CAN YUKSEL

520E Magnolia Blvd. Apt# S Burbank, CA 91501			 
(979) 422 3725  
canyuksel yahoo com 
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/students/can					    

EDUCATION
2005-2007	MS in Visualization Sciences, Texas A&M University            
		Texas, USA
2004-2005	MS in Computational Science (completed the first year) 
		Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey  
1998-2004	BS in Physics, minor in Computer and Mathematics
		Bogazici University*, Istanbul, Turkey 
		(*ranked in 0.1% among 1.5 million students taking the nationwide university placement exam)

EXPERIENCE
2007–Present	Effects Animator, Dreamworks Animation SKG, Glendale, CA
2005-2007	Graduate Assistant, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University
		* Responsible for creating designs for web and publication
		* Providing consulting to the faculty and staff to identify their graphics needs.

AWARDS
2006-2007	Pixar-Aggies Scholarship
		Awarded the scholarship for the projects presented in the year-end exhibition (VizaGoGo) 
		at Texas A&M University.
2006		Immersive Visualization Competition, Texas A&M University
		Awarded second place with my Car Simulation

COMPUTER SKILLS
Advanced Programming Experience: 	
		C, C++ (MS Visual C++), OpenGL, Cg, Java, JavaScript, HTML, ASP
Computer Applications: 	
		Maya, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Macromedia Flash
Operating System Experience: 
		Windows, Linux

PUBLICATIONS
S.Schaefer and C.Yuksel, “Example-Based Skeleton Extraction,” to appear in Eurographics Symposium on Geometry
Processing, July 2007

C.Yuksel and M.L.Kurnaz, “Application of Detrended Fluctuation Analysis to Monthly Average of the Maximum 
Daily Temperatures to Resolve Different Climates,” In 11th Statistical Physics Conference Proceedings, Istanbul 
Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2004.

AFFILIATIONS
2002-2003	Vice President - Students Clubs Coordination Committee, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey	
2001-2002	President - University Music Club, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
	
HOBBIES
Electric guitar, snowboarding, trekking, tennis, swimming, rowing, chess