01VISION
See the surface
Computer vision, structured light, and color-invariant 3D scanning for reflective objects.
RB / 2026SOFTWARE · VISION · FLIGHTTRABZON, TÜRKİYE
ACADEMICIAN · ENGINEER · RESEARCHER
I make complex systems legible.
Dr. Rıfat Benveniste works where software engineering meets computer vision, signal processing, and aviation R&D — building ways to see, measure, and move through the real world.
RB
FIELD / 01LOOK CLOSER
41°00′N
39°43′E
39°43′E
THE SHORT VERSION
Research with one foot in the lab and the other in the world.
19publications
94Scopus citations
5Scopus h-index
01registered patent
01 / THE WORK
RESEARCH AT A GLANCE
Three ways of looking.
The questions change. The method stays consistent: make the invisible measurable, then make the result useful.
Explore thread ↗
02SIGNAL
Read the signal
Digital signal processing, embedded systems, and temporal calibration at the edge.
03SYSTEMS
Move the system
Applied R&D across aviation, UAV platforms, simulation, and engineering education.
FROM PIXELS
TO POSSIBILITY
02 / PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED OUTPUT
Ideas made durable.
The papers are the trail markers. Follow one into the methods, the measurements, and the questions that remain.
2026
Visual-inertial odometry
↗2016Lightweight standalone temporal calibration for visual-inertial odometry on resource-constrained embedded systems: a closed-form estimator with statistical hardening
Measurement
Motion planning
↗2014Trajectory Planning Using High-Order Polynomials under Acceleration Constraint
Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering
Computer vision
↗2012Nary coded structured light-based range scanners using color invariants
Journal of Real-Time Image Processing
Engineering education
↗Hands-on DSP education through experiments
International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education
03 / NOTES & SIGNALS
WHAT IS MOVING
Follow the signal.
Small updates from the lab, the field, and the space between research and application.
01
New publication
2026↗02A lightweight temporal calibration pipeline for visual-inertial odometry.
Research thread
FIELD NOTE↗03Why reflective surfaces make 3D scanning a harder problem than it first appears.
Open invitation
ONGOING↗Ideas for turning engineering research into tools people can actually use.
04 / APPLIED IMPACT
BEYOND THE PAPER
Research that travels.
From registration systems to evacuation simulators, the interesting part is what happens after the prototype.
Aviation systems
↗SHGM UAV Registration System
Registration, training, and certification workflows for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Simulation
↗Airbus A320 Cabin Evacuation Simulator
A training simulator focused on aircraft emergency-exit procedures.
Field robotics
↗UAV-enabled Agricultural Applications
Applied research exploring drone-based agricultural operations.
R&D leadership
↗Portable Device Fire Fighting Trainer
A KRECONSTECH R&D project for electronic-device fire response training.
05 / THE PERSON
A CAREER IN MOTION
From the lab to leadership.
I am an Assistant Professor in Software Engineering at Karadeniz Technical University and General Manager of KRECONSTECH. I care about rigorous work, clear explanations, and the moment an idea becomes useful to someone else.
Collaborate or connect ↗Aug 2025—now
Assistant Professor
Karadeniz Technical University · Software Engineering
2023—Jun 2026
General Manager
KRECONSTECH ARGE Eğitim Danışmanlık
2022—2023
R&D Manager
SKYART Havacılık
2018—2022
Head of Department · BAP Coordinator
Cappadocia University
2013—2017
Department Chair · Vice Dean
Avrasya University
2011
PhD in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Yeditepe University · English programme
OPEN TO MEANINGFUL WORK