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Arzu Çöltekin Since November 2006, I work in GIScience Center in University of Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to this I was in Finland, dividing my time between TKK's Foto Lab and Carto Lab. I also worked at Media Lab at UIAH. And prior to that, I was in Istanbul, Turkey. Living, studying, working & growing up. E-mail: Arzu.Coltekin @ geo.uzh.ch Postal address: Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-80750, Zurich, Switzerland Tel: +41 44 635 5440 Fax: +41 44 635 5848

Quick Notes
I am a researcher, doing what I do in a 'geovisualization' unit (GIVA).
I come from a Geomatics engineering education. I mostly have been doing Photogrammetry and some GIS.
My PhD research was on stereoscopic vision and technology. You can read the thesis online (abstract, linked to full text PDF).
As every digital era researcher should be, I am interested in HCI (Human Computer Interaction) issues and usability of what we do.

I previously worked with Virtual Reality and 3D web interface issues.
From beginning of 1999 to end of 2005 I worked as a teaching assistant in HUT's Geoinformatics Lab.
Once I was actively involved in FIG's Commission II (1998-2002).

I am a member of:
ISPRS Commission V, Working Group V/2 : Scene Modeling and Virtual Reality,
ICA Commission on Visualisation ,
The International Society of Optical Engineering ,
and I triple e.

Also:
Projects
Publications: Some of the stuff I've published.

(old)Scientific Reading: Other poeple's articles that I read. My compilation of links to scientific journals.

Photography:
...Gallery I (Thousand Words): Just like every other person, I am a photography enthusiast. An unorganized gallery of about 200 pictures here.
...Gallery II (Image Hunters) Some (more) of my photographs in a joint gallery with some others from the UK & US. This gallery is more up-to-date.

Languages:
...GrecoTurco : A list of common words in Greek and Turkish.
...Turkishlearner : Language talk with the learners of Turkish

Dancing was once something I've tried to learn. Also kept the website for the dance club, a copy can be found right here (more for online archiving then anything really):
...HOT

Other links of interest
... Engineer Aid ... Medecins Sans Frontieres
... Life Expectancy ... Ideas worth spreading: Hans Rosling speaking on poverty (video)

... Alma mater
...Zuhtu

Last touched, December 2007