About Me


My passion

I am a lover of the planet. I worked in the field of earth observation from satellite images, and used machine learning and AI methods to find sustainable and healthy living solutions.
After twenty years of scientific career, in 2021 I have developed new skills to help people in their lives. I have received a life-coach diploma from Nederlandse Federatie Gezondheiszorg (NFG), and I have been studying a clinical psychology program to have a psychologist certificate.
At this period, I am taking the life slow. I need to get stronger to deal with my major health issue resulting my whole large intestine and a meter of my small intestine to be removed. You can read about our journey in our new book Recovery.
Full list of publications

My scientific research topics

Remote Sensing

Bringing computer vision and AI solutions for automatic detection of objects in big data.

Healthcare

Automating medical data processing, visualization and prediction problems with power of AI.

Robotics

Developing Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and path planning frameworks.

3D

Generating 3D object models.

Big Data

Mining robust features for recognition in big data.

AR

Using augmented reality for visualization.

Research Interest and Expertise

Local feature design and advanced algorithms for designing cognitive systems.
BSc's
MSc's
PhD's
Cups of coffee
Lectures which I have experience with

Teaching

For the full list, please ask my resume.

Computer Vision

100%

Remote Sensing

100%

Machine Learning

95%

Dynamic Systems

100%

Digital Signal Processing

100%

Medical image processing

95%
Education

Education

UNIVERSITY OSNABRUECK
2010-2013

Department of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing
Automatic 3D change detection of urban objects

YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL
2007-2009

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Automatic object detection from remote sensing images
PhD Dissertation pdf

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL
2006-2007

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Neural network implementation on FPGA for robot navigation

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL
2003-2006

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Wireless communication system design including software and the printed circuit boards design and development

UTQ (BKO)
2019

I have fulfilled my higher education teaching qualification portfolio.
Feel free to contact me for details.

For the full list and details, please ask my resume.

Work Experience

SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES The Netherlands, March 2021 - March 2022

Assoc. Prof. (Assoc. Lector) in Applied Data Science and AI, at Smart Cities.

I am conducting research on using AI tools to create predictive models in order to adapt cities into the climate change related challenges.

JONKOPING UNIVERSITY Sweden, Jan 2020- Feb 2021

Assistant Professor at the Computer Science and Informatics (CSI) Department.

I am teaching Embedded and Distributed AI, Explainable AI and Machine Learning courses.

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE The Netherlands, 2017-2020

Postdoctoral Researcher at Robotics and Mechatronics.

I developed SLAM and AI techniques for medical image processing and for robotic applications of a national (NWO) project.

I was teaching the course "Optimal Estimation in Dynamic Systems".

create4D The Netherlands

I have developed the framework farmAR which has been awarded by the European Commission twice (in 2016 and in 2017) for highly supporting the sustainable development goals.

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY The Netherlands 2011-2016

Postdoctoral Researcher at Geoscience and Remote Sensing Department.

I developed novel algorithms for big data processing for automated object detection and 3D reconstruction at two successive FP7 projects.

GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER Germany 2009-2011

Research Scientist at Earth Observation Center.

I developed novel algorithms for 3D urban structure reconstruction, change detection and crowd/person tracking.

UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG Germany 2011

I was a guest lecturer for teaching Computer Vision lecture in the Computer Science MSc program.

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Germany 2012

I was a guest teaching assistant to teach the laboratory hours of the Photogrammetry and Image Processing lecture.

UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO Italy 2008

I was a guest researcher. I contributed to the teaching hours of the Photogrammetry and Image Processing lecture as well.

YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL Turkey 2007-2008

I was teaching the laboratory hours and the question hours of the "Analog communication", "Digital Communication" and "Digital Signal Processing" courses.

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July 2019 | Newsletter | 1

Chairing ISPRS Geospatial week Indoor3D session

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June 2019 | Newsletter | 1

SLAM and AI

Links to my SLAM lectures and other free software resources.

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May 2019 | Newsletter | 1

Remote sensing and image processing

Links to my University of Twente guest lecture and more.