10th September 2014 ELAE Stage 2 Results

For the 10th SEPTEMBER 2014, ELAE RESULTS click here.

 To the attention of students who took the ELAE on September 10th, 2014

Exam result code explanations are as follows:

SL (Satisfactory in the ELAE): indicates students who have received the required grade or above in the September 10th ELAE  and who have gained the right to start their faculty studies as Fall (regular) Freshman in the 2014-2015 Fall Semester.

EL: (Exempt from the ELAE): indicates students who are exempt from the September 10th ELAE. These students have already gained the right to start their faculty courses in the 2014-2015 Fall Semester.

UL (Unsatisfactory in the ELAE): indicates students who have not been able to obtain the required grade in the ELAE on the 10th September, 2014.

NA (Non-attendance): indicates students who did not attend the exam and is equivalent to a “UL” grade*.

Grade bands are as below:

Postgraduate candidates who have taken the September 10th ELAE will be informed of their results by their faculties. 

We wish you success in your studies,

The School of Languages Directorat

Dormitory applications of students for the 2014-2015 Academic Year can view the placement list beginning on 05.09.2014 at 14:00 bybannerweb.sabanciuniv.edu site.

Acceppted students are required to pay their dormitory fees to Akbank brunches with company code 815 under the ATS (Subscription Payment System) between the dates 05.09.2014 and 10.09.2014. Under this system, you must provide first your student number (example 00012345), name and surname for access to the amount you are required to pay, which will then be collected in cash.The Artı Para accounts opened for payment of tuition fees in instalments cannot be used for dormitory fees. 

The dormitory fees are not paid between these date, students will be considered to have waived their dormitory placement.

Dormitory fees for the Fall Semester of the 2014-2015 Academic Year are below.

Undergraduate students: 

4 person room (person/term)            2.500 TL

2 person room (person/term)            3.675 TL

Graduate students: 

2 person room (person/term)            3.675 TL

1 person room (person/term)            5.250 TL

Studio room   (person/term)              5.500 TL

Deposit (Undergraduate-Graduate; upon entry)    850 TL

When you come for check-in, please hand over your chest x-ray and payment receipts to related dormitory offficer which are listed below.

Working hours:

A1-A2 Dorms / Office A1 G034 (0216 4839926)

A3-A4 Dorms / Office A3 G008 (0216 4839934)

A5-A6 Dorms / Office A6 G034 (0216 4839927)

B1-B2-B5 Dorms / Office  B5 1034 (0216 4839929)

B3-B4-D1 Dorms / Office  B3 G042 (0216 4839933)

B6-B7 Dorms / Office B7 G042 (0216 4839936)

B8-B9 Dorms / Office B8 G042 (0216 4839938)

B10-B11 Dorms / Office B10 G038 (0216 4839955)

Studio room / Office A1 G034 (0216 4839926)

Out of working hours

B1 Dorms / Office B1 G042 (0216 4839932/35/45)

Students are enter dormitories as of 13.09.2014.

Attend the orientation; New undergraduate and graduate students will check - in after 10.09.2014.

We wish you success.

FENS Faculty member Müjdat Çetin joins the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Müjdat Çetin has been appointed as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. IEEE Transactions on Image processing is the leading international journal in the field of image formation, processing, and analysis.  As a member of the editorial board, Müjdat Çetin will conduct the review process of articles on topics such as radar imaging, tomographic imaging, image segmentation, sparse image representation, and biomedical image analysis.

Students who fulfill the outlined requirements are entitled for exemption from “Freshman English I & II” (ENG 101-102) and “Calculus I” (MATH 101).  

ENG 101- 102 Freshman English

Students are entitled for exemption *

• only from ENG 101, if they get a C-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam (ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 6,5 from IELTS, or at least a 80 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 550 from TOEFL-PBT and at least a 3 from “English Language and Composition” part and/or “English Literature and Composition” part of the Advanced Placement (AP**) exam.
• only from ENG 101, if they get an A-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam (ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 8 from IELTS, or at least a 110 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 637 from TOEFL-PBT and at least a B+ from the “Freshman English I Exemption Exam (FEEE101***)”.
• from ENG 102, if they get an A-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam (ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 8 from IELTS, or at least a 110 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 637 from TOEFL-PBT and if they are exempted from ENG 101 with “A“ grade and if they get at least a B+ from the “Freshman English II Exemption Exam (FEEE102****)”.
• from both ENG 101 and ENG 102, if they get at least a C-SL from the 2nd stage of English Language Assesment Exam(ELAE June 2014 or September 2014), or at least a 6,5 from IELTS, or at least a 80 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 550 from TOEFL-PBT and
• At least a 5 from IB (International Baccalaureate) English A, or
• At least a 10 from the ABITUR, English component, or
• At least a “Good” from the MATURA, English component from the Austrian High School or
• At least a “C” from GCE Advanced Level English (A' Level English).

(Note: Grades of TOEFL-PBT, TOEFL-iBT and IELTS are valid for 2 year)

(Note: Grades of TOEFL-PBT, TOEFL-iBT and IELTS are valid for 2 year)

(*)  only for students not yet taken the ENG 101 and/or ENG 102 course

(**)  For more information on AP exam:  http://apcentral.collegeboard.com.  Advanced Placement exams are given in May of every year.

(***)  FEEE101 is offered every semester in the first week of classes at Sabanci University.

(****)  FEEE102 is offered every semester in the first week of classes at Sabanci University.

A reading list, and time and place for the exam for FEEE101 and/or FEEE 102 will be announced on the University website one week prior to the exam. Students are expected to write an essay and give a presentation on these texts.

MATH 101 Calculus I

Students, who

• are registered to any undergraduate program at Sabanci University
• have not yet taken MATH 101
• get at least 85/100 from the “MATH 101 Exemption Exam” (*) (given at Sabanci University in the first week of every semester)

are entitled to exemption from MATH 101.

 (*) MATH 101 Exemption Exam is similar to a typical final exam of the course and it is in English.

Textbook 
”Calculus: Single and Multivariable”, 4th Edition, Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, McCallum et al.

Content of the Exemption Exam:

-Elementary functions (Chapter 1) 
-Derivatives: definition, interpretation, computation and applications (Chapters 2, 3, 4)
-Integral: definition, interpretation and computation (Chapters 5, 6, 7)

Exemption Application

If the student chooses to be exempted from MATH 101, ENG 101 and/or ENG 102 he/she is required to submit a written statement to the Foundations Development Directorate (FDD) regarding his/her acceptance of the grade shown in the table no later than the final workday of the first week of classes. Unless a written statement is given to FDD within the above indicated deadline, the student is required to take the course at the first semester that it is offered.

Original certificates are required for the exemption with IB, ABITUR, MATURA, GCE or AP.

Contact for information:

Arzu Kıran                             
Foundation Development Directorate
Phone : 216 483 97 08                              
E-mail : arzu@sabanciuniv.edu        

MATH 101 Calculus I: Students, who

• are registered to any undergraduate program at Sabancı University
• have not yet taken MATH 101
• get at least 85/100 from the “MATH 101 Exemption Exam”  (given at Sabanci University in the first week of every semester)

are entitled to exemption from MATH 101.

MATH 101 Exemption Exam will be hold on Wednesday September 17th in FENS G077 auditorium for 2014-2015 academic year fall semester.

If you want to take the exam, please send an e-mail to arzu@sabanciuniv.edu and note your name, surname and ID until September 16th at 17:00.

MATH 101 Exemption Exam is similar to a typical final exam of the course and it is in English.

Textbook 
”Calculus: Single and Multivariable”, 4th Edition, Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, McCallum et al.

Content of the Exemption Exam:

-Elementary functions (Chapter 1) 
-Derivatives: definition, interpretation, computation and applications (Chapters 2, 3, 4)
-Integral: definition, interpretation and computation (Chapters 5, 6, 7)

Please click  for sample exam.

If the student chooses to be exempted from MATH 101, he/she is required to submit a written statement to the Foundations Development Directorate (FENS G016 office) regarding his/her acceptance of the grade (indicated by red) shown in Table no later than the final workday of the first week of classes (September 19, at 17:00). Unless a written statement is given to FDD within the above indicated deadline, the student is required to take the course at the first semester that it is offered.

Have a good semester

FEEE 101 exam will be offered on September 22th, 2014 at Sabancı University. 

The students who get an A-SL from June ELAE 2014 or September ELAE 2014 Stage II, or the students who have at least 8 from IELTS, or at least a 110 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 637 from TOEFL-PBT can take the FEEE 101 exam.

The reading packs and details will be announced September 15th, 2014 in mysu.

Please contact Aslı Tuan Acer (aslituan@sabanciuniv.edu) for attending the ELAE (September 3th, 2014).

The “Prof. Dr. hc. Önder Öztunalı Science Award” was given in the field of Molecular Biology for the first time in 9 years.  The winner of the Award was Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering Program faculty Associate Professor Devrim Gözüaçık.

The Science Award was established by Istanbul Kültür University in 2005 in memory of founding president Prof. Dr. hc. Önder Öztunalı. The winner of the award is chosen by an appraisal of original work completed in Turkey in fundamental sciences and engineering. 

The Science Award will be presented to Dr. Gözüaçık at an award ceremony on November 5, 2014 at the Istanbul Kültür University Akıngüç Auditorium and Arts Center.

Further information about Dr. Devrim Gözüaçık’s resume, his work in molecular biology and medical sciences can be found here.

ISRA VISION 'Computer Vision Award' went to Sabancı University Electronic Engineering master’s student Rıza Alp Güler.

Sabancı University master’s student Rıza Alp Güler won the award with his dissertation ‘Coding Shape Inside the Shape’ with advisor Associate Professor Gözde Ünal.

Germany-based ISRA VISION AG, one of the world’s top five artificial vision companies that power production lines around the world, and a global leader in surface scanning systems, has been giving the ‘Computer Vision Award’ since 2011 to encourage prolific researchers looking to expand their careers.

The company acquired VISTEK A.Ş., started by SU faculty member Professor Aytül Erçil in partnership with Inovent, and established its Turkish subsidiary under the title ISRA VISION VISTEK.  The key objective of the company is to expand the use of artificial vision technologies in the manufacturing industry of Turkey, and enable companies to gain competitive edge with the efficiency and quality assurance benefits offered by these technologies.  Extensive research and development activities are also a priority for the company, and awards programs seek to provide support to young entrepreneurs and the industry in general.

Given in Turkey for the first time this year, the 'Computer Vision Award' received great interest from the undergraduate and graduate degree holders of the leading universities in Turkey.

Sabancı University master’s student Rıza Alp Güler won the award with his dissertation ‘Coding Shape Inside the Shape’ with advisor Associate Professor Gözde Ünal.

ISRA VISION VISTEK established this award to encourage young scholars of electronics, computer science, mechanical engineering, mathematics and physics to continue their research in digital image processing.  The company is expected to continue its support in Turkey in the future.

Designed by Sabancı University and implemented in strategic part-nership with IBM Türk, the “Data Analytics Professional Graduate Program” aims to provide the analytical skills and knowledge needed to create and sustain the competitive advantage needed by innovative companies.

The program will start in the 2014 – 2015 academic year, and pro-vide the knowledge and tools needed by businesses to make better decisions faster in research and technologies revolving around “Big Data.”  Application deadline is August 29th, 2014.

Those who manage data will shape competition

According to many consulting companies, data analytics is one of the most popular jobs of the 21st century, and most agree that there is a shortage of people who possess the skills to create business value out of data.  Big Data, with its surrounding technol-ogies and ongoing research, offers businesses the tools and skills they need to make better decisions, faster.  Implemented by Sabancı University with the strategic part-nership of IBM, this program is designed to provide the analytical skills and knowledge needed to create and sustain the competitive advantage needed by innova-tive companies.

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Yusuf Menceloğlu said the following about the strategic partnership between Sabancı Uni-versity and IBM: “As Turkey’s most entrepreneurial and innovative private university, Sabancı offers programs tailored for professionals by joining business experience with extensive academic knowledge.  It is part of this vision that we are now starting the first Data Analytics professional master’s program in Turkey.  We have partnered with information technology leader IBM to train Data Analytics experts who are needed in almost all industries to shape competition in the future.

Speaking on the strategic partnership between Sabancı University and their organiza-tion, IBM Türk Business Analytics Country Leader Nicholas Anderson said, “One of the fields set to dominate IT and shape how the world does business in the future is data and data analytics.  At IBM, we call data our new natural resource, and reinforce our leadership position with our solution portfolio and cooperation in the community.”  IBM Türk University Relations Leader Jale Akyel adds: “One of the key functions of University Relations is to establish innovative collaborations with universities to close the skill gap for the IT market, our clients, and business partners in relatively new areas.  Sabancı University is a visionary institution in this respect, and we are excited to support one of their professional programs.  We believe that by adding our work experience on research efforts and student projects, we will create mutual value.”

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Professor and Data Analytics Graduate Program Director Hasan Sait Ölmez summarizes the objectives of the program: “The amount of digital data is rising exponentially in many different industries today.  This in turn motivates research to make better decisions using this mass of data, and create value from it.  Companies need to establish competitive ad-vantage in efficiency, profitability and sustainable production processes in order to offer better services and product portfolios.  This is why the curriculum of the Data Analytics program is designed with flexibility in mind to allow you to improve differ-ent skills in Data Analytics.  Professionals who have been trained in Data Analytics will be high in demand for institutions that seek to gain competitive edge.

Data Analytics Master’s Program without Dissertation

The curriculum designed with flexibility to provide skills in many different aspects of Data Analytics.  Courses will include processing and administering new data struc-tures, specialist systems, and modeling.  The program will admit students for the 2014 fall semester.  

Application deadline is August 29th, 2014.  

Please visit: http://da.sabanciuniv.edu/ to apply.