Thursday: Rainy December 3, 2013 1°C / 3°C Friday: Light Snow Volume 20 -4°C / 5°C Number 10 Saturday: Foggy -3°C / 6°C Sunday: Foggy bilnews.bilkent.edu.tr İLKENT EWS B Weekly Newspaper of Bilkent UniversityN Bilkent Loses Dr. Levent Tunalı TBD-TÜBİSAD Award Honors Mustafa r. Levent Tunalı, who recently retired from East Campus Health Center, passed away on Akgül Saturday, November 30, 2013, following a heart attack. Dr. Tunalı had served the Bilkent University East and DMain Campus Health Centers for 22 years. In addition to his professional abilities, his personal qualities made him a beloved colleague. His always-smiling face, kind heart and warm, gracious manner will not be forgotten by his patients, students and the Bilkent staff. We extend our condolences to the Tunalı family, his colleagues and the entire Bilkent community. Prof. Haldun Özaktaş Named IEEE Fellow he Institute of Electrical Middle East Technical University in and Electronics Engineers 1987 and a PhD degree from Stanford ssoc. Prof. Mustafa Akgül of growth and to promote the collective (IEEE) has named Prof. University in 1991. the Department of interests of member companies while Haldun Özaktaş of the He is the recipient of the 1998 ICO Computer Technology and abiding by universal values and Department of Electrical and International Prize in Optics and one Information Systems has maintaining its independence. TElectronics Engineering as an IEEE of the youngest recipients ever of the recently been honored with a Lifelong The TBD-TÜBİSAD Lifelong Fellow. Scientific and Technical Research A Service Award by TBD (the Informatics Service Award has been given since With more than 400,000 members, Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Association of Turkey) and TÜBİSAD 1996 to individuals who have IEEE is the world's largest technical Science Award (1999), among other (the Informatics Industry Association). contributed to the Turkish informatics professional organization. Promotion awards and prizes. He was elected TBD was established by a group of sector over many years. to its Fellow rank is one of the Fellow of the Optical Society of informatics professionals as a Prof. Akgül has been instrumental in highest honors that the IEEE can America (OSA) in 2002, and Fellow of pioneering organization in this field. initiating and organizing a number of bestow upon an the International Its missions include popularizing the annual informatics and information individual, and a Society for Optics and informatics culture and establishing technology conferences in Turkey, mark of recognition Photonics (SPIE) in awareness of informatics within the including the Internet Conference, the reserved for IEEE 2012. broader community. Among its Academic Informatics Conference, the members whose Bilkent faculty activities, TBD holds various Internet Fiesta, the Linux and Free extraordinary members to have informatics-related competitions and Software Fiesta, Linux Camp and the accomplishments in previously received also gives out a number of awards. Public Network Conference. He has any of the IEEE fields IEEE Fellow status are The primary mission of TUBİSAD been a board member of TBD, the of interest are Prof. Özay Oral (1995), is to foster information and Linux Users Association and the communication technology in Internet Technologies Association. deemed to merit such Prof. Abdullah Atalar becoming a fundamental sector Prof. Akgül received his award at the a distinction. (2006), Prof. Levent contributing to Turkey’s economic 30th annual TBD congress. Prof. Özaktaş Onural (2007), Prof. joined the faculty of Levent Gürel (2008), Bilkent University in Prof. Ahmet Enis Çetin 1991. He received a (2009) and Prof. Erdal In the Spirit of Piri Reis, GRA Students BS degree from Arıkan (2011). Create World Map New Book of Poetry by AMER Faculty Member epartment of American Culture and Literature Dfaculty member Assistant Prof. Jennifer A. Reimer has a new book of poetry. “The Rainy Season Diaries” was published by Quale Press in November 2013. In “The Rainy Season Diaries,” notes group of Bilkent third-year UNESCO designated 2013 as "Year the publisher, “[Prof.] Graphic Design students have of the Piri Reis Map" to honor and Reimer speaks from the been awarded second prize in commemorate the Ottoman admiral far-flung spaces of the BKG Intercollegiate and geographer, who created the first diaspora and migration, CultureA Competition in the field of Turkish illustrated world map and not only the graphic design. BKG (Bilkent Kültür authored the famous navigation book geographical and Girişimi) is a Bilintur subsidiary that “Kitab-ı Bahriye” in the 16th century. physical, but also the operates 55 museum shops throughout As part of the commemorative events, emotional and literary. Turkey. The students received the award BKG organized a competition in Playing loosely with the for their world map design entitled “Piri which graphic design students were (Continued on Page 2) Reis’e Selam Olsun.” (Continued on Page 3) Bilkent News 2 NEWS New Book of Poetry Archaeology Students Visit Beypazarı (Continued from Page 1) “Jennifer Reimer measures diary form, each page can be read like accumulation and loss in ‘The Rainy for a Close-Up Look at Museums an entry in a journal…that explore[s] Season Diaries.’ Intimacy is played out the potential of a lyric (but acidic) voice against myth, geologic tension, that finds itself washing up on multiple oscillations in atmosphere. ‘What shores of metaphor. The voice is fretted occupies the remainder?’ Reimer asks with narrative traces, which minutely insistently, passionately, often erotically. examine the manner in which the This oldest of stories is revivified here stories we tell and the titles we give in ways that capture its utter each other are themselves forms of uniqueness. Like the poet, we cannot treachery.” help but ask, ‘How many of the strange The American poet Elizabeth places are even more striking because Robison writes about the book: most people don’t know they exist?’” ECON Students Meet for IMF Simulation n November 23 the Museum theoretical knowledge they have learned Practices and the in their course work to actual museum Preservation of Cultural practices. The curators, Ms. Caştaban Heritage class of the and Ms. Ünver, helped them understand Archaeology Department went on a field how these museums were created, how n November 21 a group of country and then presented their views O trip to Beypazarı organized by Prof. the exhibitions were constructed and third- and fourth-year to the other board members. An active Dominique Kassab Tezgör. The group what a museum should be like through students in the Department and energetic debate on what type of was accompanied by two curators from critical analysis of each museum visited. of Economics organized and fiscal policies would be best under such the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s In addition, the class has been hostedO an event for first-year and prep circumstances took place. (The final vote Department of Museum Application, assigned a project at the Beypazarı City students: an International Monetary on the request for assistance resulted in Canan Caştaban and Cansın Ünver. History Museum. This will be a Fund (IMF) Executive Board simulation. its rejection by the board.) When the visitors arrived in Beypazarı workshop in which the students will The simulation was part of the Prior to the simulation, Department of they were greeted by Mayor Cengiz completely renovate a room dedicated to department’s mentoring program, in Economics chair Selin Sayek Böke met Özalp and his wife Hamide, who are traditional dresses and textiles, which all incoming ECON students are with the students to present the scenario eager to preserve and make known the redesigning and organizing a new assigned mentors from among third- and for the exercise, as well as to launch the cultural and historical context of the city exhibition. fourth-year students. second year of the ECON mentoring through its museums. The class then “Museums are timeless places Approximately 40 BUSEL and first- program. The simulation offered a great visited the Living Museum and the capturing the history and the culture of year economics students were paired opportunity for mentors and mentees to Turkish Bath Museum, guided by Dr. a society,” remarked one of the class with third- and fourth-year students to get together and establish friendships. Sema Demir of the Department of members following the field trip. form teams representing different IMF All Department of Economics students Turkish Folklore at Gazi University, “Beypazarı is an astonishing city that is board members. The simulation started interested in participating in the next before finishing their tour at the preserving its cultural heritage with with a country in a dire economic simulation and/or the department’s Beypazarı City History Museum. determination, and in a very attractive situation requesting financial assistance mentoring activities are invited to send During their visit, the students had way.” from the IMF. Each group first internally an e-mail to the chance to get an inside look at how By Aslı Asiye Duman & Zeynep debated whether or not to lend to this [email protected]. museums are run, and to apply the Kuşdil (HART/IV) Turkey’s Urbanization Discussed in FEASS Doctoral Workshop Series Global Context by World Bank Economist Continues n November 28, Dr. Can Mutlu (IR) gave a talk on qualitative Oresearch techniques in the social sciences as part of the FEASS Doctoral Workshop series. Dr. Mutlu’s presentation covered a variety of issues tephen Karam, lead urban in the area of waste management, energy related to the challenges economist in the Finance, or transport. Economics and Urban As a means of dealing with such and opportunities provided Development Unit of the World pressures, Mr. Karam emphasized the by qualitative research Bank, recently took part in the seminar importance of urban planning, noting methods.