Ateş Akaydın

Ph.D. Candidate

Dept. of Computer Sciences | Bilkent University

ABOUT

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Department of Computer Sciences, in Bilkent University. My research focusses on real-time interactive simulations in augmented reality (A.R.) environments. I am particularly interested in all sorts of computer graphics(CG) applications, including simulations of physical phenomena, articulated figure animations, virtual and augmented reality applications. I have also worked on real-time navigation and simulation of human crowds within virtual urban environments during my M.S. study in Bilkent University. My supervisor is Prof. Dr. Uğur Güdükbay

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (IN PROGRESS)
Bilkent University

SEPT. 2010 - Onwards

M.S. in Computer Engineering
Bilkent University

SEPT. 2007 - SEPT. 2010

B.S. in Computer Engineering
Bilkent University

SEPT. 2003 - MAY 2007

EXPERIENCE

RESEARCHER
TÜBİTAK 1001 Research Project
Title: An Augmented Reality Environment for Interactive Crowd Simulation
Grant No: 112E110

Worked as a researcher on developing methods for real-time interactive simulations in Augmented Reality environments.

SEPTEMBER 2012 - SEPTEMBER 2015

SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Meteksan Defence Industry Inc.

Employed as a Software Engineer in Simulations and Applications Software Department.

OCTOBER 2009 - FEBRUARY 2011

RESEARCHER
TÜBİTAK 1001 Research Project
Title: Developing an Urban Visualization System for Virtual Environments using Computer Graphics
Grant No: 104E029

Worked as a researcher on developing methods for simulating large scale crowds in virtual urban environments.

JULY 2007 - SEPTEMBER 2009

SUMMER INTERN
Smartsoft Information Technologies Ltd.

Summer Intern for developing an online Turkish educational dictionary.

JUNE 2006 - JULY 2006

SUMMER INTERN
BOTT Information Systems Ltd.

Summer Intern for developing an interactive database management system for recipients of governmental support in the city of Kayseri(A part of Nationwide E-State Project).

JUNE 2005 - JULY 2005

JOURNAL & CONFERENCE PAPERS

Aytek Aman, Ateş Akaydın, Uğur Güdükbay. ”Interacting with Boids in an Incompressible Fluid Environment”, In Proceedings of International Computer Graphics, Animation and Gaming Technologies (EURASIA GRAPHICS 2014), Ankara, Turkey, October 2014. (pdf)

Aytek Aman, Ateş Akaydın, Uğur Güdükbay. ”Interactive Crowd Simulation on Mobile Devices in an Augmented Reality Environment”, 27th Int. Conf on Computer Animation and Social Agents, May 26-28, 2014, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (pdf)(video)

Ateş Akaydın, Aytek Aman, Uğur Güdükbay. ”Interactive Crowd Simulation for Augmented Reality Environments”, 26th Int. Conf. on Computer Animation and Social Agents, May 16-18, 2013, ˙Istanbul, Turkey. (pdf)(video)

Ateş Akaydın, Uğur Güdükbay, ”Adaptive Grids: An Image-based Approach to Generate Navigation Meshes”, Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, No. 2, Article No. 027002, 12 pages, February 2013. (pdf)(video)

Oğuzcan Oğuz, Ateş Akaydın, Türker Yılmaz, Uğur Güdükbay, ”Emergency Crowd Simulation for Outdoor Environments”, Computers & Graphics(An International Journal of Systems & Applications in Computer Graphics). Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 136-144. (pdf)(video)

PROGRAMMING SKILLS

C/C++/C#/Java/Visual Basic

OpenGL/GLSL/CG/Nvidia® CUDA™

SQL

PHP/JavaScript

HTML/CSS

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Autodesk® 3dsMax™

(Modeling/Texturing/Rigging/Animation)

Adobe® Photoshop/GIMP

Adobe® AfterEffects

Sony® Movie Studio Platinum

MathWorks® MATLAB

Microsoft® Office

(Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Access/Visio)

SOME OF MY WORK

OUTDOOR A.R. (ONGOING)

As my Ph.D. thesis, I am currently working on bayesian estimation methods for fusing the information acquired from different sensors such as Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), Integrated cameras and GPS devices. The approach is to be used for tracking the camera position and orientation in an outdoor augmented reality simulation. The simulation runs on an Android based mobile computer.

CAMERA CALIBRATION TOOL

A simple but useful camera calibration tool written in C# to compute intrinsic parameter matrices of cameras connected to your PC. Makes use of Emgu and OpenCV Libraries. (download)

THE MAN WHO SAVES THE UNIVERSE

A video game project we had developed with my colleagues Buğra Yıldız and Cem Murat Turgut using the Unity3d Game Engine for the CS563-Real-Time Computer Graphics course. It is currently unfinished. (presentation)(download)

PUZZLEMASTER

A 3d Cubic Puzzle game I've developed as an assignment for the CS560-3D User Interfaces course using the Unity3D Game Engine.(download)

3D FILESYSTEM VISUALIZER

A 3D Filesystem Visualization application developed for CS560-3D User Interfaces course using the Unity3D Game Engine. Supports stereoscopic (anaglyph) rendering and depth of field effects. A 3DConnexion Space Navigator® is required to execute the application. Also requires a folder named "data" in C drive which acts as the root folder of the file visualizer.(presentation)(download)

GLOBE ROOM

A simple OpenGL/GLSL application to demonstrate a number of different shaders including Phong, Environment Mapping, Normal Mapping, Water shading etc. Written in C++. Freeglut library is used for the GUI.(download)

VORGEN VISUALIZER

A GPGPU based approach to generate and visualize voronoi diagrams for 2 dimensional primitives (as sites). Written in C++. Glut library is used for the GUI.(report)(download)

CONTACT

Email
akaydin[at]cs.bilkent.edu.tr
atesakaydin[at]gmail.com

Adress
Bilkent University
Faculty of Engineering
Dept. Of Computer Engineering
Room#: EA-405
06800 Bilkent, Ankara,
TURKEY

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