Başak Balcı

Lead weekly tutorials, assist students with programming fundamentals, and grade homework.

• Developed a web application to automate internal testing workflows using Flask, React, and SQLAlchemy. • Execute performance tests (e.g., iperf), collecting and analyzing network throughput results. • Investigated and resolved issues in the company’s customer-facing website.

Performed profiling on internal machines to support security monitoring.

• Automated modifications to GitHub Actions workflows across 22 large open-source repositories to collect information about the file generation. • Investigated unnecessary content generation and build inefficiencies in CI pipelines. • Contributed heavily to research that resulted in a publication at ASE 2023.

Developed PyQt-based UI and automation scripts to streamline data analysis processes.

• Resolved defects reported by test team on the company’s web portal, built with PHP and Angular. • Collaborated within an Agile/Scrum team and documented tasks in Jira.

• Worked on detecting and reducing flaky tests. • Analyzed CI performance characteristics and collaborated with faculty including Prof. Darko Marinov and Asst. Prof. Wing Lam.