Mustafa Çavuş

Mustafa Çavuş Home Address University Address 2471. Sokak TOBB University of Economics and Technology Doga Apartmani Sogutozu Caddesi No: 12/8 No: 43 Umitkoy – Ankara / Turkey Sogutozu – Ankara / Turkey [email protected] [email protected] Education • Master of Science(MS) ◦ Computer Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey (September 2012 – current) • Bachelor of Science(BS) ◦ Computer Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey (September 2007 – August 2012) Selected Projects / Research Experience • My Master thesis project is an analysis of data-parallel applications of single-layer networks in unsupervised feature learning using CUDA. • In my masters degree I have worked in development of a GPU based parallel image processing library for embedded systems. This library is based on OpenCL and it shows 7X speed-up over OpenCV on Vivante GC2000 embedded GPU on average. This project was a cooperation with Vivante Corporation. • During my Bachelor's degree, I worked in the development of the conformance tests of Vivante GC2000 GPU. The aim of this project is to develop applications to test the functionality of both OpenGL ES and OpenCL. We have reported many bugs during the development of this project. All of them fixed and this project finally proved the compability of Vivante GC2000 in both OpenGL ES and OpenCL. This project was a cooperation with Vivante Corporation. • During my Bachelor's degree, I implemented a GPU based parallel real-time panoramic video stitching application as my graduation project. It was developed using OpenCL, OpenCV and Qt Framework. Publications • “GPU Based Parallel Image Processing Library for Embedded Systems” Mustafa Çavuş, Hakkı Doğaner Sümerkan, Osman Seçkin Şimşek, Hasan Hassan, Abdullah Giray Yağlıkçı, Oğuz Ergin 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP'13), Lisbon, Portugal, January 2014 Conference Presentations • 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP'13) “GPU Based Parallel Image Processing Library for Embedded Systems” Lisbon, Portugal, January 2014 Intereset Areas • Parallel Computing • Heterogeneous Computing • Image Processing • Computer Vision Graduate Teaching Assistantships • BİL 362L: Microprocessor Laboratory ◦ Summer 2014 (TOBB University of Economics and Technology) ◦ Spring 2014 (TOBB University of Economics and Technology) ◦ Fall 2013 (TOBB University of Economics and Technology) • BİL 142: Computer Programming II (C/C++) ◦ Spring 2014 (TOBB University of Economics and Technology) Internships • Worked as Software Engineer in Nobel Yazılım (September 2010 – December 2010, Ankara, Turkey) ◦ I worked on an accounting program and developed several applications in C++ using Qt Framework which includes a visual graphics chart generator, a drag and drop based PDF report ganarator, a SOAP message manager framework and some other small applications. • Worked as Software Engineer in Infina Yazılım (January 2010 – April 2010, İstanbul, Turkey) ◦ I worked in the development of the financial application of Infina Yazılım. Technical Skills • Programing Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, LISP, JavaScript. • Experience in CUDA, OpenCL and OpenGL ES. • Experience in OpenCV and MATLAB. • Experience in QT Framework and Android SDK. • Operating Systems: Windows 7 and Linux Distributions(Arch Linux, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE) Languages • Turkish (Native) • English.

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