FIRE - Fundamental and Interdisciplinary REsearch

FIRE Araştırma Eğitim Ltd. Şti. (hereinafter, FIRE-AE) aspires to advance the borders of humanity's knowledge corpus. It aims to contribute to the global research landscape through rigorous scientific investigation, accessible and free reference materials, and comprehensive training programs. Though FIRE-AE is a start-up limited company, its ambition is to become a beacon of knowledge and discovery in the scientific world.

Services

Among the services FIRE-AE provides, in addition to the research and training below, there is digital assistantship, literature reviewing (academic and patent), and very start-up friendly website development. Details can be seen from the Services page.

Feasible solution generation for your information retrieval, tool use, data handling, and software learning cases.
Static or dynamic website development with various use cases and scales.
Video editing/processing, map generation, satellite image utilization, and chemistry expertise.

Research

FIRE-AE conducts independent and interdisciplinary scientific research especially in astrophysics and remote sensing fields. Projects can be seen from Research Projects page.

Güray Hatipoğlu has significant experience in water resources management, chemical pollution inventory, satellite remote sensing, analytical chemistry, sediment remediation, lake ecology, and air pollution research projects.
He was involved in TUBITAK, HORIZON Europe, and ICT-AGRI project proposal preparation, project team establishment, and reporting works.
ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7538-6265. Main areas: Numerical modelling, Satellite Remote Sensing, Digital Image Analysis, Data Decomposition/Reduction Techniques, Machine Learning.

Training

FIRE-AE provides training for researchers, students, and professionals. Programs range from undergraduate workshops to graduate-level courses and capacity development for professionals. Available training programs can be seen in the Training page. Example Udemy course: Practice and Theory Intro to Satellite Remote Sensing. Many Turkish-language videos available on the FIRE-AE YouTube channel.

Founder: Y. Güray Hatipoğlu

METU, Chemistry, 2016, B.Sc. (Honors)
Masaryk University, RECETOX, Summer 2017
METU, Earth System Science, 2018, M.Sc.
METU, Earth System Science, 2018-2022, Ph.D. (terminated)
KW: chemistry, modeling, statistics, remote sensing, astrophysics.
He has experience in field works, laboratory, modeling studies, surveying, data analysis, and reporting. CV: YGH-CV-December 2024.

Consultants

Consultants advise and collaborate with FIRE-AE, but are never responsible for outputs or services.

Arif Solmaz

Dr. Arif Solmaz is a researcher and academic with a Ph.D. in astrophysics. Experience in data analysis, machine learning, scientific computing, astrophysics, robotics, and engineering. Affiliation: Istanbul Health and Technology University, Department of Mechatronics Engineering. Membership: TAD, EAS, IAU, Europlanet Society.