Cognitek Digital

Ethical AI Solutions for Digital Health & Data Systems

About Sara Goze - Founder

Sara Goze is an IEEE Senior Member, data scientist, and entrepreneur with 18+ years of experience across Fortune 500 companies including Nokia, IQVIA, Boston Scientific, and BP. She founded Cognitek Digital to build ethical AI solutions for digital health and chronic disease management.

She was elected Chair of IEEE Turkey Women in Engineering (2026-2027) with 88.8% of votes, and serves as an IET Member, IEEE Day 2025 Ambassador, and active contributor to multiple IEEE societies (CS, EMBS, TEMS, WIE, YP).

Education

MSc in Big Data Systems - Higher School of Economics
Graduate Studies in Computer Science - Sabanci University
BSc in Applied Mathematics & Cybernetics - Baku State University

Peer Review & Judging Activity

Sara serves as a peer reviewer for leading international scientific journals and conferences:

PLOS ONE (Impact Factor 2.9) - 8 reviews completed including R1 re-reviews
PLOS Digital Health - 6 reviews completed including R1 re-reviews
Scientific Reports (Springer Nature, Impact Factor 3.8) - reviewer with official certificate
NeurIPS 2025 Women in Machine Learning (WiML) Workshop - submissions reviewed via OpenReview
Deep Learning Indaba 2025 (Africa) - certified judge and certified reviewer
TUSEB (Turkey Health Institutes Authority) - government research council project evaluation referee (2026)

Total: 28+ peer review and judging activities. 11 editorial decisions cite Sara's reviews, with 3 papers reaching full acceptance.

Publications & Scholarly Articles

Structuring Ethical and Scalable Data Systems: Operational Models from Telecom, Healthcare, and Supply Chain - TELSIKS 2025 (IEEE), published on IEEE Xplore. DOI: 10.1109/telsiks65061.2025.11240804
From Insight to Impact: Building Ethical, Agile, and Human-Centered AI Systems - Conference presentation, 9th Forum of Advanced Technologies, Serbia (2025). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17334006
COVID-19 Mobility Patterns in Turkey: Analysis of Google and Apple Mobility Data (2021). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18985724
Big Data Analytics in Healthcare and Its Effect on Retail Pharmacy Chains and Hospitals - MSc Thesis (2020). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18982084
Transforming to a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Insights and Challenges (2024). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18670411

ORCID: 0009-0008-6273-0128 | ResearchGate: Sara Goze

Keynote Speaking & Conference Presentations

IEEE Women in Everywhere Summit at Gebze Technical University (March 2026) - first event as newly elected WIE Chair
TELSIKS 2025 (IEEE, Nis, Serbia) - invited keynote speaker, only non-professor among invited speakers
9th Forum of Advanced Technologies / TechMomentum (Nis, Serbia, June 2025)
ACUHIT 2026 Women in Technology Panel - AI Ethics and Healthcare (Acibadem University, Istanbul)
DevFest 2025 Izmir (Google Developer Group) -"Designing Symbiotic Systems"
IEEE EMBCON 2025 (Marmara University, Istanbul) -"From Data to Dignity: Building Human-Centered AI for Global Health"
BILTEVT 2025 (International Barrier-Free Informatics Congress) -"AI and Neurodiversity: Ethical Approaches to Digital Accessibility"

Awards, Patents & Recognition

IEEE Senior Member (2025) - top 10% of 500,000+ members globally
Elected Chair, IEEE Turkey Women in Engineering (2026-2027) - 88.8% of votes
TUBITAK BiGG 1812 National Finalist (2025)
Patents filed in Turkey and US (2025) - AI methods for chronic care
Google for Startups (Start Tier) - accepted November 2025
AWS Machine Learning Scholarship (Udacity, 2021)
IEEE Day 2025 Ambassador - representing IEEE Turkey Section and Region 8

Hackathon Judging & Mentorship

ACUHIT 2026 Future Health Technologies Hackathon - panel speaker and judge (Acibadem University)
Terminal Toolbox 10-Language 100-Line CLI Hackathon - official judge (Hackathon Raptors)
Bornova Municipality Afete Direncli Kent Hackathon 2025 - mentor
IzTech RoboLeague 2025 - invited judge
Deep Learning Indaba Ideathon 2025 - judge and reviewer

Media & Press

Demiroren Haber Ajansi (DHA) -"Unlocking Success in Digital Transformation Requires a Data-Driven Culture" (September 2025)
IEEE Turkey Section - Sara Goze elevated to IEEE Senior Member (August 2025)
IEEE Turkey Section - WIE Chair election results (February 2026)

Career & Industry Experience (18+ Years)

Cognitek Digital - Founder & Lead Data Systems Architect (2025-present)
Boston Scientific - Principal Supply Chain Data Scientist, Global Logistics Center of Excellence (2022-2023)
IQVIA - Data Analytics Lead & Process Owner, CIS & Russia (2018-2020)
Nokia - Process Automation & Data Analytics Manager, NE Europe (2009-2018)
BP (British Petroleum) - Data Analyst (2012-2014)

Contact

Sara Goze - Founder, Cognitek Digital

Izmir, Turkey

Email: sara.goze@cognitekdigital.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saragoze

ORCID: 0009-0008-6273-0128