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CURRICULUM VITAE
ANIL AKSAY
October, 2009
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
• 2004, Feb - present: Studying for Ph.D. Degree Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (expected graduation date: December 2009)
• 1999, Sep – 2001, Jan: M.S. Degree Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East
Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
• 1995, Sep -1999, Jun: B.S. Degree Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East
Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
RESEARCH INTERESTS
•Digital Image/Video Processing
•Video Compression Algorithms
•Motion Estimation/Object Tracking
•Stereoscopic and 3-D Imaging
•Wavelets
•MultiView Video Coding
•Video Streaming
•Error Concealment
•Visual Quality Assessment
•Surveillance
•Dsp Programming
•Distributed Video Coding
•DVB-H
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Programming Languages, Applications: C / C ++ , Matlab, Visual C++, DSP Assembler, PHP, HTML,
SQL, Java Script
• Image-Video Coders: JPEG, JPEG-2000, MPEG 2-4, H.264/AVC, MVC
• API: DirectX, OpenCV
• Operating System : Windows, Mac OS, Linux
• Office: LaTeX, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
WORK EXPERIENCE
• 2009, Apr - present: Part-time Consultant, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Inc, Ankara, Turkey
(www.tai.com.tr)
Consulting for video processing for UAV project
• 2008, Jul - present: Researcher, Multimedia Research Group, Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey (mmrg.eee.metu.edu.tr)
Working on EU Mobile 3DTV Project.
•Implementation of Error Resilient Stereoscopic Streaming System for DVB-H
•Error Correction and Concealment for 3D Streaming on DVB-H Platform
• 2006, Dec – 2008, Jul: Senior Engineer, ParanaVision, Ankara, Turkey (paranavision.com.tr)
Project Leader in Low Band Video/Audio Codec Implementation
•Implementation of Baseline H.264 Codec on TI DM642 Chip
•Implementation of G723.1 Codec on TI DM642 Chip
•New Functionalities on Video Codec
o Global Brightness Compensation
o Motion Compensated Noise Removal
o ROI Coding
• 2004, Jan - 2006, Dec: Researcher, Multimedia Research Group, Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey (mmrg.eee.metu.edu.tr)
•Implementation of Distributed Video Codec
Worked on EU 3DTV Project.
•Implementation of Multi-View Video Codec based on H.264 JM Reference Software
•Implementation of Real-Time MVC Decoder based on FFMPEG H.264 Decoder
• Implementation of Stereoscopic MDC Codec based on H.264 JM Reference Software
•Error Concealment, Streaming
Worked on E-Government Project
•Video Streaming
•Content based Image Retrieval
• 2004, Jan - 2005, Sep: Software Engineer, Bilkent University Communications and Spectrum Management
Research Center (www.isyam.bilkent.edu.tr)
Worked on Intelligent Systems using Digital Video.
•Worked in Intelligent Camera Sabotage Detection module.
•IP Camera Integration to Digital Video Recorder.
• 2001, May - 2003, Dec: Software Engineer, visiOprime ltd, Guildford, UK (www.visioprime.com)
Worked on several applications for Digital Video Recorder and Networking products.
•Worked in “Video Motion Detection” module.
•Design and integration of Motion Detection using Wavelets.
•Implemented installation and configuration applications for company applications.
•Worked in “Super Video Motion Detection” module.
•Design and integration of Object Tracking, Abandoned Object Detection, Object Removal
Detection using Wavelets.
•Worked on Image/Video Processing modules.
•Integrated Audio playback capabilities and Audio/Video synchronization.
• 2001, Feb - 2001 May: Visiting Research Assistant (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
METU, Ankara, Turkey)
• 2000, Sep – 2000 Dec: Visiting Research Assistant (Department of Electronic, Communication and
Electrical Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
• 1999, Jul - 2000 Sep: Teaching Assistant (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, METU,
Ankara, Turkey)
• 1998, Mar - 1999, Jul: Part-Time Research/Teaching Assistant (Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey)
PUBLICATIONS
• Book chapter:
b1) A. Norkin, M. O. Bici, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, A. Gotchev, G. Bozdagi Akar, K. Egiazarian, and J.Astola,
"Multiple description coding and its relevance to 3DTV" in Haldun M. Ozaktas and Levent Onural (Eds.),
"Three-Dimensional Television: Capture, Transmission, and Display.", Springer, Heidelberg, 2007. In press.
• Journal papers (SCI, SCI-EXP):
j1) A. Serdar Tan, A. Aksay, G. Akar, E. Arikan, "Rate-Distortion Optimization for Stereoscopic Video
Streaming with Unequal Error Protection", EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Special
Issue 3DTV: Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video, vol. 2009, Article ID 632545, 15 pages, 2009.
doi:10.1155/2009/632545 (Jan 2009)
j2) A. Aksay, S. Pehlivan, E. Kurutepe, C. Bilen, T. Ozcelebi, G. Bozdagi Akar, R. Civanlar, M. Tekalp, "Endto-end Stereoscopic Video Streaming with Content-Adaptive Rate and Format Control", Signal
Processing:Image Communication Special Issue on Three-Dimensional Video and Television, Vol 22/2 pp
157-168.
j3) B. U. Töreyin, A. Enis Çetin, A. Aksay, M. B. Akhan, “Moving Object Detection in Wavelet Compressed
Video”, Signal Processing:Image Communication, EURASIP, Elsevier, vol. 20, pp. 255-264 (2005). Listed in
the TOP25 articles within the journal: Jan.-Mar. 2005 (7th),Apr.-June 2005 (17th), July-Sept. 2005 (11th),
and Oct.-Dec. 2005 (18th) and Jan.-Mar. 2006 (16th).
• Thesis:
t1) A. Aksay(2001), "Motion Wavelet Video Compression", M.S. Thesis, Middle East Technical University,
Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. G. Bozdagi Akar.
• Conference papers:
c1) A. Aksay, M. O. Bici, D. Bugdayci, A. Tikanmaki, A. Gotchev, G. B. Akar, "A Study on the Effect of
MPE-FEC for 3D Video Broadcasting over DVB-H," Mobimedia 2009, London, UK, Sept'09.
c2) C. G. Gurler, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, A. M. Tekalp, "Multi-Threaded Architectures and Benchmark
Tests for Real-Time Multi-View Video Decoding", IEEE ICME 2009, Cancun, Mexico, July 2009.
c3) A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Evaluation of Stereo Video Coding Schemes for Mobile Devices", 3DTVCON 2009, Potsdam, Germany, May 2009.
c4) M. O. Bici, A. Aksay, A. Tikanmaki, A. Gotchev, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Stereo Video Broadcasting Simulation
for DVB-H", NEM-Summit'08, St Malo, France, Oct. 2008.
c5) E. Kurutepe, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, C. G. Gurler, T. Sikora, G. Bozdagi Akar, A. M. Tekalp, "A StandardsBased, Flexible, End-to-End Multi-View Video Streaming Architecture", PV'07, Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov.
2007.
c6) S. Tan, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, E.Arikan, "Rate-Distortion Optimized Layered Stereoscopic
Video Streaming with Raptor Codes", PV'07, Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. 2007.
c7) C. Bilen, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Two Novel Methods for Full Frame Loss Concealment in Stereo
Video", PCS'07 , Lisboa, Portugal, Nov. 2007.
c8) A. Aksay, A. Temizel, A. Enis Cetin, "Camera Tamper Detection Using Wavelet Analysis For Video
Surveillance", IEEE AVSS'07, London, UK, Sept. 2007.
c9) A. S. Tan, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, E.Arikan, "Error Resilient Layered Stereoscopic Video
Streaming", 3DTV CON'07, Kos, Greece, May 2007.
c10) C. Bilen, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "A Multi-View Video Codec based on H.264", IEEE ICIP 2006,
Atlanta, GA, USA, Oct. 2006.
c11) A. Norkin, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, A. Gotchev, J. Astola, "Schemes for multiple description
coding of stereoscopic video", MRCS 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
vol. 4105, pp. 730-737, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg
c12) A. Aksay, C. Bilen, E. Kurutepe, T. Ozcelebi, G. Bozdagi Akar, M. R. Civanlar, A. M. Tekalp "Temporal
and Spatial Scaling For Stereoscopic Video Compression", IEEE EUSIPCO 2006, Florence, Italy, Sept. 2006.
c13) S. Pehlivan, A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, R. Civanlar, "End-to-End Stereoscopic Video
Streaming System", IEEE ICME 2006, Toronto, Canada, July 2006.
c14) A. Boev, A. Gotchev, K. Egiazarian, A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Towards compound stereo-video
quality metric: a specific encoder-based framework", IEEE SSIAI 2006, Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2006.
c15) A. Aksay, M. Oguz Bici, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Evaluation of Disparity Map Characteristics For Stereo
Image Coding", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP-2005, Italy, Sept. 2005.
c16) A. Aksay, C. Bilen, G. Bozdagi Akar, "Subjective Evaluation of Effects of Spectral and Spatial
Redundancy Reduction on Stereo Images", 13th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO-2005,
Turkey, Sept. 2005.
c17) Ü.Ünal, A. Aksay, G. B. Akar, "An Implementation of a Wireless Streaming System", COST 276
Workshop, Ankara, Dec. 2004.
c18) B. U. Töreyin, A. Enis Çetin, A. Aksay, M. B. Akhan, “Moving Region Detection in Compressed Video”,
19th Int. Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Kemer-Antalya, 2004. Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, vol. 3280, pp. 381-390, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg.
c19) A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi, M. B. Akhan, "Wavelet Based Image Sequence Compression," IEEE Balkan
Conference on Signal Processing (BCSP'2000), Istanbul, Turkey.
c20) A. Aksay, G. Bozdagi, M. B. Akhan, A. Temizel, P. B. Duhamel, "Motion Wavelet Compression," IEE
Colloqium Time-Scale and Time-Frequency Analysis and Applications, London, UK.
c21) A. Aksay, A. Temizel, M. Özdal, G. Bozdagi, H. Palaz, "Real Time Motion Estimation Using
TMS320C80," ICSPAT'99, Orlando.
• Patents:
p1) A. E. Cetin, M. B. Akhan, B. U. Toreyin, A. Aksay, "Movement detection and estimation in wavelet
compressed video", US Patent Application No. 2005/0078,873, filed 14 April 2005.
p2) A. E. Cetin, M. B. Akhan, B. U. Toreyin, A. Aksay, "Characterization of Motion of Moving Objects in
Video", US Patent Application No. 2004/0223,652, filed 11 November 2004.
p3) A. Temizel, M.B. Akhan, A. Aksay, "Archival of transformed and compressed data", US Patent No:
7,245,769, filed 29 Jan. 2003, issued 17 Jul. 2007
p4) M.B. Akhan, A. Temizel, A. Aksay, "Image enhancement and data loss recovery using wavelet
transforms", US Patent No: 7,085,436, filed 20 Aug. 2002, issued 1 Aug. 2006
p5) M.B. Akhan, G.B. Akar, A. Aksay, A. Temizel, Y. Ahiska, "Method and System For a Highly Efficient
Low Bit Rate Codec", US Patent No: 6,947,486, filed 25 Mar. 2002, issued 20 Sept. 2005.
Publications can be downloaded from
http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~anil/anil.php?bolum=publications.php
AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS
• TUBITAK (Equivalent of NSF in Turkey) Ph.D. Fellowship for doctorate study at Middle East Technical
University.
• Ranked 222nd among ~1,500,000 students in Nationwide SAT type University Entrance Exam of year
1995.
• 1998 – 1999: Secretary of IEEE METU Student Branch (http://www.ieee.metu.edu.tr/)
o Founder of BILTEK (monthly magazine created by students) (http://biltek.ieee.metu.edu.tr/)
o Organizer of BTIE98 (Education with Informatics Conference and Exhibit)
o Received "IEEE Region 8 Outstanding Branch Award" on 1998 and “IEEE Worldwide
Outstanding Student Branch Award" on 1999 with IEEE METU Student Branch.
• 1997 – 1999: President of METU Musical Society
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