Research Highlights

 
Information theory
- Multi-resolution source and channel coding
- Joint source-channel coding in multi-terminal networks
- Zero-error information theory
 
Distributed source coding and sensor networks
- Low-delay coding algorithms
- Prediction- and transform-based distributed source coding
- Multi-terminal video coding
 
Content-based retrieval
- Fundamental limits of search performance
- Compression based search algorithms
 

Biography


 
Ph.D. 2002
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Thesis:Scalable Source Coding Bounds: Analysis, Computation, and Applications

 
M.S. 1997
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Thesis:Utilization of Improved Recursive-shortest-spanning-tree Method for Video Object Segmentation
 
B.S. 1995
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.