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Boston
University
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Boston, MA,
USA
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- Ph.D. in Cognitive
and Neural Sytems
- Dissertation title: "Visual Object Localization
for Mobile Robots" supervised by Prof. Paolo Gaudiano
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Jan 2000 |
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- Courses taken
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- Principles and Methods of Cognitive and Neural Modeling
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- Principles and Methods of Cognitive and Neural Modeling
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- Neural and Computational Models of Vision
- Neural and Computational Models of Adaptive Movement Planning
and Control
- Neural and Computational Models of Recognition, Memory
and Attention
- Neural and Computational Models of Conditioning, Reinforcement
and Rhythm
- Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
- Models of Visual Perception
- Topics in Computational Neuroscience
- Specialty in Qualifying Exam: Motor Control and Robotics
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Middle
East Technical University
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Ankara, Turkey
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- M.Sc. in Computer Engineering
- Dissertation title: "A New Higher-Order Binary-Input Neural Unit:
Learning and Generalizing Effectively via Using Minimal Number of Monomials"
supervised by Prof. Marifi Guler
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Feb. 1994
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Bilkent
University
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Ankara, Turkey
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Jun 1991
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EXPERIENCE
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IRIDIA
, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
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Brussels, Belgium
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Post-doctoral researcher - Swarm-Bots Project
- Working in the Swarm-Bots project. A 3-year project is funded by
European Commission under the Future and Emerging Technologies Program.
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Oct. 2001-Nov.2002
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Starlab
Research Laboratories
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Brussels, Belgium
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Chief Scientist - Autonomous Robotics
- Was responsible for starting up robotics research in Starlab.
Had been active in three different research tracks, all of which ended prematurely,
due to Starlab's closing down:
- Neurobotics: A long-term project with the goal of designing
nervous sytems for mobile robots. On-line neural models of conditioning
were being studied.
- StarBrain: A joint project with Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
The goal of the project was to evolve neural controllers for robots
on CAMBrain, a special purpose computer that is built by FPGA's (Field Programmable
Gate Array) to simulate cellular automatas in hardware. To this purpose,
10 Khepera miniature mobile robots with various sensor turrets, grippers
and communication modules were purchased. At the time of the close down,
the robotics setup for this project was being created.
- Matrix :
A "deep future" project which proposed to study neural-silicon interfacing
through a closed-loop system of biological nervous system with a virtual
body. Work had focused on the submission of a proposal to an European Commission
call in Future and Emerging Technologies.
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Jan 2000-Jun 2001
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Neurobotics
Lab. , Boston University
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Boston, MA,
USA
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Research Assistant
- Analyzed and implemented real-time visual segmentation and tracking
algorithms for object localization on mobile robots.
- Designed and implemented an integrated tool for real-time evaluation
of object localization algorithms on a miniature mobile robot platform.
- Designed and implemented a multi-room navigation and surveillance
system for a miniature mobile robot with two other students for a project..
- Proposed and implemented an unsupervised neural network that
can learn to center objects in its visual field.
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux and Windows
PC's. Upgrade and maintenance of mobile robots.
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Sep 1996-Jan
2000
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Neurotec Inc. (Now Artificial Life )
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Boston, MA,
USA
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System Administrator and Webmaster
- System Administration of Windows and Linux PC's
- Network administration of the LAN
- Firewall installation and maintenance
- Webmaster on both Linux and Windows NT
- CGI scripting
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Jan 1997-Aug
1997
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Computer Engineering Dept. - Middle East Techn ical University
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Ankara, Turkey
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Research/Teachnig Assistant
- Proposed an implemented a novel neuron model for the detection
of higher-order correlations in a given data set.
- Logic Design I and II Laboratory: Designed and conducted experiments
for digital circuit design and implementation.
- Microprocessors Laboratory: Designed and conducted experiments
on 80286 PC's which included both hardware and software (in 80x86 Assembly
language).
- System administration of the Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Laboratory.
- Coordination of a campus-wide "Introduction to Computers and
Programming" (CENG 200). Tasks included preparation and key preparation
of exams as well as administering student registration and grading.
- Worked in the Computer Engineering Orientation course.
- Teaching Assistant for the Neurocomputing and Operational Mathematics
Course
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Sep 1991-Jan 1995
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SKILLS
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- Advanced C/C++ programming: Experienced in multi-threaded and
object-oriented programming, interprocess communication (shared memory,
pipes, sockets), signal handling.
- Advanced Perl programming: Wrote text processing scripts, such
as for web server log analysis. Also experienced in CGI scripting.
- Advanced GUI programming in Linux: Experienced in using X library,
At and Xview toolkits.
- Full Linux administration, web server and firewall installation
and maintenance.
- Other programming experience: Fortran, Pascal, Lisp, Prolog,
Smalltalk, Assembly
- Others: LaTeX, Html, Matlab, Gnuplot, MS Office
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PUBLICATIONS
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HONORS & AWARDS
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- mediaCenter Gmbh, Germany, fellowship (Aug. 1996-Dec. 1997)
- TUBITAK NATO A-1 Ph.D. fellowship (Jan 1995-Jan 1996)
- Bilkent University fellowship (covering full tuition and a monthly
stipend) (Sep. 1987-Jun 1991)
- Haci Omer Sabanci Foundation scholarship (Jan 1988-Jun
1991)
- IsBank Award (1987)
- Ranked 56th among 600 000 participants in the National
University Entrance Exams (OYS) in Turkey (1987)
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Ranked second as a group in TUBITAK Regional Chemistry Contest
- Ranked in the top 0.1% among 40 000 qualified participants
in the National School of Science (Fen Lisesi) Entrace Exams in Turkey
(1983)
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LANGUAGES
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- Fluent in written/spoken Turkish and English
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PERSONAL
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- Biking, Table tennis, Sailing, Football
- Photography
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© Erol Sahin 2001, 2002
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