Emre Akbas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
Middle East Technical University
Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi
Çankaya / Ankara 06800 Turkey
emre at ceng.metu dot edu dot tr
+90 312 210 5522
Office: A403
Education
- PhD, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Supervised by Prof Narendra Ahuja,
2011
- Recipient of “Cognitive Science / AI Award” given by the Beckman
Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
- MS, Middle East Technical
University (METU), Department
of Computer Engineering, Supervised by Prof Fatos Yarman Vural, 2006
- “Best thesis of the year award” by the Graduate School of Natural
and Applied Sciences at METU.
- BS, Middle East Technical
University, Department of
Computer Engineering, 2004
- Ranked 1st in the graduating class of 2004.
- Ankara Fen Lisesi (Ankara High School of Science), 1999
Publications
Please see this page.
Work Experience
- Postdoctoral researcher at the Vision and Image Understanding Lab,
UCSB. 2012-2015
- Research assistant at the Computer Vision and Robotics Lab., Beckman
Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, UIUC. 2006-2011
- Research intern at the Vision Technology, Inc., Champaign, IL.
Summer 2009
- Teaching assistant at the Department of Computer Engineering, METU.
2004-2006
- Research assistant at the Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Lab., Department of Computer Engineering, METU. 2004-2006
- Software engineer at Informatics Institute, METU. 2003-2005
- Software development intern at Software Research and Development
Center, METU. Summer 2001
Honors & Awards
- METU Thesis Of The Year (received it as the advisor of Nermin
Samet’s thesis), Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, METU,
2023.
- “Young
Scientist Award” given by the Science Academy, Turkey. 2022
- METU Thesis Of The Year (received it as the co-advisor of Kemal
Oksuz’s thesis), Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, METU,
2022.
- ODTÜ
Parlar Vakfı Araştırma Teşvik Ödülü (Research Incentive Award).
2020
- METU Thesis Of The Year (received it as the advisor of Muhammed
Kocabas’s thesis), Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences,
METU, 2020.
- Recipient of “Cognitive Science / AI Award” from the Beckman
Institute. 2010
- Research assistantship, sponsored by Prof. Narendra Ahuja, at the
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, UIUC.
2006-2011
- M.S. thesis was given the “METU Thesis Of The Year” award by the
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences at METU. 2006
- Ranked 1st in class, among 86 BS graduates of the Department of
Computer Engineering. 2004
- Listed in METU President’s High Honors List in all semesters.
2000-2006
- Ranked within the top 0.04% out of 1.5 million candidates taking the
national university entrance exam.