Curriculum Vitae Gokhan Calis

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1 Curriculum Vitae Contact Information 1230 E Speedway Blvd., ECE Bldg. 561, Tucson, AZ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering gcalis@ .arizona.edu The University of Arizona gcalis Education Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Aug Present M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sep Jul B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sep Jun Professional Experience Graduate Research Assistant Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Aug Present Research in the areas of information and coding theory, distributed storage systems, machine learning, neuroscience and security. Developed distributed storage systems which can recover from component failures, maintenance strategies for cloud storage over wireless devices. Member of Laboratory of Information Processing Systems. (Advisor: Prof. O. Ozan Koyluoglu). BOSCH Research and Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA Data Science Intern May Aug Data Mining Group Research in time series event prediction. Main goal is to find dependencies between different labels in time series data and forecasting future events. Created a web page for the employees of BOSCH that details different time series event prediction algorithms. Implemented state of art algorithms (Piecewise-Constant Conditional Intensity Model) for use cases. (Advisor: Dr. Naveen Ramakrishnan) Research and Teaching Assistant Sep Jul Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Page 1 of 5

2 Research in the areas of network measurement, modeling and analysis, queuing system analysis and wireless communications. Developed a tool to analyze networks with round-robin scheduling that uses Active Queue Managements specifically Random Early Drop. Teaching in 3 courses: Wireless Networking, Microprocessors, Circuit Theory. Part of a joint project called Modeling and Engineering of New-generation Link Layers with Losses and Latencies funded by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TUBITAK. Thesis Performance Modeling of Communication Networks Offered with a Mixture of TCP and UDP Flows. (Advisor: Prof. Nail Akar) Undergraduate Student Sep Jun Honor Student with Full Scholarship. Worked with Prof. Nail Akar on the project called Queuing Models for Optical Buffers for Variable Packet Lengths. Developed a simulator program in MATLAB. 7 course projects (4 of them are group projects). (Advisor: Prof. Nail Akar.) Vestel, Manisa, Turkey Intern Engineer Jun Jul Member of R&D group. Performance tests on TVs and research on digital video broadcasting. ( Vestel is manufacturing company specialised in electronics, major appliances and information technology. [vestel.com]) BOSCH, Manisa, Turkey Intern Engineer Jul Aug Thermo Technic Performance Group Honors and Awards Performance tests on combi boilers and spark generators. ( BOSCH Thermo Technic is one of the top thermo technic companies in the world. [bosch-thermotechnology.com]) Graduate Tuition Scholarship by The University of Arizona 2015 Awarded to graduate students includes partial tuition waiver. University Fellowship Award by the Graduate School of Bilkent University 2011 Awarded to top incoming students, includes tuition waiver, stipend, and housing for two years. Full Undergraduate Scholarship by Bilkent University 2006 Awarded to top incoming students, includes tuition waiver, stipend, and housing for five years. Ranked 143rd in the National University Entrance Exam of Turkey 2006 National university entrance exam is taken by 1.5 million students. Page 2 of 5

3 Publications Conference Papers [C-3] S. Shivaramaiah, G. Calis, O. O. Koyluoglu, and L. Lazos, Threshold-based Maintenance Strategies for Mobile Cloud Storage Systems, IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2016), Washington, DC, Dec [C-2] G. Calis and O. O. Koyluoglu, On the Maintenance of Distributed Storage Systems with Backup Node for Repair, 2016 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA 2016), Monterey, CA, Oct [C-1] G. Calis and O. O. Koyluoglu, Repairable Block Failure Resilient Codes, 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2014), Honolulu, HI, Jun Thesis [T-1] G. Calis, Performance Modeling of Communication Networks Offered with a Mixture of TCP and UDP Flows, M.S. thesis, Bilkent University, Jul Reports and Preprints [R-2] G. Calis and O. O. Koyluoglu, A General Construction for PMDS Codes, submitted to IEEE Communications Letters, May [R-1] G. Calis and O. O. Koyluoglu, Architecture-aware Coding for Distributed Storage: Repairable Block Failure Resilient Codes, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, May Teaching Experience and Coursework Coursework Information Theory, Detection and Estimation in Engineering Systems, Statistical Machine Learning and Data Mining, Channel Coding, Real Analysis of One Variable, Applied Stochastic Processes, Advanced Statistical Regression Analysis, Wireless Protocols. Teaching EEE 436 Wireless Networking Technologies and Applications (Spring 2013): Teaching assistant. EEE 212 Microprocessors (Fall 2012): Instructed lab sessions. EEE 436 Wireless Networking Technologies and Applications (Spring 2012): Teaching assistant. EEE 202 Circuit Theory (Fall 2011): Instructed lab sessions. Coursework (M.S.) Linear System Theory, Digital Communications Theory, Random Processes, Queuing Systems, Advanced Signal Processing, Wireless Communications, Communication Network Analysis, Internet Architecture and Protocols. Coursework (B.S.) Algorithms and Programming, Introduction to Digital Circuit Design, Analog Electronics, Circuit Theory, Microprocessors, Engineering Electromagnetics, Engineering Economic Analysis, Electronic Circuit Design, Signals and Systems, Feedback Control Systems, Digital Signal Page 3 of 5

4 Processing, Computer Networks, Telecommunications, Neural Networks, Wireless Networking Technologies and Applications. Course Projects Implemented a digital thermometer using microcontrollers Design of sudoku by using Java Power system design TRC 10, implementation of an amplitude modulation superheterodyne transceiver that operates in the 10-meter amateur band on hardware Neural network projects: Recognition of integers using perceptron training algorithm, function approximation using back propagation algorithm in MATLAB Design and implement underwater acoustic telephone Design and implement a basic wireless network for shopping malls. Invited Talks and Seminars, and Conference and Poster Presentations Conference and Poster Presentations Presentation of paper, Repairable Block Failure Resilient Codes, ISIT 2014, Honolulu, HI (Jun. 2014) Poster presentation on distributed storage systems at Second Franco-American Workshop on CyberSecurity, Tucson, AZ (Jan. 2014) Poster presentation on computer networks at Graduate Research Conference at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (Mar. 2013) Professional Service and Memberships Reviewer for IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Springer Computing, Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Communications Letters. Activities Grand Award Judge March 2016 Served as a judge for over 40 7th grade projects in energy, physics, astronomy and mathematics. Grand Award Judge March 2015 Served as a judge for over 50 3rd and 4th grade projects in engineering, materials, robotics, and computer science. Grand Award Judge March 2014 Served as a judge for over 40 3rd grade projects in engineering, physics and math. Page 4 of 5

5 Skills Languages: Turkish (native), English (fluent) Computer programming experience with Java, C++, Python, SQL, Microsoft Assembly Language, VHDL. Experience with design tools including MATLAB, R, Xilinx, PSpice, WinSpice, Simulink, PSS-E, NS-3. Windows, Mac OS, Linux, L A TEX, Microsoft Office, HTML. Personal Info and Interests Native to Turkey. Basketball, soccer and baseball fan. Page 5 of 5