UGUR HALICI RESUME
Prof. of Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng., METU, Ankara

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Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems Research Lababoratory
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, 06531, Turkey

email: halici@metu.edu.tr

http://heaven.eee.metu.edu.tr/~halici
http://heaven.eee.metu.edu.tr/~vision

Tel: (+90) 312 210 2333
Fax: (+90) 312 210 1261  

Special student, 1993-1994
(Courses on Perception, Cognition, Memory, Animal Learning)
Dept. of Psychology,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Ph. D., 1988, GPA: 4.00/4.00
Computer Section
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng.,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Thesis: "Contributions to the Theory of Database Concurrency Control",

M. Sc., 1983, GPA: 3.64/4.00
Computer Section
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng.,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara 
Thesis: "An Algorithm for Test Set Generation of Combinational Circuits"

B. Sc., 1980, GPA: 3.68/4.00, High Honor Degree,
Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng.,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara

1996 -                 Professor  
1991 - 1996         Associate Professor  
1988 - 1991         Assistant Professor  
1987 - 1988         Instructor  
1980 - 1987         Research Assistant  
1979 - 1980         Student Assistant  

in          

Computer Section of                 
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering               
Middle East Technical University,

Computer Vision, Depth Perception, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition
3D reconstruction and 3D modelling
Biometrics: Fingerprint and Face Recognition
Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Fuzzy Logic, Machine Learning
Brain signals (EEG, ERP, sleep) and their analysis via Signal Processing Techniques
Distributed Databases, Workflows, Concurrency Control
Distance Education via Internet
Art and Creativity

Writing short stories (online magazine metafor)
Computer Assisted Painting and Collage
Cartoon Character (Free Hand and via 3D Design Tools)
Digital Photography
Web Page Design

(http://heaven.eee.metu.edu.t/~halici/special/interests.html)

C++, Pascal, Unix Script, Prolog, HTML

BAP - 2002 - 03 - 01 - 06, 2002-2004, Researcher
Six Leg Walking Robot

BAP - 2002 - 07 - 04 - 05, 2002-2004, Researcher
Robot Navigation by Genetic Programming

BAP - 2002 - 03 - 01 - 05, 2002-2004, Director
Active Robot Vision

BAP - 2002 - 07 - 04 - 04, 2002-2004, Director
Face Recognition and Modelling

TUBITAK Integrated PhD. Program, 1997-2002, Group Coordinator  
METU Computer Vision and Neural Network Group

AFP-2000.07.04.01 3, 2000-2002, Project Director  
Active Vision and Naviagation in 3D Virtual Environment

AFP-2000.07.04., 2000-2002, Researcher
Fault Detection using Fuzzy Petrinets 

TUBITAK-198-E008, 1998-2000, Researcher
Image Filtering and Segmentation Using Some Multiscale Approaches 

AFP-03-04-DPT-98K12250 1998-2000, Researcher
Intelligent Control of Chemical Processes 

AFP-98-03-01-04, 1998-1999, Project Director
Target Segmentation in SAR Images

AFP-98-060401, 1998-1999, Project Co-director 
Speeding-up Evolutionary Algorithms by Parabolic Approximation and its usage in Training Artificial Neural Networks 

TUBITAK 1997-1999, Researcher,
Fingerprint Identification   

AFP-97-07-04-02, 1997-1998, Project Co-Director,
Development of Asynchronous Distance Education for METU on Internet   

AFP-03-01-DPT97K122070 1997-1998, Project Director,
Image Compression   

AFP-03-01DPT.95K120501, 1995-1997, Project Director,
Determination of Defective Regions in Textures using Neural Networks   

TUBITAK EEEAG-126, 1994-1996, Project Director,
Modelling Cognitive Processes by Neural Networks   

TTGV-090, 1993-1996, Researcher, 
Fingerprint Classification by Neural Networks 

TÜBITAK EEEAG-55, 1993-1995, Researcher,
Document Processing and Archiving   

TÜBITAK EEEAG-YAZILIM 5, AFP -03-12DPT.95K120500, Researcher, 
MIND, METU Interoperable Database System

1980-1987           TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey)
                          Graduate Honour Scholar
1975-1980           TÜBITAK Undergraduate Scholar
1974-1975           TÜBITAK High School Scholar

"Flash Fiction First Prize", BP & DK online magazine, issue 22, May 2001
for her short story "Angel of Angles"

"ISCIS Paper Award", 2000
for her contributions to the ISCIS conference    

"METU 1999 Award",
for her high academic performance in 1999    

"Certificate of Appreciation by IEEE Computer Society", 1997
for her contributions to the European Activities Committee  

"Mustafa Parlar Education and Research Foundation 1996 Thesis Award"
for the thesis of Güçlü Ongun, that she supervised  

"Mustafa Parlar Education and Research Foundation 1992 Thesis Award"
for the thesis of Mert Sungur, that she supervised  

"Erol Gelenbe 1991 Thesis Award"
for the thesis of Ömer Tunali, that she supervised  

"METU EE 1991 Thesis Award"
for the thesis of Didem Ünlü, that she supervised  

"Erol Gelenbe 1989 Thesis Award"
for the thesis of Osman Basbugoglu, that she co-supervised

Image Processing Algorithms (METU IS566)  
Neurocomputers (METU EE 543)  
Introduction to Logic Design (METU EE 348)  
Algorithms and Computational Complexity (METU EE 544)  
Operating Systems and UNIX (METU, EE 442)  
Data Structures with C++ (METU, EE 441)  
Database (BILKENT, CS 281)
Complex Calculus and Transform Techniques (METU, EE 256)  
Digital Computers and Symbolic programming (METU EE 439)  
Computer Architecture Lab. (METU EE 448 Lab.)  
Logic Design Lab. (METU EE 447 Lab)

Fahri Tuncer, M. Sc. Thesis METU, Ankara, 2002,
Stereo Image Synthesis for 3D Active Vision

Erol Ali, Ph. D. Thesis METU, Ankara, 2001
Automatic Fingerprint Recognition  

Ongun, Guclu, Ph. D.Thesis METU, Ankara, 2001
Image Processing and Texture Segmentation for Medical Diagnosis  

Leloglu Ugur, Ph. D.Thesis, METU, Ankara, 2001,
3D Reconstruction and Depth Perception  

Ilker Anac, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 2001
A Tool for Analysis of VEP for Interhemispheric Transfer Time

Akinci Umur, M. Sc Thesis METU, Ankara, 2000,
Automatic Target Recognition in SAR Images  

Kekec Serhan, Ms. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 2000,
Java Based Tools for an Online Neural Networks Course   

Mesut  Kaya, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 2000,
An Adaptive Non-linear Model Predictive Controller for pH Control ,
Co- Supervisor: Canan Ozgen,   

Kaya Ucarkaya Ms. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1999,
Image Segmentation using Morphological Operators

Eren Gurses    M. Sc, Thesis METU, Ankara, 1999,
Fractal Image Compression Techniques  

Arkan, Hakan, Ms. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1999,
A Java Based Image Processing Course for Distance Education in METU  

Yeni, Hüseyin, Ms. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1998,
Speckle and Clutter Elimination in Synthetic Aparture Radar (SAR) Images  

Alkaya, Erkut, Ms. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1998,
Enhancement of Fingerprint Images  

Budak Arpinar , Ph. D. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1997,
Formalization of Workflows in the Presence of Concurrency,  Co-Supervisor: Asuman Dogac  

Ozgur Karahan, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1999,
An Adaptive Non-linear MPC Using A Neural Network,
Co-Supervisor:  Canan Ozgen  

Arda Akman, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1997,
An Image Processing System  

Ozdemir Gurhan, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, September 1996,
A Feature Based Stereo Correspondence System, Supervisor: Volkan Atalay  

Ongun Guclu, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, September 1995,
Fingerprint Classification by Neural Networks  

Ali Erol, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, September 1995,
A Hierarchical Neural Network for Optical Character Recognition  

Semih Cetinkaya, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, September 1995,
A Comparative Analysis of Neurochips, Co-Supervisor: Isik Aybay  

Emre Karaöz, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, January 1995,
An Analysis of Learning in the Recurrent RNNs as Associative Memory  

Murat Aslan, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1994,
Fault detection in Combinational Circuits by Neural Networks  

Turan Bircan, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1993,
A Text Reading System based on Artificial Neural Networks  

Mert Sungur, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1992,
Comparison of the Performances of Neural Optimizers through a Design for Playing TicTacToe  

Omer Tunali, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1991,
Design of a Boltzmann Machine for the Hypercube Embedding Problem  

Didem Unlu, M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1991,
User Identification through Neural Networks  

Osman Basbugoglu     M. Sc. Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1989,
A Dataflow Graph Execution Model for Prolog, Co-Supervisor: Isik Aybay

Current Ph.D. and M.Sc. Students  

Erdogan Alpay, Ph. D.,
Automatic Target Recognition in Doppler Radar  

Ulusoy Ilkay, Ph D.,
Active Vision and Depth Perception in 3D Virtual Environment  

Mulayim Adem, Ph. D., 
3D object reconstruction using Multiple Images, Co-Supervisor: Volkan Atalay  

Fahri Tuncer, Ph. D. Thesis ,
3D Evolutionary Art

Dilan Gorur, M. Sc. Thesis
Sleep EEG Analysis for Spindle Recognition

Aysegul Sengonul, M. Sc. Thesis
Bee Wing Classification using Image Processing and Pattern Recognition   

Hakan Serçe, M. Sc. Thesis ,
Face and Gesture Recognition

Tolga Alkaya, Ph. D. Thesis
TBA

Erdem Akagündüz, M.Sc. Thesis
Java 3D API Applications

CONFERENCE (CO)-CHAIR  

BRAIN MACHINE 2000, Conference Chair,
Brain and Machine Workshop,
Ankara , Turkey, December 20-22, 2000

KES 98,  Conference Co-Chair
IEEE, 2nd Int. Conf. on Knowledge-based Intelligent Systems,
Adelaide, Australia, 21-23 April 1998

ISCIS 96, Publicity Committee Chair
11th Int. Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences,
Antalya, November 1996

AI-MATH 96, Publicity Committee Chair  
4th  Int. Symp. on Artificial Intelligence and Math., 
Florida, USA, Jan. 1996  

FL-NN 95,  Conference Co-Chair  
Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks,
Ankara, Turkey, Oct., 1995,

ANN-AL 94,   Conference  Chair
Symp. on Artificial Neural Networks and Artificial Life: `Hints from Life to Artificial Intelligence`,
Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 15-17, 1994,

ISCIS 93, Publicity Committee Chair,
8th International Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences,
Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 1994,

ISCIS 92, Publicity Committee Chair
7th International Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences,
Antalya, Turkey, November 1994

AI-MATH 94, , Publicity Committee Chair
3rd  International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, 
Florida, USA, January 1994

TAINN 94, Publicity Committee Co-Chair,
3rd Turkish Symp on Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Neural Networks, 
Ankara, Turkey, 1994

SESSION ORGANIZATION  

KES 2000,  Session Organizer on Computer Vision,
4th IEE-IEEE Int.Conference on Knowledge-based Intelligent Electronic Sys.,
Brighton UK, Aug.  2000  

WCNA 2000, Session Organizer on Neural Networks,
3rd World Congress of International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts,
Scyllia, Italy, July 2000  

SOCO 99, Session Organizer on Computer Vision,
Conference on Soft Computing,
Genova, Italy June 1999  

ICCIN 97, Session Organizer on Computer Vision,
2nd Int. Conf. on Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience,
Durham,  NC, USA March 2-5, 1997  

WCNA 96,  Session Organizer on Neural Networks,
2nd World Congress of International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts,
Athens, July, 1996,

PROGRAM (ORGANISATION) COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP  

IJCNN 2002, Program Committee Member
IEEE INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks,
Honolulu, Hawai, May 12-17, 2002,

ENAIS 2001, Program Committee Member
Symposium on Engineering of Natural and Artificial Intelligent Systems, 
Dubai, U.A.E.   March 17-21, 2001

ISCIS 2000, Program Committee Member
The Fifteenth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences,
Istanbul, TURKEY, October, 11-13, 2000 

NEUREL 2000, Program Committee Member
5th  Symposium on Neural Network Applications in Electrical Engineering,
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Sept 22-24, 2000  

KES 2000, Program Committee Member
Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems & Allied Technologies,
Brighton, UK   30, 31 August, 1 September 2000,

TAINN 2000, Program Committee Member
The Ninth Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks,
June 21-23,2000, Izmir ,Turkey  

ICCIN 2000, Organizing Committee Member
4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience,
Atlantic City, , NJ, Feb 27-March 3, 2000  

M2VIP 99,  Program Committee Member
The Sixth Int. Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice,  
Ankara, Sept. 1999  

ISCC 99,   Program Committee Member
Fourth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications,
Egypt, July 6-8, 1999.  

ICCIN 98,  Organizing Committee Member
3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience,
Research Triangle Park,  NC, USA,, October 24-28, 1998  

IADT 98,  Program Committee Member
International Workshop on Issues and Applications of Database Technology,
Berlin, Germany, July 6-9, 1998  

ICCIN 97, Organizing Comittee Member,
2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience,
Research Triangle Park,  North Carolina, March 2-5, 1997  

MELECON 94, Technical Committee Member,
IEEE Mediterranian Conference,
Antalya,  Turkey, 1994,  

TAINN 92, Conference Organizer
1st Turkish Symp on Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Neural Networks
Ankara, Turkey, 1992,

Founding and Elected Chair, IEEE Computer Society Turkey Chapter 1991-1994  
Founding member, The Informatics Foundation of Turkey,  
Member of Board, European Activities Committee,IEEE Computer Soc. 1993-1997  
Member, INNS, International Neural Network Society  
Member,TBD, Türkiye Computing Association  
Member, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Eng.  
Member, ACM, Assoc. for Computing Machinery,  
Member, EMO, Türkiye Electrical Engineers Chamber

Last Revised: January 29, 2002
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