She is also the director of the Pattern Recognition and Remote Sensing Laboratory, PARRSLAB , where she is doing research on machine learning and computer vision with applications in defense and medical industry. Dr. Yuksel received her Ph.D. in 2011 from the CSI:Florida Lab, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida; her M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the CVIP Lab, University of Louisville, in 2005; and her B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in 2003.