Experience
Administrative and Professional Activities
- Founder and Share Holder, Simsoft Ltd. Şti., www.simsoft.com.tr, ODTÜ-KOSGEB TEKMER, (April 2006 - )
- Director, ODTÜ-TSK MODSİMMER, www.modsim.metu.edu.tr, (January 2006 - )
- Consultant to General Manager: Meteksan Sistem A.Ş. (May 2005 – July 2005).
- Director of Simulation and Visual Systems Division: Meteksan Sistem A.Ş. (May 2003 - 2005).
- Production and R&D Director: Mobilsoft A.Ş. (May 2001 – May 2003 ).
- Distance Education and R&D Manager: Meteksan Sistem., (July 2000 - May 2001).
- Founder Member and Project Manager: TSK-ODTÜ-MODSİMLAB: Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Middle East Technical University, 1998.
- Founder Member and Manager: İDEA (Web Based Asynchronous Distance Education) METU Virtual Campus, , (February 1998 - May 1999).
- Founder Member and Group Manager: Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Group:, TÜBITAK- METU - BILTEN, (November 1996 - June 1999).
- Assistant Professor: Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University (1997 - 2000).
- Instructor: Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University (September '96 - January '97).
- Research Associate: (June '96 - Sep '96) Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University.
- Research Fellow: (May '95 - May '96) Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
- Instructor: (January '91 - May '95) Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent Üniversitesi.
- Research Assistant: (September'87 - January '91) Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent Üniversitesi.
- Programmer: (June '86 - September '87) Computer Center, ASELSAN (Military Electronics Company), Ankara
Projects Supervised and Involved
- Project Manager: Stinger Missile Simulator (contract with ASELSAN), Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2002 - 2003).
- Project Initiator and Consultant: Traffic Education Simulator – Trafikent Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001 - 2002).
- Project Initiator and Consultant: A Synchronous Broadband Internet Based Distance Education Platform, Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001 - 2002).
- Project Initiator and Consultant: A Synchronous Broadband Internet Based Distance Education Platform, Mobilsoft A.Ş. (2001 - 2002).
- Coordinator: İDEA (Web Based Distance Education): METU Virtual Campus, , (1998 - 2000).
- Project Manager: DANS: Internet School 1.0, A Web-based Distance Education Platform, , Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council -METU-Bilten, (1997 - 1999).
- Project Manager: Weather Forecast Presentation System 1.0 for TV Channels, , Tübitak-ODTÜ-Bilten, (1997 - 1999).
- Developer: Enhancing Teaching Over Internet at METU, Univeristy Research Grant, (1997 - 1998).
- Developer: Distributed Interactive Simulation, Univeristy Research Grant, (1997 - 1998).
- Project Manager: Multi-Resolution Modeling for Complex Environments, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council -EEEAG 225, (1997 - 1998).
- Researcher: Development of Parallel Rendering and Animation System; Supported By: Intel Supercomputer Systems Division Grant no. SSD100791-2 and TÜBITAK Grant No. EEEAG-5, (1991-1994).
Scientific Meetings and Activities Contributed
- NATO Modeling and Simulation Group Member (2006 - )
- Expert Evaluator, EC FP6 FET Work Programme on Mixed Reality, (April 2005).
- Conference Coordinator, Computer Games Conference and Fair, (E-Oyun 2002 Sergi ve Konferansı, Askeri Müze), İstanbul, 14-16 June 2002.
- Member of Program Committee, BTIE 2002, ODTÜ, 20-22 May 2002.
- Chair of Program Committee: USEE-SM Workshop, Upgrading Science and Engineering Education for Southern Mediteranian Universities, Supported by European Union, UNESCO, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council and Middle East Technical University, Bilten, 4-8 October 1999.
- Member of Program Committee: ISCIS'99: The International Symposium on Computer And Information Sciences, İzmir, October 1999.
- Member of Program Committee: ISCIS'98: The International Symposium on Computer And Information Sciences, Antalya, October 1998.
- Member of Program Committee: Advances in Multimedia Information Systems, İstanbul, May 1998.
- Member of Organizing Committee: ATARV-93: The First Bilkent Computer Graphics Conference on ``Advanced Techniques in Animation, Rendering, and Visualization'' Ankara, July 1993.