II am currently a Chief Research Engineer in Modeling and Simulation Division of TUBITAK-SAGE.and participating Informatics Institute of  METU as a Part Time Faculty. I received my BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees from METU. I am a member of Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS -http://www.scs.org).
Research Interests
 
  • Modeling and Simulation
    • Modeling and Simulation of Weapon Systems,
    • Airwarfare Simulation
    • Simulation Reusability, Interoperability and Composability,
    • Simulation Ontologies,
  • Command and Control
    • Mission Planning Systems,
    • Mission Rehearsal, 
    • UAV Route Planning, 
    • Artillery Fire Control Systems and  Balistics,
  • Game Physics
    • Physics on GPU
 
International Publications
 

  • Özdikiş, Ö., Oğuztüzün, H., Durak, U., OWL to UML : Transforming Domain Models to Framework Architectures, Summer Computer Simulation Conference, 2009, Istanbul.

  • Tulum, K., Durak, U., İder, K., Situation Aware UAV Mission Route Planning, 2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference, MT, USA.

  • Durak, U., Oğuztüzün, H., İder, K., Ontology Based Domain Engineering for Trajectory Simulation Reuse, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, to appear in November 2009.

  • Durak, U., Oğuztüzün, H., İder, K., Ontology Based Trajectory Simulation Framework, Journal of Computing And Information Science In Engineering, Vol.8, March 2008.

  • Durak, U., Güler, S., Oğuztüzün, H., and İder, K., An Exercise In Ontology Driven Trajectory Simulation with MATLAB Simulink®, 21st EUROPEAN Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007.

  • Aytar Ortaç, S., Durak, U., Kutluay, Ü.,Küçük, K., Candan, C., NABK Based Next Generation Ballistic Table Toolkit, 23rd Internation Symposium on Ballistics, 2007, Tarragona, SPAIN.

  • Durak, U., Oğuztüzün, H., İder, K., An Ontology for Trajectory Simulation, WinterSim06, 2006, Monterey, CA, USA.

  • Durak, U., Oğuztüzün, H., Mahmutyazıcıoğlu, G., Domain Analysis for Reusable Trajectory Simulation, Euro-SIW 2005, 2005, Toulouse, FRANCE.

  • Durak,U., Anlağan, O., ISO 9000 Applied to Software Processes in Defense R&D Industry, Journal of Naval Science and Engineering, Number 1, Volume 1, 2003.

  • Durak,U., Anlağan, O.,  Demirors,O., Agent Based Shop Floor Control System Development and Software Reuse, 12th DAAAM International Symposium: Intelligent Manufacturing & Automation: Focus on Precission Engineering, 24-27th October 2001, Jena, GERMANY.

  • Durak, U., Ünver, H.Ö., Anlağan, Ö., Kılıç, S.E, Conceptual Design of a Gage and Fixture Tracking System Using a Distributed Industrial Framework, 9th International Machine Design and Production Conference, 2000, Ankara.
 
National Publications
 

  • Aydın, M., Durak, U., Oğuztüzün, H., Bir Mühendislik Ontolojisi için Web Tabanlı Görünteliyici, Akıllı Sistemlerde Yenilikler ve Uygulamaları Sempozyumu, ASYU 2008, 2008, Isparta.

  • Durak, U., Oğuztüzün, H., İder, K., Ontoloji Tabanlı Yeniden Kullanım için Bir Örnek: Güdümlü Bomba Yörünge Simülasyonu, SAVTEK 2008, 2008, Ankara.

  • Aytar Ortaç, S., Durak, U., Kutluay, Ü., Küçük, K., Candan, C., Yeni Nesil Balistik Çözücünün Farklı Uygulamalarda Kullanımı, SAVTEK 2006, 2006, Ankara.

  • Durak,U.,Dayanç, K., Elaldı, F., Anlağan, Ö., Topçu Roketlerinin Atış Kontrol Sistemleri için Yeni Nesil Balistik Çözücü, USMOS 2005, 2005, Ankara.

  • Durak, U., Anlağan, Ö., Oğuztüzün, H.,  Yeniden Kullanılabilir Uçuş Benzetimi Mimarisi İçin Yol Haritası, SAVTEK 2004, 2004, Ankara.

  • Durak, U., Ünver, H.Ö., Anlağan,Ö., Kılıç, S.E., Tümleşik İmalat Ortamında Takım Yönetimi, TMMOB Makine Mühendisleri Odası Konya Şubesi Makina Tasarım ve İmalat Teknolojileri Kongresi,02-03. Kasım 2001, Konya.

  • Durak, U., Ünver, H.Ö., Anlağan, Ö., Kılıç, S.E. , Atölye Kontrol Sistemleri, Mühendis ve Makina, Şubat, 2001. 

  • Ünver, H.Ö., Anlağan, Ö., Kılıç, S.E., Durak, U., Savunma Sanayiinde İmalat Yönetim Sistemleri ve Bir Uygulama, Savunma Sanayii Sempozyumu, Kasım 2000, Ankara.
 
Thesis Supervised
 
  • Tulum, K., Route Planning for Unmanned Air Vehicles, MS theses co-supervised with Prof.Dr.Kemal IDER.
  • Bircan, G., UAV Mission Rehearsal, MS theses co-supervised with Prof.Dr.Kemal IDER.
  • Geridönmez, F., Swarm UAV Mission Planning, Ph.D. Theses co-supervised with Prof.Dr.Nafiz Alemdaroğlu
 
Teaching
 
 
Announcements
 
  • Call for Papers
  • Available Theses Topics
    • Unmanned Systems Designers' Workbench
    • Service Oriented Flight Simulation
    • Monte-Carlo Missile Simulation on GPU
    • Swarm UAV Simulation
    • Simulation Mining