Dr. Ayşın Baytan Ertüzün

Professor

 

 

Boğaziçi University

Signal and Image Processing Laboratory (BUSIM)

Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISL)

Computer Architecture and Systems Laboratory (CASLAB)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

 

 

 

Contact Information

 

Work:    Boğaziçi University                                                

              Department of Electrical and                                                 

              Electronic Engineering                                                           

               Bebek 34342, Istanbul, TURKEY                                        

Phone:   90-212-3596852                                                      

Fax:       90-212-2872465                                                      

Email:    ertuz@boun.edu.tr

URL:     http://www.busim.ee.boun.edu.tr/~ertuzun/
 
 
Education
 
Ph.D.      Electrical and Electronic Engineering,                                                              October 1989

               Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TURKEY          

Thesis:    “Modelling of Autoregressive Fields by Two-Dimensional Lattice Filters and Their Entropy Properties”,

               Advisor: Prof. Erdal Panayırcı

 

M.Eng    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,                                      January 1984

         McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA                       

Thesis:    “Adaptive Equalization of Telephone Channels in Time and Frequency Domains”,

               Advisor: Prof. K.M. Wong

 

B.S         Electrical Engineering,                                                                                      June 1981

               Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TURKEY

 

 

 

Academic Positions

 

·         Full Professor                          Boğazici University             July 2006-

·         Associate Professor                 Boğaziçi University             April 1994-July 2006

·         Associate Professorship title                                                Oct. 1992

·         Assistant Professor                 Boğaziçi University             Oct.1990-April 1994

·         Instructor                                Boğaziçi University             Feb.1990-Oct.1990

·         Research Assistant                  Boğaziçi University             May1988-Feb.1990

·         Research and Teaching           McMaster University           Sept.1981-Sept.1984

      Assistant                                

 

 

Research Interests

 

·         Independent component analysis

·         Blind signal processing

·         Bayesian source separation and estimation

·         Particle filters

·         Adaptive systems with applications to communications, image processing, and texture analysis

·         Applications of wavelets and multiwavelets

·         Higher order statistics

 

 

Subjects and Courses taught

 

Undergraduate Courses

EE 200                                    Electrical Production Methods and Graphics

EE 201                                    Electrical Circuits I

EE 202                                    Electrical Circuits II

EE 210                                    Electrical Engineering

EE 211                                    Principles of Electrical Engineering

EE 212                                    Principles of Electronic Engineering

EE 313                                    Probability for Electrical Engineers

EE 373                                    Signals and Systems

EE 374                                    Communication Engineering

EE 471                                    Communication Engineering  I

EE 472                                    Communication Engineering II

EE 473                                    Introduction to Digital Signal Processing

EE 477                                    Digital Communications

EE 478                                    Introduction to Information Theory

EE 496                                    Special Topics (Digital Filters)*

 

Graduate Courses

EE 570                                    Spectral Analysis

EE 577(EE572)                       Statistical Signal Analysis

EE 573                                    Digital Signal Processing

EE 671                                    Information Theory and Coding

EE 686(EE 670)                      Adaptive Signal Processing

EE 694                                    Special Topics (Advance Adaptive Signal Processing)*

EE 583                                    Special Topics (Independent Component Analysis)*

EE 58A                                   Special Topics (Optimal Filtering in Signal Processing)*

 

      *first time course offering

 

 

Honors and Awards

 

·         Boğaziçi University Academic Incentive Award (2007)

·         Boğaziçi University Academic Incentive Award (2006)

·         Co-advisor (with E.E. Kuruoglu) on IEEE Best Student  Paper Award, given by the Organizing Committee  of Signal Processing and Applications Conference, for the paper titled “Zamanla Değişen Özbağlanımlı Cauchy Süreçlerinin Parçacık Süzgeçleri ile Kestirimi”, Proc. 12t IEEE-Signal Processing and Applications Conf. (IEEE-SIU 2005), May 16-18,  2005, Kayseri, Turkey.

·         Boğaziçi University Academic Incentive Award (2002)

·         Boğaziçi University Academic Incentive Award (2001)

·         Boğaziçi University Academic Incentive Award (2000)

·         Research  Assistantship, Boğaziçi University (1988-1990)

·         First Class Standing, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University (1984)

·         Research  and Teaching Assistantships, McMaster University (1981-1984)

·         Honor Student, Faculty of Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Turkey (1981)

 

 

Memberships and Professional Activities

 

·         Referee (SCI-E Journals)

−   IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

−   IEEE Signal Processing Letters

−   IEEE Transactions on Circuit and Systems Part II

−   IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

−   IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

−   Signal Processing - Elsevier Publications

−   EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing  (EURASIP-JASP)

−   Signal Image and Video Processing

−   Pattern Recognition

−   IEE Proceedings  Vision, Image and Signal Processing

−   International Journal on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

  • Referee (National Journals)

−   TÜBİTAK Elektrik Dergisi

−   Anadolu University Journal

−   Gazi University Journal of Engineering and Architecture

−   Marmara University Journal of Science Institute

  • Referee (Conferences): EUSIPCO, ICPR, ELECO, SIU, MRCS
  • Member

−   IEEE  Signal Processing Society

−   IEEE  Communications Society

−   IAPR –  International Association of Pattern Recognition

−   IEICE – The Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineers

−   TOTIAD – Turkish Pattern Recognition and Image Understanding Society

−   Task Force of the IEEE Intelligent Systems Applications Technical Committee, 2006-2007.

  • Organizer Committee Member

−   ISPA 2007- 5th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, Istanbul, Turkey, September 27-29, 2007.

−   EMBC 2001 – 23rd Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering  in Medicine and Biology Society,

−   Istanbul, Turkey, October 25-28, 2001.

−   NSIP 99 –IEEE–EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, Antalya, Turkey, June 20-23, 1999.

  • Technical Committee Member

−   EUSIPCO 2005 – 13th European Signal Processing Conference, Antalya, Turkey, 4-8 September, 2005.

−   SIU  – Sinyal İşleme ve Uygulamaları Kurultayı –  1996-present

  • Program Committee Member

−   UCI 2007 – IEEE International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence, Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-23, 2007

 

Educational Activities

 

·         Member of the Curriculum Committee, Boğaziçi University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1993-present

·         Member of the Ph. D. Qualifying Exam Committee, Boğaziçi University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2000-2005.

 

 

Administrative Activities

 

  • Member of the Executive Committee of Boğaziçi University              2006-

Research Fund

  • Assistant Director of Institute for Graduate Studies in                        2002-2006

      Sciences and Engineering

  • Member of Board of Institute for                                                          2002-2006

Graduate Studies in Sciences and Engineering

  • Member of the Executive Committee of Institute for                           2002-2006

Graduate Studies in Sciences and Engineering

  • Vice chairperson of the Department of Electrical and                          1998-2000

Electronic Engineering                                                                                                                                         

 

 

Invited International Seminars

 

 

Industrial Courses

 

·         “Signals and their Representations, Sampling and Quantization, Adaptive Filters, Digital Modulation”, Turkish Electric Company, Istanbul September, 1990.

 

 

Funded Projects (Ongoing)

 

  • Project Title: “Gezgin Robotlarda İlgiye Dayalı Ortam Algılama, Hareket ve Koordinasyon”, 2007-2010. Funding agent: Turkish Scientific Research Council (TUBITAK).  Investigator.
  • Project Title: “Zaman Serisi Modelleme ile Bayesçi Kaynak Ayrıştırması”, 2007-2009. Funding agent: Turkish Scientific Research Council (TUBITAK). Primary investigator and director
  • Project Title: “