Publications and Presentations

Listed below are the papers, first authored by our group members as an indication that the related research is mainly conducted in our group, and the presentations. Research topics are ordered from newest to oldest as well as by considering their importance. Under each topic, papers are ordered from newest to oldest. All materials are subject to copyrights.

Computing with Switching Lattices

Technology Development

title: Technology Development and Modeling of Switching Lattices Using Square and H Shaped Four-Terminal Switches authors: Nihat Akkan, Serzat Safaltin, Levent Aksoy, Ismail Cevik, Herman Sedef, Csaba Andras Moritz, and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, early access, 2020.

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title: CMOS Implementation of Switching Lattices authors: Ismail Cevik, Levent Aksoy, and Mustafa Altun presented at: Design, Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE), Grenoble, France, 2020.

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title: Realization of Four-Terminal Switching Lattices: Technology Development and Circuit Modeling authors: Serzat Safaltin, Oguz Gencer, Ceylan Morgul, Levent Aksoy, Sebahattin Gurmen, Csaba Andras Moritz, and Mustafa Altun presented at: Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Florence, Italy, 2019.

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Logic Synthesis and Fault/Variation Tolerance

title: Realization of Logic Functions Using Switching Lattices Under a Delay Constraint authors: Levent Aksoy, Nihat Akkan, Herman Sedef, and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, early access, 2020.

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title: A Novel Method for the Realization of Complex Logic Functions Using Switching Lattices authors: Levent Aksoy and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Seville, Spain, 2020.

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title: Novel Methods for Efficient Realization of Logic Functions Using Switching Lattices authors: Levent Aksoy and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 69, Issue 3, pp. 427–440, 2020.

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title: A Satisfiability-Based Approximate Algorithm for Logic Synthesis Using Switching Lattices authors: Levent Aksoy and Mustafa Altun presented at: Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Florence, Italy, 2019.

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title: Optimal and Heuristic Algorithms to Synthesize Lattices of Four-Terminal Switches authors: Ceylan Morgul and Mustafa Altun appeared in: Integration, the VLSI Journal, Vol. 64, pp. 60–70, 2019.

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title: Logic Synthesis for Switching Lattices authors: Mustafa Altun and Marc Riedel appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 61, Issue 11, pp. 1588–1600, 2012.

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title: Synthesizing Logic with Percolation in Nanoscale Lattices authors: Mustafa Altun and Marc Riedel appeared in: International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 12–30, 2011.

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title: Lattice Based Computation of Boolean Functions authors: Mustafa Altun and Marc Riedel presented at: IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), Anaheim, USA, 2010.

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title: Nanoscale Digital Computation Through Percolation authors: Mustafa Altun, Marc Riedel, and Claudia Neuhauser presented at: IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, USA, 2009.

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Energy Efficient ANN Hardware Implementation

title: Efficient Time-Multiplexed Realization of Feedforward Artificial Neural Networks authors: Levent Aksoy, Sajjad Parvin, Mohammadreza Nojehdeh, and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Seville, Spain, 2020.

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Computing with Nano-Crossbar Arrays

Comprehensive Performance Optimization

title: Circuit Design Steps for Nano-Crossbar Arrays: Area-Delay-Power Optimization with Fault Tolerance authors: Ceylan Morgul, Luca Frontini, Onur Tunali, Lorena Anghel, Valentina Ciriani, Ioana Vatajelu, Csaba Moritz, Mircea Stan, Dan Alexandrescu, and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, early access, 2020.

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title: Nano-Crossbar based Computing: Lessons Learned and Future Directions authors: Mustafa Altun, Ismail Cevik, Ahmet Erten, Osman Eksik, Mircea Stan, and Csaba Andras Moritz presented at: Design, Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE), Grenoble, France, 2020.

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title: Integrated Synthesis Methodology for Crossbar Arrays authors: Ceylan Morgul, Luca Frontini, Onur Tunali, Ioana Vatajelu, Valentina Ciriani, Lorena Anghel, Csaba Moritz, Mircea Stan, Dan Alexandrescu, and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH), Athens, Greece, 2018.

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title: Logic Synthesis and Defect Tolerance for Memristive Crossbar Arrays authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun presented at: Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Dresden, Germany, 2018.

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title: Logic Synthesis and Testing Techniques for Switching Nano-Crossbar Arrays authors: Dan Alexandrescu, Mustafa Altun, Lorena Anghel, Anna Bernasconi, Valentina Ciriani, Luca Frontini, and Mehdi Tahoori appeared in: Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 54, pp. 14–25, 2017.

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title: Computing with Nano-Crossbar Arrays: Logic Synthesis and Fault Tolerance authors: Mustafa Altun, Valentina Ciriani, and Mehdi Tahoori presented at: Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2017.

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title: Synthesis and Performance Optimization of a Switching Nano-crossbar Computer authors: Dan Alexandrescu, Mustafa Altun, Lorena Anghel, Anna Bernasconi, Valentina Ciriani, and Mehdi Tahoori presented at: Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.

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title: Power-Delay-Area Performance Modeling and Analysis for Nano-Crossbar Arrays authors: Ceylan Morgul, Furkan Peker, and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Pittsburgh, USA, 2016.

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Logic Synthesis and Fault/Variation Tolerance

title: A Fast Logic Mapping Algorithm for Multiple-type-Defect Tolerance in Reconfigurable Nano-Crossbar Arrays authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 518–529, 2019.

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title: Defect Tolerant Logic Synthesis for Memristor Crossbars with Performance Evaluation authors: Onur Tunali, Ceylan Morgul, and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Micro, Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 22–31, 2018.

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title: A Fast Hill Climbing Algorithm for Defect and Variation Tolerant Logic Mapping of Nano-Crossbar Arrays authors: Furkan Peker and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 522–532, 2018.

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title: Yield Analysis of Nano-Crossbar Arrays for Uniform and Clustered Defect Distributions authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Batumi, Georgia, 2017.

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title: A Survey of Fault Tolerance Algorithms for Reconfigurable Nano-Crossbar Arrays authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun appeared in: ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 50, No. 6, Article 79, 2017.

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title: Permanent and Transient Fault Tolerance for Reconfigurable Nano-Crossbar Arrays authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 36, Issue 5, pp. 747–760, 2017.

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title: Defect Tolerance in Diode FET and Four-Terminal Switch Based Nano-Crossbar Arrays authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH), Boston, USA, 2015.

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title: Synthesis and Optimization of Switching Nanoarrays authors: Ceylan Morgul and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (DDECS), Belgrade, Serbia, 2015.

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National Publications in Turkish

title: Logic Circuit Design with Switching Nano Arrays and Area Optimization title (in Turkish): Anahtarlamalı Nano Dizinler ile Lojik Devre Tasarımı ve Boyut Optimizasyonu authors: Ceylan Morgul and Mustafa Altun presented at: Elektrik, Elektronik, Bilgisayar ve Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Sempozyumu (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 2014.

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Stochastic and Bit Stream Computing

title: From Stochastic to Bit Stream Computing: Accurate Implementation of Arithmetic Circuits and Applications in Neural Networks authors: Ensar Vahapoglu and Mustafa Altun appeared in: arXiv, 1805.06262, 2018.

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title: Sampling Based Random Number Generator for Stochastic Computing authors: Burak Karadeniz and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Batumi, Georgia, 2017.

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title: Accurate Synthesis of Arithmetic Operations with Stochastic Logic authors: Ensar Vahapoglu and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Pittsburgh, USA, 2016.

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National Publications in Turkish

title: Random Bit Shuffling Method for Reducing Error Rates in Stochastic Computing title (in Turkish): Stokastik Hesaplamada Hata Oranlarını Azaltmak için Rastgele Bit Karıştırma Yöntemi authors: Serter Yavuz and Mustafa Altun presented at: Elektrik, Elektronik, Bilgisayar ve Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Sempozyum (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 2014.

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Approximate Computing

title: Efficient Hardware Implementation of Artificial Neural Networks Using Approximate Multiply-Accumulate Blocks authors: Mohammadreza Nojehdeh, Levent Aksoy, and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Limassol, Cyprus, 2020.

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title: Systematic Synthesis of Approximate Adders and Multipliers with Accurate Error Calculations authors: Mohammadreza Nojehdeh and Mustafa Altun appeared in: Integration, the VLSI Journal, Vol. 70, pp. 99–107, 2020.

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title: Circuit Aware Approximate System Design with Case Studies in Image Processing and Neural Networks authors: Tuba Ayhan and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 4726–4734, 2019.

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title: Approximate Fully Connected Neural Network Generation authors: Tuba Ayhan and Mustafa Altun presented at: International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.

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title: A Power Efficient System Design Methodology Employing Approximate Arithmetic Units authors: Tuba Ayhan, Firat Kula, and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Bochum, Germany, 2017.

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National Publications in Turkish

title: Approximate Implementation of FIR Filters on FPGA title (in Turkish): FPGA Üzerinde Yaklaşık FIR Süzgeç Tasarımı authors: Firat Kula, Tuba Ayhan, and Mustafa Altun presented at: Sinyal İşleme ve İletişim Uygulamaları Kurultayı (SİU), Izmir, Turkey, 2018.

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Large-Area Electronics

Transistor Fabrication

title: The Enhanced Electronic Properties of P3HT-WO3 Hybrid Thin Film Transistors authors: Beyza Yedikardes, Fereshteh Ordokhani, Nihat Akkan, Ece Kurt, Esra Zayim, Nilgün Yavuz, and Mustafa Altun presented at: International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials (ANM), Aveiro, Portugal, 2019.

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Organic Transistor Modeling

title: Modeling and Parameter Extraction of OFET Compact Models Using Metaheuristics-Based Approach authors: Nihat Akkan, Mustafa Altun, and Herman Sedef appeared in: IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 180438–180450, 2019.

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title: Parameter Extraction Method Using Hybrid Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for an OFET Compact Model authors: Nihat Akkan, Mustafa Altun, and Herman Sedef presented at: International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.

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Reversible Computing

CMOS Fault Tolerance

title: Perfect Concurrent Fault Detection in CMOS Logic Circuits Using Parity Preservative Reversible Gates authors: Sajjad Parvin and Mustafa Altun appeared in: IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 163939–163947, 2019.

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title: Implementation of CMOS Logic Circuits with Perfect Fault Detection Using Preservative Reversible Gates authors: Sajjad Parvin and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE International Symposium on On-Line Testing and Robust System Design (IOLTS), Rhodes Island, Greece, 2019.

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title: Exploiting Reversible Computing for Latent-Fault-Free Error Detecting/Correcting CMOS Circuits authors: Mustafa Altun, Sajjad Parvin, and Husrev Cilasun appeared in: IEEE Access, Vol. 6, pp. 74475–74484, 2018.

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title: A Novel Reversible Fault Tolerant Microprocessor Design in AMS 0.35um Process authors: Husrev Cilasun and Mustafa Altun appeared in: Istanbul University - Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 3147–3154, 2017.

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Logic Synthesis

title: Fast Synthesis of Reversible Circuits using a Sorting Algorithm and Optimization authors: Omercan Susam and Mustafa Altun appeared in: Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, Vol. 29, Issue 1-2, pp. 1–23, 2017.

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title: An Efficient Algorithm to Synthesize Quantum Circuits and Optimization authors: Omercan Susam and Mustafa Altun presented at: IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Marseille, France, 2014.

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National Publications in Turkish

title: Kuantum Devre Sentezi ve Optimizasyonu için Verimli bir Algoritma authors: Omercan Susam and Mustafa Altun presented at: Elektrik, Elektronik, Bilgisayar ve Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Sempozyumu (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 2014.

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Reliability of Electronic Products

title: Distinct Degradation Processes in ZnO Varistors: Reliability Analysis and Modeling with Accelerated AC Tests authors: Hadi Yadavari and Mustafa Altun appeared in: Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 3240–3252, 2017.

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title: A Change-Point based Reliability Prediction Model using Field Return Data authors: Mustafa Altun and Vehbi Comert appeared in: Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 156, pp. 175–184, 2016.

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title: Effects of ZnO Varistor Degradation on the Overvoltage Protection Mechanism of Electronic Boards authors: Hadi Yadavari, Burak Sal, Mustafa Altun, Ertunc Erturk, and Baris Ocak presented at: European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, 2015.

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title: Extensive Investigation of Calibrated Accelerated Life Testing (CALT) in Comparison with Classical Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) authors: Burak Sal and Mustafa Altun presented at: European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Zurich, Switzerland, 2015.

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title: Warranty Forecasting of Electronic Boards using Short-term Field Data authors: Vehbi Comert, Mustafa Altun, Mustafa Nadar, and Ertunc Erturk presented at: Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Palm Harbor, USA, 2015.

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title: Reliability Prediction of Electronic Boards by Analyzing Field Return Data authors: Vehbi Comert, Hadi Yadavari, Mustafa Altun, and Ertunc Erturk presented at: European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Wroclaw, Poland, 2014.

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National Publications in Turkish

title: A New Reliability Model for MOSFET Gate Oxide Breakdown title (in Turkish): MOSFET Geçit Oksidi Kırılması için Yeni Bir Güvenilirlik Modeli authors: Hasan Avci and Mustafa Altun presented at: Elektrik, Elektronik, Bilgisayar ve Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Sempozyumu (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 2018.

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Analog Circuit Design

title: Low Input Resistance Current Buffer Stage Using a Controllable Positive Feedback Loop, and Applications of Current Conveyor Based Filters authors: Dogus Gungordu, Mustafa Altun, and Ismail Cevik appeared  in: AEU International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 82, pp. 58–65, 2017.

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title: Design of Positive Feedback Driven Current-Mode Amplifiers Z-Copy CDBA and CDTA and Filter Applications authors: Ersin Alaybeyoglu, Arda Guney, Mustafa Altun, and Hakan Kuntman appeared  in: Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 81, Issue 1, pp. 109–120, 2014.

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title: Realisation of nth Order Current Transfer Function Employing ECCIIs and Application Examples authors: Mustafa Altun, Hakan Kuntman, Shahram Minaei, and Onur Sayin appeared  in: International Journal of Electronics, Vol. 96, Issue 11, pp. 1115–1126, 2009.

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title: Design of a Fully Differential Current Mode Operational Amplifier with Improved Input-Output Impedances and its Filter Applications authors: Mustafa Altun and Hakan Kuntman appeared  in: AEU International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 62, Issue 3, pp. 39–44, 2008.

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title: A High Drive Fully Differential Current Mode Operational Amplifier Providing High Output Impedance and Filter Application authors: Mustafa Altun and Hakan Kuntman presented  at: International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 2007.

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title: High CMRR Current Mode Operational Amplifier with a Novel Class AB Input Stage authors: Mustafa Altun and Hakan Kuntman presented  at: ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), Stresa, Italy, 2007.

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title: A Wideband CMOS Current Mode Operational Amplifier and its Use for Band Pass Filter Realization authors: Mustafa Altun and Hakan Kuntman presented  at: Applied Electronics (AE), Pilsen, Czech Republic, 2006.

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National Publications in Turkish

title: Yüksek Başarımlı Tümüyle Farksal Akım Modlu İşlemsel Kuvvetlendirici (COA) Tasarımı ve Tüm Geçiren Süzgeç Yapısında Kullanımı authors: Mustafa Altun and Hakan Kuntman presented at: Elektrik, Elektronik, Bilgisayar ve Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Sempozyumu (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 2006.

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title: Akım Modlu İşlemsel Kuvvetlendirici Tasarımı ve Uygulamaları title: Design of a Current Mode Operational Amplifier and Its Applications author: Mustafa Altun thesis: MSc, Electronics Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 2007.

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Discrete Mathematics

title: A Study on Monotone Self-dual Boolean Functions authors: Mustafa Altun and Marc Riedel appeared  in: Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica - English Series, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp. 43–52, 2017.

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