External Service
Ergun Akleman
Home Related Conferences Journals

An important role of faculty is to advance their field and promote their programs and departments by participating in external events as committee members and reviewers. As a result of the visibility of my research, I have refereed a large number of journal and conference papers, evaluated book and grant proposals, and served on several conference program committees and NSF panels.
  • Panel Reviewer
    • Computer Graphics Panel under Computer & Information Science and Engineering (CISE), NSF, 2002
    • Information Technology Research (ITR) Program Panel, NSF, 2000,
  • Program Committee Member
    • International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications (SMI) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • IAESTED Computer Graphics and Imaging 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS) 2001, 2003
    • Implicit Surfaces 1999
  • Conference Paper Reviewer
    • International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications (SMI) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • Bridges Conference: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science 2005, 2006
    • IAESTED Computer Graphics and Imaging 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS) 2001, 2003.
    • SIGGRAPH 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • EUROGRAPHICS 2003, 2004, 2005
    • International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Interactive Digital Media (WSCG) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.
    • Non-Photo-Realistic Rendering (NPR) Conference, 2006.
    • Implicit Surfaces 1999.
  • Journal Paper Reviewer
    • ACM - Transactions on Graphics 2004.
    • The Visual Computer Journal, 2001, 2003.
    • IEEE - Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2003.
  • Course Reviewer
    • SIGGRAPH'2000.
  • Book Reviewer
    • Morgan-Kaufmann, 2002.
    • Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  • Proposal Reviewer
    • City University of Hong Kong, Research Office, 1998.

I have created a Texas-wide computer graphics and digital art symposium, Texgraph, which was held for the first time in May 2000 at Texas A&M. Since then it has been held five times.

Texgraph History

  • 2006, Texas A&M Architecture Department, Chair: Vinod Srinivasan
  • 2005, Texas A&M Computer Science Department, Chair: John Keyser
  • 2003, University of Texas - Computer Science Department, Chair: Nina Amenta
  • 2001, University of Houston - Computer Science Department, Chair: Ioannis A. Kakadiaris
  • 2000 Texas A&M Architecture Department, Chair: Ergun Akleman

With Burak Pak & Ozan Ozener, I have also created a symposium in Turkey, called Digital Design Days (Dijital Tasarim Gunleri), that combines computer graphics, art and architectural design. This symposium also has held four times in different Turkish universities with a large number of participants.

Dijital Tasarim Gunleri

  1. 2006 - Maslak Campus - Istanbul Technical University - College of Electrical Engineering, Chair: Tayfun Akgul
  2. 2005 - Yildiz Technical University - Design Communication Department, Chair: Tevfik Akgun
  3. 2004 - Taskisla Campus - Istanbul Technical University (ITU-TBT) & Sabanci University - Visual Communication Design Department
  4. 2003 - Taskisla Campus - Istanbul Technical University - Program of Information Technology in Design (ITU-TBT))