Title: Assistant Prof. Dr.Department: Computer Engineering DepartmentPosition: Vice-ChairEmail: tserif@cse.yeditepe.edu.trTelephone: 1470Office: A-409Time: Full TimeAkademikResume Ph.D.: Computer Science, Brunel University, UK M.Sc.: Computer Science, Brunel University, UK B.Sc. (Hons): Info. Systems Eng., Uni. of Manchester Tacha Serif is an assistant professor in the Computer Engineering Department, Yeditepe University with a special interest in mobile computing, context-aware systems, healthcare monitoring systems and e-learning technologies. Tacha prior to joining the Yeditepe University worked as a consultant at HP (UK) and prior to that as a research fellow at the School of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, West London, UK. Tacha Serif's research interests include pervasive computing, human-computer interaction (HCI), mobile infotainment, usability engineering, healthcare monitoring systems, wireless networks, location-based and context-aware systems as well as e-learning technologies and infrastructures. Publications Perente OK, Serif T. Multienvironment performance comparison of robot‐assisted indoor location estimation system. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. 2020 Nov 13:e6073. DOI:10.1002/cpe.6073 İ. Alper Koç, T. Serif, S. Gören, G. Ghinea, “Indoor Mapping and Positioning using Augmented Reality,” The 7th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2019), 26-28 August, İstanbul, Turkey, 2019. K.Eksen, T.Serif, G.Ghinea, T.Grønli, “inLoc: Location-aware Emergency Evacuation Assistant”, 16th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (IEEE CIT 2016), Nadi, Fiji, 7-10 December 2016. C.Sürmeli, T.Serif, “Duco – Hybrid Indoor Navigation”, 13th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems, MobiWIS 2016, Vienna, Austria, August 22-24, 2016 O.K.Perente, K.Çelikel, T.Serif, “Bina İçi Yer Belirlemede Sinyal Çıkış Güçlerinin Etkisinin Karşılaştırılması”, 20.Türkiye’de İnternet Konferansı, inet-tr’15, İstanbul Üniversitesi, Beyazıt, İstanbul 1-3 Aralık 2015. B.Altıntaş, T.Serif, “Indoor location detection with a RSS-based short term memory technique (KNN-STM)”, Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOM Workshops), 2012 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Wireless Networking, pp.794-798, 19-23 March 2012. B.Altıntaş, T.Serif, “Improving RSS-Based Indoor Positioning Algorithm via K-Means Clustering”, The 17th European Wireless Conference, EW 2011, Vienna, Austria, 2011. B.Altıntaş, T.Serif, “Location-aware Patient Record Access: Patient Identification Using Fingerprinting Technique”, International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research on e-Health Services and Systems (IREHSS), The 12th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networking, 2011. Serif T. and Ghinea G., "Enhancing the Multimedia Tour Guide Experience: Transmission Tailoring Based on Content, Location and Device Type", Wireless Multimedia: Quality of Service and Solutions, N. Cranley and L. Murphy (ed.), Idea Group Inc., 2009. Serif, T., Ghinea, G., Stergioulas, L., Chen, S.Y., Tiropanis, T., Tsekeridou, S.,"Satellite-based Delivery of Content to Geographically Isolated Communities: A Service Based Approach", Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer-ACM, 2008. Serif, T., Ghinea, G., Stergioulas, L., Chen, S.Y., Tiropanis, T., Tsekeridou, S.,"Satellite-based Delivery of Content to Geographically Isolated Communities: A Service Based Approach", Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer-ACM, 2008. Gulliver, S. R., Ghinea, G., Serif, T., Patel, M., "A Context-Aware Tour Guide: User Implications", Journal of Mobile Information Systems, 2007. Ghinea, G., Spyridonis, F., Serif, T., Frank, A. O., "3D Pain Drawings - Mobile Data Collection using a PDA", IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 2007. Serif, T., Ghinea, G., "Mobile Information Access in the Real World: A Story of Three Wireless Devices", Computers in Human Behavior, Elsevier, 2007. Serif, T., Ghinea, G., Fongen, A., "Integrating Perceptual, Device and Location Characteristics for Wireless Multimedia Transmission", Proc. of the 2nd International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, 2007 (ISWPC '07), DOI: 10.1109/ISWPC. 2007.342657, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 5-7 February 2007. Tiropanis, T., Tsekeridou, S., Serif, T., Stergioulas, L.K., Ghinea G., "Empowering Geographically Isolated Communities with Instant Access to Learning and Training Through Satellite", EDEN 2007: Emerging digital territories Developing continuities New divides, Naples, Italy, 13-16 June 2007. Serif, T., Stergioulas, L.K., Ghinea, G, "Interactive Services and Scenario Specifications for Satellite-enabled Education", Proc. of RuraLearn 2007, EuropeanCommission - Socrates Programme, Chios, Greece, 24-27 June 2007. Serif, T., El-Haddadeh, R., Stergioulas, L.K., Ghinea, G., Rorris, D., Naoum, N., Makropuolos, C., "Satellite-enabled Interactive Education: An Evaluation of Satellite-based Distance Learning and Network Interoperability Issues", Proc. of the Seminar on Digital Video Broadcasting over Satellite: Present and Future, IET, pp. 75-79, 28 November 2006.
