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Kerim DEMİRBAŞ
CURRENT POSITION: Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Başkent
University, Ankara, Turkey SHORT BIOGRAPHY Kerim Demirbaş has both academic (in U.S.A.
and Turkey) and industrial
experiences (at Honeywell Inc. in U.S.A. and Turkey). He received the B.S.
and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Istanbul Technical
University (ITU), Turkey, in 1973;
and the M.S., Engineer, and Ph.D.
degrees, all in electrical engineering, from the University of California
at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, in 1977, 1979, and 1981
respectively. He was a senior research
scientist at the Honeywell Systems and Research Center, Minneapolis, USA (1981-1984); a faculty member of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
(1984-1992); and a faculty member
of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey (1992-2018). Since 2018, he has been a professor
of Department of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. His
current research and teaching interests are in the areas of Communication
Systems, Signal and Image Processing. He has authored or coauthored 35
refereed journal papers. CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION:
TEACHING INTERESTS: Communication Systems, Signal and Image Processing. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Communication Systems, Signal and Image Processing EXPERIENCE: both
academic (in U.S.A. and Turkey) and industrial (at Honeywell Inc. in U.S.A.). ACADEMIC POSITIONS Held: • Professor (October
2018 - present) Department of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Başkent University, Ankara,
Turkey. Been doing research and teaching in the areas of communication
systems, signal and image processing. • Professor (May
1994 - 2018), Department of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Been doing research and teaching in the areas of communication systems, signal
and image processing. • Visiting Professor (September 1998-September 2000) Engineering School, Mediterranean
University, Antalya, Turkey. • Associate Professor (December 1992 - May 1994), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Middle East
Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Did research and taught courses in
the areas of communication systems, signal and image processing. • Assistant Professor (September 1984 - September 1991), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Performed
research and teaching in the areas of communication systems, signal and image
processing. • Visiting Assistant Professor (January 1988 - September 1988), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent
University, Ankara, Turkey. Carried out research and taught courses in
the areas of signal and image processing. • Postdoctoral Scholar (March 1981 - November 1981), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), California, U.S.A.
Conducted research for tracking systems. • Post Graduate Research Engineer (September 1978 - February 1981), UCLA, California, U.S.A. Carried out research for tracking and
satellite communication systems. • “Teknisyen Yüksek Mühendis” (November 1973 - November 1974), Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. Instructed laboratory
courses for communication systems. INDUSTRIAL POSITIONS Held: •
Visiting Research Fellow (August 1990 - September 1990), Department of Electronics, The Scientific
and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Scientific and Industrial Research
Center, Gebze - Kocaeli, Turkey. Initiated research for cryptosystems. • Visiting Expert (January 1984-September 1987), Petos Elek Tic. AŞ. İstanbul,˙
Turkey. • Senior Research Scientist (November 1981 - September 1984), The Honeywell Systems and Research Center, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, U.S.A. Developed signal and image processing algorithms for
military systems. COURSES Taught: At Başkent University, Turkey
At the University of Illinois at
Chicago, U.S.A.
At Mediterranean (Akdeniz)
University, Turkey •
Undergraduate: • Graduate: -Calculus -Logic
Design -Electric Circuits EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS OR COURSES
given at Companies in U.S.A.: 1. Detection and Estimation Theory,
Continuing Education Department, Motorola Inc. Schaumburg, IL, U.S.A. 2. Communication Theory, Continuing
Education Department, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, U.S.A. 3. Advanced Communication Theory,
Continuing Education Department, Motorola Inc. Schaumburg, IL, U.S.A. 4. Digital Communications, Continuing
Education Department, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, U.S.A. 5. Pattern Recognition, Continuing
Education Department, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, U.S.A. 6.
Robotics
Vision, Continuing Education Department, AT&T Bell Lab., Naperville, IL, U.S.A. 7.
Computer
Vision, Continuing Education Department, AT&T Bell Lab., Naperville, IL,
U.S.A. INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE at Honeywell
Systems and Research Center, U.S.A. (1981-1984): as a senior research scientist, carried out research on signal
and image processing, including pattern recognition and modeling for
defense-related systems. Developed target discrimination algorithms for
noncoherent synthetic aperture radar (NSAR) images and multisensor images
(e.g., radar and forward looking infrared radar (FLIR) image combination);
including scene-adaptive, decision-weighted, parallel processing,
cross-sensor algorithms. Analyzed the performance of Prototype Automatic
Target Screener(PATS) Autothreshold Segmenter. Developed image restoration
algorithms for fast fighters with low drag optical windows. Some of DoD and
Honeywell- funded contracts worked on are: • Low Drag Optical Windows, Air
Force, System Command Aeronautical Systems Division, Ohio, Contract No.
F33615-81-R-1540, 1981 and 1982. • XM21 Remote Sensing Chemical Agent
Alarm Program (Spectral Pattern Recognition), Army, CSL, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Maryland, Contract No. DAAK11-82-C-0058, 1983 and 1984. • Algorithm Evaluation Methods, NV
& EOL, Contract No. DAAK70-82-Q-0094, 1982 and 1983. • Multimode Seeker Signal Processing
Algorithms, AMCCOM, Contract No. DAAK1083-C-0110, 1983. • Image Sensor Autoprocessor (ISA),
AFWAL/AARI, Contract No. F33615-79-R-1797, 1984. • Honeywell-funded Noncoherent
Synthetic Aperture Radar (NSAR) Target Discrimination and Classification
Algorithm Development Program, 1983 and 1984. • Honeywell-funded High-Density
Millimeter Wave (MMW)/ Infrared (IR) Processor [Honeywell Sense and Destroy
Armor (SADARM)] program, 1983 and 1984. • Honeywell-funded Three Dimensional
Range Mapping Initiative Program, 1984. AWARDS received: 1. Research and Promotion Award for International Technical Publications in the areas of
Communication Systems, Signal and Image Processing, Pattern Recognition,
Computer Vision, Robotics, and Radar Signal Processing; Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. Parlar Education and Research Foundation, Middle
East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1993. 2. Promotion Award for Technical Publications; Founder
Foundations, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1988. 3. Research Award for Individual Achievement and for Contributions to Engineering
Excellence; the Honeywell Systems and
Research Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A, 1982. PUBLICATIONS: •
Refereed Journal Papers published in the internationally indexed Journals [all the journals in this section
are covered by Science Citation Index
(SCI): 1. K. Demirbaş, “Oba Filter for
Online-Adaptive Nonlinear State Estimation with Interference”, the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and
Electronics Systems, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 1347-1356, June 2019. 2. K. Demirbaş, ”Online state estimation for discrete
nonlinear dynamic systems with nonlinear noise and interference”, Journal of the Franklin
Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 352, No. 1, pp.
216-235, January 2015. 3. K. Demirbaş, ”A novel
real-time adaptive suboptimal recursive state estimation scheme for nonlinear
discrete dynamic systems with non-Gaussian noise”, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 22, No 4, pp. 593-604, 2012. 4. K. Demirbaş, ”A new real-time
suboptimum filtering and prediction scheme for general nonlinear discrete
dynamic systems with Gaussian or non-Gaussian noise”, International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 42, No 10, pp.
1789-1799, 2011. 5. K. Demirbaş, ”A state
prediction scheme for discrete time nonlinear dynamic systems”, International Journal of General Systems,
Vol. 36, No 5, pp 501-511, 2007. 6. M. T. Özgen and K. Demirbaş, ”Cohen’s
bilinear class of shift-invariant space/spatial-¨ frequency signal representations
for particle-location analysis of in-line Fresnel holograms”, Journal of the Optical Society of America
A-Optics Image Science and Vision, Vol. 15, No 8, pp. 2117-2137, August
1998. 7. K. Demirbaş, ”Use of Trellis
Diagrams in State Estimation in Blocks for Nonlinear Discrete Dynamic Systems
with a Kth Order
Memory,” Circuits, Systems, and Signal
Processing, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 3-14, 1991. 8. K. Demirbaş, ”Nonlinear State
Smoothing for Discrete Dynamic Systems with Past Histories,” The International Journal of Systems
Science, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 403-414, February 1991. 9. K. Demirbaş, ”Trellis
Representation and State Estimation for Dynamic Systems with a Kth Order Memory and
Nonlinear Interference,” Transactions
of the ASME, The Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control,
Vol. 112, No. 3, pp. 517-519, September 1990. 10. K. Demirbaş, ”State Estimation
with Stacks and Interpolating Functions for Dynamic Systems with Missing
Observations and Nonlinear Interference,” The
International Journal of General Systems, Vol 18, pp. 37-48, 1990. 11. K. Demirbaş, ”Maneuvering
Target Tracking with the Viterbi Algorithm in the Presence of Interference,” the IEE Proceedings-Part F,
Communications, Radar and Signal Processing, Vol. 136, No. 6, pp.
262-268, December 1989. 12. K. Demirbaş, ”Distributed
Sensor Data Fusion with Binary Decision Trees ” the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol.
AES-25, No. 5, pp. 643-649, September 1989. 13. K. Demirbaş, ”Nonlinear State
Estimation with Composite Hypothesis Testing in Blocks for Dynamic Systems
with Past Histories and Nonlinear Interferences,” Signal Processing, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 153-161, June 1990. 14.
K. Demirbaş,
”Multidimensional State Estimation using Stacks for Dynamic Systems with
Interference,” Automatica, Vol. 25,
No. 4, pp. 617-621, July 1989. 15. K. Demirbaş, ”State Estimation
for General Dynamic Systems with Nonlinear Interference and Missing
Observations,” the International
Journal of General Systems, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 33-43, 1990. 16. K. Demirbaş, ”Nonlinear State
Smoothing and Filtering in Blocks for Dynamic Systems with Missing
Observations,” The International
Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 1135-1144, June 1990. 17. K. Demirbaş, ”State Smoothing
and Filtering with Stack Sequential Schemes forNonlinear Dynamic Systems with
an Nth Order Memory,” the International Journal of Systems
Science, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 537-545, March 1990. 18. K. Demirbaş, ”State Smoothing
and Filtering using a Constant Memory for Dynamic Systems with Nonlinear
Interference and Missing Observations,” The
Journal of The Franklin Institute. Vol. 327, No. 3, pp. 503-511, 1990. 19. K. Demirbaş, ”Decoding
Techniques in State Estimation for Dynamic Systems with Past Histories,” The IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and
Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-25, No. 5, pp. 765-768, Sept. 1989. 20. K. Demirbaş, ”Use of
Interpolating Functions in Fast State Estimation for Dynamic Systems with
Missing Observations,” the Journal of
the Franklin Institute, Vol. 327, No. 3, pp. 491-501, 1990. 21. K. Demirbaş, ”Multidimensional
State Smoothing in the Presence of Nonlinear Interference,” the International Journal of Systems
Science, Vol. 20, No. 8, pp. 1547-1564, August 1989. 22. K. Demirbaş, ”State Estimation
for Nonlinear Discrete Dynamic Systems with Missing Observations,” the Journal of the Franklin Institute,
Vol. 327, No. 1, pp. 49-59, 1990. 23. K. Demirbaş, ”A Tracking
Approach for Targets with Measurements containing jamming or Clutter
Signals,” the IEEE Transactions on
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-25, No. 3, pp. 427-429, May
1989. 24. K. Demirbaş, ”Nonlinear
Smoothing Algorithm for Multidimensional Dynamic Systems,” the International Journal of Systems Science,
Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 759778, May 1989. 25. K. Demirbaş, ”Finite State
Machines in State Estimation for Dynamic Systems with an Nth Order Memory and Nonlinear Interference,” The Journal of the Franklin Institute,
Vol. 326, No. 6, pp. 817-829, 1989. 26. K. Demirbaş, ”Multidimensional
State Estimation with Multiple Composite Hypothesis Testing in The presence
of Interference,” Transactions of the
ASME, The Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 110,
pp. 297-302, September 1988. 27. K. Demirbaş, ”Fast State
Estimation Scheme for Multidimensional Dynamic Systems,” The International Journal of Control, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 1-28,
July 1988. 28. K. Demirbaş, ”Maximum a Posteriori Approach to Object
Recognition with Distributed Sensors,” the
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-24, No.
3, pp. 309-313, May 1988. 29. K. Demirbaş, ”Multidimensional
State Estimation with Blocks and Viterbi Decoding Algorithms,” the International Journal of Control, Vol.
47, No. 1, pp. 161-179, January 1988. 30. K. Demirbaş, ”Maneuvering
Target Tracking with Hypothesis Testing,” the
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-23, No.
6, pp. 757766, November 1987. 31. K. Demirbaş and C.T. Leondes,
”A Suboptimum Decoding based Smoothing Algorithm for Dynamic Systems with or
without Interference,” The
International Journal of Systems Science. Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 499-511,
March 1986. 32. K. Demirbaş and C.T. Leondes,
”A Stack Sequential Decoding based Smoothing Algorithm for Dynamic Systems
with Interference,” The International
Journal of Systems Science. Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 479-497, March 1986. 33. K. Demirbaş and C.T. Leondes,
”A Stack Sequential Decoding based Smoothing Algorithm for Dynamic Systems,” The International Journal of Systems
Science. Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 269-280, Feb. 1986. 34. K. Demirbaş and C.T. Leondes,
”Optimum Decoding based Smoothing Algorithm for Dynamic Systems with
Interference,” The International
Journal of Systems Science. Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 251-267, Feb. 1986. 35. K. Demirbaş and C.T. Leondes,
”Optimum Decoding based Smoothing Algorithm for Dynamic Systems,” The International Journal of Systems
Science. Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 951-966, Aug. 1985. •
Chapters published in Advanced
Series: 1. K. Demirbaş, ”Real-time
recursive state estimation for nonlinear discrete dynamic systems with
Gaussian or non-Gaussian noise”, Discrete
Time Systems, Intech Open Science, pp. 1-18, 2011 cdn.intechopen.com 2. K. Demirbaş, ”New Smoothing
Algorithms for Dynamic Systems with or without Interference,” The NATO AGARDograph Advances in the
Techniques and Technology of Applications of Nonlinear Filters and Kalman
Filters, No. 256, AGARD, pp. 19-1/66, March 1982. 3. K. Demirbaş, ”Information
Theoretic Smoothing Algorithms for Dynamic Systems with or without Interference,”
Advances in Control and Dynamic
Systems, Vol. XXI, Academic Press,. pp. 175-295, 1984. •
Refereed International Conference
Papers: 1. K. Demirbaş, ”Fast State
Estimation with Trellis Diagrams for Dynamic Systems with Nonlinear
Interference and Past Histories”, The
1989 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., December
10-15, 1989. 2. K. Demirbaş, ”A
Multidimensional State Estimation Algorithm,” Proceedings of the IASTED International Symposium on Applied Control
and Identification, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., December 10-12,
1986. 3. K. Demirbaş, ”A Suboptimum
Smoothing Algorithm for Multidimensional Dynamic Systems,” Proceedings of the ASME Winter Annual
Meeting, Boston, MA, U.S.A., December 13-18, 1987. 4. K. Demirbaş, ”Multidimensional
State Estimation with Multiple Composite Hypothesis Testing in the Presence
of Interference,” Proceedings of the
ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, U.S.A., December 13-18, 1987. •
Technical Reports written in
U.S.A.: 1. K. Demirbaş and D. Duncan ”Multi-Mode Seeker Signal Processing,” Honeywell Systems and Research Center
Report, Contract No. DAAK10-83-C-0110, prepared for the U.S. Army
Armament Research and Development and Command, Dover, N.J., 07801, U.S.A.,
1984. 2. K. M. Fant and K. Demirbaş, ”Three
Dimensional Range Mapping,” Honeywell
Systems and Research Center Initiation Program, Third Annual Report, pp.
2931, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A., June 1984. 3. K. Demirbaş, ”A Millimeter
Wave/Infrared (MMW/IR) Cross-Sensor Concomitant Processing,” Honeywell Technical Memo., Minneapolis,
MN, U.S.A., September 1983. 4. K. Demirbaş, ”A Millimeter
Wave/Infrared (MMW/IR) Cross-Sensor Adaptive Algorithm,” Honeywell Technical Memo., Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A., July 1983. 5. K. Demirbaş, ”Decision
Weighted Minimum Mean Square Error Combined MMW/IRalgorithm,” Honeywell Technical Memo., Minneapolis,
MN, U.S.A., July 1983. 6. K. Demirbaş, ”Detectable
Moving Targets by Moving Target Indicator (MTI),”Honeywell Technical Memo., Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A., March 1983. 7. K. Demirbaş, ”Analysis of
Prototype Automatic Target Screener (PATS) Autothreshold Segmenter
Performance,” Honeywell Technical
Memo., Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A., February 1983. 8. K. Demirbaş, ”Discrimination
and Classification using Noncoherent Synthetic Aperture Radar (NSAR) Images,”
Honeywell Technical Memo., Minneapolis,
MN, U.S.A., July 1982. 9. K. Demirbaş, ”Image
Restoration Techniques for Low Drag Optical Windows ,”Honeywell Technical Memo., Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A., May 1982. |
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