Education
| Ph.D. | Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2001. |
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| M.S. | Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1998. |
| B.S. | Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1996. |
Work Experience
| 03/2013-Present | Associate Professor,
Computer Engineering,
Bilkent University,
Ankara, Turkey. Co-director, RETINA Vision and Learning Group. |
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| 02/2013-01/2014 | Visiting Associate Professor and Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. |
| 01/2004-02/2013 | Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. |
| 09/2001-12/2003 | Research Scientist, Research Department, Insightful Corporation, Seattle, WA. |
| 09/1996-06/2001 | Research Assistant, Intelligent Systems Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. |
| Summer 2000 | Research Intern, Data Analysis and Products Division, MathSoft Inc. (currently Insightful Corporation), Seattle, WA. |
| Summer 1998 Summer 1999 |
Visiting Researcher, Tampere International Center for Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. |
Honors and Awards
- Fulbright Visiting Scholar, 2013.
- Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), April 2011.
- Associate Professor title from the Inter-University Council (UAK) of Turkey, April 2010.
- European Commission Marie Curie Fellowship Award, 2005.
- Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2006, 2007, 2008.
- CAREER Award given by TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), 2004.
- Third Prize in the Annual Poster Contest, Ph.D. Category, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, May 1999.
- NATO Science Fellowship, grant for graduate study from the TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), 1996.
- Bülent Kerim Altay Award for academic excellence, given by the Department of Electrical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Fall 1994, Spring 1995, Fall 1995.
- Undergraduate fellowship for academic achievement, given by Sabancı Foundation, 1992-1996.
Activities
- Membership
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Computer Society and Technical Committee on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and Data Fusion Committee, 1996-Present.
- International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR): Technical Committees on Statistical Pattern Recognition, Structural and Syntactic Pattern Recognition, Remote Sensing, Graph-Based Representations, Data Mining, 2001-Present.
- Turkish Society for Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition, 2004-Present.
- Executive Board Member and Webmaster for the Turkish-American Student Association at the University of Washington, 1999-2001.
- Editorial Service
- Associate Editor, Pattern Recognition Letters, 2009-Present.
- Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Special Issue on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, 2012.
- Guest Editor, Pattern Recognition Letters, Special Issue on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, 2010.
- Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Special Issue on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, 2007.
- Associate Editor, International Journal of Image and Graphics, 2005-2007.
- Conference Organization
- Organizer
- Chair, 6th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing (PRRS 2010)
- Workshop Co-Chair, 20th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010)
- Contest Co-Chair, 20th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010)
- Co-Chair, ISPRS Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing (PEPRRS 2009)
- Chair, 5th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing (PRRS 2008)
- Yurutme Kurulu Uyesi ve Program Komitesi Esbaskani, 3. Ulusal Yazilim Muhendisligi Sempozyumu (Turkish) (UYMS 2007)
- Co-Chair, 4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing (PRRS 2006)
- Organizing Committee Member, Workshop on Spatial/Spatio-Temporal Data Mining and Learning (SDM 2005)
- Organizer of the Algorithm Performance Contest in the 5th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, 2008, and the Algorithm Performance Contest in the IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 1998 and 2000.
- Program Committee Member
- SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium, Digital Pathology Conference (SPIE DP 2014)
- 21st IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012)
- 7th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing (PRRS 2012)
- ESA-EUSC-JRC Image Information Mining Conference: Knowledge Discovery from Earth Observation Data (IIM 2012)
- XXII Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS 2012)
- International Workshop on Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Mining (SSTDM 2012)
- SPIE Conference on Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing (SPIE RS07 2012)
- IEEE 20. Sinyal Isleme ve Iletisim Uygulamalari Kurultayi (Turkish) (SIU 2012)
- International Workshop on Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Mining (SSTDM 2011)
- SPIE Conference on Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing (SPIE RS07 2011)
- International Conference on Space Technology (SPACETECH 2011)
- IEEE 19. Sinyal Isleme ve Iletisim Uygulamalari Kurultayi (Turkish) (SIU 2011)
- 20th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010)
- 10th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems (PRIS 2010)
- International Workshop on Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Mining (SSTDM 2010)
- SPIE Conference on Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing (SPIE RS07 2010)
- ISPRS Symposium on Photogrammetric Computer Vision and Image Analysis (PCV 2010)
- IEEE 18. Sinyal Isleme ve Iletisim Uygulamalari Kurultayi (Turkish) (SIU 2010)
- International Workshop on Validation of Geo-information Products for Crisis Management (VALgEO 2009)
- International Workshop on Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Mining (SSTDM 2009)
- ISPRS Workshop on Object Extraction for 3D City Models, Road Databases and Traffic Monitoring - Concepts, Algorithms and Evaluation (CMRT 2009)
- 13th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP 2009)
- International Conference on Space Technology (2009)
- IEEE 17. Sinyal Isleme ve Iletisim Uygulamalari Kurultayi (Turkish) (SIU 2009)
- 19th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2008)
- 3rd International Workshop on Semantic Learning and Applications in Multimedia (SLAM 2008)
- 23rd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 2008)
- 9th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS 2008)
- International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2008)
- Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM 2007)
- 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Semantic Learning Applications in Multimedia (SLAM 2007)
- SPIE Multimedia Systems and Applications X (2007)
- International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 2007)
- 7th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems (PRIS 2007)
- International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2007)
- 18th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2006)
- 6th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems (PRIS 2006)
- International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2006)
- Review Committee Member
- IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2013)
- IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2012)
- IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2011)
- IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2010)
- IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV 2009)
- IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2009)
- IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2009)
- IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2008)
- Organizer
- Institutional Service
- Co-director, RETINA Vision and Learning Group, Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, 2004-Present.
- Chair, International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) Technical Committee on Remote Sensing, 2006-2008, 2008-2010.
- Vice-Chair, International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) Technical Committee on Remote Sensing, 2004-2006.
- Co-Chair, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Intercommission Working Group III/VII on Pattern Recognition for Remote Sensing, 2008-2012.
- Member, Program Improvement Coordination Committee, Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, 2004-2011.
- Member, Alumni Performance Evaluation Committee, Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, 2004-Present.
- Member, Summer Practice Committee, Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, 2005-Present.
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