MEHMET ERTUĞRUL ÇELEBİ 

Istanbul Technical University

Faculty of Electrical-Electronics Engineering

Maslak, Istanbul 34469

+90 (212) 285 3558 (phone)

+90 (212) 285 3679 (fax)

mecelebi@itu.edu.tr (e-mail)

EDUCATION:

May 1990 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York

Thesis Title: Robust Recursive Estimation with Applications to Image Processing.

May 1984 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York

Feb. 1981 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul

May 1975 High School Diploma, Galatasaray Lisesi

EXPERIENCE:

2006-              Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul

1998-2006 Docent, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul

2001-2002 Visiting Research Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey

Did research on Space-Time Codes in New Jersey Center for Wireless Telecommunications

1999 June Visiting Researcher, Université du Paris Nord, Paris, France

Did research on discrete optimization problems

1995-1999 Adjunct Professor, Galatasaray University, Istanbul

1992-1997  Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul

1991 Adjunct Lecturer, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

1990 Adjunct Lecturer, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York

1984-1988 Teaching Assistant, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York

Lectured and supervised sophomore and junior Electrical Engineering Labs

1990 ABET Coordinator , Electronics and Communications Engineering Department

During his tenure, Electronics and Communications Engineering program has been deemed “substantially equivalent” without any “deficiency”

AWARDS: Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in the USA as a result of a nationwide examination

MEMBERSHIPS:

IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Information Theory Society

COMPLETED M.S. THESES:

· Becerikli, Yaşar, “Restoration of Images Distorted by Additive Gaussian Noise through Kalman Filtering,” 1994.

· Dündar, Sıdık, “Subband Coding of Digital Images,” 1995.

· Dişbudak, Melike, “A Novel Approach to Image Restoration by Wiener Filtering,” 1995.

· Özboyacı, Şebnem, “Image Restoration by Edge Adaptive Kalman Filtering,” 1995.

· Ölçer, İbrahim, “Inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging,” 1995.

· Yıldırım, Servet, “Speech Analysis, Speech Compression and Coding Algorithms,” 1995.

· Yananlı, H. Nur, “Restoration and Compression of Fingerprint Images by Directional Filtering Wavelet Transformations,” 1996.

· Sıvakçı, Uğur, “Markov random random fields and a multiscale implementation of markov random fields on bayesian image segmentation,” 1998.

· Isnık, Mustafa, “V.32 bis Modem Design Using Digital Signal Processor,” 2001.

· Körük, Soner, “Error Rate Improvement of Space-Time Block Codes through Quantized Feedback,” 2006.

· Kahraman, Sinan, “Fast Decoding Methods for Space-Time Codes,” 2007.

· Deva, Mert, “Improvement of Bit-Error Rates through Optimum Power Allocation in Cooperative Diversity Systems,” 2008.

· Toker, Ebru, “The Effects of Quantized Precoders in Cooperative Diversity Systems,” 2008.

· Çınar, Sayat, “Low-Complexity Space-Time Coded OFDM Systems,” 2010.

· Özer, Reşat Andaç, “File Sharing over Wireless Mesh Networks through Network Coding Applications,” 2011.

· Dönmez, Nevin, “A Game Theoretic Approach to Uplink Power Control in CDMA Networks,” 2011.

· Fındıklı, Çağlar, "Performance of IEEE 802.15.4a Based UWB Systems in the Presence of Licensed Systems," 2012

· Özdamar, Abdülkadir, “A Study of Selective per Antenna Rate Control (S-PARC) on Linear Space-Time Codes,” 2013

COMPLETED Ph.D. THESES:

· Apohan, A. Murat, “A new cryptanalsis method of cellular automata based encryption systems,” 2000.

· Sarı, Faruk, “The Learning of Blur and Image Parameters and Image Restoration,” 2006.

· Ekşim, Ali, “Extended Balanced Space-Time Block Coding in Wireless Networks,” 2011

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:

· Analog Communications

· Digital Communications

· Image Processing Fundamentals

· Discrete-Time Signals and Systems

· Signals and Systems

· Probability and Statistics

· Linear Algebra

· Introduction to Optimization

· Signaux et Systèmes (Galatasaray University)

· Circuits Logiques (Galatasaray University)

· Circuits Électroniques (Galatasaray University)

· Electronics Circuits III (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

· Solid State Devices and Circuits II (Polytechnic University) 

GRADUATE COURSES:

· Principles of Digital Filters

· Detection and Estimation Theory

· Pattern Recognition

· Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

· Signals, Systems, and Transforms (Polytechnic University)

PERSONAL: Married, father of a son, enjoys listening to classic rock, world music, jazz.