PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Ahmet Murat Tekalp

Also known as A. Murat Tekalp, Murat Tekalp, Ahmet M. Tekalp

Ahmet Murat Tekalp is a professor at Koç University whose research spans digital video processing and learned video compression. He earned electrical engineering and mathematics degrees at Boğaziçi University in 1980, then graduate degrees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982 and 1984. He worked at Eastman Kodak and the University of Rochester and joined Koç in 2001 while still at Rochester; his Prentice Hall book Digital Video Processing appeared in 1995, and his research group contributed to MPEG-4 and MPEG-7. He authored a 2019 IEEE tutorial on deep learning for image and video processing and coauthored learned video compression research in 2025. He received TÜBİTAK's Science Award in 2004, joined the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2007 and Academia Europaea in 2010, and serves on an IEEE Signal Processing Society committee through 2027.

Now at
Koç University
Born
1958
Works
548
Citations
15,168
h-index
63
Badges
Links
Website and Google Scholar

Years link to their sources. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1980–1984

    Degrees at Boğaziçi and Rensselaer

    At Boğaziçi University, he earns bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1980. He completes master's and PhD degrees in electrical, computer and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982 and 1984.

  2. 1984–2005

    Kodak and Rochester

    At Eastman Kodak, he works as a research scientist from 1984 to 1987. At the University of Rochester, he becomes a Distinguished University Professor and serves through 2005.

  3. 1995–2015

    Digital Video Processing and MPEG standards

    His Prentice Hall book Digital Video Processing appears in 1995, with a new edition in June 2015. His research group contributes technology to the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 and MPEG-7 standards.

  4. 2001–2013

    Professor and engineering dean at Koç

    In June 2001, he joins Koç University as a professor. He serves as Dean of Engineering there from 2010 to 2013.

  5. 2004–2010

    Awards and academy memberships

    He receives the TÜBİTAK Science Award in 2004. He becomes a full member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2007 and is elected to Academia Europaea in 2010.

  6. 2019

    A deep learning tutorial

    His 2019 IEEE Signal Processing Society tutorial is titled Deep Learning for Image and Video Processing.

  7. 2025

    Learned video compression

    In 2025, he coauthors a paper on content-adaptive inference for learned video compression. The method adjusts motion-vector scale during encoding to fit the training and test videos.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and IEEE committee member

    As of October 2026, he is a professor in Koç University's electrical and electronics engineering department and serves on IEEE SPS's Nominations and Elections Committee through 2027.

Career

  1. Since 2001Koç UniversityProfessor, Dean of Engineering
  2. 1987–2005University of RochesterDistinguished University Professor
  3. 1984–1987KodakResearch Scientist

Education

  1. 1984Rensselaer Polytechnic InstitutePhD
  2. 1982Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMaster’s degree
  3. 1980Boğaziçi UniversityBachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Rochester. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Rochester. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Rochester. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Prof. Dr. A. Murat Tekalp mysite.ku.edu.tr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Academy of Europe: Tekalp Ahmet ae-info.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Ahmet Murat Tekalp | Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi tuba.gov.tr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. A. Murat Tekalp | IEEE Signal Processing Society signalprocessingsociety.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Content-Adaptive Inference for State-of-the-art Learned Video Compression arxiv.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Standing Committees | IEEE Signal Processing Society signalprocessingsociety.org. Checked 20 October 2026.