My CV
Education
Ph. D. in Electronics Engineering, 2008-2013
Sabancı University, İstanbul, Turkey
Research area: Compressed sensing
Thesis: Search-based methods for the sparse signal recovery problem in compressed sensing
M.Sc. in Computational Engineering, 2006
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Research area: Digital signal and speech processing
Thesis: Maximum Likelihood Beamforming (LIMABEAM)
B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2003
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Work Experience
Senior Researcher, January 2008 – Present
The Scientific and Technological Research Center of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
Informatics and Information Security Research Center (BİLGEM)
Information Technologies Institute (BTE)
Kocaeli, Turkey
- Assistant project manager
- Workpackage leader
- Development of sonar signal processing algorithms for broadband and narrowband target detection, tracking and analysis using MATLAB. Development of real time implementations of these in C++
- Software development and engineering (design and development of applications for signal processing and simulation purposes)
- System and requirements engineering
Researcher, July 2006 – September 2007
Chair of Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Erlangen, Germany
- Research and development in the field of digital signal processing
- Development of speech and audio signal processing algorithms in MATLAB and C++
- Worked in the DICIT Project (Distant-talking Interfaces for Control of Interactive TV) financed by the European Commission
- Supervision of master thesis and student assistants
- Teaching assistant – Speech and Audio Signal Processing
Student Research Assistant, December 2004 – June 2006
Chair of Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Master Thesis, “Likelihood Maximizing Beamforming”
- Investigation of speech recognition performance under various reverberation characteristics using different training methods, beamformers and array configurations
Professional Memberships
- Member of IEEE
Languages
- Very good command of written and spoken English
- Very good command of written and spoken German
Awards
- Best Senior Project, June 2003, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- 2014 TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Awards: Product Development, 2014, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, Kocaeli, Turkey
Examinations Taken
- KPDS (The Foreign Language Examination for Civil Servants) – English: (94)
- KPDS (The Foreign Language Examination for Civil Servants) – German: (95)
- TOEFL (Computer-based Test): 260/300
- ALES (The Entrance Examination for Graduate Studies):
- Quantitative Score: 98.432, Rank: 46
- Verbal Score: 99.242, Rank: 8
- Equally Weighed Score: 98.844, Rank: 17
- GRE (Graduate Record Examination): Quantitative: 800 Analytical: 770 Verbal: 310