GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

Ph.D. STUDENTS

• Aytek Aman, (Ph.D., July 2022),

  Rendering Three-Dimensional Scenes with Tetrahedral Meshes, Graduation date: July 2022..

• Kurtuluş Küllü, (Ph.D., July 2017),

  Communication Models for Crowd Simulation.

• Erhan Okuyan, (Ph.D., June 2014),

  Volume Rendering Techniques for Scientific Visualization.

• Funda Durupınar, (Ph.D., July 2010),

  From Audiences to Mobs: Crowd Simulation with Psychological Factors.

• Türker Yılmaz, (Ph.D., June 2007),

  Visualization of Urban Environments.

• Serkan Bayraktar, (Ph.D., August 2010), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Bülent Özgüç),

  Particle Based Modeling and Simulation of Natural Phenomena.

• Muhammet Baştan, (Ph.D., July 2010), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  BilVideo-7: Video Parsing, Indexing and Retrieval.

• Ediz Şaykol, (Ph.D., September 2009), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  A Scenario-Based Query Processing Framework for Video Surveillance.

• Mehmet Emin Dönderler, (Ph.D, July 2002), (Co-Supervisor: Özgür Ulusoy),

  Data Modelling and Querying for Video Databases.

  M.S. STUDENTS

• Ziya Erkoç, (M.Sc, July 2022),

  Memory-efficient Constrained Delaunay Tetrahedralization of Large Three-dimensional Triangular Meshes.

• Alper Şahıstan, (M.Sc, July 2022),

  Hardware-accelerated Direct Visualization of Unstructured Volumetric Meshes.

• Serkan Demirci, (M.Sc, July 2020),

  Bounding Volume Hierarchy-Tetrahedralization Hybrid Acceleration Structure for Ray Tracing.

• Duygu Durmuş, (M.Sc, July 2021), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy)

  Learning Visual Similarity for Image Retrieval with Global Descriptors and Capsule Networks.

• Abdullah Çağlar Öksüz, (M.Sc, August 2020), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Erman Ayday),

  Privacy Preserving and Robust Watermarking on Sequential Genome Data using Belief Propagation and Local Differential Privacy.

• Süleyman Aslan,(M.Sc, July 2019),

  Multimodal Video-based Personality Recognition Using Long Short-Term Memory and Convolutional Neural Networks.

• Yalım Doğan, (M.Sc, December 2018),

  Automatic Determination of Navigable Areas, Pedestrian Detection, and Augmentation of Virtual Agents in Real Crowd Videos.

• Mehmet Faruk Ongun, (M.Sc, September 2018),

  Recognition of Occupational Therapy Exercises for Cerebral Palsy.

• Fatih Çalışır, (M.Sc, August 2015), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Mobile Image Search using Multi-Image Queries.

• Hasan Balcı, (M.Sc, July 2015),

  Sun Position Esimation on Time-lapse Videos for Augmented Reality Applications.

• N. Çağrı Kılıboz, (M.Sc, August 2014),

  Modeling of Deformable Objects using Advanced Interaction Techniques.

• Aytek Aman, (M.Sc, August 2013),

  Model-based Camera Tracking for Augmented Reality.

• Umut Gültepe, (M.Sc, July 2013),

  Augmented Cloth Fitting with Real Time Physics-based Augmented Fitting Room using Time-Of-Flight Cameras.

• Çetin Koca, (M.Sc, September 2012),

  Representation, Editing and Real-Time Visualization of Complex 3D Terrains.

• Emir Gülümser, (M.Sc, December 2011), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sinan Filiz),

  A Three- Dimensional Nonlinear Finite Element Method Implementation Toward Surgery Simulation

• Fatih Çakır, (M.S., July 2011), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Nearest-Neighbor Based Metric Functions for Indoor Scene Recognition

• Ateş Akaydın, (M.Sc., July 2010),

  Real-Time Crowd Simulation in Virtual Urban Environments Using Adaptive Grids.

• Onur Küçüktunç, (M.S., July 2009), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Content-Based Video Copy Detection Using Multimodal Analysis.

• Oğuzcan Oğuz, (M.S., September 2008),

  Modeling and Populating Virtual Cities: Automatic Production of Building Models and Emergency Crowd Simulation.

• Ahmet Tolgay, (M.S., July 2008), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Tolga K. Çapın),

  Animated Mesh Simplification Based on Saliency Metrics.

• Muzaffer Akbay, (M.S., September 2008),

  Real-time Parameterized Locomotion Generation.

• Hayati Çam, (M.S., September 2008), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Query Processing for an MPEG-7 Compliant Video Database.

• İsmet Zeki Yalnız, (M.Sc., August 2008), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Integrated Segmentation and Recognition of Connected Ottoman Script.

• Onur Önder, (M.S., July 2007), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Bülent Özgüç),

  Filtering and Keyframe Reduction For Motion Capture Data.

• Tarkan Sevilmiş, (M.Sc., November 2005), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Automatic Detection of Salient Objects for a Video Database System.

• Erhan Okuyan, (M.S., December 2005),

  Pattern Information Extraction From Crystal Structures.

• Medeni Erol Aran, (M.S., January 2007),

  A Hybrid Hair Model Using Three Dimensional Fuzzy Textures.

• İbrahim Demir, (M.S., August 2006),

  Motion Capture from Single Video Sequence.

• Funda Durupınar, (M.S., August 2004),

  A 3D Garment Design and Simulation System.

• İlknur Kaynar Kabul (M.S., August 2004), (Co-supervisor: Dr. Bülent Özgüç),

  Animation of Dressed Virtual Humans.

• Cemil Alper, (M.S., August 2004, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Semantic Query Execution in a Video Database Management System.

• Yiğithan Dedeoğlu, (M.S., August 2004),

  Moving Object Detection, Tracking and Classification for Smart Video Surveillance.

• Özcan Öksüz (M.S., August 2003),

  Vision Based Handwritten Character Recognition.

• M. Şahin Yeşil (M.S., August 2003),

  Realistic Rendering of a Multi-Layered Human Body Model.

• Aydemir Memişoğlu (M.S., August 2003), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Bülent Özgüç)

  Human Motion Control Using Inverse Kinematics.

• Emre Can Sezer (M.S., September 2002), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Cevdet Aykanat),

  Simplification of Tetrahedral Meshes by Scalar Value Assignment.

• Tekin Kabasakal (M.S., August 2002),

  Comparison of Four Approximating Subdivision Surface Schemes.

• Eyüp Sabri Konak (M.S., August 2002), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  A Content-Based Image Retrieval System for Texture and Color Queries.

• Gülay ûnel, (M.S., July 2002), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  An Efficient Query Optimization Strategy for Spatio-Temporal Queries in Video Databases.

• Umut Arslan, (M.S., January 2002), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  A Semantic Data Model and Query Language for Video Databases.

• Fatih Erol, (M.S., January 2002),

  Modeling and Animation Personalized Faces.

• Sezgin Abali, (M.S., September 2001),

  Animation of Human Motion with Inverse Kinematics using Nonlinear Programming.

• Gültekin Arabacı, (M.S., September 2001), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Bülent Özgüç),

  Realistic Rendering of Human Models.

• Ediz Şaykol, (M.S., September 2001, (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Özgür Ulusoy),

  Web-Based User Interface for Query Specification in a Video Database System.

• Türker Yılmaz (M.S., June 2001),

  Stereoscopic View-Dependent Visualization of Terrain Height Fields.

• Barıs Uz, (M.S., June 1998), (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Bülent Özgüç),

  Realistic Speech Animation of Synthetic Faces.