Ismail Rakip Karas is a Professor of Computer Engineering Department and Head of 3D-GeoInformatics Research Group at Karabuk University, Turkey. He received his BSc degree from Selcuk University, MSc degree from Gebze Institute of Technology, and PhD degree from GIS and Remote Sensing program of Yildiz Technical University, in 1997, 2001 and 2007 respectively, three of them from Geomatics Engineering Department. In 2002, he involved in a GIS project at Forest Engineering Department, Oregon State University, USA. During the various periods of 2010, 2011, and 2014, he was a Visiting Researcher in 3D GIS Research Lab, Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Between 2000-2009, he was a Research Assistant at Geomatics Engineering Department of Gebze Institute of Technology. Since 2009, he has been in Karabuk University and taught undergraduate and graduate classes in Geoinformation and Computer Sciences.

Prof Dr Ismail Rakip Karas is the Member of Executive Committee in CAYDAG-TUBITAK (CAYD Research Support Division of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). He has also carried out administrative duties such as Head of Computer Science Division of Department, Director of Safranbolu Vocational School of Karabuk University. Currently, he is the Dean of Safranbolu Fine Art and Design Faculty in same university. As a keynote speaker, Prof Karas has been invited to the different high level conferences. He is the author of more than a hundred international and Turkish publications and papers on various areas of Geoinformation Science. He has organized and chaired some important conferences and workshops such as Geo-Advances 2017. He is in the editorial board of "International Journal of Geo-Spatial Knowledge and Intelligence", "American Journal of Geographic Information System", and some others. He has involved in Tubitak, EU, and other national and international projects and got various awards and supports during his research activities.