Research Interests
- Remote sensing image analysis
- Machine learning
- Intelligent data analysis
- Self-organized learning
- Pattern recognition / unsupervised clustering
- Image processing
- Hyperspectral image processing
- Manifold learning
- Data visualization
- Machine learning for remote-sensing applications
- Intelligent automated methods for monitoring agricultural/environmental resources
- Food quality assessment
Current projects
- "An automated hyperspectral image analysis based sorting system for detection of infected figs",
Funding agency: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), (1003 Grant)
Duration: 2014-2017,
Funding amount: 250,000 Euro - "Intelligent Automated Methods For Monitoring Agricultural Resources", (IAM4MARS)
Funding agency: European Commission Research Executive Agency, FP7 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant
Duration: 2013-2017,
Funding amount: 100,000 Euro - "Novel similarity criteria and sampling/quantization methods for approximate spectral clustering of large data sets"
Funding agency: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (Career Grant)
Duration: 2013-2015 (Completed),
Funding amount: 62,500 Euro
Major Awards
- FP7 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (IAM4MARS) 2013-2017
- TUBITAK Career Grant, 2013-2015
- 2014 IEEE GRSS Chapter Excellence Award as Turkey Chapter
- 2011 IES Best Young Scientist Award
- 2006 Rice University Robert Patten Award
