{"id":2,"date":"2021-04-15T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T12:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:31:39","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/","title":{"rendered":"about me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">I am currently an associate professor with the<a href=\"http:\/\/ii.metu.edu.tr\/full-time-faculty\"> Graduate School of Informatics<\/a>, METU. I am professionally interested in <em><strong>computer vision<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>deep learning<\/strong><\/em>, <strong><em>pattern recognition<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>image processing<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>machine learning<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>object tracking, <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>3D modelling<\/em><\/strong>. I have several journals, conference papers, and international patents on these subjects. If you are interested, please find my <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xKzx5gH1GtAo4iEp4HRZU96PL9RpEk8A\/view?usp=sharing\">resume here<\/a> or check my <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=kbhNCBkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=ininventor%3A%22Akagunduz%22&amp;biw=922&amp;bih=383&amp;tbm=pts&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk01Z_mQBRShdLCG3V3wq_PYksaXieg%3A1619273377384&amp;ei=oSaEYPTtFqeP9u8PvpSN2A0&amp;oq=ininventor%3A%22Akagunduz%22&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3...6257.6257.0.6822.1.1.0.0.0.0.104.104.0j1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.yKCMgysHODY\">Google Patents<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Erdem-Akaguenduez-2\">ResearchGate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/openreview.net\/profile?id=~Erdem_Akag%C3%BCnd%C3%BCz1\">OpenReview<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dblp.org\/pid\/26\/5025.html\">DBLP<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/erdem-akagunduz\/\">Linkedin<\/a> pages for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1523\" class=\"wp-image-125\" style=\"width: 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-1536x914.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-2048x1219.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2022\/08\/ofis2-624x371.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AIRLab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:90%\">\n<p><p align=\"justify\">I am one of the principal investigators of the <a href=\"http:\/\/airlab-ii.metu.edu.tr\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"airlab-ii.metu.edu.tr\">Applied Intelligence Research Laboratory, AIRLab<\/a>, based at METU Informatics Institute. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airlab-ii.metu.edu.tr\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2023\/10\/logoicon_alpha-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2023\/10\/logoicon_alpha-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2023\/10\/logoicon_alpha-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2023\/10\/logoicon_alpha-624x621.png 624w, https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/akaerdem\/files\/2023\/10\/logoicon_alpha.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>\n       .errordiv { padding:10px; 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