CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name                           :  E. Turhan TUNALI

 

Office Address              :   International Computer Institute

                                                    Ege University, Bornova IZMIR

                                                    35100 TURKEY

 

Electronic Mail          :   turhan.tunali@ege.edu.tr

 

PERSONAL HOME PAGE  :   http://ube.ege.edu.tr/~tunali

 

Telephone                        :   +90-232-388-7228

 

Fax                                        :   +90-232-388-7230

 

Areas of Interest        :   Video Streaming on the Internet

                                                    Computer Networks

                                        Distributed Computer Systems

                                                    Planning and Control of Robotic Tasks

 

Educational Background:

 

August 1985     D.Sc.   Degree in Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.,

                                      Dissertation title: Identifiability of Nonlinear Systems. Advisor: Prof. T.J. Tarn.

 

January 1980    M.Sc. Degree in Applied Statistics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

 

May 1978         B.Sc.   Degree in Electrical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

 

Academic Experience            :

 

July 2001 to

Present                       Professor and Director, International Computer Institute (ICI), Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

                                    Graduate courses taught: Computer Networks, Data Communication, Distributed Systems, Network Programming

                                    Undergraduate courses taught: Operating Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Computer Architecture

 

September 2000 to

June 2001                   Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Loyola University of Chicago, USA.

                                    Graduate courses taught: Data Communication, Advanced Operating Systems.

 

January 1995 to

August 2000:              Professor and Vice Director, International Computer Institute, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

                                    Graduate courses taught: Robotics, Software Engineering, Algorithms, Data Communication, Operating Systems, Computer Networks I and II.

                                    Committee work included the development of the ICI graduate curriculum.

July 1992 to

June 1994:                  Visiting Senior Fellow, Division of Computer Technology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

                                    Undergraduate courses taught: Robotics, Control and Instrumentation.

October 1988 to

December 1994:         Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Ege University, Turkey.

                                    Undergraduate courses taught: Operating Systems, Digital Systems, Discrete Structures, Computer Architecture, Linear Control Systems.

                                    Graduate courses taught: Theory of Computation, Computer Control of Systems, Robotics.

                                    Committee work included: Revision of the Undergraduate Curriculum; Graduate Committee.

September 1985 to

October 1988:            Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Ege University, Turkey.

                                    Undergraduate courses taught: Circuit Analysis, Circuit Analysis Laboratory, Microprocessors I, Microprocessors I Laboratory, Data Communication, Computer Networks.

January 1983 to

August 1985:              Part-time Instructor, Department of Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University in St.Louis, U.S.A.

                                    Undergraduate courses taught: Introduction to Probability,  Introduction to Statistics.

September 1981 to

August 1985:              Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University in St.Louis, U.S.A.

 

March 1980 to

August 1981:              Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Electronic Computing Science, Ege University, Turkey.

 

 

GRADUATE STUDIES SUPERVISED:

 

Doctoral Studies:       Four students graduated. First is an assistant professor at Halifax-Canada, second is an assistant professor at Koc University-Istanbul, third is an assistant professor at Ege University-Izmir and the last one is a postdoc at Norway. Two more are ongoing. One is expected to graduate this year.

 

Masters Studies:        More than twenty students graduated who mostly work for well-established companies in Istanbul and USA. Four more are ongoing.

 

 

Industrial and consulting Experience        :   

 

September 1997 to

August 2000:              Consultant for ASELSAN Inc. (a leading electronics and communications company in Turkey) Izmir Laboratory.

 

January 1996 to

August 2000:              Project Coordinator of Ege University Administration Automation Software Development Project

 

January 1995 to

December 1996:        Project Coordinator, Bornova Municipality Automation Software Development Project

 

September 1993

to January 1994:        Consultant for Digital Equipment Corporation, Singapore.

 

June 1978 to

September 1978:        Electronic Engineer at IES Inc. (manufacturer of TV sets), Izmir, Turkey

 

GRANTS:

 

q       "Development of a Licence Plate Recognition Software" granted by ASELSAN Inc., Turkey. Amount: USD 6,000, 1999.

q       "Design and Development of an Automation System for Administration and Performance Utilization of Ege University Campus Network" granted by Ege University Research Foundation. Amount: USD 11,000, 1997.

q       "A Microcomputer Based Robot Control System" granted by Ege University Research Foundation. Amount: USD 10,500, 1988.

 

Honors and Scholastic Achievements          :

 

Honor Student (two semesters) at the M.Sc. program at Ege University.

Fulbright Scholar of Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States and Turkey during 1981-1985

 

Professional Affiliations :

 

Member of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Registered Professional Electrical Engineer in Turkey

 

Publications       :

 

International Journal Papers:

  • Ozbek, N., Tekalp, M. and Tunali, T. "Adaptive Inter-View Rate Allocation for Scalable Stereo Video Coding using an Objective Stereo Quality Measure ", submitted to IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, revised June 2007.
  • Cinsdikici, M., Ugur, A. and Tunali,T. (2007) “Automatic number plate information extraction and recognition for intelligent transportation system” The Imaging Science Journal, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 102-113.
  • Ozbek, N. and Tunali, E.T. (2006) “On Optimal Receiver Buffer Size In Adaptive Internet Video Streaming” Journal of Zhejiang University, Vol. 7, ISSN 1009-3095, pp.112-118.
  • Tunali, T. and Anar, K. (2006) “Adaptive Available Bandwidth Estimation for Internet Video Streaming” Signal Processing: Image Communication, Elsevier Science, Vol.21 Issue 3, pp. 217-234.
  • Kardas, G. and Tunali, T. (2006)“Design and Implementation of a Smart Card Based Healthcare Information  System", Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 81, pp. 66-78.
  • Ozbek, N. and Tunali, T. (2005) “A Survey on the H264/AVC Standard” Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Vol. 13, 287-302.
  • Tunali, T., Kantarci, A. and Ozbek, N. (2005) “Robust Quality Adaptation for Internet Video Streaming”, Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 27, pp. 341-357, Springer Science.
  • Tunali, T., Ozbek, N., Anar, K. and Kantarci, A. “Bandwidth-Aware Scaling For Internet Video Streaming” , ISCIS 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 3280, pp. 157-166.

·         Kantarci, A., Özbek, N. and Tunali, T. (2004) “Rate Adaptive Video Streaming Under Lossy Network Conditions” Signal Processing: Image Communication, Elsevier Science, Vol. 19/6, pp. 479-497.

·         Tunali, T. and Zincir-Heywood, N. (2004) “A Heuristic Approach to Network Optimized Mapping   of a Distributed Resource Discovery Architecture”, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Issn 8091, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 43-50.

  • Cinsdikici, M. and Tunali, T. (2003) “License Plate Segmentation for Intelligent Transportation Systems”, ISCIS 2003, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Vol 2869, pp. 439-446.
  • Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (2003) "Design and Implementation of a Streaming System for MPEG-1 Videos", Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 21, No: 3, pp 261-280, Springer Science.
  • Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (2003) “Lossy Network Performance of a Rate-Control Algorithm for Video Streaming Applications”, ISCIS 2003, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Vol 2869, pp. 635-642.
  • Yildirim, S. and Tunali, T. (2002) “The Implementation of a Robotic Replanning Framework”, Advances in Information Systems, ADVIS 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Vol 2457, pp. 195-204.
  • Zincir-Heywood, A.N., Heywood, M.I., Chatwin, C.R. and Tunali, T. (2000) "Heterogeneous Digital Library Query Platform Using a Truly Distributed Multi-Agent Search”, International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 229-254.
  • Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (2000) “A Video Streaming Application on the Internet”, Advances in Information Systems, ADVIS 2000, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Vol 1909, pp 275-284
  • Tunali, T., Erciyes, K. and Soysert, Z. (2000) "A Hierarchical Fault-Tolerant Ring Protocol For Distributed Real-Time Systems" Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices, Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems, Vol. 2, No.1, pp 33-44.
  • Tunali, T. and Tarn, T.J. (1987) "New Results for Identifiability of Nonlinear Systems" IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.AC-32, No 2, pp 146-154.

 

Book Chapter:

q       Tunali, T. (2000) “ATM LANs”, In “The ATM Handbook”, Editors: Golshani, F. and Groom, F., International Engineering Consortium, USA, pp 145-161.

 

Selected International Conference Proceedings: (Please see my link to pubications for a complete list)

 

q       Ozbek, N., Tekalp, M. and Tunali, T. "A New Scalable Multi-View Video Coding Configuration for Robust Selective Streaming of Free-Viewpoint TV", The IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), 2-5 July, Beijing, China, 2007.

q       Ozbek, N, Tekalp, M. and Tunali, T. (2007) “Adaptive Streaming of Scalable Stereoscopic Video Over DCCP” The IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), San Antonio, Texas, USA.

q       Ozbek, N, Tekalp, M. and Tunali, T. (2007) “Rate Allocation between Views in Scalable Stereo Video Coding Using an Objective Stereo Video Quality Measure” ICASSP 2007.

q       Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (2000) "Design and Implementation of a Video on Demand System For the Internet" Proceedings of the Packet Video 2000 Conference, Cagliara, Sardinia, Italy.

q       Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (2000) "The Design and Implementation of a Streaming Application For MPEG Videos" Proceedings of the IEEE International Multimedia Conference and Expo.

q       Yildirim, S. and Tunali, T. (1999) "A New Methodology for Dealing with Uncertainty in Robotic Tasks" Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Kusadasi, Turkey, pp. 459-466.

q       Zincir, A.N. and Tunali, T. (1998) "A Simulation Study on the Optimization of Distributed Search of Digital Libraries". Advances in Computer and Information Sciences '98, Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp. 527-533.

q       Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (1998) "Priority Assignment Policies for Multimedia Tasks in General Purpose Operating Systems". Advances in Computer and Information Sciences '98, Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp.278-285.

q       Ozkasap, O., Tunali, T. and Erciyes, K. (1997) "A Fault-Tolerant Distributed Clock Synchronization Method for Real-Time Group Communication Model" Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, pp. 285-292.

q       Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (1997) "A CPU Scheduling Framework for Multimedia Applications" Proceedings of The Twelfth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, pp. 60-67.

q       Tunali, T., Sluzek, A. and Tan, K. (1994) "A Vision Guided Robot System for Picking Objects from a Moving Conveyor Belt" Proceedings of the International Conference on Data and Knowledge Systems for Manufacturing and Engineering, Hong Kong, pp. 210-215.

q       Erdogan, S.S., Wahab, A., Tunali, T., Kuo, N. and Hong, T.H. (1993) "Mapping of a Robotics Control Algorithm and of Back-Propagation onto RM-nc" Proceedings of The IEEE International Conference on Neural Network Applications to Signal Processing, Singapore, pp. 187-192.

q       Tunali, T. and Erdogan, S.S. (1993) "A Neural Network Approach for Parameter Identification of Robot Manipulators" Proceedings of the World Congress on Neural Networks, Portland, Oregon, Vol. 3, pp. 253-256.                     

q       Erdogan, S.S., Tunali, T. and Kuo, N. (1993) "The Mapping of an Adaptive Robot Control Algorithm onto RM, a Reconfigurable Machine for Highly Parallel Real-Time Applications" Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Applications, Manhattan, New York, pp. 104-108.

q       Tunali, T. (1993) "A Neural Network Approach for Robust Dynamical Control of Robot Manipulators" Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 2450-2453.

q       Dikenelli, O. and Tunali, T. (1991) "A Parallel Algorithm for Computation of Inverse Dynamics of Robot Manipulators" Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, Elsevier Science Publishers, New York, pp. 811-820.

q       Guler, T. and Tunali, T. (1990) "An Object -Oriented Approach to the Relational Representation of Robotic Tasks and Workcells" Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Motion Control, Istanbul, Turkey, pp.165-170.

q       Tunali, T. and Guler, S. (1990) "A Hierarchical Planner For Robot Tasks and Motion Control" Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Motion Control, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 181-186.

q       Guler, S. and Tunali, T. (1990) "An Automated Trouble Handling System Using Robots" Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Cappadocia, Turkey, Vol. 2, pp. 1175-1182.

q       Erciyes, K., Yilmaz, S. and Tunali, T. (1990) "A Communication Architecture for a Distributed Operating System" Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Cappadocia, Turkey, Vol. 2, pp. 789-796.

q       Tunali, T., Erciyes, K. and Kavalci, V. (1989) "A Local Network for a Multiprocessor Controller" Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Izmir, Turkey, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Commack, New York, pp. 659-668.

q       Tunali, T. (1989) "Identification of Parameters in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems" Proceedings of the International AMSE 89 Conference on Signals and Systems, Miami, Florida, pp. 109-120.

q       Tunali, T. (1987) "Parameter Identification in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems" Proceedings of the First International Conference on Statistical Computing, Izmir, Turkey, American Sciences Press Inc. Syracuse, New York, pp.161-177.

q       Tunali, T. and Tarn, T.J. (1985) "Identifiability of Nonlinear Systems: A Geometric Approach", Proceedings of the 24th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., pp. 375-387.

 

Local Journal Papers:

 

 

o       Ozbek, N. and Tunali, T. (2006) “On optimal receiver buffer size in adaptive Internet video streaming” Journal of Zhejiang University - Science A, Peoples Republic of China.

o       Tunali, T. (1987) "Control of a Nonflexible Robot Arm with Nonlinear State Feedback" Journal of Computer Research and Application, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 215-228 (in Turkish).

o       Tunali, T. and Okur, M.C. (1980) "Principle Component Analysis and a Case Study" Journal of Applied Statistics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 15-26 (in Turkish).

o       Tunali, T. and Ozturk, A. (1979) "Probabilities of Dry and Wet Days and a Related Markov Chain Application" Journal of Applied Statistics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 269-281 (in Turkish).

 

Recent Local Conference Proceedings: (Please see my link to publications for a complete list)

 

q     Aslan S., Tunali T., Cinsdikici M., 2007, “A Comparative Study of Feature Metrics For Classification Of Human Passport Photos”, Proceedings of 2007 Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2007), pp. 1-4 (in Turkish)

q     Fesci Sayit, M. and Tunali, T. (2006) "Video Streaming with H.264 Over the Internet", Proceedings of the IEEE 14th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Antalya, Turkey (in Turkish)

q     Yildirim, S. and Tunali, T. (2003) “A Learning Based and Vision Guided Robotic Agent Replanning Framework”, Proceedings of The Twelfth Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Canakkale, Turkey.

q     Yildirim, S. and Tunali, T. (2002) “A Proposal for a Robotic Planning/Replanning Framework”, Proceedings of The Eleventh Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 73-82.

q     Ozkasap, O., Birman, K.P. and Tunali, T. (2000) "A Simulation Model for an Epidemic Multicast Protocol" Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Computer Networks, Ankara, Turkey, pp. 161-170.

q     Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (2000) "Transmission of Stored MPEG-1 Videos Over the Internet" Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Computer Networks, Ankara, Turkey, pp. 103-112.

q     Yildirim, S., Tunali, T. and Petrovic, P. (2000) "A Hybrid Task Planner Architecture For Pick and Place Sequencing" Proceedings of the 9th Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Izmir, Turkey, pp. 167-176.

q     Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (1999) "Transmission of Multimedia Data Over IP" Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Computer Networks, Istanbul, Turkey, pp 68-76.

q     Kantarci, A. and Tunali, T. (1998) "A New Scheduling Policy for Multimedia Applications" Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Computer Networks, Izmir, Turkey, pp 211-219.

q     Zincir, N. and Tunali, T. (1998) "Distributed Search on Wide Area Networks" Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Computer Networks, Izmir, Turkey, pp 149-158.

q     Tunali, T., Erciyes, K. and Soysert, Z. (1998) "A Ring Protocol for a Cluster Based Distributed System" Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Computer Networks, Izmir, Turkey, pp 40-49.

 

Project Reports:

 

q     Tunalý, T. and Yýlmaz, K. (2005) "Video Streaming over the Internet", Final Report of Project 2003/UBE/001 (in Turkish).

q     Tunali, T., Alak, M.G. and Bayraktar, M.A. (1998) "Design and Development of an Automation System for Administration and Performance Optimization of Ege University Campus Local Network" Final Report of Project 97/UBE/001, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey (in Turkish).

q     Tunali, T. (1989) "A Microcomputer Based Robot Control System" School of Engineering , Ege University, Turkey, Final Report of Project No. 1987-072 (in Turkish).

 

REFERENCES

 

q     Prof. Yusuf Ozturk, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng., San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr. San Diego CA 92182-1309 , e-mail: ozturk@kahuna.sdsu.edu ph: (619) 594-4550

q     Prof. Sandeep Maheshwari, Dept. of Mathematics, William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 e-mail: maheshwaris@wpunj.edu ph: (973) 720-2327.

q     Prof. Mesut Muslu, Dept.of Electrical Eng., University of Wisconsin at Platteville, WI 53818-3099 e-mail: muslu@uwplatt.edu ph: (608) 342-1157