Mustafa Ihsan Ecemis

Ph.D. candidate

Neurobotics Laboratory
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
Boston University
677 Beacon St., Boston, MA, 02215, USA
Phone: +1-617-353 1347 Fax: +1-617-353 7755
URL: http://cns-web.bu.edu/~ecemis
Education:

Work Experience:

  • June 1997 - Present: Boston University, Boston, MA.
    Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
    Research Assistant at Neurobotics Laboratory
    Teaching Assistant
  • 1996 - 1997: Boston University, Boston, MA.
    Department of Pysics
    Teaching Assistant
  • 1993 - 1995: Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
    Department of Physics
    Research and Teaching Assistant
    Computer System Administration and Management of the Faculty of Science domain (consisting of 180 users, and Unix and Window 3.1 boxes).
    WebMaster of the Faculty of Science
Awards and Honors:

  • Research/Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Remission awards from Cognitive and Neural Systems Department, Boston University (1997-Present)
  • Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Remission awards from Physics Department, Boston University (1996-1997)
  • High Honor Degree, Bilkent University (1993-1995)
  • Research Assistantship and Tuition Remission awards from Physics Department, Bilkent University (1993-1995)
  • Honor Degree, Bilkent University (1989-1993)
  • Fellowship and Stipend for Living Expenses award from Bilkent University (1989-1993)
  • Scholarship award from TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (1989-1990)
  • Scholarship award from Asama magazine (1989-1990)
  • First Prize nationwide in the National Chemistry Competitions held by TUBITAK (1989)
  • Ranked 21st among more than 700,000 students in National University Entrance Exams (1989)
  • Selected candidate for the International Physics Olympiads (IPhO) Turkish team (1988-1989)
Technical Skills:

  • Experience in Robotics and Neural Networks. Worked in the R&D team of the Khepera Tracking and Control Software (KTC).
  • Advanced UNIX and LINUX systems knowledge.
  • Computer Programming Languages and Packages: Fortran 77, Fortran 90, C, C++, XView, Open GL, HTML, LaTeX, Shell Programming, Parallel Programming.
Talks and Presentations:

  • Talk at the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA'99, Monterey, CA. (1999).
  • Poster presentation at the USA-Italy Conference on Applied Neural and Cognitive Sciences, Boston, MA. (1999).
  • Seminar at Northeatern University, Boston, MA. (1995).
  • Seminar at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (1995).
  • Seminar at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (1995).
  • Talk at METU School On Condensed Matter: Physics Of Nanostructures, Ankara, Turkey (1994).
  • Talk at the Statistical Physics Days, Istanbul, Turkey (1994).
  • Poster presentation at the IVth Ankara Condensed Matter Physics Conference, Ankara, Turkey (1994).
  • Talk at Ankara Science High School, Ankara, Turkey (1994)
  • Talk at TED High School, Ankara, Turkey (1994).
Publications:

  • Ecemis M. I. and Gaudiano P. (1999). Object Recognition with Ultrasonic Sensors . Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA'99, 250-255, Monterey, CA.

  • Gaudiano, P., Chang, C., Ecemis, I., Martens, S., Sahin, E., Streilein, W., Wagner, R. (1999). Neurobotics Lab Research: Learning, Vision and Sonar Recognition with Mobile Robots. Neural Networks in Applications'99, Fourth International Workshop, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg.

  • Ecemis M. I. and Yalabik M. C. (1996). A Study of Quantum Bistability . Turkish Journal of Physics 20, 62.

  • Ecemis M. I. (1995). A Study of Quantum Bistability . Masters Thesis, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

  • Yalabik M. C. and Ecemis M. I. (1995). A Numerical Implementation of Absorbing and Injecting Boundary Conditions for The Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation. Physical Review B51, 2082.


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