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Dr. Ferda Ofli
Senior Scientist
Dr. Ferda Ofli
Senior Scientist
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Entity
Qatar Computing Research Institute
Divison
Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence
Biography
Dr. Ferda Ofli is a Senior Scientist at Qatar Computing Research Institute. Before joining QCRI, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA from 2010 to 2014. He received BSc degrees both in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Engineering, and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2005 and 2010, respectively.
Dr. Ofli's general research interests span computer vision, machine learning, remote sensing, and multimedia signal processing. In recent years, he focuses on using deep learning techniques on image data, which can be obtained from the Internet, UAVs, or satellites, to improve object recognition and scene understanding in the wild, particularly for applications in the social good domain ranging from disaster response and management to sustainable development.
Dr. Ofli is a senior member of IEEE and ACM with more than 80 publications in top-tier conferences and journals including CVPR, ECCV, WWW, and PAMI. His works have received several best paper awards and been featured in mainstream media outlets including BBC, New Scientist, and Wired, among others.
PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Koc University; Istanbul, Turkey
2010
BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Koc University; Istanbul, Turkey
2005
BSc in Computer Engineering
Koc University; Istanbul, Turkey
2005
- Computer Vision
- Machine Learning
- Remote Sensing
- Multimedia Signal Processing
Senior Scientist
Social Computing Group, Qatar Computing Research Institute; Doha, Qatar.
2019 - Present
Scientist
Social Computing Group, Qatar Computing Research Institute; Doha, Qatar.
2014 - 2019
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
2010 - 2014
Research Assistant
College of Engineering; Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2005 - 2010
Teaching Assistant
College of Engineering; Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2005 - 2010
- 2021, Outstanding Reviewer Award; CVPR, Online
- 2020, Outstanding rReviewer Award; CVPR, Online
- 2020, Best Paper Award; ISCRAM, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- 2019, Best Insight Paper Award; ISCRAM, Valencia, Spain
- 2019, Best Paper Runner-Up Award; ISCRAM, Valencia, Spain
- 2018, Senior Member; IEEE
- 2018, Senior Member; ACM
- 2017, Best Paper Runner-Up Award; ISCRAM, Albi, France
- 2015, Best Paper Award; JVCI
- 2011, Alper Atalay Best Student Paper Award Runner-up; IEEE SIU, Antalya, Turkey