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Levent
Burak Kara Assistant Professor Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Department Scaife Hall 315 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 lkara@andrew.cmu.edu Phone: |
 | Administrative Assistant: Kate McClintock Scaife Hall 317 Phone: (412) 268-3050 km63@andrew.cmu.edu |
Research Interests (Ph.D., M.S., and Undergraduate Research Positions*)
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Design Interfaces Trainable design assistants Pen-based user interfaces Conceptual design tools Design innovation Artificial intelligence in design Human Computer interaction | Computational
Geometry & Solid Modeling Curve and surface design Free-form geometric modeling Physically-based modeling Computational aesthetics and styling Bio-Medical Modeling and Simulation | Design
Methodology & Automation Computational design tools Computer aided design Design reasoning Spatial & geometric reasoning Qualitative physics |
SketchCad Video (zipped AVI file)
Refereed Journal and Conference Publications
 | Levent Burak Kara, Kenji Shimada (2008) Supporting Early Styling Design of Automobiles Using Sketch-based 3D Shape Construction. Accepted, Computer-Aided Design & Applications, also CAD'08 conference | ||
 | Levent Burak Kara, Leslie Gennari, Thomas F. Stahovich (2008) A Sketch-based tool for Analyzing Vibratory Mechanical Systems Accepted, Journal of Mechanical Design | ||
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Burak Kara,
Kenji Shimada, Sarah D. Marmalefsky (2007) An Evaluation of User Experience with a Sketch-based 3D Modeling System. Computers & Graphics. Volume 31, Issue 4, August 2007, Pages 580-597 | ||
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Lee, Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich (2007) An Efficient Graph-Based Symbol Recognizer. Computers & Graphics. Volume 31, Issue 4, August 2007, Pages 554-567 | ||
 | Levent
Burak Kara,
Kenji Shimada (2007) Sketch-based 3D Shape Creation for Industrial Styling Design. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 60-71, 2007. | ||
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Levent
Burak Kara,
Kenji Shimada (2006) Construction and Modification of 3D Geometry Using a Sketch-based Interface. Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling 2006. | ||
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WeeSan
Lee, Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich (2006) An Efficient Graph-Based Symbol Recognizer. Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling 2006. | ||
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Paul
S. Steif, Anne L. Fay, Levent Burak Kara, Stephen E. Spencer
(2006) Work in Progress - Improving Problem Solving Performance in Statics through Body-Centric Talk. 36rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA., October, 28-31, 2006 | ||
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Levent
Burak Kara,
Chris D'Eramo, Kenji Shimada (2006) 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 (2005) An Image-Based, Trainable Symbol Recognizer for Hand-drawn Sketches. Computers & Graphics 29(4): 501-517 2005. | ||
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Gennari, Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich (2005) Combining Geometry and Domain Knowledge to Interpret Hand-Drawn Diagrams. Computers & Graphics 29(4): 547-562 2005. | ||
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Levent
Burak Kara,
Thomas F. Stahovich (2004) An Image-Based Trainable Symbol Recognizer for Sketch-Based Interfaces. AAAI Fall Symposium Series 2004: Making Pen-Based Interaction Intelligent and Natural. | ||
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Leslie Gennari, Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich (2004) Combining Geometry and Domain Knowledge to Interpret Hand-Drawn Diagrams. AAAI Fall Symposium Series 2004: Making Pen-Based Interaction Intelligent and Natural. | video | |
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Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich (2004) Hierarchical Parsing and Recognition of Hand-Sketched Diagrams. 17th ACM User Interface Software Technology (UIST) 2004. | video | |
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Levent Burak Kara, Leslie Gennari, Thomas F. Stahovich (2004) A Sketch-Based Interface for the Design and Analysis of Simple Vibratory Mechanical Systems. 2004 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (ASME/ DETC 2004). | video | |
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Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich (2004) Sim-U-Sketch: A Sketch-Based Interface for Simulink. Proceedings of AVI-2004, pp 354-357. | ||
 | Levent
Burak Kara,
Thomas F. Stahovich (2002) Causal Reasoning using Geometric Analysis. AI EDAM, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp 363-384, 2002. | ||
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Chris Calhoun, Thomas F. Stahovich, Tolga Kurtoglu, Levent Burak Kara (2002) Recognizing Multi-Stroke Symbols. AAAI Spring Symposium, Sketch Understanding, 2002. | ||
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F. Stahovich, Levent Burak Kara (2001) A Representation for Comparing Simulations and Computing the Purpose of Geometric Features. AI EDAM, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp 189-201, 2001. | ||
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Levent Burak Kara, Thomas F. Stahovich (2001) Spatial Reasoning About Mechanical Behaviors. ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference (DTM), DETC 2001/DTM-21684, 2001. |
Ph.D. Thesis
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Levent
Burak Kara
(September 2004) |
Teaching
Spring 2008 24-441: Engineering Design
Spring 2006 24-371: Electro Mechanical Systems
Bio & Personal:
| 2004 Ph.D., | Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2000 M.S., | Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 1998 B.S., | Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara |
In 2006, I got back to my childhood hobby of scale modeling.