İLKAY ULUSOY

 

Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems Research Lab.,

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department,

Middle East Technical University,

Ankara, Turkey

http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~ilkay/

http://vision1.eee.metu.edu.tr/~vision/

ilkay@metu.edu.tr

ph: 90-312-210 4428

fax: 90-312 210 2304

EDUCATION:

 

1997-2003

Middle East Technical University,

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department,

Ankara, Turkey

Ph.D.

 

Thesis title: ‘Active Stereo Vision: Depth Perception for Navigation, Environmental Map Formation and Object Recognition’

1994-1996

The Ohio State University,

Biomedical Engineering Department,

Columbus, OH, USA

M.S.

Thesis title: ‘Control of a Model Arm Using Neural Networks’

 

1990-1994

Middle East Technical University,

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department

Ankara, Turkey

B.S.

Computer and Telecommunications option

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

November 2007 -

Middle East Technical University,

Institute of Applied Mathematics,

Ankara, Turkey

 

Asst. Director

June 2005-

Middle East Technical University,

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department, Ankara, Turkey

 

Assistant Prof.

June 2004-November 2004

Microsoft Research Cambridge,

Cambridge, UK

 

Post Doc. Researcher

Host: Christopher M. Bishop

2003-

Middle East Technical University,

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department, Ankara, Turkey

 

Lecturer

4 months in 2000

University of York, Computer Science Department, York, UK

Visiting Researcher

Host: Edwin R. Hancock

 

1998-2003

 

Middle East Technical University,

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey

Research and Teaching Assistant

1997-1998

Siemens, Ankara, Turkey

Project Manager

Autumn 1997

Baskent University,

Electrical Engineering Department

Ankara, Turkey

Lecturer

1996-1997

General Electric, Ankara, Turkey

Sales Engineer

Summer 1996

The Ohio State University,

Cognitive Science Department,

Columbus, OH, USA

Summer Fellow

Advisor: D. Wang

 

Summer 1996

The Ohio State University,

Medical School Hospital,

Columbus, OH, USA

Summer Training in the Biomedical Engineering Department

1994-1996

Bertec Co., Columbus, OH, USA

Design Engineer

1994-1996

The Ohio State University,

Biomedical Engineering Department,

Columbus, OH, USA

Research Assistant

Advisor: N. Berme

 

 

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

 

1.        TUBİTAK (1001)  - 105E127 Multipurpose Automatic Underwater Vehicle (ULİSAR) (Researcher)

2.        BAP 2008-  Inverse problem solution and optimization for estimating the parameters of a facial soft tissue model (Kişiye özel yüz yumuşak doku modeli parametrelerinin bulunması için optimizasyon ve geri çözüm) (Director) (Joint project with METU IAM)

3.        TÜBİTAK (1001)– 105E128 Fusion of different imaging modalities for 3D human head modeling which includes characteristic hard and soft tissue information as well as realistic photographic view (Director)

4.        BAP - 2005-03-01-01 Active Reconstruction for 3D Modelling (Director)

5.        BAP-2004-03-01-02 Camera Calibration for Active 3D Reconstruction of Indoor Environment  (Researcher)

6.        BAP-2002-03-01-05 Active Robot Vision (Researcher)

7.        BAP-2002-07-04-04 Face Recognition and Modelling (Researcher)

8.        AFP-2000.07.04.01 Active Vision and Navigation in 3D Virtual Environment (Researcher)

 

 

CURRENT PROJECTS:

 

9.        TUBİTAK (1001) – Information System for Personal Video (Researcher) (Joint Project with METU CENG)

10.    BAP 2008 - Recognition and Segmentation of Objects in 3D Scenes (3B Sahnelerde Nesnelerin Bölütlenmesi ve Kategorize Edilmesi) (Director)

11.    BAP 03-01-2009-01 FPGA Implementation of Stereo Algorithms

 

COURSES TOUGHT:

 

1. EE348 Introduction to Logic Design

2. EE442 Operating Systems

3. EE447 Introduction to Microprocessors

4. Pattern Recognition 2008-1

5. Probabilistic Graphical Models 2008-2

 

COURSES DEVELOPED:

 

EE732 Probabilistic Graphical Models

 

THESIS SUPERVISED:

 

1.      Ugur Zongur, Detection of Airport Runways in Optical Satellite Images (Optik Uydu Görüntülerinde Havaalanı Pistlerinin Tespit Edilmesi), 2009, M.Sc. (Co-Supervisor)

2.      Ömer Eskizara, 3D Geometric Hashing Using Transform Invariant Features (Yer Değiştimeden ve Dönüşümden Bağımsız Öznitelik Kullanılarak 3B Geometrik Kıyım), 2009, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

3.      Aykut Hozatlı, 3D Object Recognition by Geometric Hashing for Robotics Applications (Robotik Uygulamalarına Yönelik Geometrik İndeksleme Yöntemiyle Üç Boyutlu Nesne Tanıma), 2009, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

4.      Serhat Bayrak, Video Stabilization: Digital and Mechanical Approaches (Görüntü Sabileme: Sayısal ve Mekanik Yaklaşımlar), 2008, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

  1. Yavuz Kırlı, 3D Reconstruction of Underwater Scenes from Uncalibrated Video Sequences (Kalibre Edilmemiş Sualtı Video Serisinden 3B Sahne Geriçatımı), 2008, M.Sc. (Supervisor)
  2. Arda Bilgin, Selection and Fusion of Multiple Stereo Algorithms for Accurate Disparity Segmentation (Doğru Derinlik Bölütlemesi için Uygun Stereo Algoritmalarının Seçilmesi ve Kaynaştırılması), 2008, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

7.      Utku Senses, Blur Estimation and Superresolution from Multiple Images, 2008, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

  1. Adnan Kalay,   An Implementation of Mono and Stereo Slam System Utilizing Efficient Map Management Strategy (Etkin Harita Yönetim Stratejisi Kullanan Mono ve Stereo SLAM Sistemi Uygulaması), 2008, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

9.      Murat Yırcı, A Comparative Study on Polygonal Mesh Simplification Algorithms (Poligon Sadeleştirme Algoritmalarının Karşılaştırılması), 2008, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

10.  Abdurrahman Yalcin,    Effect of Shadow in building Detection and Building Boundary Extraction (Bina Belirleme ve Bina Sınırlarını Çıkarmada Gölgenin Etkisi), 2008, M.Sc. (Supervisor)

11.  Hüseyin Yürük, Object Detection from Registered Visual and Infrared Sequences with the Help of Active Contours, M.Sc. METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2007 (Supervisor)

12.  Mustafa Yağcıoğlu, Comparision of 3D Facial Anchor Point Localization Methods, (Üç boyutlu Yüz Nirengi Noktaları Bulan Metodların Karşılaştırılması), M.Sc. METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2007 (Supervisor)

13.  Ali Aydoğan, 3D Synthetic Human Face Modelling Tool Based on T-spline Surfaces, M.Sc. METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2007 (Supervisor)

14.  Ahmet Oğuz Öztürk, 3D Face Reconstruction Using Stereo Images and Structured Light, M.Sc. METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2007 (Co-Supervisor)

15.  Hakan Bayar, Texture Mapping By Multi-Image Blending For 3d Face Models, M.Sc. METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2007 (Co-Supervisor)

16.  Mustafa Özuysal, Manual and Auto Calibration of Stereo Camera Systems, M.Sc. METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2004 (Co-Supervisor)

17.  Zafer Arıcan, Vision Based Robot Localization Using Artificial and Natural Landmarks, M.Sc. METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2004 (Co-Supervisor)

 

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS:

1.      Local Orgnizer for SSPR 2010

2.      Session Chair in Fifth International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2007) September 27-29, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey

3.      Program Committee Cochair in 22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences Middle East Technical University, Cultural and Convention Center, Ankara, Turkey, November 7-9, 2007 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

Computer Vision (Stereo vision, Active vision, Cognitive vision),

Vision applications in robotics,

3D data processing and modeling,

Machine Learning,

Pattern Recognition (2D/3D Object recognition),

Probabilistic graphical models (Discriminative and generative models),

 

ADDITIONAL:

 

TUBITAK Post Doctorate Scholar

TUBITAK BDP Ph.D. Scholar

67th best student in university entrance exam in 1990.

3rd best student of TUBITAK Biology Reward for Highschools, 1989.

Computer Literate (Windows OS, MS Office, C, C++, Matlab).

Fluent English, Beginners German

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

International Journal:

 

1.        Erdem Akagündüz, Mustafa Yağcıoğlu, İlkay Ulusoy, A Transformation Invariant 3D Object Representation Method Applied To 3D Face Detection, 2008 (Submitted)

2.      İlkay Ulusoy, Erdem Akagündüz, Özlem Erdaş, Murat Durmaz, Gerhard Wilhelm Weber, Inverse Solution for Parameter Estimation of a Dynamic Volume Spline Based Facial Skin Model, 2008 (Submitted).

3.      Erdem Akagündüz, İlkay Ulusoy, Anatomic and Dynamic Volume Spline Based Facial Soft Tissue Modeling,  2008 (Submitted)

4.      H. Yürük, I. Ulusoy, Object Detection from Registered Visual and Infrared Sequences with the Help of Active Contours, 2008 (Submitted)

5.      Ulusoy, I., Hancock, E.R, A Statistical Approach to Sparse Multi-scale Phase-Based Stereo, Pattern Recognition, Volume 40 ,  Issue 9, pp. 2504-2520, 2007.

6.      Ulusoy, I., Halici, U., Nalcaci, E., Anac, I., Leblebicioglu, K., Basar-Eroglu, C., Time Frequency Analysis of Visual Evoked Potentials for Inter-Hemispheric Transfer Time and Proportion of Callosal Fibers in Different Diameter. Biological Cybernetics, 90 (4), pp. 291-301, APR 2004.

7.      Ulusoy, I., Parnianpour, M., Berme, N., Simon, S. R., A neural network system with reinforcement learning to control a dynamic arm model. Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 117-123, 2001.

 

International Book Chapter:

 

8.      Ulusoy I., Halici, U., Anaç, I., Nalçacı, E., Basar, C. E., Time Frequency Analysis of VEPs for Inter Hemispheric Transfer Time. In: Brainwaves and Mind: Recent Advances. Arikan, K., Moore, N. (Eds.). Kjellberg, Wheaton, IL, 2004.

 

Editor of a Proceedings or a Special Issue:

 

9.      One of the Editors of  Proceedings of 22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences Middle East Technical University, Cultural and Convention Center, Ankara, Turkey, November 7-9, 2007 

 

International Conference:

 

10.  Ö. Aytekin, İ. Ulusoy, U. Halıcı, Segmentation of High Resolution Satellite Imagery Based on Mean Shift Algorithm  and Morphological  Operations, SPIE Europe Remote Sensing 2009

11.  U. Halıcı, U. Zongur, O. Aytekin, I. Ulusoy, Airport runway detection in satellite images by adaboost learning, SPIE Europe Remote Sensing 2009

12.  Ö. Aytekin, İ. Ulusoy, E.Z. Abacıoğlu, E. Gökçay, Building Detection in High Resolution Remotely Sensed Images Based on Morphological Operators, 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, Space for the Developing World, RAST 2009, İstanbul, Turkey, June 2009.

13.  Ö. Aytekin, A. Erener, İ. Ulusoy, H. Ş. Düzgün, Automatic and Unsupervised Building Extraction in Complex Urban Environments from Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery, 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, Space for the Developing World, RAST 2009, İstanbul, Turkey, June 2009.

14.  S. Aksoy, B. Ozdemir, S. Eckert, F. Kayitakire, M. Pesarasi, O. Aytekin, C.C. Borel, J. Cech, E. Christophe, S. Duzgun, A. Erener, K. Ertugay, E. Hussain, J. Inglada, S. Lefevre, O. Ok, D. Koc¸ S. Radimsara, J. Shan, J. Soman, I. Ulusoy, R. Witz, Performance Evaluation of Building Detection and Digital Surface Model Extraction Algorithms: Outcomes of the PRRS 2008 Algorithm Performance Contest, IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing (PRRS 2008), 2008 , pp. 1-12, Dec. 2008

15.  Akagunduz,E., Erener, A., Ulusoy, I., Duzgun, H.S.B, Deliniation Of Slope Units Based On Scale And Resolution Invariant 3D Curvature Extraction, IGARSS 2008

16.  Erdem Akagündüz, İlkay Ulusoy, "3D Object Representation Using Transform and Scale Invariant 3D Features", Workshop on  3D Representation for Recognition (3dRR-07), ICCV 2007

17.  Erdem Akagündüz, İlkay Ulusoy, “Extraction of 3D Transform and Scale Invariant Patches from Range Scans” 2nd Beyond Patches Workshop “Patches Everywhere” Workshop in conjunction with CVPR 2007.

18.  Erdem Akagündüz, İlkay Ulusoy, Nesli Bozkurt, Uğur Halıcı, “A Physically-based Facial Skin Model to Simulate Facial Expressions on Digitally Scanned 3D Models” IEEE ISCIS 2007.

19.  A.Savran, O.Celiktutan, A.Akyol, J.Trojanova, H.Dibeklioglu, S.Esenlik, N.Bozkurt, C.Demirkır, E.Akagunduz, K.Calıskan, N.Alyuz, B.Sankur, I.Ulusoy, L.Akarun, T. M. Sezgin, 3D face recognition performance under adversorial conditions, in Proc. eNTERFACE’07 Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2007.

20.  Ulusoy I., Bishop C. M., Comparison of Generative and Discriminative Techniques for Object Detection and Classification, Toward Category-Level Object Recognition. LNCS, 4170, pp 173-195, 2006 (invited talk)

21.  Ulusoy, I., Bishop, C. M., Object  recognition via local patch labelling. Deterministic And Statistical Methods In Machine Learning LNAI, 3635, pp. 1-21, 2005. (invited talk)

22.  Ilkay Ulusoy and many others, The 2005 PASCAL Visual Object Classes Challenge. MLCW 2005: 117-176

23.  Ulusoy, I., Bishop, C. M., Generative Versus Discriminative Methods for Object Recognition, CVPR 2005.

24.  Ulusoy, I., Hancock, E.R., Halici, U., Probabilistic Phase Based Sparse Stereo, ICPR 2004.

25.   Ulusoy, I., Halici, U., Leblebicioğlu, K., 3D Cognitive Map Construction by Active Vision in a Virtual World. ISCIS 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3280, pp. 400-409, Springer 2004.

26.  Ulusoy, I., Halici, U., Active Stereo Vision for Object Recognition and Cognitive Map Formation in a Virtual World. CVPR 2003

27.  Ulusoy, I., Halici, U., Leblebicioğlu, K., Simple Object Recognition and Cognitive Map Formation Using Human-Like Vision in a Virtual World. CAMP 2003

28.  Ulusoy, I., Halici, U., Hancock, E. R., Disparity Using Feature Points in Multiscale. SSPR 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2396, pp. 320-328, Springer 2002.

 

International Conference Presentation :

 

29.  Ö. Üçok, I. Ulusoy, E. Akagündüz, E. Akın, F. Örs, Semi Automatic Tool for 3D CT/MR Segmentation of Facial Tissue Layers, 14th Congress of BaSS, 9th Scientific Congress of BgDA, Varna, Bulgaria, May 2009.

30.  Ulusoy, I., Tunçer,  F., Erol, A., Halici, U., Hancock, E. R., Depth Perception and Navigation. NATO-ASI on Learning Theory and Practice, July 8-19 2002, K.U.Leuven, Belgium.

 

National Conference:

 

31.  Murat Yirci, İlkay Ulusoy, Üç Boyutlu İnsan Yüzü Modellerinin Yeniden Düzenli Olarak Modellenmesi, SIU 2009

32.  Erdem Akagündüz, İlkay Ulusoy, HK ve SC Eğrilik Tanımlarının 3B Nesne Tanıma Amacıyla Ölçek Uzaylarında Karşılaştırılması, SIU 2009

33.  Ömer Eskizara, Erdem Akagündüz, İlkay Ulusoy, Geometrik Kıyım Yöntemi ile 3B Nesne Tanıma, SIU 2009.

34.  Nesli Bozkurt, Ugur Halici, İlkay Ulusoy, Erdem Akagündüz, Yüz Tarayıcısı Verilerinin İyileştirilmesi için 3B Veri İşleme, SIU 2009

35.  Adnan Kalay, İlkay Ulusoy, Görüntü Tabanlı Eş Zamanlı Lokalizasyon ve Harita Çıkarma: Mono ve Stereo SLAM, SIU 2009

36.  Murat Yirci, İlkay Ulusoy, Poligonal Basitleştirme Algoritmalarının Karşılaştırılması, SIU 2009

37.  Yavuz Kırlı, Ilkay Ulusoy, Kalibre Edilmemiş Sualtı Videosu Kullanılarak 3 Boyutlu Sahne Geri Çatımı, SIU 2009

38.  Serhat Bayrak, İlkay Ulusoy, Gerçek Zamanlı Görüntü Sabitlemede Birleşik Yöntem, SIU 2009

39.  Arda Bilgin, İlkay Ulusoy, Doğru Derinlik Bölütlemesi İçin Uygun Stereo Algoritmalarının Seçilmesi ve Kaynaştırılması, SIU 2009

40.  E. U. Şenses, İ. Ulusoy, Hizalanmış Çoklu Resimlerden Bulanıklık Tahmini ve Süper Çözünürlüklü İmge Elde Etme, SIU 2009

41.  Ugur Halici, Egemen Agi, Canan Ozgen, Ilkay Ulusoy, Analysis and Classification of EEG Signals for Brain Computer Interfaces, ICON 2008

42.  Akagunduz, E., Eskizara, Ö., Ulusoy, I.,  Yüz Dokusunun Biyomekanik Özelliklerinin Çıkarılması İçin Çoklu Kamera Bazlı Bir Deney, BIYOMUT 2008

43.  Akagunduz, E., Ulusoy, I.,  3B Yüzlerin Ölçek ve Dönüsümden Bagımsız Öznitelikler ile Gösterilmesi, Signal Processing and Communications Applications SIU 2008

44.  Bülent Üstün, Ugur Halici, Ilkay Ulusoy, 3B Çakistirmanin Altuzay Tabanli Yüz Tanima Yöntemlerine Etkisi, Signal Processing and Communications Applications SIU 2008

45.  Ahmet Oguz Öztürk, Ugur Halici, Ilkay Ulusoy, Erdem Akagündüz, Stereo Görüntü ve Yapisal Isik Kaynagi Kullanarak 3B Yüz Geriçatimi, Signal Processing and Communications Applications SIU  2008

46.  Akagunduz, E., Ulusoy, I.,  Bozkurt, N., Halıcı, U., 2.5b Verinin Ölçekten Bağımsız Gösterilmesi, Signal Processing and Communications Applications SIU 2007

47.  İnan T., Ulusoy İ., Halıcı U., Probabilistic Face Pose Estimation, TAINN 2006

  1. Ulusoy I., Bishop C. M., Automatic Relevance Determinatin For The Estimation Of Relevant Features For Object Recognition, SIU 2006
  2. Buyukatalay, S.; Halicl, U.; Akagunduz, E.; Ulusoy, I.; Leblebicioglu, K.;  3D Face Modeling using Multiple Images; Signal Processing and Communications Applications, 2006 IEEE 14th 17-19 April 2006 Page(s):1 - 4 ,
  3. Ulusoy, I. A Generative Model for Multi Class Object Recognition and Detection. TAINN 2005.

51.  Ulusoy, I., Bishop, C. M., Nesne Tanıma ve Yerseme için Üretimsel Bir Model. SIU 2005. (in Turkish)

52.  Halici, U., Ulusoy, I., Leblebicioğlu, K., Erol, A., Ongun, G., Serçe, H., Gönder, Ö., Önder, M., Biyometrik sistemler: Parmakizi ve yüz tanıma. Polis Bilişim 2005. (in Turkish)

53.   Büyükatalay, S., Akagündüz, E., Halıcı, U., Ulusoy, I., Leblebicioğlu, K., 3 Boyutlu yüz modeli oluşturma ve yüz ifadesi içeren konuşma canlandırması. Polis Bilişim 2005. (in Turkish)

54.  Ulusoy, I., Halıcı, U., Hancock, E. R.,  Çoklu Ölçekli Faz Temelli Stereonun Olasılıksal Modellenmesi, SİU 2004, pp. 249-252. (in Turkish)

55.  Türkçe Dudak Hareketlerinin ve Yüz İfadelerinin 3 Boyutlu Ortamda Benzetimi ve Bir Türkçe Ses Makinasıyla Eş Zamanlı Hale Getirilmesi, SIU 2004, pp. 276-279. (in Turkish)

56.  Ulusoy, I., Halici, U., Hancock, E. R., Disparity Using Feature Points in Multiscale, SIU 2002, pp. 512-517. (in Turkish)

57.  Tuncer, F., Halici, U., Ulusoy I.,  Post-filtering Focus Bluring Formation Using Open GL, SIU 2002, pp. 212-215. (in Turkish)

58.  Colakoglu, (Ulusoy) I., Halici, U., Hancock, E. R., Disparity Using Multiscale Phase, Türkiye’de Nörobilimin Bugünü ve Geleceği, p. 26, 2001. (in Turkish)

59.  Colakoglu, (Ulusoy) I., Halici, U., Leblebicioğlu, K., Nalçacı, E., Basar, C. E., Estimation of the Number of Neuron Types Active in the Corpus Collosum Using Visual Evoked Potentials Obtained from the two Hemispheres, 8. SIU, 2000. (in Turkish)

60.  Ulusoy, I., Halici, U., Karakas, S., Leblebicioğlu, K., Atalay, V., Erzengin, U., Classification of EEG Signals of Auditory Stimulus Using Wavelet Transformation in Artificial Neural Networks, 7. SIU, pp. 386-388, 1999. (in Turkish)

61.  Halici, U., Leblebicioğlu, K., Atalay, V., Ulusoy, I., Gürses, E., Image Compression Using Fractal Estimation, 6. SIU, vol. 1, pp. 76-77, 1998. (in Turkish)

 

Technical Report:

 

62.  Ulusoy, I., Wang, D., Motion Perception Using Oscillatory Neuron Pools. Technical Report, The Ohio State University, Cognitive Science Department, 1996.