Research Assistant at Institute for Software Integrated Systems and Phd Student at Vanderbilt University
Greater Nashville Area
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- Research Assistant at Institute for Software Integrated Systems
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- Teaching Assistant at Vanderbilt University
- Research Assistant at Center for Intelligent Systems
- Teaching Assistant at Vanderbilt University
- Education
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- Vanderbilt University
- Vanderbilt University
- Osmangazi University
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Turker Keskinpala’s Summary
I am currently a Ph.D student looking for career opportunities in Electrical Engineering and Computer Software fields. I am experienced in software development and especially in model based systems. In addition to research in these areas, I am passionate about Internet technologies and social side of software and systems. I am a keen follower of emerging Internet technologies and the Web 2.0 trend. Below is a brief highlight of my experience:
- Ph.D research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 5 years of software development experience in a research and development environment
- Experience in model based systems and model based system testing
Turker Keskinpala’s Specialties:
- Software and System Modeling (UML, Generic Modeling Environment - GME)
- Embedded Systems
- C, C++, Java, MATLAB, C#, .NET, XML, UML
Turker Keskinpala’s Experience
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Research Assistant
Institute for Software Integrated Systems
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; ISIS; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)
- Conducted research for NSF funded CMS project in collaboration with CERN on model based performance testing of large scale distributed high energy physics system
- Designed and implemented meta-models and modeling languages for distributed system configuration and test
- Developed model interpreters in C++ for automatic generation of artifacts (e.g. XML) from system models
- Conducted research for DARPA funded HPCS project in collaboration with IBM on productivity in development of HPC Systems
- Developed an Eclipse plug-in for measuring productivity during local and remote development of HPC systems
- Contributed to open source Hackystat project and integrated it with the Eclipse plug-in
- Granted permission by IBM to release the Eclipse plug-in as an open source tool under name “HPCS Development and Productivity Experiment Tool”
- Performed demos and made presentations for primary investigators
- Technologies Used: Software/System Modeling, C++, Java, XML, UML, Eclipse -
Teaching Assistant
Vanderbilt University
(Educational Institution; VU; Research industry)
September 2003 — May 2004 (9 months)
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Research Assistant
Center for Intelligent Systems
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)
September 2001 — August 2003 (2 years)
- Conducted research on mobile robotics focusing on visual perception and navigation
- Developed MATLAB scripts for robot object recognition and learning using image processing and machine learning toolboxes
- Developed software and GUI in Visual Basic robot communication
- Designed and implemented a system for visual perception correction of a robot in Visual Basic
- Designed and implemented software in C# and .NET Compact Framework for mobile robot control using a PDA
- Technologies used: Visual Basic, .NET, C#, MATLAB -
Teaching Assistant
Vanderbilt University
(Educational Institution; VU; Research industry)
August 2000 — May 2001 (10 months)
Turker Keskinpala’s Education
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Vanderbilt University
Phd, Electrical Engineering, 2003 — 2007
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Vanderbilt University
M.S., Electrical Engineering, 2000 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Turkish Student Association
IEEE Student Branch
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Osmangazi University
B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1996 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- IEEE Student Branch
Additional Information
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Turker Keskinpala’s Interests:
Internet technologies and strategies, Social systems and networks, Video Games, Emerging technologies, Podcasting, Blogging
Turker Keskinpala’s Groups:
IEEE
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Web 2.0 Turkey
Turker Keskinpala’s Contact Settings
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