Ilker Hamzaoglu

Education

- PhD, 9/1999, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

- MS, 7/1993, Computer Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

- BS, 7/1991, Computer Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

Work Experience

- Faculty Member, Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (Sept 2003 - present)
- Principle Staff Engineer (Dec 2002 - Aug 2003), Senior Staff Engineer (Aug 1999 - Dec 2002), Multimedia Architecture Lab, Motorola Labs, Schaumburg, IL, USA

- Visiting Lecturer, Computer Science Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA (Summer 1998, Summer 1999)

- Staff Research Assistant, Computational Science Methods Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA (June 1996 – Sept 1996)
- Teaching and Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept. and Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA (Jan 1994- July 1999)

- Teaching and Research Assistant, Computer Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (Sept 1991 – July 1993)

CV (September_2009)

Teaching

• EL 310 Hardware Description Languages
• (Spr 2004, Spr 2005, Spr 2006, Spr 2007, Spr 2008, Spr 2009)
• EL 401 VLSI System Design I 
• (Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
• EL 402 VLSI System Design II (a.k.a. SoC ASIC Design)
• (Spr 2004, Spr 2005, Spr 2006, Spr 2007, Spr 2008, Spr 2009)
• EE 542 Digital Systems Verification and Testing
• (Spr 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2007)
• EE 634 VLSI Array Processors for Signal Processing
• (Fall 2004, Fall 2006, Fall 2008)

Research 

• Research Interests
• System-on-Chip (SoC) Design & Test Research Group
• Publications

Awards and Honors

- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2010

- My publications received more than 600 citations according to Web of Science, September 2009

- Bravo Awards for outstanding contributions to MPEG4 Video Codec ASIC and Image Processing Platform

SoC ASIC, Motorola Labs, Illinois, USA, 2001 and 2002

- W. J. Poppelbaum Memorial Award for Excellent Research in Computer Hardware, Department of

Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999

- PhD GPA: 4 (over 4), 1999

- TUBITAK NATO Science Fellowship Award for Graduate Studies in USA, 1993

- MS GPA: 4 (over 4) and Rank: 1st in the Department, 1993

- BS GPA: 3.66 (over 4) and Rank: 1st in the Department, 1991

- Undergraduate Education Scholarship from Istanbul Chamber of Industry, 1988-1991

- Excellence Scholarship from AY-TEST Periodical (because of my score in the University Entrance Exam), 1986

- Scored 664.138 in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (which was enough to register to any Department in

Engineering and Medicine in all Universities in Turkey) in the University Entrance Exam in Turkey, 1986

- GPA: 9.88 (over 10) and Rank: 1st in the School, Affan Kitapcıoglu High School, Trabzon, Turkey, 1986

- Incitement Award in Mathematics Competition organized by TUBITAK among High School Senior Students in Turkey, 1986

Information for Students

The Advantage of Team Work

EECS Education

David Patterson's Academic Career Advise

Graduate Student Mental Makeover

Scientific Research

Quotes

( "World-class quality in every aspect of one's work is essential for young engineers in today's super-competitive global marketplace." "European culture is less daring. American culture says 'tomorrow will always be better,' and failure is not a stigma. One has the ability to be creative. A lot of entrepreneurship emerges from the climate this country encourages." ) Hans Stork, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Texas Instruments Inc, 2004

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it ..."

"In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is."

Personal

Married with two children

Trabzonspor fan by birth :-)