| Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Maryland at College Park
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301)405-3089
(301)794-7868
E-mail: keceli@glue.umd.edu
WWW: http://www.ece.umd.edu/~keceli/
FUAT KECELI
EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (2000 - present)
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering expected in 2005, GPA 4.00/4.00
- Specialized in Computer Engineering
Bogazici University, Istanbul, TURKEY (1996 - 2000)
- B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA 3.44/4.00, on Honors List
- Graduated from one of the most prestigious departments in Turkey, which gives education to students who rank better than 200th place in the National Entrance Examination among 1.5 million candidates.
- Ranked 50th in the National Entrance Examination.
RELATED COURSEWORK
-VLSI Architecture
-Advanced Digital Design with HDLs
-Advanced VLSI Design
-VLSI Design Automation
-CAD of Digital Systems
-Introduction to VLSI Design
-Mathematical Foundations for Computer Systems
-Digital Computer Design
-Solid State Electronics
-Programming with Java
-Design of Distributed Computer Systems
-Integrated and Microwave Electronics
-Electrical Network Theory
-High Speed Memory Systems (audit)
-Operating Systems (audit)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (2002- present): Research Assistant in DSP-CAD Research Group.
University of Maryland-College Park, MD (2001-2002): Teaching Assistant for "Digital Electronics" course and graduate level "Digital Computer Design" course.
Information Systems Institute-East (USC), VA (2001): Visitor Research Assistant.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (2000-2001): Teaching Assistant for "Digital Design" and "Semiconductor Devices and Analog Electronics" courses.
Bogazici University, Istanbul, TURKEY (1998-2000): Teaching Assistant for "Digital Design" and "Physics Laboratory" courses. Lectured other undergraduate students as an undergraduate student.
Alcatel Microelectronics, Istanbul, TURKEY (1999): Internship in RF and Microelectronics Departments. Researched and wrote a report on a communication model of Bluetooth short range, high-frequency, wireless network system.
PROJECTS AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Worked on extending the dataflow design package (DIF Package) of the DSP-CAD Research Group in University of Maryland. DIF Package is a Java based software framework which originated from the PtolemyII project conducted in University of California, Berkeley.
Contributed to creating DIF (Data Interchange Format) - a textual language intended for exchanging dataflow information between DSP design tools while providing a readable structure for designers. Developed a compiler to import DIF expressions into PtolemyII and DIF Package. This work is published as a technical report: F. Keceli, M. Ko, S. Shahparnia, and S. S. Bhattacharyya. First version of a dataflow interchange format. Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland at College Park, November 2002.
Worked in improvement and application of a new MOS device, named Neuron-MOS, in coordination with NTT-Japan. This research included both low-level/high level design issues, comparison with traditional CMOS design, fabrication of microchips and testing.
Designed a memory access interface for a computing accelerator card (SLAAC). Programmed a Virtex-II 6000 FPGA to implement the design using a Java based HDL tool (JHDL) and Xilinx Alliance tools. Also contributed to evaluation of JHDL.
Programmed a Genetic Algorithm based placement tool for optimal placement of computing blocks to real-time reprogrammable microchips as the final project of "VLSI Design Automation" course.
Analyzed and implemented Different Viterbi decoding algorithms using VHDL in Mentor Graphics tools up to the level of chip layout as the senior project.
Designed an 8-Bit ALU in VHDL as the final project of "Advanced Digital Design with HDLs" course.
Worked for development of a web based common environment for digital design as a part of "Programming with Java" course.
Designed a CMOS control circuit for an IR unit using Magic as the final project of "Introduction to VLSI Design" course.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming Languages: C/C++, Java, VHDL, JHDL and Verilog
Software: Mentor Graphics tools, Magic, HSpice, Matlab, HPADS and Xilinx Alliance Tools
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member of Bogazici University Rowing Team from 1996 to 1998
Played guitar in a professional band
Interested in outdoor sports such as paragliding, rock climbing, kayaking, scuba diving
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