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Prof. Dr. BÜLENT SANKUR

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Multimedia Communication and   Watermarking

Image and Video Processing

Biometric Systems

Applications of Signal Processing

E-mail: sankur@boun.edu.tr

Postal Mail: Bogazici University, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department,

Bebek, 80815, Istanbul, TURKEY

Phone: +90 212 359 6414

Fax:    +90 212 287 24 65

 

 

Link to Image and Video Processing Group

Link to FP6 project SIMILAR

Link to FP6 project BIOSECURE

 

 

PUBLICATIONS (Watermarking, Biometry, Image and Video Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Communications and Networks)

 

 

Watermarking

 

¨      Bastug, B. Sankur, Improving the Payload of Watermarking Channels via LDPC Coding, IEEE Signal Proc. Letters, 11(2), 90-92, February 2004.

¨      H. Ozer, B. Sankur, N. Memon, E. Anarim, Robust Audio Hash Functions, Journal of Audio Engineering Society, (under review), 2004.

¨      O. Ekici, B. Sankur, M. Akcay, Comparative Assessment of Semifragile Watermarking Methods,  Journal of Electronic Imaging, 13(1), 209-216, January 2004.  

¨      I. Avcibas, B. Sankur, N. Memon, Steganalysis of Watermarking and Steganographic Techniques Using Image Quality Metrics, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 12(2), 21-229, 2003.

¨      H. Ozer, B. Sankur, N. Memon, Detection of Audio Covert Channels using Statistical Footprints of Hidden Messages, Signal Processing, 2004.

¨      B. Coskun, B. Sankur, Robust Video Hash Extraction, EUSIPCO’2004: European Conf. On Signal Processing, Vienna, September 2004.

¨      H. Ozer, B. Sankur, N. Memon, Robust Audio Hashing for Audio Identification, EUSIPCO’2004: European Conf. On Signal Processing, Vienna, September 2004.

¨      I. Avcibas, S. Bayram, N. Memon, B. Sankur, M. Ramkumar, A Classifier Design For Detecting Image Manipulations, ICIP’2004: Intern. Conference on Image Processing, Sept. 2004, Singapore.

¨      S. Baudry, J.F. Delaigle, B. Sankur, B. Macq, H. Maitre, Analyses of Error Correction Strategies for Typical Communication Channels in Watermarking, Signal Processing, 81(6), 1239-1250, June 2001 .

¨      H. Ozer, I. Avcibas, B. Sankur, N. Memon, Steganalysis of Audio Based on Audio Quality Metrics,  SPIE Electronic Imaging Conf. On Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents, Jan. 20-24, Santa Clara, 2003.

¨      I. Avcibas, B. Sankur, N. Memon, Image Steganalysis With Binary Similarity Measures, ICIP’2002: International Conference on Image Prcessing, Rochester, Vol.3, 645-648, September 2002.

¨      B. Coskun, U. Naci, O. Ekici, B. Sankur, A Comparative Assessment of Semi-Fragile Watermarking Methods, SPIE Conf. 4518, Multimedia Systems and Applications IV, August 19-24, 2001, Denver, USA.

¨      J. Darbon, B. Sankur, H. Maitre, Error Correcting Code Performance for Watermark Protection, SPIE Conf. 4314: Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents III, 22-25 Jan. 2001, San Jose USA. 

¨      G. Coatrieux, B. Sankur, H. Maitre, Strict Integrity Control of Biomedical Images, SPIE Conf. 4314: Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents III, 22-25 Jan. 2001, San Jose USA.

¨      S. Zinger, Z. Jin, H. Maitre, B. Sankur, Optimization of Watermarking Performances Using Error Correcting Codes and Repetition, CMS’2001: Communications and Multimedia Security, May 2001, 229-240, Darmsadt, Germany.

¨      C. Coatrieux, H. Maitre, B. Sankur, Y. Rolland, R. Collorec, Relevance of Watermarking in Medical Imaging, 2000 IEEE EMBS Conf. On Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 250-255, Nov. 2000, Arlington, USA.

 

 

Biometry

 

 

¨      E. Konukoglu, E. Yorük, J. Darbon, B. Sankur, Shape-Based Hand Recognition, IEEE Image Processing,  (under review),  2004.

¨      E. Yorük,  E. Konukoglu, B. Sankur, and J. Darbon, Person Authentication Based On Hand Shape, EUSIPCO’2004: European Conf. On Signal Processing, Vienna, September 2004.

¨      H.K. Ekenel, B. Sankur, Feature selection in the independent component subspace for face recognition, Pattern Recognition Letters, 2004.

¨      H.K. Ekenel, B. Sankur, Multiresolution Face Recognition, Image and Vision Computing, (under review), 2004.

¨      V. Starovoitov, D. Samal, B. Sankur , Matching Of Faces in Camera Images and Document Photographs, ICASSP'2000, Int. Conference on Signal, Speech and Signal Processing, 5-9 June 2000, Istanbul.

¨      M. Reijnders, P. van Beek, B. Sankur, J.C.A. van der Lubbe, Facial Feature Localization and Adaptation of a Generic Face Model for Model Based Coding, Signal Processing: Image Communication, vol. 7, 57-75, March 1995.

¨      M. Kamasak, B. Sankur, Face Recognition under Lossy Compression, PRIP'99: Pattern Recognition and Information Processing, 27-32, Minsk, Belarussia, May 1999.

¨       B. Esme, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Facial Feature Extraction Using Genetic Algorithms, EUSIPCO-96, 8. European Signal Processing Conference, pp. 1511-1514, September 10-13, 1996, Trieste, Italy.

¨      Y. Yemez, T. Aydin, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, A New Approach to 3-D Face Modelling,  ECCTD'95: European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, p. 343-346, Istanbul, Temmuz, 1995

 

 

 

Image and Video Processing

 

¨      C. Erdem Eroglu, B. Sankur, M. Tekalp, Performance Measures for Video Object Segmentation and Tracking, IEEE Image Processing, 13(7), 937-950, July 2004.

¨      B. Sankur, M. Sezgin, A Survey Over Image Thresholding Techniques And Quantitative Performance Evaluation, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 13(1), 146-165, January, 2004. (Available software: OTIMEC with graphic user interface for the execution of several (42) image thresholding algorithms)

¨      I. Avcibas, B. Sankur, N. Memon, K. Sayood, A Progressive Lossless/Near-Lossless Image Compression Algorithm, IEEE Trans. Communications, 2004.

¨      C. Erdem Eroglu, B. Sankur, M. Tekalp, Video Object Tracking  with Feedbackof Performance Measures,  IEEE Circuit Systems and Video Processing, 13(4), 310-324, April 2003.

¨      M. Sezgin, B. Sankur, Image Multithresholding Based on Sample Moment Function, ICIP’2003: International Conference on Image Processing, Barcelona 2003.

¨      C.E. Eroglu, B. Sankur, Performance Measures for Video Object Segmentation and Tracking, SPIE Conf. Visual Communications and Image Processing 2003, Lugano, Switzreland, July 8-11 2003.

¨      F. Kurugollü, B. Sankur, E. Harmanci, Image Segmentation by Relaxation Using Constraint Satisfaction Neural Network, Journal of  Image and Vision Computing,  20, 483-497, 2002.

¨      Avcibas, B. Sankur, K. Sayood, Statistical Evaluation of Image Quality Measures, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 11(2), 206-23, April 2002. (Availability software:  QUALITY for the calculation of several (26) image quality measures)

¨      I. Avcibas, N. Memon, B. Sankur, K. Sayood, Lossless and Near-Lossless Image Compression with Successive Refinement, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 9(10), 312-314, October 2002.

¨      M. Akcay, A. Baskurt, B. Sankur, Measuring Similarity Between Color Image Regions, EUSIPCO’2002: European Conf. On Signal Processing, Toulouse, September 2002

¨      V. Letournelle, B. Sankur, F. Pradeille, H. Maitre, Feature Extraction for Quality Asessment of Aerial Image Segmentation, ISPRS: International Soc. for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, PCV'02 Photogrammetric Computer Vision, 2002.

¨      F. Kurugollü, B. Sankur, E. Harmanci Multiband Image Segmentation Using Histogram Multithresholding and Fusion,  Journal of  Image and Vision Computing,  9(13), 915-928, 2001. (Available software: SEGMEN  Multithresholding and Constraint Satisfaction NN based segmentation programs)

¨      S. Oztürk, B. Sankur, T. Abak, Font Classification and Recognition in Document Images, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 10(2), 418-430, 2001.

¨      M. Sezgin, B. Sankur, Quantitative Evaluation and Comparison of Image Thresholding Techniques for Non-Destructive Testing Applications, ICIP'2001: International Conference on Image Processing, Thessaloniki 2001. 

¨      I. Avcibas, N. Memon, B. Sankur, K. Sayood, Lossless and Near-Lossless Compression with Successive Refinement, SPIE Conf. 4314: Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents III, 22-25 Jan. 2001, San Jose USA. 

¨      C.E. Eroglu, M. Tekalp, B. Sankur, Non-Rigid Object Tracking Using Performance Evaluation Measures as Feedback, IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR’2001, Dec. 11-13, 2001, Hawaii.

¨      C.E. Eroglu, M. Tekalp, B. Sankur, Metrics for Performance Evaluation of Video Object Segmentation and Tracking Without Ground Truth, ICIP’2001: International Conference on Image Processing, Thessaloniki 2001.

¨      C. Erdem Eroglu, B. Sankur, "Performance Evaluation Metrics for Object-Based Video Segmentation" EUSIPCO'2000: 10th European Signal Processing Conference, pp. 917-920, 5-8 September, Tampere, Finland (best paper award).

¨      F. Kurugollü, B. Sankur, E. Harmanci Color Image Segmentation Using  2-Dimensional Histogram Multithresholding and Fusion, 1. Color Graphics and Image Processing Conf. , pp. 152-157, October 2000, France.

¨      C. Eroglu, B. Sankur, Illumination Invariant Fuzzy Image Segmentation, 1st Balkan Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, 48-52, Istanbul, June 2000.

¨      Avcibas, B. Sankur, K. Sayood, N. Memon, Component Ratio Preserving Compression for Remote Sensing Applications, Proc. SPIE Conf. Image and Video Communications and Processing Vol. 3794, p. 700-708, Jan. 2000, San Jose.

¨      S. Ozturk B. Sankur, T. Abak, Font Clustering and Classification in Document Images, EUSIPCO'2000: 10th European Signal Processing Conference, pp. 881-884, 5-8 September 2000, Tampere, Finland.

¨      Y. Yemez, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, A Quadratic Motion-Based Object-Oriented Video Codec,  Signal Processing: Image  Communication, Vol. 15, pp. 729-766, 2000.

¨      Oztas, M. Yildirim, C. Yilmam, E. Anarim, B. Sankur, Computer Generated Image Processing and Cephalometric Shape Analysis to Evaluate Class III Elastic Effects,  American Association of Orthodontists' (AAO) 100th Annual Session, 5th International Orthodontic Congress, and 2nd Meeting of the World Federation of Orthodontists, April, 28 - May 5, 2000, Chicago, Illinois.

¨      F. Kurugollü, B. Sankur, MAP Segmentation of Color Images Using Constraint Satisfaction Neural Network, ICIP'99, Inter. Conference on Image Processing, III-236-240, Kobe, Japan, October 1999.

¨      F.Kurugollü, B. Sankur, Image Segmentation Based on Multi-Scan Constraint Satisfaction Neural Network, Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 20, pp. 1553-1563, 1999.

¨      H. Caglar, S. Güntürk, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, VQ-Adaptive Block Transform Coding of Images,  IEEE Trans. Image Processing, Vol. 7, pp. 110-116, January 1998.

¨      V.V.Starovoitov, C. Kose, B. Sankur, Generalized Distance Based Matching of Nonbinary Images, ICIP'98, Inter. Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, October 4-7, 1998.

¨      E. Ortacdag, B.Sankur, K. Sayood, Locating Text in Color Document Images, EUSIPCO'98: European Signal Processing Conference, 2169-2173, Rhodes, September 1998.

¨      Y. Yemez, B. Sankur, E. Anarim An Object Oriented Video Codec Based on Region Growing Motion Segmentation, ICIP’97: Intern. Conf. on Image Proc., pp.444-447,  Oct. 24-27 1997, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

¨      T. Abak, U. Baris, B. Sankur, The Performance of Thresholding Algorithms for Optical Character Recognition, Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition: ICDAR’97, 697-700, 24-27 August 1997, Ulm, Germany.

¨      F. Kurugollü, B. Sankur, Color Image Segmentation Based on Multithresholding and Fusion, ICIP’97: Intern. Conf. on Image Proc., Oct. 24-27 1997, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

¨      Y. Yemez, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Region Growing Motion Segmentation and Estimation in Object Oriented Video Coding, ICIP-96, International Conference on Image Processing,II-521-524,  September 16-19, 1996, Lausanne, Switzerland.

¨      Y. Yemez, T. Aydin, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Multidirectional and Multiscale Edge Detection via M-Band Wavelet Transform,  IEEE Trans. Image Processing, Vol. 5, pp. 1370-1377, 1996.

¨      H. Caglar, E. Anarim, B. Sankur, I. Olcer, VQ-Based Adaptive Block Transform Design Technique, pp. 444-447, Neos Marmaros, Greece, June 20-22 1995.

¨      D. Demir, S. Birecik, F. Kurugollü, M. Sezgin, I.O. Bucak, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Quality Inspection in PCBs and SMDs Using Computer Vision Techniques, 20. Int. Conf. Industrial Elec. Control and Instrumentation, 857-860, Bologna, Italy, Sept. 1994.

¨      Anarim, E., B. Sankur, T. Aydin, Y. Yemez  Use of M-Band Wavelet Transform for Multidimensional and Multiscale Edge Detection , ICASSP'94: Int. Conf. on IEEE Acoustic, Speech and  Signal Processing, p. V.17-V.20, Melbourne, Australia, April,1994.

¨      B.Sankur, R.A. van Schijndel, J.C.A. van der Lubbe, Two-Layer Coding for Videotelephone,  Signal Processing: Image  Communication, 295-303, 1993.

¨      van Beek, P.J.L., J.J. Gerbrands, J.C.L. van der Lubbe, B. Sankur, Multiscale Edge Detection for Video Coding Applications,  8’th IEEE  Conf. on Multidimensional Signal Processing, pp. 192- 193, Sept. 1993, France.

¨      Aydin, T.,  Y. Yemez, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Edge Detection by M- Band Wavelet Transform, MDSP'93: 8’th IEEE  Conf. on Multidimensional Signal Processing, pp. 192- 193, Sept. 1993, France.

¨      M.J.T. Reinders, B. Sankur, J.C.A. van der Lubbe, Transformation of a General 3D Facial Model to an Actual Scene Face, ICPR'92: 11th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 30 September 3, 1992.

¨      B.Sankur, J.C.A. van der Lubbe, M.F. Carreto Castro, Lossless Coding of Art Images for Museum Information Systems, ISCIS'92: Proc. 7th. International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, Oct. 29-Nov.2, 1992.

 

 

  

Digital Signal Processing

 

¨      V. Valev, B. Sankur, Generalized Non-reducible descriptors, Pattern Recognition, 37, 1809-1815, 2004.

¨      C. B. Akgül, A. Akin, B. Sankur, Extraction of Cognitive-Related Waveforms from Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Signals, under review Neuroimaging, 2004. (Available software: STAT_TESTS  programs for the testing Gaussianity and stationarity of time series  (move both to Ceyhun) and  SPLINE  programs for spline smoothing)

¨      C. B. Akgül, B. Sankur, A. Akin, Spectral analysis of event-related hemodynamic responses in functional near infrared spectroscopy, under review, Journal of Neuroscience, 2004.

¨      E. C. Guler, B. Sankur, Y. P. Kahya, S. Raudys, Two-stage classification of respiratory sound patterns, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2004. 

¨      U. Emir, C. Akgül, A. Akin, A. Ertuzun, B. Sankur, K. Harmanci, Wavelet Denoising vs ICA Denoising for Functional Optical Imaging, Proc. 1st Intern. IEEE EMBS Conf. On Neural Engineering, 384-387, March 20-22, 2003, Italy.

¨      M. Altinkaya, H. Delic, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Subspace-Based Frequency Estimation of Sinusoidal Signals in Alpha-Stable Noise, Signal Processing, 82(11), 151-171, November, 2002.

¨      H. Caglar, S. Güntürk, E. Anarim, B. Sankur, Permutation Based Design of Orthogonal Block Transforms and Filter Banks, Multidimensional Systems and Processing,  12, 63-79, 2001.  

¨      V. Valev, P. Radeva, B. Sankur, Generalized Non-Reducible Descriptors, ICPR'2000, 15th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 5-8 September, Barcelona, Spain.

¨      C. Güler, B. Sankur, Y. Kahya, Visual Classification of Medical Data Using MLP Mapping,  Computers in Biology and Medicine, 28, 275-287, 1998.

¨      M. Altinkaya, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Effect of Prefiltering for Tone Estimation, Elektrik: Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer, 6, 23-35, 1998.

¨      Koksaldi E., B. Sankur, S. Seker, Information Extraction from the Radiation of VDU's by Pattern Recognition Methods, EMC'98: Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference, 678-683, Rome, 1998.

¨      Y.P. Kahya, E.C. Güler, B. Sankur, S. Raudys, Hierarchical Classification of Respiratory Sounds, IEEE EMBS'98: 20th Annual Inter. Conference of IEEE in Medicine and Biology Society, 1598-1601, Honkong, 1998.

¨      Y. Kahya, C. Güler, C. Ozcan, B. Sankur, Classification of Respiratory Sounds Using Crackle Parameters, EMBS'96: 18. Int. Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pap. 4.2.2.10, 31 Oct. - 3 Nov.1996, Amsterdam.

¨      C. Güler, B. Sankur, Y. Kahya, M. Skurichina, S. Raudys, Classification of Respiratory Sound Patterns by Means of Cooperative Neural Networks, EUSIPCO-96, 8. European Signal Processing Conference, p. 859-862, September 10-13, 1996, Trieste, Italy.

¨      M. A. Altinkaya, H. Delic, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Frequency Estimation of Sinusoidal Signals in Alpha Stable Noise Using Subspace Techniques, Statistical Signal and Array Processing Workshop, 24-26 June 1996, Corfou, Greece.

¨      C. Güler, B. Sankur, Y. Kahya, Multiresolution Biological Transient Extraction Applied to Respiratory Crackles, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol.26, pp. 25-39, 1996.

¨      H. Caglar, S. Güntürk, E. Anarim. B. Sankur, Matched Block Transform Design Technique, EUSIPCO-96, 8. European Signal Processing Conference, pp. 1155-1158, September 10-13, 1996, Trieste, Italy.

¨      H. Caglar, S. Güntürk, E. Anarim, B. Sankur, A New Permutation-Based Orthogonal Block and Lapped Transform Design Technique, ECCTD'95: European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, p. 825-828, Istanbul, July, 1995.

¨      Celasun, E. Anarim, B.Sankur, H. Caglar, .Design of 2-D M-Band Nonseparable Linear Phase Perfect Reconstruction Filter Banks, ECCTD'95: European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, p. 175-179, Istanbul, July, 1995.

¨      B. Sankur, Y.P. Kahya, E. C. Güler,  T. Engin, Comparison of AR Based Algorithms for Respiratory Sound Classification, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 4, pp. 67 - 76, 1994.

¨      H. Caglar, O. Alkin, E. Anarim, B. Sankur,  New Efficient Shuffled Block Transform Design Technique, Electronic Letters, 30, 834-835, May 1994.

¨      E. Anarim, B. Sankur,  H. Caglar, I. Celasun, Design of Nonseparable 2-D Linear Phase Filter Banks via Shuffling Operations, Electronic Letters, 30, 843-844, Mayis, 1994.

¨      H. Caglar, O. Alkin, E. Anarim, B. Sankur, Shuffle Based M-Band Filter Bank Design, SPIE Symposium on Visual Communication and Image Processing’94 (Vol. 2308, p. 994-1004, 25-28 Sept. 1994, Chicago.

¨      K. Harmanci, E. Anarim, H. Caglar, B. Sankur, 2-D Nonseparable PR Filter Bank Design Based on Bernstein Polynomial Approximation, SPIE Sym.  Visual Communication and Image Processing’94 (Vol. 2308), p. 513-523, 25-28 Sept. 1994, Chicago

¨      H. Caglar, O. Alkin, B. Sankur, E. Anarim, Design of M-Channel Transform Bases with Maximum Regularity, EUSIPCO'94: 7. European Sig. Proc. Conf., 1022-1025, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13-16 Sept. 1994.

¨      E. Anarim, B. Sankur, H. Caglar, I. Celasun, Shuffling Based Design Technique for Nonseparable Linear Phase 2-D Filter Banks, EUSIPCO'94: 7. European Sig. Proc. Conf., 323-326, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13-16 Sept. 1994.

¨      C. Güler, B. Sankur, Y. Kahya, T. Engin, Transient Detection by a Time-Scale Representation Applied to Biological Signals, EUSIPCO'94: 7. European Sig. Proc. Conf., 892-896, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13-16 Sept. 1994.

¨      B. Sankur, Y. Kahya, C. Güler, T. Engin, Feature Extraction and Classification of Nonstationary Signals Based on the Multiresolution Signal Decomposition, ICPR'94: Int. Con. Pattern Recognition, 592-595, Jerusalem, 1994.

¨      Anarim, E., Sankur.B., Robust Detection by AR  Frequency Estimation, Signal Processing 30, 271-277, 1993.

¨      Y.Kahya, C.Güler, B.Sankur, T.Engin, Detection and Clustering Analysis of Crackles in Respiratory Sounds , EMBS'92: 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2527-2528, Paris, France, Oct. 29-Nov.1, 1992

¨      E.Barendregt, B.Sankur, C.Ince, H.A. Bruining, Analysis of Respiratory Sounds During Induced ARDS in Pigs, EMBS'92: 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2537-2538, Paris, France, Oct. 29- Nov. 1, 1992.

¨      Caglar, H. , B. Sankur, Anarim, E., Matched Wavelet Design and Coding Gain Performance, MDSP'93: 8’th IEEE  Conf. on Multidimensional Signal Processing, pp.144-145,  Sept. 1993, France.

¨      Tugbay, N. B. Sankur, Classification and Analysis of Digital Modulation Schemes Using Wigner-Ville Distribution, GRETSI'89: Proc. 12. Colloque Gretsi, June 1989, Nice, France.

¨      Aktar, M., Sankur.B., Y. Istefanopulos, Properties of the Maximum Likelihood and Piserenko Spectral Estimates, Signal Processing, 8, 401-413, (1985).

 

 

Communications and Networks

 

¨      C. Evci, K. Ciliz, E. Anarim, B. Sankur, Wireless Netwoeks in Turkey: A jewel in the crowd, Alcatel Telecommunications Review, 3rd Quarter, 2004.

¨      H. Yilmaz, B. Sankur, Internet Over Digital Video Broadcast: Performance Issues, 4th Eurasip Conf. On Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications, 2-4 July 2003, Zagreb, Croatia.

¨      H. Delic, P. Kazakos, B. Sankur, Wireless Networks: New Directions in Signalling, Transmission, Network Management and Traffic Modelling, BAS'96: First Symposium on Computer Networks, p.199-203, Mayis 30-31, 1996, Istanbul.

¨      N. Ince, D. Willemsen, B. Sankur, Planning and Architectural Design of Integrated Services Digital Network, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 445 pp., April 1995.

¨      Kalyoncu, H., B. Sankur,  Design and Performance Evaluation of Picture Archival and Communication Systems, Simulation, vol. 34,  pp. 77-90, Febuary 1995.

¨      Sankur, B., H. Kalyoncu, Simulated Performance of the TCP Protocol for Wideband Multimedia Applications, ICT'94: International Telecomunications Conference, p. 151-155, Jan. 9-12, Dubai,

¨      H. Kalyoncu, B. Sankur, Use of Object Oriented Programming Techniques in the Simulation of Complex Systems, SIMTEC'93: Proc. 1993 International Simulation Technology Conference,  223-228, Nov. 7-10, 1993.

¨      B.Sankur, H.Kalyoncu, Estimation of Survivability of Communication Networks, Electronic Letters, 28, 1790-1792, 1992.

¨      H.Kalyoncu, B.Sankur, Estimation of the Survivability of Communications Networks, ISCIS'91: Proc. 6th. International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, 505-515, Antalya, Türkiye, 30 Oct. -2 Nov. 1991.

¨      Kalyoncu, H., B.Sankur, Traffic Modelling of PACS Systems, ISCIS'90: 5.Int. Symp. Computer and Information Sciences, 1990, Cappadocia.

¨      Sankur, B., C.Bückün, Switching System in TAFICS (Turkish Armed Forces Integrated Comm. System), TAFICS Project Office Report, NC, 220 pp, June 1989.

¨      Sankur, B., P.Axon, C.Bückün, TAFICS Timing and Synchronization System, TAFICS Project Office Report, NC, 114 pp. Jan. 1989.

¨      Sankur, B., C.Bückün, TAFICS Interopability, TAFICS Project Office Report, NC, 87 pp., Jan. 1989.

¨      Aykut, M., B.Sankur, Enhancement of Message Handling Services in the Military Environment, ISCIS'88: 3.Int. Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences, 52-59, Oct. 1988, Izmir.

¨      Sankur, B., H. Mutluay, New Telecommunication Services in the OSI Context and the Status of Turkey, OECD ICCP Seminar on Information Technology and Economic Development, November 1986, Istanbul.

¨      Bilgekul, H., Sankur.B., Conditionally Nonparametric Rank Correlation Detector for Random Signal Detection, Archive für Elektronik und Übertrangungstechnik, 35, 192-196, 1981.

¨      Sankur, B., J.W. Modestino, Receiver Performance in Impulsive Noise, Archive für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 36, 111-118, (1982)

¨      Modestino, J.W. B.Sankur, Modelling and Analysis of Impulsive Noise. Archive für Elektronik and Übertragungtechnick, 35, 481-488 (1981)

¨      Basar, T. Ü., B. Sankur, H. Abut, Performance Bounds and Optimal Linear Coding for Discrete-Time Multichannel Communication Systems, IEEE Trans. Information Theory, IT-26, 212-217, (1980)

¨      Sankur, B., J.M. Modestino, Modeling and Analysis of Impulse Noise, Proc. NATO Advanced Study Institute on Comm. Systems and Random Process Theory, J.K.Skwirzynksi, Ed. Leyden, Netherlands, A.W. Sijthhoff, 619-636 (1977)

¨      Basar, T., B. Sankur., H. Abut, Performance Bounds on Optimal Linear Coding for Discrete-Time Multichannel Communication Systems, Inter. Information Theory Symp. 1979, Florence, Italy.

¨      Sankur, B., Characteristic Functions in Communication System Analysis, Canadian Comm. Power Conference, 50-53, Montreal, Canada, 1978

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION
 

         • Ph.D, Dept. Electrical and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA (1972-1976).

         • M.S., Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA. (1970-1972).

         • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, (1966-1970).

 

 

 

VISITING POSITIONS