AYŞE BORAT March, 2016

Bursa Technical University Phone: 0090 (0) 224 300 3492 Faculty of Natural Sciences, Architecture Email: [email protected] and Engineering Website: https://sayfam.btu.edu.tr/site/ayse.borat

Department of Mathematics Yildirim/Bursa

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Applied topology, Topological robotics, Symplectic topology, Algebraic topology.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Aberdeen, U.K., 2013. Supervisor: Jarosław Kędra Thesis: Remarks on Symplectically Aspherical Manifolds M.Sc. in Mathematics, , Turkey, 2007.

B.Sc. in Mathematics, Ege University, Turkey, 2005.

EMPLOYMENT

. Assistant Professor, Bursa Technical University, Turkey, February 2016 – Present. . Lecturer, Bursa Technical University, Turkey, Sept 2014 – Feb 2016. . Lecturer, Zirve University, Turkey, Oct 2013 - May 2014. . Tutor, University of Aberdeen, U.K., Oct 2007 - May 2011.

VISITS

. Visiting Graduate Student, University of Aberdeen, U.K., Jan 2007 - June 2007. Supervisor: Jarosław Kędra

PAPERS

1. A. Borat, Symplectically Aspherical Manifolds with Nontrivial Flux Groups (accepted for publication in Acta Mathematica Hungarica).

2. A. Borat, Motion Planning Algorithms for Configuration Spaces in the Higher Dimensional Case (accepted for publication in Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis).

3. A. Borat, A Characterisation of Symplectically Aspherical Manifolds, Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications, Vol 17, No 3 (2015), 477-482. pdf

PREPRINTS & IN PREPARATION

1. Motion Planners on F(S2,k), in preparation.

SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

. Research fund of Bursa Technical University, 2015-2016. Research project “Motion Planners on F(S2,k)”.

. Full scholarship from the University of Aberdeen, 2007 - 2010.

. ERASMUS grant during M.Sc. studies, 2007.

. TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) scholarship for M.Sc. students, 2006 - 2007. Selected among a national pool of candidates.

TALKS AT SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

. An Upper Bound for m-Dimensional Topological Complexity of F(Rn,k)

 Topology Seminar, , Turkey, Oct 2015.  Mathematics Seminar, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, Oct 2015.

. Higher Dimensional Motion Planners for F(Rn,k)

 Mathematics Seminars, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey, Aug 2015.  DyToComp 2015 Conference, Bedlewo, Poland, June 2015.

. Remarks on Symplectically Aspherical Manifolds

 II. Turkish Women in Mathematics Summer School, IMBM (Istanbul Centre for Mathematical Sciences), Turkey, Aug 2013.

. A Characterisation of Symplectically Aspherical Manifolds  Workshop on Symplectic Manifolds, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey, June 2013.  Topology Seminars, University of Aberdeen, U.K., Dec 2012.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

. Flat Bundles, MAGIC Postgraduate Conference 2009, Leeds, U.K., Dec 2009.

PUBLIC TALKS

. Topological Robotics

 Mathematics & Engineering Seminars, Zirve University, Turkey, Feb 2014.

. Topology: Basic Notions

 Özyeğin University, Turkey, June 2014.  Kemerburgaz University, Turkey, June 2014.

SEMINARS ORGANISED

. Mathematics & Engineering Seminars, Zirve University, Turkey, Feb 2014 - April 2014.

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

. DyToComp 2015 Conference, Bedlewo, Poland, 15 - 20 June 2015. . Advanced Courses and Workshop on Applied Algebraic Topology, CIEM (International Centre for Mathematical Meetings), Castro Urdiales, Spain, 26 June - 4 July 2014. . XXI. Gökova Geometry and Topology Conference, Mugla, Turkey, 26 - 31 May 2014. . Kripto Zirvesi, Zirve University, Turkey, 11 - 12 April 2014. . II. Turkish Women in Mathematics Summer School, IMBM, Istanbul, Turkey, 26 - 31 Aug 2013. . Workshop on Symplectic Manifolds, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey, 26 - 27 June 2013. . XX. Gökova Geometry and Topology Conference, Mugla, Turkey, 27 May - 1 June 2013. . Low Dimensional Topology Workshop, IMBM, Istanbul, Turkey, 30 March 2013. . LMS-ESPRC Short Course on Symplectic Geometry, Aberdeen, U.K., 10 - 15 July 2011. . Spring School on Applied and Toric Topology, Malaga, Spain, 10 - 14 May 2010. . MAGIC Postgraduate Conference, Leeds, U.K., 14 - 16 Dec 2009. . ITU Summer School on Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 15 June - 3 July 2009. . Geometry and Physics: Atiyah80 (Workshop in honour of Sir Michael Atiyah’s 80th Birthday), Edinburgh, U.K., 20 - 22 April 2009. . IAGT: Izmir Algebraic Geometric Topology Days, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey, 12 - 16 Jan 2009. . Maxwell Institute Colloquium on Geometry, Topology and Number Theory, Edinburgh, U.K., 24 April 2008. . ITU Summer School on Complex Geometry and Its Applications on String Theory, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 9 June - 4 July 2008. . XV. Gökova Geometry and Topology Conference, Mugla, Turkey, 26 - 31 May 2008. . ITU Summer School on Algebraic Topology and Special Holonomy, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 13 - 31 June 2006.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

. Bursa Technical University (2014 – Present) Calculus, Linear Algebra.

. Zirve University (2013 – 2014) Calculus, Precalculus.

. University of Aberdeen (2007 – 2011) Tutored in a variety of undergraduate courses including Calculus, Advanced Calculus, Introduction to Analysis, Algebra, Introductory Mathematics, Sets and Algebraic Structures, Engineering Mathematics.

MEMBERSHIP

. Edinburgh Mathematical Society, PhD student membership, 2008 - 2012.

LANGUAGES

. Turkish: Native . English: Fluent

REFERENCES

Available upon request.