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Burak Acar

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Burak Acar
B.S. 1994, Bilkent University
M.S. 1996, Bilkent University
Ph.D. 2000, Bilkent University  
E-mail: acarbu at boun.edu.tr  
Phone: (90) 212-3596465  
Fax: (90) 212-2872465  
Homepage: http://www.vavlab.ee.boun.edu.tr/
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Burak Acar was born in 1972 in Izmir, Turkey. He received BS, MS and PhD degrees in EE from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1994, 1996 and 2000, respectively. He worked on ECG signal processing and Computer Aided Diagnosis using ECG signals during his MS and PhD studies. He was at St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cardiological Sciences Laboratory, London, UK, between 1998-1999. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, LUCAS MRS/I Center, 3D Laboratory, Stanford, CA, from 2000 to 2003, working primarily on medical imaging, image analysis and visualization, medical CAD. He has been at Bogazici University, EE Dept. since 2003, where he has founded the BUSIM/VAVlab (Volumetric Analysis and Visualization Group). VAVlab collaborates with Stanford University, I.U. Capa Medical School, local hospitals and participates in EU Framework Programmes. His current research interests are
  • Shape analysis
  • Computer-aided detection / diagnosis in medicine
  • PDE based image processing / analysis
  • Vector and tensor field processing and visualization
  • Augmented & virtual reality environments
  • 3D visualization and interaction
  • Digital video processing
  • Medical IT

Awards:

  • Excellence in Research Award, Bogazici University Foundation, 2007
  • Turkish Academy of Sciences, Young Scientist Award (TUBA - GEBIP Award), 2008

 

 

 

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi - Elektrik ve Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü
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