!!Ahmet Tekalp - Curriculum vitae
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Ahmet Tekalp's research interests are in the area of digital image and video processing, including video compression and streaming, motion-compensated video filtering for high-resolution, video segmentation, object tracking, content-based video analysis and summarization, multi-camera surveillance video processing, and protection of digital content. 
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Bibliometrics in Publish or Perish (PoP): h=45, g=81, hc=23
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__Address (full postal):__ 
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Koç University, College of Engineering\\ 
34450 Sariyer, Istanbul\\ 
Turkey\\ 
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__Nationality: __ 
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Turkey and USA
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__Studies:__ 
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*BS degrees (1980) High Honors, Electrical Engineering & Mathematics, Bogaziçi University 
*M.S. (1982) and Ph.D. (1984) degrees in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer *Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York
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__Present and Previous Positions:__
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*2004- Chair of the Electronics and Informatics Group  (part-time position), Turkish Scientific Research Council (TUBITAK), Ankara, Turkey
*2001-  Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (full-time position), College of Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
*1986-2005 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
*1984-1987 Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA
*1981-1984 Research Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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__Honours and Awards: __   
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*Member, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA)                           
*Fellow, IEEE 
*Distinguished Lecturer IEEE Signal Processing Society in 1998
*Fulbright Senior Scholarship in 1999
*TUBITAK Science Award 2004 (highest science award in Turkey) 
*Editor-in-Chief, Signal Processing: Image Communication (Elsevier)
*Member, ERC-Advanced Panel on Informatics
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__Professional Activities (Journals, Standards Bodies):__
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*Editor-in-Chief, EURASIP Signal Processing: Image Communication [[Elsevier] (1999 - )
*Editorial Board, Visual Communications and Image Representation [[Academic] (1995 - 2000)
*Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (1994 - 1996)
*Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (1990 - 1992)
*Area Editor, Graphical Models and Image Processing [[Academic] (1995 - 1998)
*Associate Editor, Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing [[Kluwer] (1994 - 1999)
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Member, International Standards Organization (ISO) JTC1/SC29/WG11 (MPEG) Working Group (Since 11/1995) 
Member, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS), L3.1 Working Group (formerly known as X3L3.1 Committee) (Since 11/1995) 
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__European Grants and Contracts (last 5 years)__
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FP6 Network of Excellence, SIMILAR, 2003-2007 (48 months), total budget: Euro 6 Million, my role: local project leader at Koc University, Koc University budget: Euro 325,000
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FP6 Network of Excellence, 3DTV, 2004-2008 (48 months), total budget: Euro 6 Million
Ahmet Tekalp's role: local project leader at Koc University, Koc University budget: Euro 290,000
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COST 2102, Cross-Modal Analysis of Verbal and Non-verbal Communication, 2006-2010, Member of the Management Committee
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FP7 STREP, DIOMEDES, 2010-2012 (30 months), total budget: Euro 3 Million
Ahmet Tekalp's role: local project leader at Koc University, Koc University budget: Euro 312,000
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FP7 STREP, SARACEN, 2010-2013 (36 months), total budget: Euro 3 Million
Ahmet Tekalp'srole: local project leader at Koc University, Koc University budget: Euro 255,000
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__US Grants (older)__
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NSF ITR Program, SIRG: "Being There": User-centric wireless image-based  sensor networks," (with Heinzelman, Bocko, and Sharma)  9/1/04-8/31/07
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NSF, IIS Program, ``An Intelligent Visual Database System: Hierarchical Content Description and Matching," 8/1/99 - 7/31/03
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NYSTAR, Center for Advanced Technology for Electronic Imaging Systems, ``Digital Video Processing," 7/1/93 - 6/30/03
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Eastman Kodak Company, ``Video and Human Motion Analysis,"   9/1/90 - 8/31/03
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Xerox Corporation, ``Digital Image and Video Watermarking," 7/1/00 - 6/30/00
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Keck Foundation, Center for Future Health, ``Human Motion Monitoring," 1/1/00 - 6/30/02
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Siemens Corporate Research, Inc, ``3-D Model-Based Video Processing,"  10/1/97 - 3/31/02
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NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development, ``A Unified Image Science and Electronic Imaging Systems Curriculum Development Initiative,"  (with M. Kriss, K. Parker, N. George, and K. Kutulakos), 10/1/98 - 9/30/01
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NSF International Collaboration, ``Multimedia Document Indexing," (with F. Yarman-Vural, Middle East. Tech. University-Turkey), 6/1/98 - 11/30/01
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NSF SIUC Research Center for Electronic Imaging Systems, ``Image Sequence Processing," 7/1/92 - 6/30/00.
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Xerox Corporation, ``Adaptive Color Rendering and Printer Calibration,"  9/1/96 - 12/31/99
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NSF International Collaboration, ``Model Based Image Compression at Very Low Bit Rates," (with L. Onural and A. E. Cetin, Bilkent University-Turkey),  6/1/94 - 5/31/98
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National Science Foundation, ``Modeling and Suppression of Motion Artifacts in MRI," 6/1/92 - 5/31/97,  (with W. E. Smith)
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National Science Foundation, CISE Research Instrumentation Grants, ``Research Instrumentation for Image and Video Processing," 3/1/93 - 2/28/96
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NYS Center for Advanced Optical Technology, ``Novel Methods for Image Sequence Enhancement and Restoration," 6/1/91 - 5/31/93
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NATO International Collaboration, ``Studies in Image Restoration and Processing," 4/15/90 - 4/15/95, (with A. E. Cetin, Bilkent, Turkey)
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National Science Foundation, CISE Research Instrumentation Grants,  ``Research Instrumentation for Image Processing,"  4/15/89 - 12/31/90
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National Institute of Justice, ``Image Restoration for Criminal Identification,"  9/1/88 - 12/31/90, 
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National Science Foundation, CISE Research Initiation Award, ``Adaptive Image Restoration and Recovery," 7/1/88 - 12/31/90