Pınar Santemiz

Research Assistant at the
Computer Engineering Department
Bogaziçi University, Bebek 80815 Istanbul
office: ETA 26
phone: +90-212-359 44 90
e-mail: pinar.santemizboun.edu.tr
cv: cv_santemiz.pdf

Education


MS: Bogazici University, Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006-2009
BS: Bogazici University, Department of Mathematics, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000-2006
High School: St. George Austrian College, 1992-2000

Current Research

I am a member of the Perceptual Intelligence Laboratory (PILAB) at the Boğaziçi University, Department of Computer Engineering. I am currently working on my M.S. thesis, which is about alignment based methods to extract isolated signs from continuous signed speech videos, under the supervision of Prof. Lale Akarun.  I investigate the effects of

  1. Different feature extraction methods for hand motion and hand shape: Trajectory, Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG), Hu Moments
  2. Different alignment approaches:  Dinamic Time Warping (DTW), Hidden Markov Models (HMM), Coupled HMMs, Parallel HMMs

Research Interests

Human Computer Interaction
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Speech Processing

Current Project

The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Research Project, Project Title: Sign Language Tutor,
(Project Code: 107E021).

Publications

International Conferences and Workshops

Pinar Santemiz, Oya Aran, Murat Saraclar, Lale Akarun, “Automatic Sign Segmentation from Continuous Signing via Multiple Sequence Alignment,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International ICCV Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI’09), Kyoto, Japan, 2009, (accepted).

Pinar Santemiz, Oya Aran, Murat Saraclar, Lale Akarun, “Extraction of Isolated Signs from Sign Language Videos via Multiple Sequence Alignment,” in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Speech and Computer (SPECOM’09), pp. 117–122, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2009.

Pavel Campr, Marek Hruz, Alexey Karpov, Pinar Santemiz, Milos Zelezny, and Oya Aran, “Input and output modalities used in a sign-language-enabled information kiosk,” in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Speech and Computer (SPECOM’09), pp. 113–116, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2009.

Pavel Campr, Marek Hruz, Alexey Karpov, Pinar Santemiz, Milos Zelezny, and Oya Aran, “Sign-language-enabled information kiosk,” in Proceedings of the 4th International Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE’08), pp.24–33, Paris, France, 2008.

P. Santemiz, N. Alyuz, D. Cavdar, F. Alagoz, “Post-earthquake Damage Assessment Using Satellite Imagery,” IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ISCPC’07), pp.596-599, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), 2007.

National Conferences

P. Santemiz, O. Aran, M. Saraclar, L. Akarun, “Alignment Based Extraction of Isolated Signs from Sign Language Videos”, IEEE 17th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU’09), Antalya, Turkey, 2009.

H. Dibeklioglu, E. Dikici, P. Santemiz, K. Balci, L. Akarun, “Sign Language Motion Tracking and Generating 3D Motion Pieces Using 2D Features”, IEEE 15th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU’07), pp.1-4, Eskisehir, Turkey, 2007.

P. Santemiz, N. Alyuz, D. Cavdar, F. Alagoz, “Uydu Goruntulerinden Deprem Sonrasi Hasar Tespiti”, 12. EEBB Muhendisligi Ulusal Kongresi, Eskisehir, Turkey, 2007.

Thesis

Pinar Santemiz, “Alignment and Multimodal Analysis in Signed Speech”, MS Thesis, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009

Pinar Santemiz, “Categories, Functors and Natural Transformations”, BS Thesis, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005

Academic Experience

Research Assistant - Bogazici University, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Perceptual Intelligence Laboratory. (Since 2008)
Research Assistant - Bogazici University, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Satellite Networks Research Laboratory. (2006-2007)
Teaching Assistant - Bogazici University, Mathematics Dept., Math 102 Calculus II (2005-2006)

Events Participated

eNTERFACE'08 4t International Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces, Paris, France, 2008.

Personal Skills and Competences

Native language: Turkish
Other Languages: English (fluent), German (fluent), Italian (beginner)
Driving License: Turkish drivers license, Category B vehicle.
Computer Skills: Programming Languages (C/C++, Matlab), Operating Systems (Windows), Authoring/word processing (Office, LaTeX).

Projects

The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Research Project, Project Title: Sign Language Tutor,
(Project Code: 107E021).

Noncurricular Activities

Sports: Scuba Diving (CMAS two star diver), Volleyball, Swimming.
Film Editing.

Awards

Film editor of the film “Uyku (Sleep)”

  • “Best Short Film”, 25th IFSAK Short Film Festival, 2005
  • “Best Short Film”, !F Istanbul, 2005

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Last update: August 03, 2009