embedded Design Workshop using BIOS. 2013. Texas Instruments. 40 hours.†

Digital/FPGA

Vivado Timing Constraints and Analysis. 2021. PLC2. 16 hours.†
Vivado HLS. 2016. PLC2. 8 hours.
The Programmable Logic Training Course Professional VHDL. 2016. PLC2. 40 hours.†
Easy Start FPGA. PLC2. 8 hours.

† Certificate available

Honor & Award

ASELSAN CTF (Capture The Flag) Contest, 2nd Place. 2022. Read More
TUBITAK 2228-National MSc and PhD Scholarship Programme for Senior Undergraduate Students. 2012 - 2015.
Capstone Design Project Honorable Mention Award. 2011.
Bulent Kerim Altay Award. 2011.‡
Bulent Kerim Altay Award. 2011.‡
Bulent Kerim Altay Award. 2010.‡
Bulent Kerim Altay Award. 2010.‡
Bulent Kerim Altay Award. 2008.‡
Dean’s List. 2008 - 2011.

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