Tolga Yilmaz received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye. Currently, he is a Research Associate with the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.

Previously, he held research positions at the Engineering Science Department, University of Oxford, and Cyber Security Institute, TUBITAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center, Ankara, Türkiye.

Throughout his career, he has led software development teams specialising in cybersecurity, while also delivering cybersecurity training programmes at both national and international levels. His research interests include information retrieval, social networks, machine learning, information security and reliability.