Cumhur Ozan Cetinaslan

Cumhur Çetinaslan

Academic position:	Researcher
Joining date:	01-12-2011
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Networks and Services
Group:	Networked Systems – Po

IT Branch – Porto
Rua Dr Roberto Frias
Porto
4200-465
Tel: 220413243
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https://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-5343

http://www.cienciavitae.pt/1911-33FA-1983

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08-10-2024

IT accelerates R&D in autonomous, connected and cooperative mobility in Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) plays a pivotal role in coordinating large-scale demonstrators and advancing the RD&I efforts laid out in Route25. Several IT teams collaborate with partners across different regions in Portugal, driving technological and software development for autonomous, connected, and cooperative mobility solutions.

26-11-2021

IT Porto marks presence on the 14th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games

Cumhur Ozan Çetinaslan recently published an important conference paper on “ESPEFs: Exponential Spring Potential Energy Functions for Simulating Deformable Objects” in the 14th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction, and Games.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 08-07-2016
MSc, Bogazici University, 01-07-2008
Undergraduate, Bogazici University, 01-07-2005

Expertise Topics

Visual Simulation
Computational Animation
Computer Graphics

Academic Activities

2Supervision of MSc theses

As Supervisor

Massively parallel visual simulation of deformable objects on the C/GPU, MSc Student, Pedro Miguel Pereira Ferreirinha, Concluded 10-2023
Enhancing Mesh Deformation Realism: Dynamic Mesostructure Detailing and Procedural Microstructure Synthesis, MSc Student, Luis Miguel Bastos Barrancos Fernandes, Concluded 07-2023

Publications

7Papers in Journals

Early Access

C. Çetinaslan, ESBD: Exponential Strain-based Dynamics using XPBD Algorithm, Computers & Graphics, Vol. 0, No., pp. 0 - 0, November, 2023,
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Published

C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Stabilized blendshape editing using localized Jacobian transpose descent, Graphical Models, Vol. 112, No. 0, pp. 101091 - 101091, October, 2020,
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C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Sketching Manipulators for Localized Blendshape Editing, Graphical Models, Vol. 108, No. 0, pp. 101059 - 101059, January, 2020,
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C. Çetinaslan, Position‐Based Simulation of Elastic Models on the GPU with Energy Aware Gauss‐Seidel Algorithm, Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 41 - 52, November, 2019,
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C. Çetinaslan, Localized Constraint Based Deformation Framework For Triangle Meshes, Entertainment Computing, Vol. 26, No. 0, pp. 78 - 87, May, 2018,
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J. Serra, C. Çetinaslan, S. Ravikumar, V. Orvalho, D. P. Cosker Cosker, Easy Generation of Facial Animation Using Motion Graphs, Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 97 - 111, February, 2018,
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K.J.B. Blom, A.R. Rivas, X. Alvarez, C. Çetinaslan, B. Oliveira, V. Orvalho, M. S. Slater, Achieving Participant Acceptance of their Avatars, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 287 - 299, October, 2014,
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10Papers in Conferences

C. Çetinaslan, XPBD Simulation of Constitutive Materials with Exponential Strain Tensor, ACM Siggraph Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games MIG, Zurich, Switzerland, Vol., pp. -, December, 2025,
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S. Jeyabalan, C. Çetinaslan, F. França, A. Aguiar, Great Curveballs of Fire: ego-vehicle collision detection via a generalized spherical representation, IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety ICVES2025, Coventry, United Kingdom, October, 2025,
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L. Fernandes, C. Çetinaslan, A. Coelho, Enhancing Mesh Deformation Realism for Synthesizing Wrinkles, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia - SA, Tokyo, Japan, December, 2024,
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C. Çetinaslan, ESPEFs: Exponential Spring Potential Energy Functions for Simulating Deformable Objects, ACM Siggraph Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games MIG, Conference online, November, 2021,
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C. Çetinaslan, R. Chaves, Energy Embedded Gauss-Seidel Iteration for Soft Body Simulations, Conference on Graphics, Patterns, and Images SIBGRAPI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October, 2019,
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C. Çetinaslan, Parallel XPBD Simulation of Modified Morse Potential - an Alternative Spring Model, EuroGraphics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization EGPGV, Porto, Portugal, June, 2019,
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C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Direct Manipulation of Blendshapes Using a Sketch-Based Interface, International Conference on Web3D Technology, Poznan, Poland, June, 2018,
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C. Çetinaslan, J. Lewis, V. Orvalho, Transposition Based Blendshape Direct Manipulation, International Conf. on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - GRAPP, Porto, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., February, 2017,
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C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Localized Verlet Integration Framework For Facial Models, Conf. on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects - AMDO, Palma, Mallorca, Spain, Vol. 9756, pp. 01 - 15, July, 2016,
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C. Çetinaslan, J. Lewis, V. Orvalho, Sketch-Based Controllers for Blendshape Facial Animation, Eurographics, Zurich, Switzerland, Vol. 1, pp. 25 - 28, May, 2015,
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Projects

Currently running projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
Route25	Route 25: Agenda for Autonomous, Intelligent, Interoperable and Inclusive Mobility	IAPMEI	01-10-2022	30-06-2026

Closed Projects1

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
NanoSTIMA	NanoSTIMA – Macro-to-Nano Human Sensing: Towards Integrated Multimodal Health Monitoring and Analytics	Norte2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte	01-07-2015	01-12-2018

Other Scientific Achievements

5Awards

C. Çetinaslan, Junior Researcher Individual Contract, Junior Researcher Individual Contract from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), 01-11-2019
C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Direct Manipulation of Blendshapes Using Sketch-Based Interface, 2nd Best Paper Award, 01-06-2018
C. Çetinaslan, J. Lewis, V. Orvalho, Best Paper Award, Transposition Based Blendshape Direct Manipulation, 01-02-2017
V. Orvalho, C. Çetinaslan, Best Paper Award, Cetinaslan, O (Outra), Orvalho, V (FCUP) Localized Verlet Integration Framework for Facial Models p. 1 - 15, 15 páginas, 2016, 01-07-2016
C. Çetinaslan, Ph.D. Scholarship, Ph.D. Scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), 01-10-2011

1Short Courses and Seminars

C. Çetinaslan, DCC Talks - Parallel XPBD Simulation of Modified Morse Potential - an Alternative Spring Model, Portugal, Porto, 06-2019

Other Contributions

1Conference Committees

International Conf. on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - GRAPP, Sessions Chairman, 2017

2Refereeing Journals

IEEE Access
2018, 1 review(s);
Computers & Graphics
2018, 1 review(s);

2Refereeing Conferences

Eurographics
2019, 1 review(s);
International Conf. on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - GRAPP
2021, 1 review(s); 2020, 1 review(s);

Related UN SDG

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