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Okan Ersoy

b. 1945

Turkish-American computer scientist (born 1945)

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About Okan Ersoy

Born 1945. Okan Ersoy is an American and Turkish computer scientist and mathematician, known for Decision trees, Diffractive optics and Digital imaging.

Okan Kadri Ersoy (born 5 September 1945) is now Professor Emeritus of electrical engineering Formerly, he was a professor of electrical engineering and the director of the Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory at Purdue University, West Lafayette School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of OSA and a Fellow of ISIBM. Ersoy contributed to the research and education in computer science and engineering, physics, artificial intelligence and bioinformatics.

Biography Ersoy was born on 5 September 1945, in Istanbul, Turkey. He received B.S.E.E. degree from Boğaziçi University (Formerly Robert College) in Istanbul in 1967; M.S.E.E. degree in 1968, MS degree in Systems Science and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1972 respectively, all from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with specialization on lasers, quantum electronics, optics and image processing.

Research areas His current research is concentrated in the fields of digital signal/image processing and imaging, neural networks, decision trees and support vector machines, optical communications, networking and information processing, diffractive optics with scanning electron microscope, Fourier-related transforms and time-frequency methods, probability and statistics. He has written a number of books and book sections on signal, image processing and fast transforms.

Books Diffraction, Fourier Optics and Imaging - Fourier Related Transforms and Applications

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Important facts

Birth century
Known for
Decision trees, Diffractive optics, Digital imaging, Digital signal processing, Fourier-related transforms, Image processing
moreNeural networks, Optical communications, Support vector machines, Time–frequency representation
Education
Boğaziçi University, University of California, Los Angeles, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Purdue University
Employers
Purdue University, Boğaziçi University
Awards
Fellow of the Optical Society; IEEE Fellow
Also known as
Okan Kadri Ersoy

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Okan Ersoy?

Turkish-American computer scientist (born 1945)

When was Okan Ersoy born?

Okan Ersoy was born on 5 September 1945 in Istanbul.

What is Okan Ersoy's occupation?

Okan Ersoy is a computer scientist and mathematician.

What is Okan Ersoy known for?

Okan Ersoy is known for Decision trees, Diffractive optics, Digital imaging, Digital signal processing, Fourier-related transforms and Image processing.

What nationality is Okan Ersoy?

Okan Ersoy is American and Turkish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Okan Ersoy

· Wikidata: Q16210608

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