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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Middle East Technical
University
Phone: (Home) +90 312 223-2936
Ismet Inonu Bulvari
06531
(Work) +90 312 210-4529
Ankara -
Türkiye
E-mail : afsars (at) metu.edu.tr
To achieve the highest standards of teaching and research as part of
the academic staff in Middle East Technical University. My current
research interests include pattern recognition, machine intelligence
and autonomous robotics; real-time automation and machine vision
systems; development, simulation and modeling of control systems;
stochastic and adaptive image and signal processing.
Assistant
Professor ( January 2005 - Present )
Middle East Technical University - Department of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering,
Ankara, Turkey.
Computer Scientist
– Software Engineer ( June 2000 - November 2004 )
Photon Dynamics Canada Inc. (formerly named Image Processing Systems
(IPS) Automation Inc.), Toronto, Canada.
Algorithm and software development for the real-time control of a
multiple moving camera, glass edge automated optical inspection
sub-system,
Modeling and simulation of optical imaging channels and Fourier
analog optical image processing for a flat panel LCD automated optical
inspection system,
Algorithm development and dynamic behavioral modeling of a
multi-camera microscopic defect review sub-system of a flat panel LCD
automated optical inspection system,
Development of experimental plans and testing strategies for
automation systems,
Extensive experience in advanced MATLAB
modeling/simulation/programming,
Finite Elements Modeling (FEM) of physical phenomena using FEMLAB
and ANSYS,
Visual C/C++ Programming using MS Visual Studio, National
Instruments Measurement Studio – LabWindows / CVI, Imaq Vision Builder.
Technical Advisor
to the President (September 1995 – November 1999) – Part Time
STFA Savronik Defense Electronics Inc., Ankara, Turkey.
Contribution in the revision and improvement of the
Company’s business processes.
Contribution in Quality Assurance and Planning.
Development of a Business Development and Marketing Database
System.
Research-Teaching
Assistantship (February 1995 – February 2000)
Middle East Technical University - Department of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering,
Ankara, Turkey.
Founding and Management of the Digital Speech Processing
Laboratory,
Development of the C++ object-oriented speech processing and
automatic speaker identification package METU-OASIS (Open-Architecture
Speech Information System)
Research and development activities in digital speech processing
and automatic speaker identification (The Laboratory is a Member of the
European COST-250 Project Group),
Teaching in Digital Signal Processing by the design and
assignment MATLAB projects.
Part-Time
Researcher (September 1992-February 1993)
TUBITAK, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey -
Institute of Electronic Research and Development -VLSI Laboratories,
Ankara, Turkey.
Took part in VLSI system design
and development activities.
Development
Oriented Internship (August-September 1992)
TUBITAK, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey -
Institute of Electronic Research and Development -VLSI Laboratories,
Ankara, Turkey.
Design, prototype implementation and testing of a DTMF dial-tone
generator sub-system. Experience in UNIX operating system on SUN Sparc
workstations. Experience in VLSI design and simulation software tools.
Development
Oriented Internship (July-September 1991)
ASELSAN, Military Electronics Industries, Ankara, TURKEY.
Design and prototype implementation of a Microprocessor
Controlled 8-Bit , 8 Channel Multiplexed Data Acquisition Card for
IBM-Compatible Personal Computers, using INTEL 80c51 Microcontroller
and peripheral circuitry. Experience in microprocessor based digital
system design.
Ph.D. Degree in
Electrical and Electronics Engineering (January 2000)
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Development the open architecture speech information system
(OASIS). Development of a unifying theory for rank-based multiple
classifier decision systems for pattern recognition problems.
Investigation of applications in automatic speaker identification
and speech recognition.
M.Sc. Degree in
Communications and Signal Processing (with Distinction, October 1994)
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of
London, UK.
Development of new Cubic B-Spline Basis Functions in Adaptive
Radial-Basis Function Networks. Investigation of possible uses in the
digital signal processing problems of real time system identification
and time-series prediction.
B.S. Degree in
Electrical and Electronics Engineering (with Honors, June 1993)
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY.
With specialization in Communication and Computer Systems.
Solid background in Digital Signal Processing, Optimization,
Optimal and Adaptive Systems, Telecommunications, Dynamic Control
Systems and Object Oriented Software Design
Excellent knowledge of real-time imaging and dynamic control
systems including design, simulation and implementation.
Moderate experience with system level design, design and
implementation of experimental and testing strategies, troubleshooting
and diagnostics of complex dynamic control systems.
Moderate experience in modeling of physical phenomena using
Finite Element Modeling (FEM) packages FEMLAB and ANSYS.
Excellent knowledge of MATLAB Numerical Analysis, Modeling
and Visualization Suite as an algorithm design and prototyping tool as
well as a programming language.
Excellent knowledge of hybrid C/C++ and MATLAB Programming.
Excellent knowledge of C, C++, Pascal, Visual Basic and Fortran
programming languages.
Excellent knowledge of the Linux and MS Windows (NT/2000/XP)
operating systems.
10+ years of experience in C language programming on UNIX/Windows
Operating Systems.
8+ years of experience in object-oriented software design and
implementation using
the C++ language.
Excellent knowledge of version control systems (RCS-CVS / Visual
Source Safe).
Moderate experience in SQL database programming and database
design.
Moderate experience in UNIX System Administration and Network
Programming.
Moderate knowledge of Computer Security and Cryptography.
Experience in Microprocessor / microcontroller based system
design.
Experience in DSP processor programming.
Familiarity with the Java Language, ActiveX Controls, CORBA
Architecture and the Universal Modeling Language (UML).
Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools (Word / Excel / Access /
PowerPoint).
M.Sc. Degree with Distinction Award (October 1994).
The British Council Fellowship (October 1993).
Third Prize in a nationwide essay contest "The Importance of
Standardization in Our Lives." organized by Turkish National Standards
Institute (September 1989).
