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| Assistant Professor |  | | AREAS | | Design, Computational Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Sketch-based User Interfaces. | | DEGREES | | B.S. 1998, Middle East Technical University, Ankara; M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2004, Carnegie Mellon University. | | WEBPAGE |
| Personal Web Page | | PHONE |
| 412-268-2509 | | FAX |
| 412-268-3348 | | EMAIL |
| lkara@andrew.cmu.edu | | ADDRESS | | Carnegie Mellon University
Mechanical Engineering
Scaife Hall 315
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 |
Professor Kara’s research develops new computational techniques and software to support product design and user interaction with design tools. His research interests include CAD/CAE, product design and styling, geometric modeling, non-traditional user interfaces, pen computing and artificial intelligence. While founded in mechanical engineering, his research draws upon several related disciplines including computer graphics, machine learning and human-computer interaction. One of Professor Kara’s recent research projects involves developing a sketch-based 3D geometric modeling tool. This work aims to help designers construct, modify, and fluidly interact with 3D geometry through a 2D sketch-based interface. The techniques enable a rapid creation and manipulation of 3D shapes, and are particularly effective for concept development and styling design.
Selected Publications: Levent Burak Kara, Kenji Shimada, Sarah D. Marmalefsky. “An Evaluation of User Experience with a Sketch-based 3D Modeling System” Computers & Graphics 2007. Levent Burak Kara, Kenji Shimada. “Sketch-based 3D Shape Creation for Industrial Styling Design” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol.27, no. 1, pp. 60-71, 2007. Levent Burak Kara, Chris D'Eramo, Kenji Shimada. “Pen-based Styling Design of 3D Geometry Using Concept Sketches and Template Models” ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Conference (SPM) 2006. Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich. “An Image-Based, Trainable Symbol Recognizer for Hand-drawn Sketches” Computers & Graphics 29(4): 501-517, 2005. Leslie Gennari, Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich. “Combining Geometry and Domain Knowledge to Interpret Hand-Drawn Diagrams” Computers & Graphics 29(4): 547-562, 2005. Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich. “Hierarchical Parsing and Recognition of Hand-Sketched Diagrams” 17th ACM User Interface Software Technology (UIST) 2004. Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich. “Causal Reasoning using Geometric Analysis” Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp 363-384, 2002.
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