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MS Thesis Presentation: “Learning From Real Life Experiences: A Data-Driven Emotion Contagion Approach Towards Realistic Virtual Crowds,” Ahmet Eren Başak (CS), EA-409, 1:30PM September 20 (EN)

MS THESIS PRESENTATION: “Learning From Real Life Experiences: A Data-Driven Emotion Contagion Approach Towards Realistic Virtual Crowds” Ahmet Eren Başak MS Student (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Uğur Güdükbay ) Computer Engineering Department Abstract We propose a data-driven approach for tuning, validating and optimizing crowd simulations by learning parameters from real-life videos. […]

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MS Thesis Presentation: “Reducing Coherency Traffic Volume in Chip Multiprocessors Through Pointer Analysis,” Erdem Derebaşoğlu (CS), EA-409, 2:30PM September 20 (EN)

MS THESIS PRESENTATION: “Reducing Coherency Traffic Volume in Chip Multiprocessors Through Pointer Analysis” by Erdem Derebaşoğlu MS Student (Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özcan Öztürk ) Computer Engineering Department Abstract With increasing number of cores in chip multiprocessors (CMPs), it gets more challenging to provide cache coherency efficiently. Although snooping based […]

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PhD Dissertation: “Past, Present and Future on News Stream: Discovering Story Chains, Selecting Public Front-Page and Predicting Public Events,” Çağrı Toraman (CS), EA-409, 3:40PM September 20 (EN)

Ph.D DISSERTATION: Past, Present, and Future on News Stream: Discovering Story Chains, Selecting Public Front-page and Predicting Public Events Çağrı Toraman Ph.D Candidate (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Fazlı Can) Computer Engineering Department Abstract News streams have several challenges for the past, present, and future of events. The past hides relations among […]

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MS Thesis Presentation: “A Privacy-Preserving Solution for Storage And Processing of Personal Health Records Against Brute-Force Attacks,” Saharnaz Esmaeilzadeh Dilmaghani (CS), EA-409, 1:30PM September 21 (EN)

MS THESIS PRESENTATION: A Privacy-Preserving Solution for Storage And Processing of Personal Health Records Against Brute-Force Attacks Saharnaz Esmaeilzadeh Dilmaghani MS Student (Supervisor: Yrd. Doç. Dr. Erman Ayday ) Computer Engineering Department There is a crucial need for protecting patient’s sensitive information, such as personal health record (PHR), from unauthorized […]

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MSN MSc Thesis Defense: “Triboelectric Nanaogenerators: Biomechanical Energy Harvesting, Self Powered Sensor and Wearable Applications,” Ahmet Faruk Yavuz, UNAM Conference Hall, 5PM September 12 (EN)

MATERIALS SCIENCE and NANOTECHNOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAM M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Ahmet Faruk YAVUZ “TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS: BIOMECHANICAL ENERGY HARVESTING, SELF POWERED SENSOR AND WEARABLE APPLICATIONS” Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Hasan Tarık Baytekin Date: 12.09.2017 (Tuesday) Time: 17:00 Place: UNAM Conference Hall — UNAM Annual Report: http://unam.bilkent.edu.tr/docs/UNAM_AR2016.pdf ____________________________________________________________ UNAM – National Nanotechnology Research […]

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MSN MSc Thesis Defense: “Synthetic Cellular Systems for Whole Cell Biocatalysis,” Onur Apaydın, UNAM Conference Hall, 10AM September 14 (EN)

MATERIALS SCIENCE and NANOTECHNOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAM M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Onur APAYDIN “SYNTHETIC CELLULAR SYSTEMS FOR WHOLE CELL BIOCATALYSIS” Supervisor: R. Assist. Prof. Urartu Özgür Şafak Şeker Date: 14.09.2017 (Thursday) Time: 10:00 Place: UNAM Conference Hall — UNAM Annual Report: http://unam.bilkent.edu.tr/docs/UNAM_AR2016.pdf ____________________________________________________________ UNAM – National Nanotechnology Research Center Institute of […]

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PhD Dissertation: Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Analytics of Location Data,” Emre Yılmaz (CS), EA-409, 3PM September 14 (EN)

Ph.D DISSERTATION: Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Analytics of Location Data Emre Yılmaz Ph.D Candidate (Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Erman Ayday) Computer Engineering Department Abstract Deriving meaningful insights from location data helps businesses make better decisions. While businesses must know the locations of their customers to perform location analytics, most businesses do not […]

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MS Thesis Presentation: “Robust Adaptive Algorithms for Underwater Acoustic Channel Estimation and Their Performance Analysis,” İman Marivani (EE), EE-314, 9:30AM September 11 (EN)

SEMINAR: “ROBUST ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND THEIR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS” By IMAN MARIVANI M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Serdar Kozat The seminar will be on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 9:30 @ EE-314 ABSTRACT We introduce a novel family of adaptive robust […]

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