Professional History & Personal Information

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Born September 9, 1955 Istanbul TURKEY; married, one daughter.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D.,  Electrical & Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, December 1984.
• MSEE, Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, May 1980
• Mühendis (BS), Electronics & Communications, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1978.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2003 - 2017  Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (retired 2017)
• 1989 - 2003 Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
• 1986 - 1989 Visiting Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology - Telecomm. Systems Center (IIT-TSC), Chicago, IL, USA.
• 1985 - 1986  Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
• 1983 - 1985  Research Assistant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA / Resident Visitor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL, USA.
• 1979 - 1983 Teaching Assistant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1998- 2001 Vice Director,  İTÜ-Satellite Earth Terminal Project (SAGRES)
• 1990-  Director, İTÜ Rektörlügü Video Eğitim Merkezi (Video Education Center: VEM)
• 1992-1993 TUBITAK Başkan Danışmanı - HDTV National Representative for EU-95
• 1993-1994 TUBITAK Başkan Danışmanı - National Coordinator for Advanced TV Technologies

Signal Processing & Communications with specific applications in:  Video signal processing (analog and digital), enhanced and high-definition TV systems, video compression, signal distribution and standards, advanced display systems, image processing, digital television techniques, multidimensional signal processing, phase locked loops.
 

SCHOLARSHIPS

•  The Scientific & Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), University Scholarship, 1973-1978.