Work Experience

Administrative and Professional Activities
 

Co-Founder , Simsoft Ltd. Şti., www.simsoft.com.tr, ODTÜ-KOSGEB TEKMER, (April 2006 -   )

Director, ODTÜ-TSK MODSİMMER, www.modsim.metu.edu.tr, (January 2006-  )

Expert Evaluator, EC FP6 FET Work Programme on Mixed Reality, (April 2005).

Consultant to General Manager: Meteksan Sistem A.Ş. (May 2005 –July 2005  )

Director of Simulation and Visual Systems Division: Meteksan Sistem A.Ş. (May 2003 -2005  )

Production and R&D Director: Mobilsoft A.Ş. (May 2001 – May 2003 )

Distance Education and R&D Manager:  Meteksan Sistem., (July 2000- May 2001).

Co-Founder and Project Manager:  TSK-ODTÜ-MODSİMLAB: Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Middle East Technical University, 1998.

Co-Founder and Manager: İDEA (Web Based Asynchronous Distance Education) METU Virtual Campus, <http://idea.metu.edu.tr/>, (February 1998- May 1999)

Co-Founder and Group Manager: Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Group:<http://www.bilten.metu.edu.tr/>, TÜBITAK- METU - BILTEN, (November 1996 - June 1999)

Assistant Professor: Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University  (1997-2000).

Instructor: Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University (September '96 - January '97)

Research Associate: (June '96 - Sep '96)
Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University

Research Fellow: (May '95 - May '96)
Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Instructor: (January '91 - May '95)
Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent Üniversitesi.

Research Assistant: (September'87 - January '91)
Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent Üniversitesi.

Programmer: (June '86 - September '87)
 Computer Center, ASELSAN (Military Electronics Company), Ankara

Projects Supervised and Involved

Project Manager: Stinger Missile Simulator (contract with ASELSAN), Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2002-2003).

Project Initiator and Consultant: Traffic Education Simulator – Trafikent  Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001-2002)

Project Initiator and Consultant: A Synchronous Broadband Internet Based Distance Education Platform, Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001-2002)

Project Initiator and Consultant: A Synchronous Broadband Internet Based Distance Education Platform, Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001-2002)

Coordinator: İDEA (Web Based Distance Education):  METU Virtual Campus, <http://idea.metu.edu.tr/>, (1998 - 2000).

Project Manager: DANS: Internet School 1.0, A Web-based Distance Education Platform, <http://dans.bilten.metu.edu.tr/>, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council -METU-Bilten, (1997 - 1999)

Project Manager: Weather Forecast Presentation System 1.0 for TV Channels,  <http://www.bilten.metu.edu.tr/>, Tübitak-ODTÜ-Bilten, (1997 - 1999)

Developer: Enhancing Teaching Over Internet at METU, Univeristy Research Grant, (1997-1998)

Developer: Distributed Interactive Simulation, Univeristy Research Grant, (1997-1998)

Project Manager: Multi-Resolution Modeling for Complex Environments, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council -EEEAG 225, (1997-1998)

Researcher: Development of Parallel Rendering and Animation System; Supported By:  Intel Supercomputer Systems Division Grant no. SSD100791-2 and TÜBITAK Grant No. EEEAG-5,  (1991-1994)

Scientific Meetings and Activities Contributed

Conference Coordinator, Computer Games Conference and Fair, (E-Oyun 2002 Sergi ve Konferansı, Askeri Müze), İstanbul, 14-16 June 2002.

Member of Program Committee, BTIE 2002, ODTÜ, 20-22 May 2002.

Chair of Program Committee: USEE-SM Workshop, Upgrading Science and Engineering Education for Southern Mediteranian Universities, Supported by European Union,  UNESCO, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council and Middle East Technical University, Bilten, 4-8 October 1999.

Member of Program Committee: ISCIS'99: The International Symposium on Computer And Information Sciences, İzmir, October 1999.

Member of Program Committee: ISCIS'98: The International Symposium on Computer And Information Sciences, Antalya, October 1998.

Member of Program Committee:  Advances in Multimedia Information Systems, İstanbul, May 1998.

Member of Organizing Committee: ATARV-93: The First Bilkent Computer Graphics Conference on ``Advanced Techniques in Animation, Rendering, and Visualization''  Ankara, July 1993.