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Prof. Dr. Ismail Rakip Karas
Karabuk University,  Turkey

Areas of Interest


GeoInformatics, Geographic Information Systems, GIS, Three Dimensional Geographic Information Systems (3DGIS), Network Analyses, Software Development for GIS, Web based GIS, Geo-Databases, Spatial Data Structures, Computer Graphics, Computational Geometry, Image Processing, Graph Theory, Location Based Services


Academic and Work Experience


2017 – : Dean of Safranbolu Fethi Toker Fine Art and Design Faculty (Acting), Karabuk University


2017 – : Member of Executive Committee, Member of Advisory Committee, Environmental, Atmospheric, Earth and Marine Science Research Group (CAYDAG) of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)


2017 – : Full Professor, Karabuk University, Faculty of Engineering, Computer Engineering Department


2012 – 2017 : Associate Professor, Karabuk University, Faculty of Engineering, Computer Engineering Department


2009 – 2012 : Assistant Professor, Karabuk University, Faculty of Engineering, Computer Engineering Department


2015 – 2017 : Safranbolu Vocational School Director, Karabuk University


2011 – 2016 : Deputy Chair of Department, Computer Engineering Department, Karabuk University


2009 – : Head of Computer Science Division, Computer Engineering Department, Karabuk University


2013 – 2014 : Member of Committee on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics, Karabuk University


2009 – 2010 : Distance Education Learning Center Director, Karabuk University


June 2010 – September 2010: Post-Doctoral Researcher, 3D GIS Research Lab, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia


2008 – 2009 : Geodesy and Target Determination Platoon Commander, 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade, Sarikamis, Kars, Turkey. (Compulsory Military Service)


1999 – 2009 : Researcher, Gebze Institute of Technology, Department of Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering.


April 2002 – July 2002 : Graduate Student Intern, Forest Engineering Department, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA