Umit GUZ, Assistant Professor

CONTACT  INFORMATION

Signal Processing
Speech Processing (Speech Coding, Speech Compression)
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
Speaker Identification
Speech Enhancement
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Spoken Dialogue Systems
Machine Learning
Dialog-Act Tagging
Human-Computer Interaction
Biomedical/Bio-signal (ECG, EEG, EMG) Processing

YEAR

DEGREE AWARDED

INSTITUTION

Jun13,2008/
Sep20,2008

Postdoc Researcher

International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) Speech Group, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Jan01,2007/
Jan06,2008

International Fellow

International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) Speech Group, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

June30,2006/
Dec31,2006

International Fellow

SRI (Stanford Research Institute)-International,
Information and Computing Sciences Division (ICS),
Speech Technology and Research (STAR) Laboratory,
Menlo Park, CA, USA.

1997-2002

Ph.D.

Istanbul University, The Institute of Science, Department of Electronics Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey.

1994-1997

M.Sc.

Istanbul University, The Institute of Science, Department of Electronics Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

1990-1994

B.Sc.

Istanbul University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Electronics Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey.

1988-1990

College Dipl.

Yildiz Technical University, Department of Computer Programming, Istanbul, Turkey.

1985-1988

High School Dipl.

Istanbul Pertevniyal, Istanbul, Turkey.

YEAR

FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS

FUND

2008-2010

TUBITAK CAREER - National Young Researcher Career Award

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).

2006-2007

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship

J. William Fulbright, USA.

2007

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Extension)

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-BAYG).

2005-2006

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-BAYG).

2005

TUBITAK Presentation support (IEEE ISCAS2005, Kobe, JAPAN)

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-BAYG).

1995-1998

Research and Teaching Assistant Fellowship

Istanbul University, The Institute of Science.

2008-2009

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RESEARCH PROJECT

POSITION

YEARS

RESEARCH FUND

Extracting and Using Prosodic Information for Turkish Spoken Language Processing.
TUBITAK CAREER Project No: 107E182

Project Investigator

2008-2010

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
TUBITAK - ARDEB CAREER - 3501

Natural Language Understanding in Human Human and Human Machine Spoken Dialogs.
Project No: 05B304

Project Investigator

2006-2007

Completed

ISIK University Resarch Fund

A Novel ECG Modeling Technique Using Classified Signature and Envelope Vector Sets.
Project No: 06B302

Researcher

2007-2008

ISIK University Resarch Fund

A Mathematical Model for Electrocardiogram (ECG) Signals.
Project No: 400/03062005

Researcher

2005-2006
Completed

Istanbul University Research Fund

EE586 Speech and Audio Signal Processing (Graduate)

EE240 Logic Design (Undergraduate)

EE242 Logic Design Lab. (Undergraduate)

IEEE Member, The IEEE Circuit and Systems Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society

IEICE Member, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

EURASIP JASP – Journal on Applied Signal Processing (SCI)

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Advanced programming, experimentation and prototype development in MATLAB, MATLAB GUIs, SIMULINK (15+ years programming experience in signal processing, speech processing, biosignal processing, DSP, digital control systems, adaptive control systems, etc. applications).
C/C++, Perl, Python, Gawk, Fortran, Pascal, PL/I, Cobol, Visual Basic, x86 Assembly.
OPERATING SYSTEMS and WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Unix, Linux, MS-Windows, MS DOS, MS Office, LaTex, Emacs.
SOFTWARES/SIMULATION TOOLS
Speech Processing: HTK (Hidden Markov Model Toolkit-Speech Recognition Toolkit), Praat, ToBI, WaveSurfer, Transcriber.
Circuit Analysis and Design: PSPICE  (ORCAD) MULTISIM (Electronic Workbench).
Math: Mathematica, Mapple.
Web Programming and Web Design: HTML, MS FrontPage.

Umit Guz, “Model Adaptation for Dialog-Act Tagging”.
SRI-International, Speech Technology and Research (STAR) Lab., Menlo Park, CA, USA, (December 13, 2006)

Umit Guz, “A Novel Speech Modeling Method: SYMPES (Systematic Procedure for Predefined Envelope and Signature Sequences)”.
SRI-International, Speech Technology and Research (STAR) Lab., Menlo Park, CA, USA, (December 13, 2006)

Umit Guz, “A New Method to Represent Speech Signals via Predefined Signature and Envelope Sequences”.
Isik University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Electronics Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey (May, 2006)

Umit Guz, “A New Method to Represent Speech Signals via Predefined Functional Bases”.
Isik University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Electronics Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey (August, 2001)

Conference Committee Member, IEEE SIU 2002 Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, Denizli, Turkey, 2002.

GRUNDIG (Audio-Video R&D Labs. Production and Quality Control Departments), Istanbul, 1993.

BEKOTEKNIK (Audio-Video R&D Labs.), Istanbul, 1992.

Umit Guz, Sébastien Cuendet, Dilek Hakkani-Tür, Gokhan Tur, “Semi-Supervised Learning for Sentence Segmentation for Speech”, (in prep.).

Sébastien Cuendet, Umit Guz, Dilek Hakkani-Tür, Gokhan Tur, “Model Adaptation for Dialog Act Segmentation and Tagging”, CSL (under review).

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. Siddik Yarman, “Modelling of Electrocardiogram Signals Using Predefined Signature and Envelope Vector Sets”, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing (EURASIP JASP), Hindawi, Special Issue on Advances in Electrocardiogram Signal Processing and Analysis, Volume 2007, Article ID. 12071, Doi: 10.1155/2007/12071, pp.1-12, 2007, (Open access).

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, Binboga Siddik Yarman, “A New Method to Represent Speech Signals via Predefined Signature and Envelope Sequences”, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing (EURASIP JASP), Hindawi, Special Issue on Advances in Subspace-Based Techniques for Signal Processing and Communications, Volume 2007, Article ID. 56382, Doi: 10.1155/2007/56382, pp.1-17, 2007, (Open access).

B. Siddik Yarman, Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, “On the Comparative Results of “SYMPES: A New Method of Speech Modeling””, AEU, International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Elsevier, Volume 60, Issue 6, pp.421-427, June 2006.

B. Siddik Yarman, Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, Birep Aygun, “A New Modeling Method of the ECG Signals Based on the Use of an Optimized Predefined Functional Database”, Acta Cardiologica, An International Journal of Cardiology, Vol.58 (3), Brief Communications pp.273-275, June 2003.

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. S. Yarman, “A Novel Fast Algorithm for Speech and Audio Coding”, IEEE ISCAS2007, International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp.4020-4023, May 27-30, 2007, New Orleans, USA.

Gokhan Tur, Umit Guz, Dilek Hakkani-Tür, “Model Adaptation for Dialog Act Tagging”, IEEE/ACL 2006, Workshop on Spoken Language Technology, pp.94-97, December 10-13, 2006, ARUBA. (This paper is supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK-BAYG).

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. Siddik Yarman, “A New Speech Modeling Method: SYMPES”, IEEE ISCAS2006, International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Conference Digest-CD, pp.1860-1863, May 21-24, 2006, Kos, GREECE.

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. Siddik Yarman, “A New Coding Method for Speech and Audio Signals”, EURASIP, EUSIPCO2005, 13th European Signal Processing Conference, Conference Digest-CD, September 4-8, 2005, Antalya, TURKEY.

Gurkan Hakan, Guz Umit, Yarman B. S., “An Efficient ECG Data Compression Technique Based on Predefined Signature and Envelope Vector Banks”, IEEE ISCAS2005, International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Vol.II, pp.1334-1337, May 23-26, 2005, Kobe, JAPAN. (This paper is supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK-BAYG).

Guz Umit, Gurkan Hakan, Yarman B. S., “A Novel Method to Represent the Speech Signals by Using Language and Speaker Independent Predefined Functions Sets”, Proceedings of IEEE ISCAS2004 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Vol.III, pp.457-460, May 23-26, 2004, Vancouver, CANADA.

Gurkan Hakan, Guz Umit, Yarman B. S., “A Novel Representation Method for ElectroMyoGram (EMG) Signals with Predefined Signature and Envelope Functional Bank”, Proceedings of IEEE ISCAS2004 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Vol.IV, pp.69-72, May 23-26, 2004, Vancouver, CANADA.

Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, Hakan Gurkan, “A New Word Recognition Algorithm by Using Signature and Envelope Feature Spaces”, Proceedings of 16th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD’03), Vol.III, pp.161-164, September 1-4, 2003, Kraków, POLAND.

B. S. Yarman, Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, Birep Aygun, “A New Modeling Method of the ElectroCardioGram (ECG) Signals Based on the Use of an Optimized Predefined Functional Database”, Proceedings of Brief Communications of the International Society of Non-Invasive Cardiology, 19th European Congress, May 8-10, 2003, Istanbul, TURKEY.

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, “Modeling of EEG Signals by Using Predefined Functional Bases", Proceedings of EMBEC'02 2nd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Proceedings of International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering, pp.440-441, December 4-8, 2002, Vienna, AUSTRIA.

Yarman B. S., Gurkan Hakan, Guz Umit, Aygun Birep, “A Novel Method to Represent ECG Signals via Predefined Personalized Signature and Envelope Functions”, EMBC2001 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. III, pp.2150-2153, October 25-28, 2001, Istanbul, TURKEY.

Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, Hakan Gurkan, “A New Method to Represent Speech Signals via Predefined Functional Bases”, Proceedings of ECCTD’01 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, Vol.II, pp.5-8, August 28-31, 2001, Espoo, FINLAND.

Guz Umit, “Modeling of Linear Time Invariant Systems by Using Frequency Domain Data”, First IEEE Balkan Conference on Signal Processing, Communications, Circuits and Systems, Conference Digest-CD, June 2-3, 2000, Istanbul, TURKEY.

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, “A Novel Electroencephalogram (EEG) Compression Technique”, Proceedings of 16th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2008), April 20-22, 2008, Didim, Turkey.

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. S. Yarman, “A Novel Language and Speaker Independent Method for the Modeling of the Speech Signals by using Signature and Envelope Function Sets, Proceedings of ELECO 2004, National Symposium on Electrical-Electronics and Computer Engineering, pp. 279-283, December 8-12, 2004, Bursa, Turkey.

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, “Compression of the ElectroCardioGram (ECG) Signals by using Signature and Envelope Vector Banks”, Proceedings of ELECO 2004, National Symposium on Electrical-Electronics and Computer Engineering, pp.274-283, December 8-12, 2004, Bursa, Turkey.

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. S. Yarman, “Definition of A New Isolated Word Recognition Algorithm by using Predefined Signature and Envelope Vector Banks”, Proceedings of 11th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2003), June 18-20, 2003, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, “Modeling of the ElectroMyoGram (EMG) Signals by using Unique Signature and Envelope Vector Banks”, Proceedings of 11th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2003), June 18-20, 2003, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. S. Yarman, “Optimum Modelling of the Speech Signals with Generalized Speaker Independent Predefined Basic Sound and Envelope Vector Banks”, Proceedings of ELECO 2002, National Symposium on Electrical-Electronics and Computer Engineering, December 18-22, 2002, Bursa, Turkey.

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, “Modeling of the ElectroCardioGram (ECG) Signals with Generalized Signature and Envelope Vector Banks”, Proceedings of ELECO 2002, National Symposium on Electrical-Electronics and Computer Engineering, December 18-22, 2002, Bursa, Turkey.

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. S. Yarman, “A New Approach for Determination of the Optimum Signature and Envelope Functions”, Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2002), Vol.2, pp.691-696, June 12-14, 2002, Denizli, Turkey.

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, “A New Approach for the Modeling of the EEG (ElectroEncephaloGram) Signals by using Optimum Base Functions”, Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2002), Vol.2, pp.1204-1209, June 12-14, 2002, Denizli, Turkey.

Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. S. Yarman, “A Novel Approach for the Modeling of the Speech Signals by using Two Based Look-up Tables”, Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2001), Vol.2, pp.693-698, April 25-27, 2001, Gazi Magusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

R. Akdeniz, Umit Guz, Hakan Gurkan, B. S. Yarman, “Modeling of the Speech Signals with Base Sequences Generated from Different Sound Sources”, Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2001), Vol. 1, pp. 128-133, April 25-27, 2001, Gazi Magusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Hakan Gurkan, Umit Guz, B. S. Yarman, “Modeling of the ECG (ElectroCardioGram) Signals with Unique Base Functions”, Proceedings of IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference (SIU2001), Vol.2, pp.587-592, April 25-27, 2001, Gazi Magusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Guz Umit “Modeling of the Linear Time Invariant Systems by using Frequency Domain Data”, Proceedings of National Automatic Control Conference (TOK’98), pp.245-252, Istanbul Technical University, October 1998, Istanbul, Turkey.