Ph.D. Student @ University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Not for hire

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Socials

Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Hakan Yekta Yatbaz Github: yatbazhakan ResearchGate: Hakan Yekta Yatbaz Google Scholar: Hakan Yekta Yatbaz

Memberships

IEEE Member (2016-Present)

About Me

I'm a Ph.D. student in the Intelligent Vehicle Research Directorate at the University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group. My main research interest is investigating the methods to monitor and detect cases where the perception modules' interpretation of their environment is unreliable on autonomous vehicles. In my masters, I have worked on deep learning-based human activity recognition using wearable sensors for e-health applications.

Language Skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cloud System Developer to Support Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)

Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) 2021/05 - Present https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/

WMG is an academic department at the University of Warwick. It is the leading international role model for successful collaboration between academia and the public and private sectors, driving innovation in science, technology, and engineering, to develop the brightest ideas and talent that will shape our future.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus 2018/09 - 2020/09 (2 Years) https://ncc.metu.edu.tr

Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus is the first overseas campus of a Turkish university. Responsibilities

Assisted Courses

Robotics Developer (Internship)

KOVAN Research Lab 2017/06 - 2017/08 (2 Months) http://kovan.ceng.metu.edu.tr/

KOVAN research lab is founded to study the synthesis of intelligent systems inspired from nature. Projects & Responsibilities

SKILLS

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

  1. B. Kizilkaya, E. Ever, H. Y. Yatbaz, and A. Yazici, “An effective forest fire detection framework using heterogeneous wireless multimedia sensor networks,” ACM Trans. Multimedia Comput. Commun. Appl., vol. 18, no. 2, feb 2022. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1145/3473037
  2. **H. Y. Yatbaz,** E. Ever and A. Yazici, Activity Recognition and Anomaly Detection in E-Health Applications Using Color-Coded Representation and Lightweight CNN Architectures," in IEEE Sensors Journal, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3061458.
  3. **H. Y. Yatbaz**, S. Eraslan, Y. Yesilada, and E. Ever, “Activity Recognition Using Binary Sensors for Elderly People Living Alone: Scanpath Trend Analysis Approach,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 19, no. 17, pp. 7575–7582, Sep. 2019, doi: 10.1109/jsen.2019.2915026.

Conferences

  1. S. Eraslan, H. Y. Yatbaz, E. Ever and Y. Yesilada, "Exploring Activity Transitions in the STA-based Activity Recognition," 2020 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Gaziantep, Turkey, 2020, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/SIU49456.2020.9302074.
  2. **H. Y. Yatbaz** and M. Erbilek, “Deep Learning Based Stress Prediction From Offline Signatures,” in 2020 8th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF), 2020, doi: 10.1109/iwbf49977.2020.9107942.
  3. **H. Y. Yatbaz** et al., “Hybrid Approach for Disaster Recovery using P2P Communications in Android,” in IEEE 43rd Conference on Local Computer Networks Workshops (LCN Workshops), 2018, doi: 10.1109/lcnw.2018.8628555.

Book Chapters

  1. H. Y. Yatbaz and A. C. Tasıran, “Statistical analysis for sensory E-Health applications: opportunities and challenges,” in IoT Technologies in Smart Cities: From sensors to big data, security and trust, Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020, pp. 151–169.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering

University of Warwick

Warwick Manufacturing Group 2020 - Present

Scholarship: WMG Studentship

Certificate: TBA

Master of Science in Computer Engineering

Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus

Computer Engineering Department 2018 - 2020 (2 Years)

Scholarship: Graduate Assistantship Scholarship

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Enver Ever

Thesis Title: Colour coding based novel data representation and lightweight convolutional neural network architecture for hierarchical anomaly detection on eHealth applications

Certificate: 2020/09

Academic Record:

GPA: 3.88 / 4.0

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus

Computer Engineering Department 2013 - 2018 (5 Years)

Scholarship: 100% Tuition Fee Scholarship

Certificate: 2018/11

Academic Record:

GPA: 3.62 / 4.0

PROJECTS

Location Based Control and Management System for Safety Warning and Emergency Rescuing Services Using LTE D2D Technology

Role: Undergraduate Researcher Team Size: 3

Advisors: Assoc. Prof. Enver Ever and Prof. Fadi Al-Turjman

Project Website

The project is supported by Newton Fund (awarded by British Council with award reference number 216429427.)

The project focuses on emergency rescuing services in disastrous situations. The main task of the METU team was to use the data collected from mobile devices using LTE D2D technology for accurate localization of potential victims with the help of cloud-based technologies. The project involves an international team with Kings College London, Middlesex University, and Middle East Technical University.

Tank Manager

Role: Android Developer Team Size: 4

An IoT application that helps users to track the fullness and temperature of their water tank. The project is awarded third place in METU KALTEV Hackathon organized by Ardic Technology, KKTCELL, and METU NCC.

Wordy’s World

Role: Backend Developer and Researcher Team Size:3

Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yeliz Yesilada

Wordy’s World is a mobile word game designed for Turkish and English-speaking children with dyslexia. This project is also funded by KKTCELL, Fikir Tarlası – An innovation program: “Let’s grow your ideas together”.

HONORS AND AWARDS