Ferda Ofli, PhD
Senior Scientist
Bio
I am a Senior Scientist in the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) under Qatar Foundation.
I joined QCRI as a Scientist in 2014 and then got promoted to Senior Scientist in 2019. Before joining QCRI, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), working with Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy in the Teleimmersion Lab between 2010-2014.
I obtained my BSc degrees, both in electrical & electronics engineering and computer engineering, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. I pursued my Ph.D. work in the Multimedia, Vision and Graphics Laboratory (MVGL) at Koç University under the supervision of Prof. Engin Erzin, Prof. Yücel Yemez and Prof. A. Murat Tekalp.
I am a senior member of IEEE and ACM.
Education
2010
Istanbul, Turkey
PhD in Electrical Engineering
Koç University
2005
Istanbul, Turkey
BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Koç University
2005
Istanbul, Turkey
BSc in Computer Engineering
Koç University
Research Interests
computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, remote sensing, multimedia signal processing
My current research 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 with a particular focus on applications in the social good domain ranging from disaster response and management to sustainable development.
In the past, I worked on several topics such as creating a holistic view of an individual's health, food image and recipe understanding, human body motion analysis and action recognition from 3D data, multimodal dance performance analysis and music-driven dance synthesis and animation as well as facial expression analysis and speech-driven facial expression synthesis and animation.
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Remote Sensing
Multimedia Signal Processing
Contact Me
Dr. Ferda Ofli
HBKU Research Complex, Building 1, A156
Doha, Qatar
fofli {JUNK} hbku {dot} edu {dot} qa