Publications

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Articles

• K. Reuer, J. Landgraf, T. Fösel, J. O’Sullivan, L. Beltran, A. Akin, G. J. Norris, A. Remm, M. Kerschbaum, J-C. Besse, F. Marquardt, A. Wallraff, and C. Eichler, “Realizing a deep reinforcement learning agent discovering real-time feedback control strategies for a quantum system”, Nature Communications, 14.1 7138, 2023.
  Citation: 5

• L. Yu, A. C. Frank, T. Esslinger, T. Donner, A. Akin, “Laser Frequency Stabilization using a Prescaler and a High-Resolution Frequency to Voltage Converter”, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing, Seattle, United States, 2023. (accepted for publication) 

• S. Marti, E. Mustafa, G. Bisson, P. Anand, P. Fabritius, T. Esslinger, A. Akin, “FPGA-based real-time laser beam profiling and stabilization system for quantum simulation applications”, Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, 2023. (accepted for publication)

• S. Storz, J. Schär, A. Kulikov, P. Magnard, P. Kurpiers, J. Lütolf, T. Walter, A. Copetudo, K. Reuer, A. Akin, J.-C. Besse, M. Gabureac, G. J. Norris, A. Rosario, F. Martin, J. Martinez, W. Amaya, M. W. Mitchell, C. Abellan, J.-D. Bancal, N. Sangouard, B. Royer, A. Blais, A. Wallraff, “Loophole-free Bell inequality violation with superconducting circuits”, Nature, 617(7960), 265-270, 2023
  Citation: 22

• M. Mathews, X. Yin, A. Baumgärtner, T. Esslinger, A. Akin, “A Control and Testing Framework for a Digital Micromirror Device in Neutral Atom Quantum Computing”, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing, Colorado, United States, 2022.

• D. Pahl, L. Pahl, E. Mustafa, Z. Liu, P. Fabritius, J. Mohan, P. Clements, A. Akin, T. Esslinger, “A Low-Noise and Scalable FPGA‑based Analog Signal Generator for Quantum Gas experiments”, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing, Colorado, United States, 2021.
  Citation: 2

• P. Magnard, S. Storz, P. Kurpiers, J. Schär, F. Marxer, J. Lütolf, J-C. Besse, M. Gabureac, K. Reuer, A. Akin, B. Royer, A. Blais, and A. Wallraff, “Microwave Quantum Link between Superconducting Circuits Housed in Spatially Separated Cryogenic Systems”, Physical Review Letters 125, 2020.
  Citation: 131

• J. -C. Besse, K. Reuer, M. C. Collodo, A. Wulff, L. Wernli, A. Copetudo, D. Malz, P. Magnard, A. Akin, M. Gabureac, G. J. Norris, J. I. Cirac, A. Wallraff, and C. Eichler. “Realizing a Deterministic Source of Multipartite-Entangled Photonic Qubits”, Nature Communication, 11, 4877, 2020.
  Citation: 52

• M. Frimmer, T. Heugel, Ž. Nosan, F. Tebbenjohanns, D. Hälg, A. Akin, C. Degen, L. Novotny, R. Chitra, O. Z, A. Eichler, “Rapid Flipping of Parametric Phase States”, Phys. Rev. Applied, 123, no. 25, 2019.
  Citation: 9

• P. Kurpiers, M. Pechal, B. Royer, P. Magnard, T. Walter, J. Heinsoo, Y. Salathé, A. Akin, S. Storz, J.-C. Besse, S. Gasparinetti, A. Blais, and A. Wallraff, “Quantum communication with time-bin encoded microwave photons”, Physical Review Applied 12.4, Oct 2019.
  Citation: 40

• P. Kurpiers, P. Magnard, T. Walter, B. Royer, M. Pechal, J. Heinsoo, Y. Salathé, A. Akin, S. Storz, J.-C. Besse, S. Gasparinetti, A. Blais, and A. Wallraff “Deterministic Quantum State Transfer and Remote Entanglement using Microwave Photons”, Nature 558 (7709), 2018.
  Citation: 256

• Y. Salathé, P. Kurpiers, T. Karg, C. Lang, C. K. Andersen, A. Akin, C. Eichler, and A. Wallraff, “Low-Latency Digital Signal Processing for Feedback and Feedforward in Quantum Computing and Communication”, Physical Review Applied 9 (3), 2018.
  Citation: 67

• J. Narinx, T. Demirci, A. Akin, and Y. Leblebici, “A Single-chip 2048×1080 Resolution 32fps 380mW Trinocular Disparity Estimation Processor in 28nm CMOS Technology”,  Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Kyoto, Japan, 2017.
  Citation: 2

• A. Akin, and I. Hamzaoglu, “A High Performance Hardware for Early Terminated C-1BT Based Motion Estimation”, IEEE International Conference on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016.
  Citation: 4

• I. Beretta, V. Rana, A. Akin, A. Nacci, D. Sciuto and D. Atienza, “Parallelizing the Chambolle Algorithm for Performance‑Optimized Mapping on FPGA devices”, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 14, num. 4, p. 1-27, 2016.
  Citation: 17

• A. Akin, R. Capoccia, J. Narinx, J. Masur, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Real-Time Free Viewpoint Synthesis Using Three-Camera Disparity Estimation Hardware”, ISCAS Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015.
  Citation: 11

• Akin, R. Capoccia, J. Narinx, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Trinocular Adaptive Window Size Disparity Estimation Algorithm and Its Real-Time Hardware”, VLSI-DAT Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2015.
  Citation: 13

• Seyid, V. Popovic, Ö. Cogal, A. Akin, H. Afshari, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “A Real-time Multiaperture Omnidirectional Visual Sensor Based on Interconnected Network of Smart Cameras”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Sept. 2014.
  Citation: 19

• A. Akin, I. Baz, A. Schmid and Y. Leblebici, “Dynamically adaptive real-time disparity estimation hardware using iterative refinement”, Elsevier, Integration the VLSI Journal, June 2014.
  Citation: 17

• Popovic, K. Seyid, A. Akin, Ö. Cogal, H. Afshari, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Image Blending in a High Frame Rate FPGA-based Multi-Camera System”, Springer Journal of Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology, 2014.
  Citation: 16

• Ö. Cogal, Akin, K. Seyid, V. Popovic, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “A New Omni-Directional Multi-Camera System for High Resolution Surveillance”, Proc. SPIE 9120, Mobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications, Baltimore, United States, 2014.
  Citation: 23

• A. Akin, I. Baz, L. M. Gaemperle, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Compressed Look-up-Table based Real-Time rectification hardware”, VLSI-SoC Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.
  Citation: 22

• A. Akin, I. Baz, B. Atakan, I. Boybat, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “A Hardware-Oriented Dynamically Adaptive Disparity Estimation Algorithm and its Real-Time Hardware”, International Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), Paris, France, 2013.
  Citation: 27 (including patent)

• A. Akin, Ö. Cogal, K. Seyid, H. Afshari, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Hemispherical Multiple Camera System for High Resolution Omni-Directional Light Field Imaging”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, April 2013.
  Citation: 21

• A. Akin, E. Erdede, H. Afshari, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Enhanced Omnidirectional Image Reconstruction Algorithm and its Real-Time Hardware”, Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, Cesme, Turkey, 2012.
  Citation: 9

• A. Akin, M. Cetin, Z. Ozcan, B. Erbagci, and I. Hamzaoglu, “An Adaptive Bilateral Motion Estimation Algorithm and its Hardware Architecture”, IEEE Journal, Tran. on Consumer Electronics, May 2012.
  Citation: 20

• H. Afshari, A. Akin, V. Popovic, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Real-Time FPGA Implementation of Linear Blending Vision Reconstruction Algorithm using a Spherical Light Field Camera”, SiP Symposium, Québec City, Canada, 2012. (Received Best Paper Award)
  Citation: 20

• A. Akin, I. Beretta, A. A. Nacci, V. Rana, M. D. Santambrogio, and D. Atienza, “A High-Performance Parallel Implementation of Chambolle Algorithm”, DATE Conference, Grenoble, France, 2011.
  Citation: 6

• A. Akin, O. C. Ulusel, T. Z. Ozcan, G. Sayilar, and I. Hamzaoglu, “A Novel Power Reduction Technique for Block Matching Motion Estimation Hardware”, FPL Conference, Crete, Greece, 2011.
  Citation: 2

• A. Akin, G. Sayilar, and I. Hamzaoglu, “High Performance Hardware Architecture for One Bit Transform Based Single and Multiple Reference Frame Motion Estimation”, IEEE Journal, Tran. on Consumer Electronics, May 2010.
  Citation: 23

• A. Akin, A. Aysu, O. Ulusel, and E. Savas, “Efficient Hardware Implementations of High Throughput SHA-3 Candidates Keccak, Luffa and Blue Midnight Wish for Single- and Multi-Message Hashing”, SIN Conference, Taganrog, Russia, 2010.
  Citation: 56

• A. Akin, G. Sayilar, and I. Hamzaoglu, “A Reconfigurable Hardware for One Bit Transform Based Multiple Reference Frame Motion Estimation”, DATE Conference, Dresden, Germany, 2010.
  Citation: 8

• O. Tasdizen, A. Akin, H. Kukner, and I. Hamzaoglu, “Dynamically Variable Step Search Motion Estimation Algorithm and a Dynamically Reconfigurable Hardware for Its Implementation”, IEEE Journal, Tran. on Consumer Electronics, Aug. 2009.
  Citation: 49

• A. Akin, Y. Dogan, and I. Hamzaoglu, “High Performance Hardware Architectures for One Bit Transform Based Motion Estimation Algorithms”, IEEE Journal, Tran. on Consumer Electronics, May 2009.
  Citation: 33

• A. Akin, M. Cetin, B. Erbagci, O. Karakaya, and I. Hamzaoglu, “An Adaptive Bilateral Motion Estimation Algorithm and its Hardware Architecture”, VLSI-SoC Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2010.
  Citation: 20

• A. Akin, Y. Dogan, and I. Hamzaoglu, “A High Performance Hardware Architecture for One Bit Transform Based Motion Estimation”, Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design, Patras, Greece, 2009.
  Citation: 3

• O. Tasdizen, H. Kukner, A. Akin, and I. Hamzaoglu, “A High-Performance Reconfigurable Motion Estimation Hardware Architecture”, DATE Conference, Nice, France, 2009.
  Citation: 9

• O. Tasdizen, A. Akin, H. Kukner, I. Hamzaoglu, and H. F. Ugurdag, “High Performance Hardware Architectures for a Hexagon-Based Motion Estimation Algorithm”, VLSI-SoC Conference, Rhodes Island, Greece, 2008.
  Citation: 11

Scientific Books

Book

• V. Popovic, V, K. Seyid, Ö. Cogal, A. Akin, and Y. Leblebici, “Design and Implementation of Real-Time Multi-Sensor Vision Systems”, Springer, 2017.
  Citation: 11

Book Chapter

• A. Akin, L. M. Gaemperle, H. Najibi, A. Schmid, and Y. Leblebici, “Enhanced Compressed Look-up-Table Based Real-Time Rectification Hardware”, Springer, VLSI-SoC: At the Crossroads of Emerging Trends, pp 227–248, 2015.
  Citation: 6

Theses

PhD Thesis

•  Real-Time High-Resolution Multiple-Camera Depth Map Estimation Hardware and Its Applications
  Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 2015.

MSc Thesis

•  High Performance Hardware Architectures for One Bit Transform based Motion Estimation
  Sabanci University, Istanbul, 2010.
  I received Dr. Gursel Sonmez Research Award 2009-2010.
  https://fens.sabanciuniv.edu/en/oduller/dr-gursel-sonmez-arastirma-odulu

Patent

• A hardware-oriented dynamically adaptive disparity estimation algorithm and its real-time hardware
  A. Akin, Y. Leblebici, A. Schmid, I. Baz, I. Boybat, H. B. Atakan
  United States Patent 20150319419, 5 November 2015.
  Citation: 17