BLG111E-

Introduction to
Computer
Engineering

Prof. Sema OKTUĞ

Assistant: Doğan ALTAN
 WELCOME
To The Faculty of
Computer and Informatics
Engineering!
Prof.Uluğ BAYAZIT, Dean and Dept. of Computer Eng., Chair
Assoc.Prof. Feza Buzluca, Vice Dean
Assist.Prof. Gökhan İnce, Vice Dean
Y.Doç.Tolga OVATMAN, Dept. of Computer Eng., Vice Chair
Y.Doç.Ö. Sinan SARAÇ, Dept. of Computer Eng., Vice Chair
Ar.Gör.Doğan ALTAN, Dept. of Computer Eng., Assist. Repr.
Faculty of Computer and
Informatics Engineering???
 Web: http://www.bb.itu.edu.tr
 Twitter: @ITU_BBF
Istanbul Technical Univ
Faculty of Computer and
Informatics Engineering
Department of Computer Eng.
-Computer Eng. (100%Eng, 30%Eng)
-Information Systems Eng. (ITU—SUNY)
Faculty and Assistants
Full Time Faculty: 27
Part Time Faculty: 3-5

Teaching Assistants: 15

One of the strongest Computer Engineering

Departments in Turkey.
More at http://www.bb.itu.edu.tr/calisanlar
Important Issues....
 Attendence
 Courses (http://ninova.itu.edu.tr)
 English
 Regulations (http://sis.itu.edu.tr)
 Summer Training
 Student Clubs
 What am I going to do after graduation?
(http://ikm.itu.edu.tr)
 Is this the right department for girls? 
 The regulations on cheating
Questions?

Faculty foto with the new students will be taken, do

not disappear!
 BLG111E-
Introduction to
Computer
Engineering

Prof. Sema OKTUĞ

Assistant: Doğan ALTAN
Your Responsibilities
 Attendance to the 70% of the classes
 Summarizing/Commenting some (7) papers
 Poster presentation
 Important Dates:
Mid Nov, 2016: groupIDs and members must be
finalized.
Dec.7, 2015: Poster Topics must be finalized

 POSTER PRESENTATION: on the Final Exam. Day at

the department corridor

 You must follow http://www.ninova.itu.edu.tr

Final Grade
 Attendance to classes contributes 5%
(Make sure that 70% attn compulsory!
10/14 weeks)
 Summarizing papers contributes 60%
(At least 4 summaries!)
Papers? Mostly, from IEEE Potentials

 Poster presentation contributes 35%

You get a VF(Fail without Final Exam) if you do not

accomplish the minumum requirements!
A paper from
IEEE Potentials
Some Posters from Previous
Years
Some Posters from Previous Years
Courses you are going to take:
Course Types
-BS : Basic Science (TB: Temel Bilim)
-BE : Basic Engineering (TM: Temel Mühendislik)
-GE : General Education (ITB: İnsan Toplum
Bilimi)
-ED : Engineering Design (MT: Meslek Tasarım)

-C: Compulsary (Zorunlu)

-E: Elective (Seçimli)
Follow http://www.sis.itu.edu.tr
Prerequisite – very important!
 What?

http://ssb.sis.itu.edu.tr:9000/pls/PROD/itu_ic
erik.p_download?file=BLG233E
Do not forget to

 Join a Student Club...

 Technical Clubs
 Clubs Related to your Hobbies
 Schedule Week Topic

#1(Sep.21,2016) Orientation
Introduction to the Computer Engineering Program
#2(Sep.28,2016) and to the department
#3 (Oct.5,2016) Education programs related to computers
#4(Oct.12,2016) Summer Training
#5(Oct.19,2016) Meeting with the assistants
#6(Oct.26,2016) Meeting with the upper class students
#7(Nov.2,2016) Poster Topic and Groups are finalized

FALL BREAK (Nov. 9)

#8(Nov.16,2016) Technical Talk: Gözde ÜNAL, Computer Vision

Technical Talk: Turgay ALTILAR, Distributed Systems and
#9(Nov.23,2016) Cloud
Technical Talk: Ayşe TOSUN Software Eng. And
#10(Nov.30,2016) Software Quality
#11(Dec.7,2016) Technical Talk: Sanem SARIEL, AI and Robotics
Technical Talk: Yusuf YASLAN, Data Mining and
#12(Dec.14,2016) Machine Learning
#13(Dec.21,2016) Technical Talk: Turgut UYAR, Geek Culture
Technical Talk: Berk CANBERK, Computer
#14 (Dec.28, 2016) Communications
FINAL EXAM. DAY Poster Presentations
Dec 30, 2016: End of first term classes
Questions???