Education Information
2003 - 2007
2003 - 2007Doctorate
University of Central Florida, Computer Science, United States Of America
1999 - 2003
1999 - 2003Undergraduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, Turkey
Foreign Languages
C1 Advanced
C1 AdvancedEnglish
Research Areas
Computer Sciences
Computer Graphics
Computer Graphics
Engineering and Technology
Academic Titles / Tasks
2020 - Continues
2020 - ContinuesProfessor
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering
2014 - 2020
2014 - 2020Associate Professor
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering
2011 - 2014
2011 - 2014Assistant Professor
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering
2003 - 2007
2003 - 2007Research Assistant
University of Central Florida, Department Of Computer Science
Non Academic Experience
2015 - Continues
2015 - ContinuesDanışman
ÜLKEM
Advising Theses
2022
2022Postgraduate
Evaluation of tone mapping and exposure fusion algorithms on HDR videos for face detection and recognition
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
F.BETÜL(Student)
2022
2022Postgraduate
Aesthetic quality assessment for real estate images through deep learning methods
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
N.ÖZGE(Student)
2021
2021Postgraduate
Denoising and guided upsampling of Monte Carlo path traced low resolution renderings
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
K.CENK(Student)
2021
2021Postgraduate
Objective measurement of fabric softness and pilling using hand crafted features and deep learning
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
S.MAMMADLI(Student)
2019
2019Postgraduate
Visibility of dct quantization noise for high dynamic range images.
Akyüz A. O.
S.BEGÜM(Student)
2019
2019Postgraduate
DEEP JOINT DEINTERLACING AND DENOISING FOR SINGLE SHOT DUAL-ISO HDR RECONSTRUCTION
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
U.ÇOĞALAN(Student)
2018
2018Postgraduate
Image based solar position editing and relighting
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
M.TÜRE(Student)
2017
2017Doctorate
Visual privacy protection using false colors
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
S.ÇİFTÇİ(Student)
2016
2016Doctorate
The state of the art in HDR deghosting and an objective HDR image deghosting quality metric
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
O.TARHAN(Student)
2014
2014Postgraduate
GPU based infrared signature modeling and scene simulation /
AKAR G. (Co-Advisor), AKYÜZ A. O. (Co-Advisor)
Ç.KAVAK(Student)
2013
2013Postgraduate
A subjective evaluation of tone mapping and exposure fusion algorithms in standard and small screen display devices
AKYÜZ A. O. (Advisor)
M.LEVENT(Student)
Published journal articles indexed by SCI, SSCI, and AHCI
2024
2024Path guiding for wavefront path tracing: A memory efficient approach for GPU path tracers
YALÇINER B., AKYÜZ A. O.
Computers and Graphics (Pergamon) , vol.121, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
2024
2024DeepDuoHDR: A Low Complexity Two Exposure Algorithm for HDR Deghosting on Mobile Devices
ALPAY K. C., AKYÜZ A. O., Brandonisio N., Meehan J., Chalmers A.
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing , vol.33, pp.6592-6606, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
2024
2024A Compact Multi-Exposure File Format for Backward and Forward Compatible HDR Imaging
Sekmen S., AKYÜZ A. O.
IEEE Access , vol.12, pp.48420-48435, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
2023
2023TMO-Det: Deep tone-mapping optimized with and for object detection
Kocdemir I. H., Koz A., AKYÜZ A. O., Chalmers A., ALATAN A. A., Kalkan S.
Pattern Recognition Letters , vol.172, pp.230-236, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
2021
2021From Noon to Sunset: Interactive Rendering, Relighting, and Recolouring of Landscape Photographs by Modifying Solar Position
Ture M., Ciklabakkal M. E., Erdem A., Erdem E., SATILMIŞ P., AKYÜZ A. O.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM , vol.40, no.6, pp.500-515, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
2021
2021An experimental evaluation of visual similarity for HDR images
Aydinlilar M., AKYÜZ A. O., TARI Z. S.
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS , vol.80, no.21-23, pp.32449-32472, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
2020
2020Deep Joint Deinterlacing and Denoising for Single Shot Dual-ISO HDR Reconstruction
Cogalan U., AKYÜZ A. O.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING , vol.29, pp.7511-7524, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
2018
2018Automatic saturation correction for dynamic range management algorithms
Artusi A., POULİ T., BANTERLE F., AKYÜZ A. O.
SIGNAL PROCESSING-IMAGE COMMUNICATION , vol.63, pp.100-112, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
2018
2018A Reliable and Reversible Image Privacy Protection Based on False Colors
ÇİFTÇİ S., Akyuz A. O., Ebrahimi T.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MULTIMEDIA , vol.20, no.1, pp.68-81, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
2017
2017Privacy protection of tone-mapped HDR images using false colours
ÇİFTÇİ S., AKYÜZ A. O., PİNHEİRO A. M. G., Ebrahimi T.
IET SIGNAL PROCESSING , vol.11, no.9, pp.1055-1061, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
2016
2016A Proposed Methodology for Evaluating HDR False Color Maps
Akyuz A. O., KAYA O.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED PERCEPTION , vol.14, no.1, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
2016
2016A Gamut-Mapping Framework for Color-Accurate Reproduction of HDR Images
SİKUDOVA E., POULİ T., ARTUSİ A., Akyuz A. O., BANTERLE F., Mazlumoglu Z. M., et al.
IEEE COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND APPLICATIONS , vol.36, no.4, pp.78-90, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
2016
2016An Objective Deghosting Quality Metric for HDR Images
TURSUN O. T., AKYÜZ A. O., Erdem A., Erdem E.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM , vol.35, no.2, pp.139-152, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
2015
2015High dynamic range imaging pipeline on the GPU
Akyuz A. O.
JOURNAL OF REAL-TIME IMAGE PROCESSING , vol.10, no.2, pp.273-287, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
2015
2015The State of the Art in HDR Deghosting: A Survey and Evaluation
Tursun O. T., AKYÜZ A. O., Erdem A., Erdem E.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM , vol.34, no.2, pp.683-707, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
2013
2013An evaluation of image reproduction algorithms for high contrast scenes on large and small screen display devices
AKYÜZ A. O., EKSERT M. L., AYDIN M.
COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK , vol.37, no.7, pp.885-895, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
2013
2013A reality check for radiometric camera response recovery algorithms
AKYÜZ A. O., Genctav A.
COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS-UK , vol.37, no.7, pp.935-943, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
2008
2008Perceptual Evaluation of Tone-Reproduction Operators Using the Cornsweet-Craik-O'Brien Illusion
Akyuez A. O., Reinhard E.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED PERCEPTION , vol.4, no.4, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
2007
2007Noise reduction in high dynamic range imaging
Akyuez A. O., Reinhard E.
JOURNAL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND IMAGE REPRESENTATION , vol.18, no.5, pp.366-376, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
2007
2007Do HDR displays support LDR content? a psychophysical evaluation
Akyüz A. O., Fleming R., Riecke B. E., Reinhard E., Buethoff H. H.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS , vol.26, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
2006
2006Color appearance in high-dynamic-range imaging
AKYÜZ A. O., Reinhard E.
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC IMAGING , vol.15, no.3, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
Articles Published in Other Journals
2020
2020Realistic Lighting for Interactive Applications Using Semi-Dynamic Light Maps
Öztürk B., AKYÜZ A. O.
The Computer Games Journal , vol.9, no.4, pp.421-452, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2012
2012Color Preserving HDR Fusion for Dynamic Scenes
Karadağ G., AKYÜZ A. O.
Journal of WSCG , 2012 (Scopus)
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
2022
2022Denoising and Guided Upsampling of Monte Carlo Path Traced Low Resolution Renderings
Alpay K. C., Akyüz A. O.
Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference - Posters, SIGGRAPH 2022, Vancouver, Canada, 7 - 11 August 2022
2022
2022An Approach to Analyzing the Layout of Unstructured Digital Documents
Atay M., Kalaycı M., Apik H., Aybar V., SERİN F., AKYÜZ A. O.
2022 30th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Turkey, 15 May 2022
2022
2022Object Detection for Autonomous Driving: High-Dynamic Range vs. Low-Dynamic Range Images
Kocdemir I. H., Akyüz A. O., Koz A., Chalmers A., Alatan A. A., Kalkan S.
24th IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP 2022, Shanghai, China, 26 - 28 September 2022
2021
2021HDR IMAGE CONSTRUCTION FROM TRIFOCAL MULTIEXPOSURE IMAGES
KOZ A., Demirkılıç B., Kurt Y. B., AKYÜZ A. O., KALKAN S., ALATAN A. A., et al.
IEEE MMSP, Tampere, Finland, 06 October 2021
2020
2020Just Noticeable Quantization Levels For High Dynamic Range Images
Sozer S. B., Koz A., AKYÜZ A. O., Zerman E., Valenzise G., Dufaux F.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 25 - 28 October 2020
2020
2020An Experimental Method to Determine Quantization Levels for High Luminance Patterns
Sözer S. B., Koz A., AKYÜZ A. O., Zerman E., Valenzise G., Dufaux F.
2020 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Gaziantep, Turkey, Turkey, 5 - 07 October 2020
2019
2019Compressed Exposure Sequences for HDR Imaging
Sekmen S., AKYÜZ A. O.
27. International Conference in Central Europe onComputer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Pilsen, Czech Republic, 27 - 30 May 2019, pp.143-151
2017
2017Semi-dynamic light maps
Öztürk B., Akyüz A. O.
SIGGRAPH 2017, California, United States Of America, 30 July - 03 August 2017
2016
2016Practical HDR A Simple and Effective Method for Merging High Dynamic Range Videos
Akcora E., Banterle F., Corsini M., AKYÜZ A. O., Scopigno R.
Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2016) - CVMP 2016, London, United Kingdom, 12 - 13 December 2016, pp.1-7
2015
2015MediaEval 2015 Drone Protect Task Privacy Protection inSurveillance Systems Using False Coloring
ÇİFTÇİ S., Korshunov P., AKYÜZ A. O., Ebrahimi T.
MediaEval 2015 Workshop, Wurzen, Germany, 14 - 15 September 2015
2015
2015Using False Colors to Protect Visual Privacy of Sensitive Content
Ciftci S., Korshunov P., AKYÜZ A. O., Ebrahimi T.
Conference on Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XX, San-Francisco, Costa Rica, 9 - 12 February 2015, vol.9394
2014
2014Evaluating Deghosting Algorithms for HDR Images
Tursun O. T., AKYÜZ A. O., Erdem A., Erdem E.
22nd IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Trabzon, Turkey, 23 - 25 April 2014, pp.1275-1278
2013
2013Style based tone mapping for HDR images
AKYÜZ A. O., Hadımlı K., Aydınlılar M., Bloch C.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Technical Briefs on - SA '13, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 19 - 22 November 2013
2013
2013SELECTIVE LOCAL TONE MAPPING
Artusi A., AKYÜZ A. O., Roch B., Michael D., Chrysanthou Y., Chalmers A.
20th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Melbourne, Australia, 15 - 18 September 2013, pp.2309-2313
2013
2013False color visualization for hdr images
AKYÜZ A. O.
HDRi2013 - First International Conference and SME Workshop on HDR imaging, Porto, Portugal, 9 - 10 April 2013, pp.26-30
2013
2013Color Correction for Tone Reproduction
Pouli T., Artusi A., Banterle F., AKYÜZ A. O., Seidel H. P., Reinhard E.
Color and Imaging Conference, 21st Color and Imaging Conference Final Program and Proceedings, Albuquerque, United States Of America, 4 - 08 November 2013, pp.215-220
2011
2011Evaluation of radiometric camera response recovery methods
Gençtav A., AKYÜZ A. O.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Posters on - SA '11, Hong Kong, China, 12 - 15 December 2011
2011
2011Photographically Guided Alignment for HDR Images
AKYÜZ A. O.
Eurographics 2011, Llandudno, United Kingdom, 11 - 15 April 2011, pp.73-74
2006
2006Ghost Removal in High Dynamic Range Images
Khan E. A., AKYÜZ A. O., Reinhard E.
2006 International Conference on Image Processing, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA, USA, United States Of America, 8 - 11 October 2006, pp.2005-2008
2006
2006Serum copper and zinc status in obstructive sleep apnea patients
Akyuz A., Yurdun T., Pelin Z., Ozogur S., Ercan O.
18th Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society, Innsbruck, Austria, 12 - 16 September 2006, vol.15, pp.71
2005
2005Optical search for Supernova Remnants in two-spiral galaxies
Akyuz A., Balman S., Bhattacharya D., Sonbas E., Cekmecelioglu E.
Symposium on the X-ray Universe 2005, El Escorial, Spain, 26 - 30 September 2005, vol.604, pp.441-442
2004
2004Real time color blending of rendered and captured video
Reinhard E., AKYÜZ A. O., Colbert M., Hughes C., OConnor M.
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), Orlando, United States Of America, 1 - 04 December 2004, pp.15021-15029
2004
2004Color Appearance Models and Dynamic Range Reduction
AKYÜZ A. O., Reinhard E., Pattanaik S.
Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization, Los-Angeles, Chile, 7 - 08 August 2004
Books & Book Chapters
2018
2018Çocuklara Programlama Nasıl Öğretilebilir?
Akyüz A. O.
in: Prof. Dr. Emine Akyüz’e Armağan Akademisyenlikte 50 Yıl, Yasemin Karaman Kepenekçi, Pelin Taşkın, Editor, Pegem A Yayıncılık, Ankara, pp.66-73, 2018
2016
2016Ghosting in HDR Video
AKYÜZ A. O., TURSUN O. T., Telalovic J., Hadziabdic K.
in: High Dynamic Range Video Concepts Technologies and Applications, Alan Chalmers, Patrizio Campisi, Peter Shirley, Igor Olaizola, Editor, Elsevier, pp.3-44, 2016
2009
2009Rendering
Reinhard E., Khan E. A., AKYÜZ A. O.
in: Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Benjamin W. Wah, Editor, Wiley, pp.2412-2418, 2009
2008
2008Color Imaging Fundamentals and Applications
Reinhard E., Khan E. A., Akyüz A. O., Johnson G. M.
CRC, New York , Massachusetts, 2008
Supported Projects
2011 - 2013
2011 - 2013Farklı Parlaklıktaki Resim Dizilerinin Yüksek Dinamik Aralıklı Resim Oluşturma Amacı İle Hizalanması
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions
AKYÜZ A. O. (Executive)
Scientific Refereeing
September 2019
September 2019SIGNAL PROCESSING-IMAGE COMMUNICATION
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
September 2019
September 2019DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
August 2019
August 2019TUBITAK Project
1507 - TÜBİTAK SME R&D Start Support Program, İNFRARED YAZILIM ARGE DANIŞMANLIK MÜH. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ., Turkey
May 2019
May 2019EUSIPCO 2019
Conference Paper (Full Text)
May 2019
May 2019EUSIPCO 2019
Conference Paper (Full Text)
May 2019
May 2019EUSIPCO 2019
Conference Paper (Full Text)
May 2019
May 2019TUBITAK Project
1511 - TUBITAK Priority Fields Research Technology Development and Innovation PDP, SİMBT SİMÜLASYON BİLİM VE TEKNOLOJİLERİ MÜHENDİSLİK DANIŞMANLIK VE TİCARET LTD. ŞTİ., Turkey
April 2019
April 2019SIGNAL PROCESSING-IMAGE COMMUNICATION
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
March 2019
March 2019TUBITAK Project
1507 - TÜBİTAK SME R&D Start Support Program, GEOİNSİGHT ARAŞTIRMA, YAZILIM VE DANIŞMANLIK LTD.ŞTİ., Turkey
February 2019
February 2019Eurographics
Conference Paper (Abstract)
February 2019
February 2019Eurographics
Conference Paper (Abstract)
February 2019
February 2019Eurographics
Conference Paper (Abstract)
February 2019
February 2019IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
February 2019
February 2019Eurographics
Conference Paper (Abstract)
December 2018
December 2018TUBITAK Project
1501 - Industry R & D Projects Support Program, MAY SİBER TEKNOLOJİ BİLİŞİM BİLGİSAYAR EĞİTİM DAN. YAZILIM TİC. SAN. A.Ş., Turkey
November 2018
November 2018JOURNAL OF SENSORS
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
November 2018
November 2018Journal Of Imaging Science And Technology
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
October 2018
October 2018ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS
SCI Journal
August 2018
August 2018IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS
SCI Journal
August 2018
August 2018TUBITAK Project
1507 - TÜBİTAK SME R&D Start Support Program, ROTECHVİSİON BİLİŞİM TİC. LTD. ŞTİ., Turkey
August 2018
August 2018TUBITAK Project
1507 - TÜBİTAK SME R&D Start Support Program, COMPELLO BİLGİ TEKNOLOJİSİ HİZMETLERİ VE TİCARET A.Ş., Turkey
April 2018
April 2018SIGNAL PROCESSING-IMAGE COMMUNICATION
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
March 2018
March 2018Signal Processing-Image Communication
Journal Indexed in SCI-E
Scientific Consultations
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019Scientific Consultancy
ÜLKEM A.Ş.
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, Turkey
2017 - 2018
2017 - 2018Scientific Consultancy
ÜLKEM A.Ş.
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, Turkey