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ONUR SARKAN

Address: ITU Arıoğlu Öğrenci Yurdu Oda:105 Maslak/Istanbul/Turkey

Phone:+90 (0535) 325 30 31

E-mail: sarkan@itu.edu.tr  

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date & Place of Birth: 09.04.1981 /Adana/TURKEY

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Turkish Republic

 

CAREER OBJECTIVES

To perform the best whatever the circumstances are in my work environment or in my life.

 

EDUCATION

•Computer Sciences Graduate Program, Institute of Informatics, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. (2004-Present).

•Telecommunication Engineering Program (TE), Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), Sabanci University, Istanbul, TURKEY. (2000-2004).                                            

 Istanbul Atatürk Science Highschool, Istanbul, TURKEY. (1996–1999)                                                      

 

SCHOLARSHIP and AWARDS

 Certificate of Honor, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), Sabanci University, İstanbul, TURKEY (Fall-Spring 2001, Spring 2004)

 Merit Scholarship from Sabancı University, İstanbul  (1999- 2004)

 Third Mention Mathematic Olympiads of Izmir Çakabey College, Izmir, TURKEY (1996)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE  

Software Design Engineer, Multimedia Communication Servers R&D, Nortel Network Netaş, Istanbul/Turkey (02.05.2005-Present): Software Designing and Testing for Multimedia Communication Servers

Research Assistant, Computer Vision Research Group, Institute of Informatics, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul/Turkey (22.12.2004-15.03.2005): Studying and working on commercial Image Processing Systems

 Internship engineer, Core Network Operations, Turkcell, Istanbul/Turkey (04.08.2003-30.09.2003): Designing Core Network Operations Department’s interactive and dynamic wap portal, which is supported and controlled by MySQL Database

• Internship engineer, Karşıyaka Central Telephone Exchange, Turk Telekom, Izmir/Turkey (04.07.2003-01.08.2003): Control and maintenance of Central Telephone Exchange. Network Control.

 Academic Support Assistant, Center for Individual and Academic Development, Sabancı University, Istanbul/Turkey (2000-2003): Coordinating tutorial sessions (about University courses), seminar and workshop series; training new assistants; Executive Committee member of Academic Support Section

 Part time employee, Sabanci University, Information Center, Cataloging Section, Istanbul/Turkey (1999-2000): Controlling and updating database of Information Center

 

ENGINEERING PROJECTS  

• Face Detection System with Cascades of Boosted Classifiers: Developing real-time face detection system by using cascades of boosted haar-like classifiers, supervised by Muhittin Gökmen. Institute of Informatic, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul (fall 2004)

 Graduation Project: Ambient Intelligence For Home Environments. Developing the requisite vision technologies to create a home environment that can both perceive and assist its occupants especially for aged and handicapped people, improve the life quality (Fire detection, human tracking, and motion control by image processing), supervised by Aytül Erçil. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University, Istanbul (fall 2003-Spring 2004)

•Sound Card Design: Building 8-bit ISA Sound Card, and writing the device driver codes, supervised by Ayhan Bozkurt. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University, Istanbul (spring 2004)

 Generic Wireless Channel (Troposheric Radio Channel) Simulation Project: Transmission, Channel Modeling, Equalization, and Detection Simulation by using Matlab and Elanix System View, supervised by Özgür Gürbüz, Mehmet Keskinöz. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University, Istanbul (spring 2004)

 Designing Finger Print Recognition System by Gabor Filter-bank Based Finger Print Matched Method, supervised by Aytül Erçil. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University, Istanbul (Fall 2003)

 Real-Time Video Processing Implementations by Using Texas Instruments TMS320 C6711 Processor: Binary Threshold and Sobel Edge Detection implementations, supervised by Ahmet Onat. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University, Istanbul (Fall 2003)

 Networking for Multimedia: A Simulation Study of Service Scheduling Disciplines and Transport Protocols by Using The Network Simulation Program “Opnet”, supervised by Özgür Gürbüz. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University, Istanbul (Fall 2003)

 Designing Core Network Operations Department’s interactive and dynamic wap portal, which is supported and controlled by MySQL Database, supervised by Ali Rıza Pekşen. Core Network Operations, Turkcell (04.08.2003-30.09.2003)

 Developing 3D Data Acquisition System with a Camera Mounted on a Model Airplane, and Aerial Photography, supervised by Aytül Erçil. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University, Istanbul (Spring 2002)

SOCIAL PROJECTS

 Natural Life Education Project, supervised by Tara Hopkins, Civic Involvement Project (CIP), Sabancı University, Istanbul, TURKEY: Raised awareness elementary school students about natural life and ways to protect. (July 2002)

 Volunteer Worker, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, supervised by Tara Hopkins, Civic Involvement Project (CIP), Sabancı University, Istanbul, TURKEY: Organized library and office works for Helsinki Citizens Assembly. (Spring 2000)

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS&COMPUTER SKILLS

 Turkish (native), English (advanced), and French (intermediate)

 Wireless Markup Language (advanced), ASP (advanced), Visual Basic (Advanced), SQL (Advanced), Visual C++(advanced), OpenCV (advanced), Matlab (advanced),

 MS Office (advanced), FrontPage (advanced), Dreamviewer (advanced)

 

CERTIFICATES

 TCP/IP Certificate Program, Instructed by Nihal Akbulut, Turkcell Academy, Turkcell (04-05.09.2003)

 

CLUBS and ORGANIZATION

 Member, IEEE Club, Sabancı University, Istanbul (2002, 2004)

 Member, Dance Club, Sabancı University, Istanbul (2002, 2004)

 Member, Worldwide Backgammon Federation, Istanbul (2003-present)

 

INTERESTS

Reading books, searching on the net, swimming, playing table tennis, playing guitar, cartoon watching, going to theater, tango

 

REFERENCES

 Ali Rıza Pekşen, Chief Engineer, Core Network Operations, Turkcell. Phone: +90 216 458 25 97, GSM: +90 532 210 12 41, e-mail: aliriza.peksen@turkcell.com.tr

• Huriye Arıkan, Academic Support Programs Specialist, Center for Individual and Academic Development, Sabanci University. Phone: +90 216 483 90 00 –9068, e-mail: huriye@sabanciuniv.edu

•Aytül Erçil, Faculty Member, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Sabanci University. Phone: +90 216 483 90 00-9543, e-mail: aytulercil@sabanciuniv.edu