Administrative and Professional Activities

  1. Coordinator, METU Informatics Institute, Game Technologies Graduate Program, (July 2009- )
  2. Founder and Share Holder, Simsoft Ltd. Şti., www.simsoft.com.tr, ODTÜ-KOSGEB TEKMER, (April 2006 -   )
  3. Director, MODSİMMER: Modeling and Simulation R&D Center of METU, www.modsim.metu.edu.tr, (January 2006-  )
  4. Chair, METU Informatics Institute, Modeling and Simulation  Department, (September 2005- ) 
  5. Consultant to General Manager: Meteksan Sistem A.Ş. (May 2005 –July 2005  )
  6. Director of Simulation and Visual Systems Division: Meteksan Sistem A.Ş. (May 2003 -2005  )
  7. Production and R&D Director: Mobilsoft A.Ş. (May 2001 – May 2003 )
  8. Distance Education and R&D Manager:  Meteksan Sistem., (July 2000- May 2001).
  9. Founder Member and Project Manager:  TSK-ODTÜ-MODSİMLAB: Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Middle East Technical University, 1998.
  10. Founder Member and Manager: İDEA (Web Based Asynchronous Distance Education) METU Virtual Campus, <http://idea.metu.edu.tr/>, (February 1998- May 1999)
  11. Founder Member and Group Manager: Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Group:<http://www.bilten.metu.edu.tr/>, TÜBITAK- METU - BILTEN, (November 1996 - June 1999)
  12. Assistant Professor: Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University  (1997-2000).
  13. Instructor: Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University (September '96 - January '97)
  14. Research Associate: (June '96 - Sep '96)  Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University
  15. Research Fellow: (May '95 - May '96) Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  16. Instructor: (January '91 - May '95) Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent Üniversitesi.
  17. Research Assistant: (September'87 - January '91) Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent Üniversitesi.
  18. Programmer: (June '86 - September '87) Computer Center, ASELSAN (Military Electronics Company), Ankara

Projects Supervised and Involved

  1. Project Manager: Stinger Missile Simulator (contract with ASELSAN), Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2002-2003).
  2. Project Initiator and Consultant: Traffic Education Simulator – Trafikent  Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001-2002)
  3. Project Initiator and Consultant: A Synchronous Broadband Internet Based Distance Education Platform, Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001-2002)
  4. Project Initiator and Consultant: A Synchronous Broadband Internet Based Distance Education Platform, Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001-2002)
  5. Coordinator: İDEA (Web Based Distance Education):  METU Virtual Campus, <http://idea.metu.edu.tr/>, (1998 - 2000).
  6. 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)
  7. Project Manager: Weather Forecast Presentation System 1.0 for TV Channels,  <http://www.bilten.metu.edu.tr/>, Tübitak-ODTÜ-Bilten, (1997 - 1999)
  8. Developer: Enhancing Teaching Over Internet at METU, Univeristy Research Grant, (1997-1998)
  9. Developer: Distributed Interactive Simulation, Univeristy Research Grant, (1997-1998)
  10. Project Manager: Multi-Resolution Modeling for Complex Environments, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council -EEEAG 225, (1997-1998)
  11. 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

  1. NATO Modeling and Simulation Group Member (2006- )
  2. Expert Evaluator, EC FP6 FET Work Programme on Mixed Reality, (April 2005).
  3. Conference Coordinator, Computer Games Conference and Fair, (E-Oyun 2002 Sergi ve Konferansı, Askeri Müze), İstanbul, 14-16 June 2002.
  4. Member of Program Committee, BTIE 2002, ODTÜ, 20-22 May 2002.
  5. 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.
  6. Member of Program Committee: ISCIS'99: The International Symposium on Computer And Information Sciences, İzmir, October 1999.
  7. Member of Program Committee: ISCIS'98: The International Symposium on Computer And Information Sciences, Antalya, October 1998.
  8. Member of Program Committee:  Advances in Multimedia Information Systems, İstanbul, May 1998.
  9. Member of Organizing Committee: ATARV-93: The First Bilkent Computer Graphics Conference on ``Advanced Techniques in Animation, Rendering, and Visualization''  Ankara, July 1993.