Mustafa Devrim Erdem '76

For the last 4 years, I am working for a nice company called infoTRON located in Istanbul. infoTRON represents various software toolkits for simulation, namely Vega, Creator, SensorWorks of MultigenParadigm , STAGE, VAPS, FLSIM and HELISIM of VirtualPrototypes and other some other companies.

I started my work at infoTRON as a software engineer and at that time my work was usually building demos for local potential customers such as Turkish Air Force, Army and Navy. I took several trainings at VPI, Montreal and MPI, Dallas on the products we represent. Then we formed a software development group ( with one engineer who is me ) and for the last 4 years our grouping is doing project for various customers in local and international markets. Now the group which I am leading consists of 3 modelers and 5 programmers and I am responsible for management of software development projects and I also works as a lead programmer for some of the projects.

[ Nemrut VR Center @ Expo 2000 - ] Project Manager and Lead Programmer, I worked as the lead programmer and the project manager for the realization of the Virtual Reality Center at the Turkish Pavillion at Expo 2000, Hannover. The 14 minute show is the virtual flying of an eagle over the mountain Nemrut which is an historical site with an interesting story. The VR center is composed of 3 hi-end Barco projectors and an SGI Onyx2 Infinite Reality2 system which runs the Vega based software that I have developed in 2 months. The development group consists of 3 modelers, two musicians and sound effects makers ,an art director , various archeological consultants and a programmer.

[ CARDS - ] Project Manager and Lead Programmer, The CARDS is still in development as of June 2000. The project is funded by Euroka, a European Agency that supports Research and Development projects. infoTRON is responsible for Image Generation Software, Motion Platform and the integration of the simulator. Other partners are Renault, LPPA, Seos, Hydraudyne, AutoSim. 

[ Deppo - ] Software Methodology Consultant, Deppo.com is an ecommerce startup for which I  have been providing methodology consultance for the software development. This includes IEEE 12207 style software development.

[ ATG - ] Atlantis Terrain Generator, Project Manager, ATG is a suite of software that is  being developed for Atlantis Systems Corporation as a subcontract work by infoTRON. The tool generates 3d terrain model out of DTED and VMAP data automatically.

[ Taksi - ] Lead Programmer and modeler, Taksi is a light weight 3d driving simulation game that is being written to allow gamers to experience the strange driving conditions in the traffic jam of Istanbul. I have used Viskit as the library for 3d rendering which covers both OpenGL and DirectX. Underlying car dynamics relies on my pevious work, DriveSim.

[ VSI ( STAGE 3D ) - Terrain Tools ] Lead Programmer, VSI Terrain tools is an important extension to VSI which allows the users to generate 3D models of any STAGE compatible map in minutes without any experience in terrain modeling.

[ VSI ( STAGE 3D )  - ] Lead Programmer, VSI, a brainchild of mine, is a product that allows the users of STAGE ( a scenario generation tool ), to view their 2D battlefield in 3D. VSI has a development and an end user edition and also can work as a Vega module. IRIX and Windows versions are available. This product is marketed internationally.

[ DriveSim - ] Lead Programmer, DriveSim is a dynamics simulation package as a C++ library. The simulation quality is suitable for entertainment use and fully configurable and embedable.

[ MachSim - ] Lead Programmer, MachSim ,written in java and C++, is a 6 DOF reconfigurable flight simulation software that allows the enduser user to modify various properties of aircraft such as weight and moment, aerodynamics coefficients ( via 3d graph editors ), pilot controls, engine etc.

[ IDEF Helicopter Simulator - ] Project Manager, The simulator is a generic 6 DOF helicopter flight simulation running 3 screens and 1 avionics panel. The project is an integration work where the components are VPI HeliSim, VPI STAGE, MPI Vega and VSI of infoTRON for 3D out of the window.

[ TronLicenser - ] Lead Programmer, As there was a strong need for a license manager for the products that we have at infoTRON, I have developed a License Manager along with license generation and license check libraries to be able to lock and unlock a specific software pieces.

[ TuAF - Turkish Air Force Tactical Training Software based on STAGE for tactical mission scenario generation & simulator ] Project Manager and Lead Programmer, The software is developed for the Turkish Air Force Academy and is based on VPI STAGE. infoTRON developed and added many models that allows the software to meet with requirements. Add ons were 6 DOF flight simulation ( with MachSim ), driving simulation ( with DriveSim), advanced radar simulation, communication network, IFF, Out the window scene ( with VSI ).

[ ASENA - F5 Cockpit Trainer ] Lead Programmer, ASENA is an F5 flight simulator that is an exact copy of the original F5 aircraft cockpit. The instruments are simulated in a glass cockpit while dynamics is provided by FLSIM of VPI. Instructor console runs on STAGE and Vega is used for OTW. I have developed the required interfaces between all these software via network and shared memory. infoTRON developed the 3d model of Ankara, capital city of Turkey.

[ ATES - M60A3 Tank Gunnery Trainer ] Programmer, ATES is a desktop gunnery simulator.

[ MarineCity - Virtual City Walkthrough ] Programmer, developed a desktop virtual reality software for marketing purposes.

[ Izmit IGEM - Virtual City Walkthtough ] Programmer, developed a desktop virtual reality software for marketing purposes.

[ Istanbul Textile Center - Virtual Walkthrough ] Programmer, developed a desktop virtual reality software for marketing purposes.

At Turk.Net I have developed Java applets and various DLLs with C for realtime visualization on Stock markets values.

At IdeCAD, a company that develops and markets CAD/CAE software for civil engineers and arhictechts in Turkey, my work was on development of the user interface of the CAD softwares IdeCAD and IdeMimar. Both software were big projects on which at least 5 programmers were working. The softwares were written in C++ with Borland OWL, later on Watcom and MFC ports were completed.
 

I was lucky to be awarded by an SGI 320 machine for my efforts in building VR and simulation systems in Turkey by the local SGI office.
 

In other words, I had no time to build a list of my publications.