Giving Back to the Community

Mert Altındağ, has been teaching Cloud Computing classes at universities in Turkey, Germany and USA, primarily at Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE). Multiple weekly sessions have attracted over 40 students from undergrad and graduate levels. Offered at the computer engineering department, the classes aim to deliver hands-on industry experience, challenges and solutions in the market to the academic environment.

Classes cover both business and technical aspects consisting of following general context:

• Cloud Computing
  Service Models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
  Cloud Computing Components
  Cloud Systems Models (public, private, hybrid)
  Public Cloud: AWS, Google App Engine, MS Azure
  Data Storage, Processing, Access & security
  In-House vs Cloud Strategy & Planning
  Scalable Cloud Database Architectures – SQL, NoSql, Hadoop
  Migrating to the Cloud Architecture
  Big Data & Data Science
  Mini Lab – Developing and Deploying Apps on Cloud Platforms
  Global Startups, Cloud Applications and Entrepreneurship
  Enterprise Cloud-Based High Performance Computing (HPC) Applications
  Global Cloud Strategy for Apps and Businesses