Tamer Oztin

Director

Intro Solutions Europe BV i.o.
Westplein 5C
3016 BM Rotterdam
The Netherlands

www.introsolutions.nl (under construction)
www.introsolutions.com

Tel     : +31 10 2250371
Mobile: +31 6 14362371

Fax:     +31 10 2250621
tamer.oztin@introsolutions.nl

INTRO SOLUTIONS

 Expertise:

• Software development and integration

• Agent technologies, development of multi agent systems

• Real time medical applications.

• Image processing,

• 2D and 3D computer vision applications

• Computer graphics, 3D simulation and visualization,

• Language Processing

Experience:

• Various software development projects involving all stages of a software development life cycle.

• Development of an E-Commerce Application Framework for the Travel Industry.

• Real time medical image processing for X-ray angiography

• Vision based human computer interaction

• Algorithm and system development to obtain a 3D graphical model of objects using image based modeling using silhouette based volume intersection method along with carving based on photoconsistency.

• Inference engine development based on agent technologies.

• Content based image indexing

• Computer vision techniques to develop techniques for man-machine interfaces using a simple web camera and a pointer.

Possible Contribution to the PatiMON Project:

·        Development of software user interfaces

·        Design and implementation of Knowledge Management and Database System

·        Real time signal processing algorithms and their implementation

CURRICILA VITAE OF KEY PERSONNEL

Middle East Technical University, Department of Computer Engineering, TR-06531 Ankara, Türkiye

Phone: +90 312 210 5576         Fax: +90 312 210 1259                     e-mail:volkan@ceng.metu.edu.tr

http://www.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~volkan

Education

         1993    Diplôme de Docteur dans la spécialité Informatique (Ph.D), Université René Descartes-Paris V, Paris, France

         1991    Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies en Informatique, Université René Descartes-Paris V, Paris, France

         1990    Master of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye

1987    Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye

Work Experience

         1998-still          Associate Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye

         1993-1998       Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye

         1993             Instructor, Université René Descartes-Paris V, Paris, France

         1991-1992       Visiting Scholar, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA

         1987-1988         Development Engineer, Aselsan Electronics Company, Ankara, Türkiye

Research Interests

         Computer Vision                   3D object reconstruction, matching, man-machine interfaces

         Texture Analysis                    texture generation, classification, segmentation, image retrieval

         Document Analysis         form document analysis, character recognition

         Artificial Neural Networks      random neural networks, self organizing maps

         Bioinformatics            data classification, data clustering, pattern analysis

Lectures Taught

         Graduate level           Computational Vision

         Undergraduate Level         Int. to Programming, Data Structures, Microprocessors and Microcomputers,

                                          Fundamental Image Processing Techniques, Int. to Parallel Computing,

                                          Statistics and Probability, Computer Graphics, Senior Design Project

Thesis Supervised

1.                                                     A.Y.Mülayim, “A new method for road finding in aerial images based on self organization and perceptual grouping principle”, MS, 1996.

2.                                                     M.U.Yılmaz, “A matching algorithm based on linear features”, MS, 1996.

3.                                                     G.Özdemir, “A feature based stereo correspondence system”, MS, 1996.

4.                                                     C.Avcı, “Writer identification from handwriting”, MS, 1997.

5.                                                     E.Dincel, “A form document image parser”, MS, 1998.

6.                                                     P.Duygulu, “Form document identification based on hierarchical tree representation”, MS, 1998.

7.                                                     D.Çulha, “Feature based matching using relaxation labeling”, MS, 1998.

8.                                                     E.Arslan, “An SGML viewer for form document images”, MS, 1998.

9.                                                     S.Genç, “Texture extraction and reconstruction from multiple images”, MS, 1999.

10.                                                 (with M.Bulut) S.Baskan, “Segmentation of human face”, MS, 2000.

11.                                                 A.Özzeybek, “Image Mosaicing”, MS, 2001.

12.                                                 U.Yılmaz, “Appearance reconstruction of three dimensional models from real images”, MS, 2002.

13.                                                 K.Balcı, “Cognitive and computational aspects of gender estimation from faces”, janvier 2002.

14.                                                 O.Ozun, “Comparison of photoconsistency measures used in the voxel coloring algorithm”, MS, 2002.

15.                                                 B.Otlu, “Relative verification of projective reconstructions from an image pair”, MS, 2002.

16.                                                 K. Akıncı, “Character recognition for Turkish language”, MS, 2002.

17.                                                 S.Ulaş, “Embedding linguistic postprocessing for Turksih character recognition”, MS,  2002.

18.                                                 A.Y. Mülayim, “3D reconstruction of rigid objects from multiple calibrated views”, Ph.D., 2002. 

National and International Projects

         Software tools to generate electronic commerce applications for the tourism industry, Intro Solutions, 2001-still

Consulting for the design, development and implementation of an application framework using the object oriented software engineering approach. An n-tier architecture is used and currently being implemented by using Microsoft .NET environment. The system can communicate with global distribution systems such as Amadeus.

         Vision based human-computer interaction, METU-Bilkent University, 2001-still

                     (10.000 USD)

Co-investigator of a research and development project. The idea is to use computer vision techniques to develop techniques for man-machine interfaces. The set-up consists of a simple web camera and a pointer. We have already developed a text entry system for wearable computing based on Graffiti and modified cursive Graffiti alphabets, a wireless mouse and a paper keyboard. Currently, a text entry system and a mouse are being developed for the handicapped.

         Content based image indexing, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (France), 1998-still

                     (10.000 USD)

Co-investigator of a projet for academic collaboration and exchange of researchers between Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Laboratory, METU and Laboraoire des Systemes Intelligents de Perception, Paris University.

Vision based 3D virtual object modeler, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 2000-2002

(12.000 USD)

Principal investigator of a research project in which the aim is to develop algorithms and a whole system to obtain a 3D graphical model of objects using image based modeling. Silhouette based volume intersection method along with carving based on photoconsistency is used both of which require a calibrated camera. The research still continues using auto-calibration and head modeling.

Design and implementation of a digital subtraction angiography system software, PCK Medical, 2000-2001

Consulting for the design, development and implementation of a software system for a real-time medical system. Other parts include electronic and electromechanical devices along with an X-ray capturing subsystem. An object oriented software engineering approach is followed in addition to the use of Matrox imaging library for image processing operations. Software is Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) compliant and currently being used in medical systems both in Turkey and abroad.

Standards for the transfer of accounting records in electronic media, Ministry of Finance, 2000-2001

            (total budget of the project 50.000 USD)

Consulting to develop a coding scheme (format) for the accounting records of companies. The data is text but relational. The aim is to compress the data but maintain its integrity and security so that Ministry of Finance can use them for investigation purposes. Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is used for this purpose.

Texture model based unsupervised segmentation of remotely sensed images, State Planning Agency, 1999-2001

            (20.000 USD)

Principal investigator to develop unsupervised neural network based techniques for segmenting remotely sensed images into urban and non-urban areas.

         Form archiving prototype system, Information Technologies and Electronics Research Institute, 1996-1999

                     (15.000 USD)

Principal investigator to develop a document analysis system in which the main entry are form documents. Prototype system is assessed in the biggest election region during the national elections in 1998. 

Other projects include several METU funded research projects related to computer vision and image retrieval but also the following externally funded projects.

            Integrated PhD program, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 1997-2002

            Distant education based on Internet, State Planning Agency, 1997-2002

            Segmentation of geological images, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 1996-1997

            Detection of irregularities in textured images using ANN, State Planning Agency, 1995-1997

            Automation of Ankara University, Ankara University, 1994-1995

Administrative Duties

         Department Vice-Chairman, METU Dep. of Computer Eng.          1996-1997, 2001-still

         Executive committee member of METU CAD/CAM Center           1996-still

Other Activities

Organizer                                             Pattern Recognition and Object Modeling Workshop, May 2001

                                                            Image Analysis-Image Understanding Workshop, March 1996

Member of the Organization Committee            Sixth Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks (TAINN’97), May 1997

                                                            Int. Symposium on Information and Computer Sciences (ISCIS-XI), November 1996

Member of the Program Committee            Int. Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS-XVII), 2002

Turkish Conf. on Signal Proc. and Applications, 1996-1999

                                                            Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, 1996-still

Reviewer                                              International Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition

                                                            Pattern Recognition Letters

                                                            IEEE Trans. On Neural Networks

                                                            IEEE Trans. On Image Processing

                                                            IEEE Trans. On Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, 1998

                                                            IEEE ICASSP, 2001

                                                            IAPR Int. Conf. On Pattern Recognition, 2002

Referee                                                Turkish Technology Development Foundation

Member                                               Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

                                                            Turkish Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Association

                                                            Turkish Informatics Association

Awards and Achievements

         Best instructor in the department, METU                        2000

         METU Performance Achievement Award                       2001

Personal

         Birthdate                               August 3, 1965

         Marital status                         married, a son and a daughter

         Languages written and spoken          Turkish, English, French (all fluent)

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1.      A.Y. Mulayim, Y. Ulas,  V. Atalay, “Silhouette-based 3D Model Reconstruction from Multiple Images”, IEEE Trans. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part B, Special Issue on 3D Image Analysis and Modeling, to appear.

2.      U. Yilmaz, A.Y. Mulayim, V. Atalay, “An Image based Inexpensive 3D Scanner”, Int. Journal of Image and Graphics, Special Issue on Virtual Reality and Virtual Environment, World Scientific, to appear.

3.      C. Guray, N. Celebi, V. Atalay, A.Gunhan, “Ore-Age: An Hybrid system for Assisting and Teaching Mining Method Selection”, Expert Systems with Applications Journal, Pergamon-Elsevier Science, to appear.

4.      P. Duygulu and V. Atalay, “A Hierarchical Representation of Form Documents for Identification and  Retrieval”, Int. Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition, Vol.5, No.1, pp.17-27, Elsevier Science, 2002.

5.      S. Baskan, M.M. Bulut and V. Atalay, “Projection based Method for Segmentation of Human Faces and its Evaluation”,  Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol.23, No.14, pp.1623-1629, Elsevier Science, December 2002.

6.      G. Ongun, U. Halıcı, K. Leblebicioğlu, V. Atalay, S. Beksaç, M. Beksaç, “Automated Contour Detection in Blood Cell Images by an Efficient Snake Algorithm”, Nonlinear Analysis, Vol.47, pp.5839-5847, Pergamon-Elsevier Science, 2001.

7.      Ö.F. Özer, O. Özün, C.Ö. Tüzel, V. Atalay, A.E. Çetin, “Vision-based Single-stroke Character Recognition for Wearable Computing”, IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol.16, pp.33-37, 2001.

8. O.N. Gerek , A.E. Cetin , A. Tewfik, and V. Atalay, “Subband Domain Coding of Binary Textual Images for Document Archiving”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol.8, No.10, pp.1438-1446, October 1999.

9. E. Oztop, A.Y. Mulayim,  V. Atalay, and F. Yarman-Vural,  “Repulsive Attractive Network for Baseline Extraction on Document Images”,  Signal  Processing, Vol.75, No.1, pp.1-10, 1999.

10. V. Atalay, and U. Yilmaz,  “A Matching Algorithm Based on Linear Features”, Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol.19, No.9, pp.857-867, Elsevier Science,1998.

11. V. Atalay, and E. Gelenbe, “Parallel algorithm for color texture generation using the random neural network model”, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol.6, No.2-3, pp. 437-446, World Scientific, 1992.

12.  V. Atalay, E. Gelenbe, and N. Yalabik, “Texture generation with the random neural network model”, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol-6, No.1, pp. 131-142, World Scientific,1992.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1.                  R. Hassanpour and V. Atalay, “Head Modeling with Camera Auto-calibration and Deformation”, 7th Int. Fall Workshop on Vision, Modeling and Visualization-VMV 2002, Erlangen, Germany, 20-22 November 2002.

2.                  B. Otlu, R. Hassanpour, V. Atalay, “Consistency of projective reconstructions from an image pair”, 9^th International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, Manchester Town Hall, UK, 7-8 November 2002.

3.                  A. Erdem, E. Erdem, V. Atalay, E. Cetin, “Vision based gesture-based text entry” demonstration at the 6th Int. Symposium on Wearable Computers, Seattle, Washington, USA, October 7-10, 2002.

4.                  U. Yilmaz, A.Y. Mulayim, V. Atalay, “Appearance reconstruction of three dimensional models from real images”, 17th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS XVII), Orlando, Florida, USA, 28-30 October, 2002.

5.                  A. Erdem, E. Erdem, V. Atalay, E. Cetin, “Computer vision based unistroke keyboard”, 17th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS XVII), Orlando, Florida, USA, 28-30 October, 2002.

6.                  M. Yaman, V. Atalay, M. Turker, O.N. Gerek, A.E. Cetin, “Texture Segmentation by Using Adaptive Polyphase Subband Decomposition”, 17th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS XVII), Orlando, Florida, USA, 28-30 October, 2002.

7.                  R. Hassanpour, V. Atalay, “Camera autocalibration using a sequence of 2D images with small rotations and translations”, 17th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS XVII), Orlando, Florida, USA, 28-30 October, 2002.

8.                  K.Balci and V.Atalay, “PCA for Gender Estimation: Which Eigenvectors Contribute?”, 16th Int. Conference on Pattern Recognition, Quebec City, Canada, August 11-15, 2002.

9.                  U.Yilmaz, A.Mulayim, and V.Atalay, “Reconstruction of Three Dimensional Models from Real Images”, 3D Data Processing, Visualization, Transmission (3DPVT), Padova, Italy, June 19-21, 2002.

10.              M. Yaman, M. Turker, V. Atalay, “Texture discrimination and segmentation of remote sensing images by using adaptive polyphase subband decomposition”, 3rd
International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Urban Areas, Istanbul, Turkey, 11-13 June 2002.

11.              A. Erdem, E. Erdem, V. Atalay, E. Cetin, “Computer vision based mouse”, Student Forum at IEEE Int. Conf. On Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 13 - 17, 2002.

12.              A.Mulayim and V. Atalay, ``Stereo correction on the silhouette-based 3D model reconstruction from multiple images'', SPIE's 13th International Symposium on Three-Dimensional Image Capture and Applications IV, 24-25 January 2001, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4298.

13.              S. Baskan, M.M. Bulut, V. Atalay, ``Segmentation of facial features using gradient-based approach'', SPIE's 13th International Symposium on Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection IX , 22-23 January 2001, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4301.

14.              A.Y. Mülayim, V. Atalay, O. Özün, F. Schmitt, ``On the Silhouette Based 3D Reconstruction and Initial Bounding Cube Estimation'', 5th Int. Fall Workshop on Vision, Modeling and Visualization-VMV 2000, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrucken, Germany, 22-24 November 2000.

15.              P. Duygulu, and V. Atalay, ``Hierarchical representation of form documents for identification and retrieval``, SPIE's 12th International Symposium on Electronic Imaging-Document Recognition and Retrieval VII, 26-27 January, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3967, 2000.

16.              N. Dicle and V. Atalay, ``Image matching using singular value decompositionand Godel coding scheme``, SPIE's 12th International Symposium on Electronic Imaging-Image and Video Communications and Processing, 26-28 January, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3974, 2000.

17.              Mulayim, Y. Yener, F. Schmitt, and V. Atalay, ``Rotation Axis Extraction of a Turn Table Viewed by a Fixed Camera``, Workshop on Vision, Modelling, and Visualization - VMV'99, Erlangen, Germany, November 17-19, 1999.

18.              S. Genc, and V. Atalay, ``Texture Extraction from Photographs and Rendering with Dynamic Texture Mapping``, International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP99), Venice, Italy, September 27-29, 1999.

19.              V. Atalay, and E. Arslan, ``An SGML Based Viever for Form Documents``, Fouth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Bangalore, India, September 20-22, 1999.

20.              V. Atalay, ``Learning in Random Neural Network by Optimization``, The Thirteenth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, October 26-28, pp. 143-148, IOS Press, 1998.

21.              M. Goktepe, V. Atalay, N. Yalabik,  and C. Yalabik, ``Unsupervised Texture Based Image Segmentation by Simulated Annealing with Markov Random Field and Potts Models``, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Brisbane, Australia, 16-20 August, pp.820-822, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1998.

22.              P. Duygulu, V. Atalay, and E. Dincel, ``A Heuristic Algorithm for Hierarchical Representation of Form Documents``, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Brisbane, Australia, 16-20 August, pp.929-931, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1998.

23.              E. Dincel, V. Atalay, and P. Duygulu,  ``A Form Document Image Parser'', Seventh Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Ankara, Turkey, June 1998.

24.              P. Duygulu, V. Atalay, and E. Dincel, ``Form Document Representation and Identification'', Seventh Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Ankara, Turkey, June 1998.

25.              V. Atalay, U. Yilmaz, ``Estimation of Rotation Between Two Frames of a Scene'', SPIE AeroSense-Visual Information Processing VII, Florida, USA, April, vol.3387, pp.252-260, 1998.

26.              M. Borchani, V. Atalay, and G. Stamon, ``Combining Multiple Tools for Image Retrieval``, IEEE-SMC CESA'98 IMACS Multiconference: Computational Engineering in Systems Applications, Nabeul-Hammamet, Tunusia, April 1998.

27.              M. Borchani, V. Atalay, and G. Stamon, ``Classification d'Images par des Attributs de Texture'', Colloque de Recherche Doctorale Automatique, Genie Informatique et Image, Angers, France, December, 1997.

28.              M. Borchani, V. Atalay, and G. Stamon, ``Classification d'Images par des Statistiques d'Ordres Differents'', Cinquiemes Rencontres de la  Societe Francophone de Classification, Lyon, France, September 1997.

29.              M. Borchani, V. Atalay, and G. Stamon, ``Image Classification by Different  Orders of Statistics'', The Twelveth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, October 1997.

30.              E. Oztop, A.Y. Mulayim, F.T. Yarman-Vural, and V. Atalay, ``Baseline Extraction on Document Images by Repulsive/ Attractive Network``, IEEE Int. Conf. on Acustics, Signal, and Speech Processing (ICASSP), Munich, Germany, April 1997.

31.              G. Ongun, A. Erol, K. Leblebicioglu, V. Atalay, and U. Halici, ``Wavelet Based Texture Segmentation Through Neural Networks``, Joint Conference of Information Sciences, Duke University, Durham, USA, March 1997.

32.              Erdogan, K. Leblebicioglu, U. Halici U., and V. Atalay, ``Extraction of Optimal Texture Features by a Genetic Algorithm``, The Eleventh International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, November 1996.

33.              M. Goktepe, and N. YalabikUnsupervised Segmentation of Gray Level Markov Model Textures with Hierarchical Self Organizing Maps, Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Wien, Austria, August 25-29 , vol.4, pp.90-94, IEEE Computer Society Press,1996.

34.              M. Koksal, H. Vural, and V. Atalay, ``Determination of Bubble Fraction in a 2-D Fluidized Bed with Moving  Double Plate Distributors Using Image Processing'', 1st Trabzon International Energy and Environment Symposium,  Trabzon, Turkey, July 1996.

35.              M. Koksal, H. Vural, and V. Atalay, ``The Investigation of Hydrodynamics of a 2-D Fluidized Bed with Moving Double Plate Distributors Using Image Analysis``, 5th World Congress of Chemical Engineers, San Diego, USA, July 1996.

36.              E. Oztop, A.Y. Mulayim, F.T. Yarman-Vural, and V. Atalay, ``Baseline Extraction on Document Images by Repulsive/Attractive Network'', Biologically Inspired Autonomous Systems: Computation, Cognition and Control with applications to Robotics, Imaging and Large Scale Networks, Duke University, North Carolina, USA, March 1996.

37.              V. Atalay, E. Gelenbe, and N. Yalabik, ``Texture generation with the random neural network model'', Proc. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 91), Helsinki, Finland, July 1991.

38.              V. Atalay, and E. Gelenbe, ``Parallel algorithm for color texture generation using the random neural network model'', Proc. International Colloqium on Parallel Image Processing, Paris, France, June 1991.

39.              V. Atalay, M. Ozcilingir, N. Yalabik, ``Computer recognition of Ottoman text'', Proc. International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences-V (ISCIS),   Capadoccia, Turkey, November 1990.