We will be able to host only a limited number of guests therefore the event will be held as “Invitation Only” type. In case you can’t participate to our event, we would be very pleased if you can watch us online and deliver your real-time comments.
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Fatos Yarman Vural (Academician; Advanced Technologies)
Fatos Yarman Vural (Academician; Advanced Technologies)
Fatos T. Yarman Vural received her BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Istanbul, MS degree from Bogazici University, Ph.D. Degree from Princeton University. During 1982-1985 she worked in Turkish Research Council. She was a visiting professor at Drexel University and part time researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985-1987. She was the General Manager of YapıTel Inc, in 1987-1992. During her career, she developed dozens of projects, including, transcription of the Ottoman Archives and Hittite plates, smart buildings, fault detection and crop classification from satellite image, noise reduction from old recordings.
Since 1992 she is a full professor at Middle East Technical University, Department of Computer Engineering. She was the Chairperson of Computer Engineering Department in 1996-2000 and the Wise President of Middle East Technical University in 2000-2008. She chaired more than 100 National Conferences and Workshops, including ISCIS (International Symposium on Computer and Information Systems). She has published more than 100 papers in Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Computer Vision in English and Turkish.