Curriculum vitae

Career Summary

Feb 2015 – Present

KTO Karatay University, Mechatronics Engineering Department, Konya, Turkey

Assistant Professor and Erasmus+ coordinator

Outline

Extensive research and teaching experience, proven ability to devise, advise on, and manage learning. Ability to enthuse, motivate and encourage student engagement, learning and intellectual development. Good skills in managing, motivating and mentoring/supervising students. Publish in high-quality journals and conferences. Collaborate with companies, and researchers internationally. Develop ideas and projects and apply for grants.

Key responsibilities

  • Research, design and develop up to date course materials and lab experiments with respect to the changing needs of the industry
  • Build effective collaborative research activities
  • Publish papers in international conferences and high-impact journals through extensive research
  • Writing funds and project proposals
  • Contribute to institute management processes
  • Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students in research projects and competitions


Feb 2011 – July 2014

Advanced Laparoscopy with Computer Vision Laboratory, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Medical Image Analysis Researcher

Outline

Excellent knowledge on image segmentation, feature extraction, matching, and registration. Proven ability to develop novel methods and strategic approaches to map small endometrial tissues from 2D ultrasound images in to both MRI images and 3D organ models to improve accuracy of surgery.

Key responsibilities

  • Develop 2D/2D and 3D/2D image registration techniques with the use of calculus of variations, TPS, cubic B-splines, FDM, and FEM
  • Publish in high-impact journals and conferences
  • 3D organ modelling from MRI data
  • 2D Organ semi-automatic segmentation from Transvaginal ultrasound
  • Research in fusion of multi-modal pelvic medical images
  • Software development in Matlab, C/C++, ITK/VTK
  • Attend in knowledge sharing meetings with external labs and professors
  • Attend meetings on a weekly basis with radiologists and gynaecologists


Oct 2009 – July 2010

Image Processing and Expert Systems Lab., Warwick University, UK

Computer Vision Researcher

Outline

Develop a new camera parameter calibration algorithm by exploiting defocus information. The calibration parameters yield consistent result in depth estimation.

Key responsibilities

  • Research and develop new methodologies
  • Software development in Matlab, C/C++, OpenCV
  • Publish in high-impact journals and conferences

Feb 2009 – July 2009

Electronics Engineering Department, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus

Research Assistant

Outline

Supervise projects and teaching MultiSIM circuit design program for circuit theory II course.

Education

Feb 2011 – July 2014

PhD in Medical Image Analysis,

University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

  • Thesis: “Mapping Endometrial Implants by Registering Transvaginal Ultrasound to Pelvic Magnetic Resonance Images”
  • Supervisor: Prof. Adrien Bartoli and Prof. Chafik Samir

Oct 2009 – July 2010

MSc in Electronic Systems with Communication,

University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.

  • Thesis: “Obtain Depth from Defocus”
  • Supervisor: Prof. Richard Staunton
  • QS University World Ranking: 54 and UK Ranking: 8

Sept 2005 – Feb 2009

BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus

  • Thesis: “Real Time Foreground and Background Detection using Gaussian Mixture Model”
  • Supervisor: Dr. Erhan Ince

Skills

Language

    • Persian (Native), English (Fluent), Turkish (Intermediate), French (Basic)

Computer and Software

    • Python, C/C++, MATLAB, ITK/VTK, OpenCV, CUDA, Latex, MS Office applications