# Bilge Soran

> Turkish computer engineer

**Wikidata**: [Q113667761](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113667761)  
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## Summary
Bilge Soran is a Turkish computer scientist and engineer who earned a doctorate in computer science/computer engineering from the University of Washington in 2015. She is known for doctoral research titled "Action Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Medical Diagnosis and Daily Living," supervised by Linda Shapiro.

## Biography
- Nationality: Turkey
- Education: Doctorate (University of Washington, 2015) in computer science / computer engineering
- Known for: Doctoral research on action recognition and prediction with applications to medical diagnosis and daily living
- Field(s): Computer science; computer engineering

## Contributions
Bilge Soran’s principal documented contribution is her doctoral thesis, titled "Action Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Medical Diagnosis and Daily Living" (University of Washington, doctorate conferred with point-in-time 2015). The thesis names action recognition and prediction as its focus and explicitly links that research to applications in medical diagnosis and to activities of daily living. Her doctoral work was supervised by Linda Shapiro, an established American computer scientist, indicating mentorship and alignment with research in computer vision and pattern recognition. Beyond the thesis title and degree, the available source material does not list additional published papers, patents, companies, open-source projects, or standards. The concrete outcome recorded in the provided sources is the PhD thesis itself and the award of a doctorate from the University of Washington in 2015.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Bilge Soran?
A: Bilge Soran is a Turkish computer scientist and engineer who completed a doctorate at the University of Washington in 2015.

### Q: What was the topic of her doctoral research?
A: Her doctoral thesis is titled "Action Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Medical Diagnosis and Daily Living," focusing on recognizing and predicting human actions with stated application areas in medicine and daily living.

### Q: Who supervised her doctorate?
A: Her doctoral advisor was Linda Shapiro, an American computer scientist.

## Why They Matter
Bilge Soran’s recorded contribution centers on doctoral-level research that connects action recognition and prediction to practical domains: medical diagnosis and everyday living. Research that combines action recognition with prediction is directly relevant to tasks such as monitoring patient behavior, supporting diagnostic workflows, and enabling assistive technologies for daily activities. By focusing her doctoral work on these applied areas, Soran contributed a formal academic treatment—embodied in a PhD thesis—of methods linking computer vision and predictive modeling to healthcare and daily-living contexts. Her affiliation with the University of Washington and supervision by Linda Shapiro place her work within a research lineage known for computer vision and pattern recognition, which can serve as a foundation for subsequent researchers, engineers, or practitioners who pursue applied action-recognition systems. The documented, verifiable output is the doctoral thesis and the awarded doctorate, which represents a durable academic contribution to the intersection of action recognition, prediction, and applied domains.

## Notable For
- Earning a doctorate (PhD) from the University of Washington with point-in-time 2015.
- Authoring the doctoral thesis "Action Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Medical Diagnosis and Daily Living."
- Being a doctoral student and advisee of Linda Shapiro.
- Identified professionally as a Turkish computer scientist and computer engineer.

## Body

### Identity and Citizenship
- Instance: human.
- Sex/gender: female.
- Citizenship: Turkey.

### Education and Degree
- Academic degree: doctorate.
- Institution awarding doctorate: University of Washington.
- Degree point-in-time: 2015.
- Fields cited for education: computer science; computer engineering.

### Doctoral Thesis
- Title: "Action Recognition and Prediction with Applications to Medical Diagnosis and Daily Living."
- Degree level: Doctorate (PhD).
- Year/point-in-time associated: 2015.
- Emphasis: action recognition and prediction with explicit application areas in medical diagnosis and daily living.

### Academic Relationships
- Doctoral advisor: Linda Shapiro.
- Student_of: Linda Shapiro.
- Linda Shapiro is identified in the source material as an American computer scientist.

### Professional Description
- Occupation: computer scientist (computer engineer/computer scientist listed).
- Field(s) of work: computer science and computer engineering, with research emphasis on action recognition and prediction per thesis title.

### Other Structured Data
- Wikidata description provided: "Turkish computer engineer."
- On-focus list: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington.

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## References

1. WorldCat