Bilge Kaan Karamete

Senior Director of Engineering - Geospatial, Graph and Visualization at Kinetica

Bilge Kaan Karamete has an extensive work history with a focus on engineering and research roles. Karamete began their career as a Research and Teaching Assistant at Middle East Technical University from 1990 to 1996. They then worked as an Adjunct Instructor at the same university for a year before moving on to become a Research Associate at RPI's Scientific Computation Research Center from 1997 to 2000.

In 2000, Karamete joined Coventor, Inc., a Lam Research Company, as a Senior Scientific Development Engineer. They worked in this role until 2004 when they transitioned to become a Research Engineer at GE Global Research Center's Fluid Mechanics Lab. After three years in this position, Karamete moved on to become an Individual Contributor at CD-adapco from 2007 to 2009.

From 2009 to 2017, Karamete worked as a Research Scientist at the US Naval Research Laboratory. During this time, they served as the Meshing and Geometry Lead for the DoD funded CREATE-MG Project and were the primary architect and developer for CapstoneTM, a preprocessor for army research laboratories.

Karamete's most recent position was at Kinetica, where they held multiple roles starting from 2017. They first served as the Senior Director of Engineering - Geospatial, Graph, and Visualization. In this role, they oversaw the development of a highly performant distributed graph database, implemented various graph solvers and cypher-like algorithms, and managed a software development team. Karamete later transitioned to the role of Geospatial Product Owner, where they continued to develop geospatial algorithms and contributed to SQL consumption and general visualization efforts. Their time at Kinetica lasted until 2020.

Bilge Kaan Karamete's education history begins in 1981, when they attended Kuleli Military High School. After completing their high school education, they enrolled at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University, where they pursued a Bachelor's degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1985 to 1990. Bilge Kaan continued their studies at the same university and obtained a Master's degree in the Department of Engineering Sciences from 1990 to 1992.

In 1992, Bilge Kaan Karamete embarked on a doctoral program at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, specializing in the Department of Engineering Sciences. Bilge Kaan completed their Ph.D. in this field, but it is noteworthy that they obtained two separate Ph.D. degrees during the period of 1992 to 1996.

Additionally, Karamete attended Purdue University from 1995 to 1996 as a NATO A1 Scholar, where they focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics. Furthermore, they were also affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1997 to 2000 as a Research Associate in the Scientific Computation Research Center.

It is important to note that no strong assumptions can be made outside the provided information regarding Bilge Kaan Karamete's education history.

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