KAMER ALI YUKSEL

kamer@sabanciuniv.edu GSM: +90 (532) 5268460

Research Interests
Human-computer Interaction, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Ubiquitous / Wearable Computing, Intelligent / Multi-modal Interfaces

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University (SU), Istanbul, Turkey (Sep 2010Present) Full Scholarship, 3.97/4.00 GPA (High Honors Degree), Expected in Sep 2013. Dissertation: Novel Interaction Devices and Techniques for Ubiquitous Computing Environments, Funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Supervised by Prof. Dr. Aytul Ercil M.Sc., Computational Neuroscience, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Technical University of Berlin & Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (Sep 2009Feb 2010; Left) B.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, SU (Sep 2005Jan 2009), Academic Success Scholarship, 3.24/4.00 GPA (Honors Degree). Graduation Project: Urban Modeling, Real-Time 3D Simulation of the vehicle and pedestrian traffic of a transit center in Istanbul using real data from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Supervised by Dr. Selim Balcisoy

Experience

PhD Intern in Socio-Digital Systems Group, Microsoft Research Cambridge (MSRC), Research Project: Confidential, Supervised by Dr. Richard Harper & Dr. Abigail Sellen, Jun 2011Oc 2011 Co-Instructor of Wireless & Mobile Programming (Summer) Course, Teaching Assistant in Computer Vision (Fall) and Arts & Computing (Spring) Courses, Sep 2010Present Researcher in Computer Vision and Pattern Analysis Laboratory (VPALAB), Research Project: VIPSAFE: Visual Monitoring for Improving Patient Safety, Supervised by Prof. Dr Aytul Ercil (SU), May 2010Present Researcher in Quality and Usability Group, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs), Research Project: MagiThings: Interaction with Mobile Devices via Magnetic Sensor, Supervised by Dr. Hamed Ketabdar, Technische Universitat Berlin (TUB), Sep 2009May 2010 Researcher in Computer Graphics Laboratory (CGLAB), Supervised by Dr. Selim Balcisoy (SU), Sep 2008Sep 2009 Intern in Security Competence Center (CCSEC), Distributed Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (DAI-Labor), Research Project: Securing Android-based Devices (T-Labs), Supervised by Prof. Dr. Sahin Albayrak, Jun 2008Sep 2008 Web Developer in European Writing Center Association (EWCA), Supervised by Dilek Tokay, SU Writing Center, Jun 2007Jun 2008

Achievements

Winner of the Silver Prize in MobileHCI 2011 Design Competition Finalist of the birFIKRINmiVAR? Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest Scholar of the Erasmus Lifelong Learning Program (LLP) for Internship Winner of the Traditional SU Game Programming Competition Scholar of the Sakip Sabanci Encouragement Scholarship for Academic Success

Publications
1. 2012 Present "Real-time Feature-based Image Morphing for Memory-Efficient Impostor Rendering and Animation on GPU, In Proceedings of the International Journal on Computer Graphics, The Visual Computer, Journal no. 371, DOI: 10.1007/s00371-012-0718-8 "AVIEM: an Audio Visual Emotion Library, In Proceedings of the Intellect Metaverse Creativity Journal, Volume 1 / Issue 2 "An Interface for Emotional Expression in Audio-Visuals", In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2012), Ann Arbor "Digital Sound Synthesis via Parallel Evolutionary Optimization (in Turkish), In Proceedings of the IEEE 20th Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2012), Fethiye "Using Electromagnetic Input for Multi-user or Two-handed Spatial Gestural Interaction based on the Digital Compass", Submitted to the 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2012), Pittsburgh Sketch-based 3D Model Retrieval for Augmented Reality Indoor/Outdoor Environment Modeling via Mobile Devices, Submitted to the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2012), Atlanta 2011 2012 "Digital Music Performance for Mobile Devices Based on Magnetic Interaction", In Proceedings of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM). 11/2011; 60(11): 3524-3533. "Using Image Morphing for Memory-Efficient Impostor Rendering on GPU", In Proceedings of the International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW 2011), Calgary "Prototyping Input Controller for Touch-less Interaction with Ubiquitous Environments", In Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2011), Stockholm "Designing Mobile Phones using Silent Speech Input and Auditory Feedback", In Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2011), Stockholm "Augmenting Conversations through Context-Aware Multimedia Retrieval based on Speech Recognition", In Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval (HCIR 2011), Mountain view "Parallel Evolutionary Optimization of Digital Sound Synthesis Parameters", In Proceedings of the European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation in (EvoApplications 2011), the main European Events on Evolutionary Computation (EvoStar 2011), Torino "A Software Platform for Genetic Algorithms based Parameter Estimation on Digital Sound Synthesizers", In Proceedings of the 26th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2011), Taichung "MagiMusic: Using Embedded Compass (Magnetic) Sensor for Touch-less Gesture based Interaction with Digital Music Instruments in Mobile Devices", In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI 2011), Funchal Touchless Magnetic Interaction with Mobile Devices (in Turkish), In Proceedings of the IEEE 19th Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2011), Antalya 2010 2011 "Towards Digital Music Performance for Mobile Devices Based on Magnetic Interaction", In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2010 (HAVE 2010), Phoenix "MagiSign: User Identification/Authentication Based on 3D Around Device Magnetic Signatures", In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM 2010), Florence

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18. MagiWrite: Towards Touchless Digit Entry Using 3D Space Around Mobile Devices, In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2010), Lisboa 19. Towards Using Embedded Magnetic Field Sensor for Around Mobile Device 3D Interaction, In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2010), Lisboa 20. MagiEntertain: Mobile Entertainment Interaction Based on Magnetic Field, In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Game and Entertainment Technologies 2010, Freiburg 21. MagiTact: Interaction with Mobile Devices Based on Compass (Magnetic) Sensor, In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2010), Hong Kong 22. Smart Ring: Controlling Call Alert Functionality Based on Audio and Movement Analysis, In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2010), Hong Kong 2008 2010 23. Adaptive Behavioral Modeling for Crowd Simulations, In Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2009), Amsterdam 24. Static Analysis of Executables for Collaborative Malware Detection on Android, In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2009), Dresden 25. Enhancing Security of Linux-based Android Devices, In Proceedings of the 15th International Linux System Technology Conference (Linux-Kongress 2008), Hamburg 26. Monitoring Android for Collaborative Anomaly Detection: A First Architectural Draft, Technical Report: TUB-DAI 08/08-02, Technical University of Berlin / DAI-Labor

Technical Skills

15+ years of programming experience C, C++, C#, Obj-C, Java, Obj-Pascal, Phyton, PHP, Ruby, ASP.NET, MATLAB, ActionScript, OpenGL, OpenCV, DirectX, OpenCL, Nvidia CUDA, Nvidia PhysX, GLSL, HLSL, CG, Winsock, AJAX, HTML5, CSS, Visual Studio.NET, Apple X-Code, Eclipse, Borland Delphi, Subversion, Git, MS Windows, MS Windows Mobile, Linux, MacOS X, IPhone OS, Google Android,

Graduate Courses
Artificial Intelligence, Visualization & Real-time Rendering, Information Retrieval, Wireless Network Security, Distributed Systems, Automated Debugging, Interaction Design, Opinion Mining, Pattern Recognition, Physical Computing, Sound Computing, Virtual Reality, Machine Learning, Data Mining

Languages:
Turkish (Native), English (Fluent), French (Proficient), German (Elementary)

Activities
Committee Member of Kinect in Pervasive Computing (2012) and Computer Science Student (2010 2012) Workshops, Executive Member at SU Computer Club (20042009), Reviewer at Conferences (ISWC 2011, CGI 2012, Pervasive 2012), Student Volunteer at Conferences (SecureComm 2008, MobileHCI 2010, ICPR 2010, TEI 2011), SU Representative of National Computer Engineering Students Congress (20062009), Player of Turkish National Starcraft Team (20042006), Volunteer at Darulaceze Kayisdagi Children Orphanage (20042005) References are available upon request.