Dr. Hakan Erdogmus

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Biography

Hakan Erdogmus is a Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining Carnegie Mellon, he worked as an independent consultant in Ottawa, Canada, focusing on software engineering methods, engineering economics, process improvement, and software quality measurement. He held the position of senior research officer in the Software Engineering Group at the Canadian National Research Council’s Institute for Information Technology from January 1995 to June 2009. Erdogmus has extensively published and presented on these subjects and is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Empirical Software Engineering. He has previously served as editor-in-chief of IEEE Software. Erdogmus has received several academic accolades, including the Eugene L. Grant Award from the American Society for Engineering Education in 2003 and Dean's Early Career Fellowship from Carnegie Mellon in 2016. He has a Ph.D. in Telecommunications from INRS-Université du Québec, a Master’s in Computer Science from McGill University, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from Boğaziçi University. Additionally, he is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Golden Core member of the IEEE Computer Society.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Research Officer

1995-01-01 — 2009-06-01

Canadian National Research Council • Ottawa, Canada

Worked in the Software Engineering Group, focusing on software engineering methods and quality.

Requirements for Carnegie Mellon University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Verbal
Required:158
Quantitative
Required:149
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Research experience/publications
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • GRE scores (optional but reported in profile)
  • English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
Specialization Notes

Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.