Projects-Bilkent University

* to evaluate proposals, * to evaluate reports of proposals, * to evaluate products and results of projects, * to perform surveys, analyses, monitoring and follow up activities related to projects.

for LEONARDO PROJECTS
*() Ayse Bas COLLINS**	Asst. Prof, THM
Aykut PEKCAN	Instructor, THM
Cevat ERTUNA	Instructor, THM
*() Meltem FERENDECI ÖZGÖDEK**	Instructor, CAD
Chafra Jamel Ben MOHAMMED	Instructor, THM

for ERASMUS PROJECTS
Halime DEMIRKAN	Assoc. Prof. IAED
Ayse Bas COLLINS	Asst. Prof. THM
Uygar TAZEBAY	Asst. Prof. MBG

Under the "7th Framework Programme"
Project Name	Start Date and Duration	Participants
WIMAGIC (ICT-2007,1.1) Worldwide interoperability Microwave broadband access system for next generation wireless communications Collaborative Project (generic) (13 Partners + 1 Coordinator)	2008.01.01 36 Months	Prof. Erdal ARIKAN (Partner)
NEWCOM ++ (ICT-2007,1.1) Network of excellence in wireless communications. Network of Excellence (30 Partners + 1 Coordinator)	2008.01.01 36 Months	Prof. Erdal ARIKAN (Partner)
BONE (ICT-2007,1.1) Building the future optical network in Europe. Network of Excellence (48 Partners + 1 Coordinator)	2008.01.01 36 Months	Assoc. Prof. Ezhan KARASAN (Partner)
GEMIC (SSH.2007.1) Gender, Migration and Intercultural Interactions in the Mediterranean and South East Europe an interdisciplinary perspective Collaborative Project (8 Partners)	2008.02.01 36 months	Asst. Prof. Dilek CINDOGLU (Partner)
REAL3D (ICT-2007,3.2) Digital holography for 3D and 4D real-world objects' capture, processing and display. Collaborative Project (generic) (8 Partners + 1 Coordinator)	2008.02.01 36 Months	Prof. Levent ONURAL (Partner)
3DPHONE (ICT-2007.1.5) All 3D imaging phone Collaborative Project (Generic) (5 Partners + 1 Coordinator)	2008.02.01 36 Months	Asst. Prof. Tolga CAPIN (Coordinator)
UNAM-REGPOT (CSA-SA-FP7-REGPOT-2007.1) Strengthening of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Institute of Turkey as a National Centre of Excellence through European Integration. Coordination and Support actions	2008.04.01 36 Months	Prof. Atilla AYDINLI (Coordinator)
EU Integration (PEOPLE-2007-4-3, IRG) Financial Integration and Macroeconomic stability in Europe. MC-IRG	2008.03.01 48 Months	Visiting Associate Professor Doctor Sebnem Kalemli ÖZCAN
INEX (SEC-2007-6, 5-02) Converging and conflicting ethical values in the internal / external security continuum in Europe. Collaborative Project (8 Partners)	2008.04.01 36 months	Asst. Prof. Pinar BILGIN (Partner)
ECONAM (NMP-2007-2,1-3) Electromagnetic characterization of nanostructured materials. Coordination actions (8 Participants + 1 Coordinator)	2008.04.01 36 Months	Prof. Ekmel ÖZBAY (Partner)
PHOME (ICT-2007.8.0 FET) Photonic Materials Collaborative project (generic) (3 Partners + 1 Coordinator)	2008.06.01 36 Months	Prof. Ekmel ÖZBAY (Partner)
(PEOPLE-IRG) Self-Assembled Nanostructures for Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials MC-IRG	48 Months	Mustafa Özgür GÜLER
MATERIAL PERCEPTION (PEOPLE-IRG) Visual Perception of Surface Material Properties - Computational and fMRI investigations of spatiotemporal cues to perceived shininess MC-IRG	2009.01.04 48 Months	Asst. Prof. Katja DOERSCHNER
(PEOPLE-IRG) Assesing Functional Connectivity Patterns Within and Among Human Visual Cortical areas associated with contextual influences on visual perception MC-IRG	2009.01.04 48 Months	Asst. Prof. Hüseyin BOYACI
HTCMP (PEOPLE-IRG) Heterogeneous Chip Multiprocessor Design MC-IRG	2009.04.01 48 Months	Asst. Prof. Özcan ÖZTÜRK
PIOS (PEOPLE-IRG) Photonic Integration on Silicon Germanium MC-IRG	2009.04.01 48 Months	Assistant Professor Ali Kemal OKYAY
DEBIWIST (PEOPLE-IRG) The Debate Between Islam and West in Science and Technology MC-IRG	2009.11.01 48 Months	Asst. Prof. Akif Kirecci
Haptic E-Model (PEOPLE-IRG) A Computational Model of Human Sensory-Motor Performance in Haptic Manipulation MC-IRG	2010. 02.01 60 Months	Visiting Asst. Prof. Murat Cenk Cavusoglu

Project Name	Duration	Coordinator
Automatic Detection and Segmentation of Hazelnut Orchards in Northern Turkey (EC/JRC)	July 2008- December 2008	Asst. Prof. Selim AKSOY (Principal Investigator)
Automatic Mapping of Linear Woody vegetation Futures in Agricultural Lanscapes (EC/JRC)	January 2008- June 2008	Asst. Prof. Selim AKSOY (Principal Investigator)
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Rural Europe www.ruraleurope.info (CFCU) Partners: Hacettepe University, Netherland Institute for Higher Education, Dutch Art Institue, Koza Visual-Audio Visual Research Project.	May, 2008 18 Months	Andreas TRESKE (Department of Communication and Design) (Bilkent Coordinator) Project Manager: Süha ÜNSAL
Turkey's Position Towards and Participation in European Knowledge Economy www.tepek.org (CFCU) Partners: Ankara University, Koç University, Inholland University	June 2008 18 Months	Arzu IKINCI (Bilkent Coordinator) Prof. Dr. Fatin SEZGIN Aysegül ALTABAN

Under the "6th Framework Programme"
Project Name	Date	Participants
3D TV (IST-NoE): INTEGRATED THREE-DIMENSION TELEVISION CAPTURE, TRANSMISSION AND DISPLAY (7 Countries, 19 participant organizations) (Coordinator)	Contract Date August 2004	Prof. Levent ONURAL (Coordinator) Prof. Abdullah ATALAR Prof. Bulent OZGUC Prof. Ozgur ULUSOY Prof. Orhan AYTUR Prof. Orhan ARIKAN Prof. A. Enis ÇETIN Asst. Prof. Dr. Ugur GÜDÜKBAY Senior Lecturer Tarik REYHAN
EPHOTON ONE (IST-NoE): Optical Networks: Towards Bandwidth Manageability and Cost Efficiency (17 Countries, 37 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date February 2004	Asst. Prof. Dr. Ezhan KARASAN Asst. Prof. Dr. Nail AKAR Asst. Prof. Dr. Oya Ekin KARASAN
NEWCOM (IST-NoE): Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications. (17 Countries, 58 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date March 2004	Prof. Dr. Erdal ARIKAN Prof. Dr. Abdullah ATALAR Prof. Dr. Ayhan ALTINTAS Prof. Dr. Hayrettin KOYMEN Asst. Prof. Dr. Ezhan KARASAN Asst. Prof. Dr. Nail AKAR Asst. Prof. Dr. Ibrahim KORPEOGLU Senior Lecturer Tarik REYHAN
MUSCLE (IST-NoE): Multimedia understanding through semantic, computation and learning. (15 Countries, 42 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date March 2004	Prof. Enis ÇETIN Prof. Levent ONURAL Prof. Özgur ULUSOY Asst. Prof. Dr. Ugur GÜDÜKBAY
NANOMAN (NMP4-STREP) : Control, manipulation and manufacture on the 1-10nm scale using localised forces and excitations (6 Countries, 8 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date March 2004	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet ORAL
SEE-GRID (SSA): South Eastern European GRid-enabled eInfrastructure Development (10 Countries, 10 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date April 2004	Prof. Cevdet AYKANAT (Coordinator GRNET - Greek Research and Technology Network) (TUBITAK- ULAKBIM) (Bilkent University is a Third Party)
METAMORPHOSE (NANO-NoE): "MetaMaterials organized for radio, millimeter wave, and photonic superlattice engineering" (14 Countries, 24 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date June 2004	Prof. Dr. Ekmel ÖZBAY
SEMINANO (NANO-STREP): Physics and Technology of Elemental, Alloy and Compound Semiconductor Nano crystals : Material and Devices (9 Countries, 11 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date September 2004	Prof. Atilla AYDINLI Asst.Prof. Ceyhun BULUTAY
PHOREMOST (IST-NoE): "Nanophotonics to Realize Molecular-Scale Technologies" (18 Countries, 35 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date October 2004	Prof. Dr. Ekmel ÖZBAY Asst. Prof. Dr. Hilmi Volkan DEMIR
PACEMAKERS and MRI (MC International Reintegration Grant)	Contract Date August 2004	Vis. Prof. Dr. Ergin ATALAR
RoCoIDS Robust Control of Dimentional Systems (24 Months) MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date May 16, 2005	Prof. Dr. Hitay ÖZBAY
BUSIAP: Hierarchical Classification, Mining and Semantic Retrieval in Remote Sensing Image Archives MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date September, 2005	Asst. Prof. Dr. Selim AKSOY (Coordinator)
MOON Modern Optoelectronics on III-N MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date November 11,2005	Asst. Prof. Dr. Hilmi Volkan DEMIR (Coordinator)
(MIMO) Distribued Transmission for Cooperative Multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date January 23, 2006	Asst. Prof. Dr. Defne AKTAS (Coordinator)
(Therapeutic ODN) Use of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides to Improve the Immunogenicity of Vaccines MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date April, 2006	Asst. Prof. Dr. Ihsan GÜRSEL (Coordinator)
LUNG CAABS (Utility of tumor antigens as therapeutic and diagnostic tools) MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date April, 2007	Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Osman GÜRE (Coordinator)
EUROETHOS (CITIZENS-STREP) Exploring the scope of a shared European pluralistic ethos. (Partner)	Contract Date January, 2007	Asst.Prof. Ali TEKIN
DYROLL (MOBILITY) Behavioral planning for dynamically dexterous robots using constrained intuitionistic linear logic MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date January, 2007	Asst. Prof. Uluc SARANLI
FIBERLASER (MOBILITY) Development of Femtosecond Fiber Lasers for Next-generation Accelerators MC International Reintegration Grant	Contract Date/Duration September, 2007 24 Months	Asst. Prof. Omer ILDAY

FP6 DESCARTES PRIZES (2005) WINNER
Name of the project	Participants
Extending Electromagnetism through Novel Artificial Materials (EXEL)	Prof. Ekmel ÖZBAY (Bilkent University, TURKEY) Prof. John Brian Pendry, (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington Campus, UK) Prof Martin Wegener (University of Karlsruhe, Germany) Prof. David R. Smith (Duke University, United states)

Under the "5th Framework Programme"
DALHM (IST-FET/STREP): "Development and Analysis of Left Handed Metamaterials" (3 Countries, 3 participant organizations) (Partner)	Contract Date September 2002	Prof. Dr. Ekmel ÖZBAY
Under the EUROPA - "Bridges of Knowledge"
Adapting the Tourism Statistics of Turkey to the Standards of the European Union: (Project Completed. 15 September 2004)	Contract Date February 2003	Instructor Teoman ALEMDAR Instructor Günes KARAMULLAOGLU Instructor Ibrahim BOZ Instructor Nazende COSKUN
Under the EUROPA - "Horizons Project"
"Towards a Better-Informed Society through Increased Public Awareness on the EU and Turkey's Accession Process: A Fact-Sharing Campaign for High School Students." (Project Completed. 16 December 2003)	Contract Date December 2002	Asst. Prof. Aylin GÜNEY
Under the Leonardo da Vinci Program (Mobility)
Quality Improvement in the Industrial Training Programs of Tourism and Hotel Management Schools (Project Completed. 28 January 2005)(.zip file)	Contract Date June 2004	Asst. Prof. Ayse Bas COLLINS Vis. Asst. Prof. Cihan ÇOBANOGLU Cevat ERTUNA (Instructor) Ilhan ERTUNA (Instructor)