Thursday: Foggy October 31, 2013 5°C / 22°C Friday: Partly Cloudy Volume 20 4°C / 21°C Number 6 Saturday: Partly Cloudy 4°C / 21°C Sunday: Partly Cloudy bilnews.bilkent.edu.tr İLKENT EWS 5°C / 21°C B Weekly Newspaper of Bilkent UniversityN th COMD Brings International Audio Bilkent Mourns the 90 Anniversary Technologies Conference to Bilkent Loss of Mehmet of the Turkish Serhat Azgur ilkent University lost Republic Mehmet Serhat Azgur, instructor in the Department Happy Republic of Computer and BInstructional Technology Teacher Education and the Department of Day! n October 31 and ATMM 2012, held at Bilkent, was the Computer Technology and November 1, the first international conference in Programming in the Faculty of Department of Turkey uniting the fields of audio, Education, on Communication and music and media technologies. Monday, Design (COMD) is hosting ATMM Following upon the success of last October 21. O2013. ATMM (Audio Technologies year’s event, ATMM has returned to A respected for Music and Media) is an Bilkent University this week. academician in interdisciplinary international ATMM 2013 features a tightly- his field, Mr. conference that focuses on the packed program with an even wider Azgur graduated various aspects of audio, audiovisual range of topics than last year’s from the Middle and music technologies for music event. (Please see the insert for the East Technical and media, and also on the detailed schedule.) University relationship between sound, music The opening session and keynote and image in both traditional and address take place on Thursday, Department of Management in 1979. new media. October 31, at 12:30 p.m. The He received his master's degree from ATMM was, in a sense, born at keynote is being delivered by Lennie the same university’s Department of Bilkent, with COMD faculty Moore, a composer, orchestrator and Computer Engineering. Mr. Azgur members Ufuk Önen and Ahmet arranger of music for video games, was also one of the first students to Gürata being among its founders. (Continued on Page 2) graduate from the MA Program in Curriculum and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education of IE Graduates Awarded INFORMS Research Prize Bilkent University, in 2011. He worked at a number of leading ew graduates of the Department of Industrial companies, including Savunma Engineering Nazlı Akar, Teknolojileri Mühendislik A.Ş., Başak Kepir, Çağıl Koçyiğit, Ortadoğu Rulman Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş., Işıl Koyuncu, Melis Beren Özer and ALCATEL Austria Gesellschaft N M.b.H. and ITT Telecom Products Tunca Türkoğlu have been awarded the 2013 INFORMS Undergraduate Corporation, and as a part-time Operations Research Prize for their IE instructor for eight years before 477-478 System Design project entitled joining Bilkent University as a full- “Flight Scheduling Optimization and time instructor in 2006. Automation for AnadoluJet” conducted In addition to his professional under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. accomplishments and abilities, his Bahar Yetiş Kara. The Institute for personal qualities made him a beloved Operations Research and the colleague and mentor. His courteous, Management Sciences (INFORMS) is kind-hearted and modest manner, along the largest professional society in the with his reliability and perseverance, world for individuals in the field of drew a response from students, staff operations research, management and fellow academics alike. He was science and analytics. each year to honor a student or group of or management science and/or original, devoted to his family, which includes his The Undergraduate Operations students who conducted a significant important theoretical or applied wife Aynur Azgur and two children. Research Prize Competition is held applied project in operations research (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) Packard Fellowship, NIH “New Bilkent Innovators Take Step to Combat Innovator” Award Go to Bilkent Graduate Global Warming ilkent graduate frontiers in their fields of emal Apaydın (IE/’13) and Özgür Şahin study. Each year, the Ömer Can Gökdere (EE/’01), an foundation invites 50 (CS/IV) have established a associate professor universities to nominate two solar power system that in the Columbia University faculty members for Kproduces its own energy from BDepartment of Biological consideration. Dr. Şahin was sunlight by using solar panels Sciences and Physics, has among the 16 individuals installed on campus. They have been recently received two awards: a chosen to receive the 2013 working on the project for six Packard Fellowship in Science Packard Fellowships for months. The system, constructed on and Engineering and an NIH Science and Engineering. the rooftop of the mescid in the Director’s New Innovator The NIH award was given corner of the Spring Fest area, has Award from the US National Institutes of for his project entitled “Novel Sub- been producing energy during the Health. Cellular Chemical and Mechanical last few months. The David and Lucile Packard Nanoimaging.” The NIH Director's New The panels were manufactured in Foundation established its fellowships Innovator Award addresses two South Korea. According to energy program in 1988 to provide young important goals: stimulating highly production data, the project should scientists with flexible funding and the innovative research and supporting cover its cost in 6 years. Since the freedom to take risks and explore new (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) Bilkent News 2 NEWS Nâzım Hikmet Symposium Held Ready to Study Abroad? he Student Exchange The application deadline is at Bilkent Program gives students the November 28, 2013. opportunity to study abroad. Qualifying students will be The application process for selected for initial interviews, which studentT exchanges during the next will take place on December 10, 11, academic year (2014-2015) has now 12 and 13. Successful candidates will started. Here is your chance to experience be announced on December 20. a different culture. Students currently in All students who plan to apply for their third or fourth semester of the Student Exchange Program registration who have a minimum CGPA should visit of 3.00 and a TOEFL score are eligible to http://www.bilkent.edu.tr apply for the program. /outgoing_exchange_aroundthew Applicants must submit a CV, a orld or contact the Office of statement of purpose and a TOEFL International Students and Exchange score sheet along with the application Programs in the Registrar's Office at form to the Office of International [email protected] for more Students and Exchange Programs. information. Bilkent Team Takes Third at TUSİAD Competition eam INVISO from Bilkent help of TÜSİAD members. took third place in the Bu Robandroid is an intelligent Gençlikte İş Var '13 security robot that was developed he Bilkent University and Yalçın Armağan. competition held by as a part of the GE401-402 Nâzım Hikmet The presenter for the entire TÜSİADT (Turkish Industrialists’ and Innovative Product Design and Symposium, organized by symposium was Dr. Nermin Yazıcı. Businessmen’s Association), with Development course by Team the Center for Turkish Dr. Oktay Özel, Prof. Onur Bilge their project Robandroid. In the INVISO members Mustafa Akın TLiterature, took place on October 24 Kula, Dr. Ahmet Gürata and Dr. İlker competition, teams from all over (CS), Buket Koyuncu (EE), Çağlar and 25 at Mithat Çoruh Auditorium Aytürk served as session chairmen. Turkey presented their ideas and Tunç (EE), Öykü Arkan (IE) and and C-Block Auditorium. Planned as Interspersed in the program were prepared business plans with the Esra Aşçıgil (IE). an academic tribute to Turkey’s Nâzım Hikmet documentary films. internationally famed poet in One of the speakers was M. Melih observance of the 50th anniversary of Güneş, who has discovered several his death, the symposium was the Nâzım Hikmet poems hitherto largest Nâzım conference ever held unpublished in his complete poems at a Turkish university. or any other source in Turkey. Mr. Keynote speeches were delivered Güneş is the curator of a photo by novelist Nedim Gürsel, Prof. exhibition entitled “Nâzım at Age Murat Belge and eminent literary 111 – My Country in the Furrows of translator Prof. Aron Aji. Renowned My Brow,” which opened at the writers Refik Erduran and Orhan Bilkent University Library Art Karaveli spoke about their Gallery on October 23 and will run reminiscences of Nâzım Hikmet, through November 6. and Bilkent faculty members Prof. Another symposium event was a Semih Tezcan, Hilmi Yavuz and recital of Nâzım Hikmet poems. Prof. Talat Halman delivered papers. Produced by Eren Aysan, this special The symposium also featured program featured stage personalities stimulating presentations with new İpek Çeken and Murat Atak. insights by younger academics, The Nâzım Hikmet Symposium, including Murat Cankara, Nilay conceived and organized by Prof. COMD Brings International Audio Özer, Öykü Terzioğlu Özer, Emrah Tezcan, was praised by attendees as Pelvanoğlu, Fatih Altuğ, Bahriye “extremely effective” and Technologies Conference to Bilkent Çeri, Göksel Aymaz, Erkan Irmak “memorable.” (Continued from Page 1) ATMM welcomes not only film and television for 25 years. His academics, professionals and students, credits include “Star Wars: The Old but all those who have an interest in Republic,” “Kinect Disneyland music, sound and media technologies. Adventures,” “The Walking Dead For more details, please see the Motion Comic,” “Watchmen Motion conference website: Comic” (2008 G.A.N.G. award winner) http://atmm-conference.org and “Dirty Harry” among many others. Conference sessions include a panel on “Game Audio Theory and Practice” by Mr. Moore and Stephen Harwood Jr.; a presentation on contemporary opera production techniques by mastering engineer, producer and composer Pieter Snapper; a mixing clinic by audio engineer Mehmet Uğur Memiş; a panel on audio education moderated by Assoc. Prof. Liz Teutsch of the Berklee College of Music; a seminar by bass guitarist Cem Tuncer; and a session in connection with the collective project “Remote: Relocating Sound,” featuring artists from Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece and Bulgaria.