About Me

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I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the Colorado School of Mines, specializing in knowledge graphs, databases, and machine learning for cyber-physical systems such as smart buildings and water treatment plants.

My work focuses on enabling data-driven applications in cyber-physical systems. I am particuarly interested in semantic metadata models and dataframe systems.

I am also passionate about teaching, mentorship, and open-source development.

I am always open to opportunities for collaboration and am always interested in discussing new research ideas. Please feel free to contact me via email.

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  1. Saka, U.M., Chapin, F., Paul, L., Anwar, A., Struck S., Mauter, M., Fierro, F. Conference Paper

    Acquirium: Toward Interoperable Data-Driven Applications in Water Treatment Systems

    Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation

  2. Mulayim O.B., Anwar, A., Saka, U.M., Paul, L., Prakash A.K., Fierro, G., Pritoni, M., Bergés, M. Conference Paper

    BuildingQA: A Benchmark for Natural Language Question Answering over Building Knowledge Graphs

    Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation

    Best Paper Runner Up

  3. Saka, U.M., Pacheco-Hague, K., Duzgun, S., Smith, N. Journal Paper

    An analysis of the impact of CO₂ emissions from deforestation and mining in Madre de Dios, Perú

    Extractive Industries and Society, 2024.

  4. Saka, U.M., Duzgun, S., Bazilian, M. Journal Paper

    Analysis of World Trade Data with Machine Learning to Enhance Policies of Mineral Supply Chain Transparency

    Resources Policy, Vol. 89, 2024.

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