Awards:
NC State University, Department of Computer Science, Alumni Hall of Fame, 2017
Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Microsoft Turkey and KAGIDER, 2017
Recipient of TUBITAK 2219 Scholarship for Research Visit (Sabbatical Cornell University)
Best Instructor of Department of Computer Engineering Award, 2015.
Bogazici University Academic Encouragement Award (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Best paper award: Ilker Yildim, Oya Aran, Pinar Yolum, Lale Akarun, Cooperative Sign Language Tutoring: A Multiagent Approach, Engineering Societies in the Agents World (ESAW), LNAI 5881, pp.213-229, 2009.
Finalist for Best PC, AAMAS 2009