Engineering Academic Staff

Assoc. Prof. Hakan Çağlar Hakan Çağlar received his bachelor’s degree from Istanbul Technical University, Electric Electronic Faculty in 1984, and completed his master’s program at NYU Polytechnic University in 1988. In 1991, he earned his PhD degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology. As the primary focus of his doctorate, Hakan Çağlar worked on video encoding and compression algorithms, wavelet transformations and digital TV applications regarding video communications. In 1993, Hakan Çağlar was granted his title as Associate Professor in Bosphorous University. He worked as the senior researcher in TÜBİTAK MAM Information Technologies Institute and gave lectures of image and video processing and computer vision at Bosphorus University and Istanbul Technical University between the years 1992 – 1996. Following this, he became the Software Director and then Deputy Director General (Software and Information Technologies) at HAVELSAN A.Ş. from 1996 to 2007. During this time, he developed large scale information systems and products for the defense industry and managed major projects for the e-government application system. Later in 2007/2008, he worked for Associate Professor at TOBB ETÜ Computer Engineering Department, and shortly after functioned as the General Manager in telecommunication and defense industry fields. Hakan Çağlar has authored 11 articles published in international refereed journals and was referred to 469 times. Nearly 40 of his articles were published to national and international congresses.