Research Interests :
§ Machine
Learning
§ Artificial
Intelligence
§ Intelligent
Systems
§ Automated
Reasoning
§ e-
Learning
§ Semantic
Web Technologies
§ Ontology-Based
Systems
§ Global
Software Development
Research Projects :
§ Nöral Ağ
Tabanlı Akıllı Bilgi Sistemi - Coordinator
(A
Neural Network Based Intelligent System)
Funded by METU
AFP-96-07-02-00-04 1/8/1996-30/8/1997
§ Tümevarım
Yöntemlerine Dayalı bir Uzman Sistem Kabuğunun Geliştirilmesi- Coordinator
(An Expert System Shell Using Induction Methods)
Funded by METU
AFP-97-01-09-01 1/5/1997-31/5/1998
§
ODTÜ'de Internet Ortamında Eğitimin
Geliştirilmesi- Coordinator
(Development of Web-Based Courses at METU)
Funded by METU
AFP-97-07-04-02 1/5/1997-31/5/1998
§ Bilgisayar
Ağına Dayalı Eğitim (BADE) projesi kapsamında Internet Üzerinde Ders Hazırlamak
için Akıllı Yazarlık Sistemi Geliştirme-Researcher
(Development of An Intelligent Authoring Tool for
Web-Based Course Preparation as a part
of BADE Project)
Funded by DPT (State
Planning Organization)
AFP-06-04DPT.98K1225
1/1/1998-31/12/2000
§ Uzaktan
Eğitim İçin Akıllı Bilgi Sistemi Geliştirme- Coordinator
(Development of An Intelligent Agent for Distance
Learning)
Funded by METU
AFP-99-06-04-01 1/5/1999-31/5/2000
§ Kendiliğinden
Geri Çekilme Yöntemini Kullanarak Kural Çıkaran Nöral Ağ Sistemi- Coordinator
(A Neural Network System Using Autoregressive Model for Rule
Generation)
Funded by METU
AFP-99-06-02-05 1/5/1999-31/5/2002
§ The
Virtual International Collaborative University
METU-University of North Texas Joint Research
Project- Coordinator
Funded by National Science
Foundation (USA) and TÜBİTAK (Turkey)
NSF-TÜBİTAK-100E049 1/10/2000-30/9/2002
§ Realistic
Applications of Action Languages for Workflow Management
METU-University of Texas at Austin Joint Research
Project- Coordinator
Funded by National Science
Foundation (USA) and TÜBİTAK (Turkey)
NSF-TÜBİTAK-101E024 1/5/2001-1/5/2003
§ Distributed
and Cooperative Information Systems
METU-Université de Bourgogne Joint Research Project- Coordinator
Funded by French Embassy in Turkey 1/1/1999-31/1/2001
§ Mobil
Yazılım Ajanları ile Yer Temelli Mobil Ticaret- Coordinator
(Mobile Commerce with Location-based
Mobile Software Agents)
Funded by METU
BAP-2002-07-04-01 1/1/2002-31/12/2002
§ Davranış-Tabanlı
Robotik Uygulamaları- Coordinator
(Behavior-based Robotics Applications)
Funded by METU
BAP-2002-03-12-01 1/1/2002-31/12/2002
§ Davranış-Tabanlı
Robotik Uygulamaları- Coordinator
(Behavior-based Robotics Applications)
Funded by TÜBİTAK
TÜBİTAK-102E003 1/8/2002-1/8/2004
§ ODTÜ Bilişim Teknolojileri Mükemmeliyet Merkez
Projesi - Researcher
(METU-ISTEC)
Funded by TÜBİTAK
TÜBİTAK 105E068 1/6/2006-30/3/2008
§ Türkçe
Soru-Cevaplama Sistemi
(An Ontology-Based Turkish Question-Answering
System) - Coordinator
Funded by METU
BAP - 2007-03-12-02 1/4/2007-31/3/2009
§ Kişisel Video Bilgi Sistemi
(A Personal Multimedia Knowledge Management System) -
Researcher
Funded by METU
BAP - 2007-03-12-01 1/4/2007-31/3/2009
Uluslararası
İnşaat Projeleri İçin Çok Araçlı bir Risk Modelleme Platformunun Geliştirilmesi
(Development Of a Multı-Agent Based Risk
Modellıng Tool For Internatıonal Constructıon Projects) - Researcher
Funded by TÜBİTAK
TÜBİTAK 107M334 15/10/2007-15/4/2010
§ Kişisel Video Bilgi Yönetim Sistemleri İçin bir Çatı
Geliştirilmesi
(A Framework
for Personal Video Information Management Systems) - Researcher
Funded by TÜBİTAK
TÜBİTAK
107E234 1/2/2008-1/2/2011
§ HCC: Improving the Performance of Global Software
Development LearningTeams
Researcher
Funded by NSF-USA
NSF- 614168995 1/6/2007-1/6/2010
Theses Supervised:
·
Tuğrul Şengezer (M.Sc.), A
computer-aided tool for relational database normalization, January 1996.
·
Esin Bilen (M.Sc.), A temporal
neurofuzzy model for rule-based systems,
July 1997.
·
Didem Durmaz (M.Sc.),
Hyperbox-based neuro-fuzzy system for linguistic term extraction, July 1998.
·
Bora Aydemir (M.Sc.), A Temporal
Neural Network Model for Sequence Learning, December 1999.
·
Bülent Özdemir (M.Sc.),
Development of an intelligent agent for distance learning, February 2000.
·
Alp Giray Şimşek (M.Sc.),
Integration of a web based adaptive and intelligent education system into
METU-ONLINE, September 2000.
·
Özcan Koç (M.Sc.), Visualizing
transition diagrams of action language programs, July 2001.
·
Emel Hasdal (M.Sc.), Translation
of workflow specifications to the action description language C, July 2001.
·
Semra Doğandağ (M.Sc.), Using
Stable Model Semantics (SMODELS) in the Causal calculator (CCALC), January
2002.
·
Handan (Seyrek) İnalpolat
(M.Sc.), Workflow Process definition tool, January 2002.
·
Ö.Sinan Saraç (M.Sc.), A
behavior-based robot control system using adaptive heuristic critic learning,
August 2002.
·
Özgür Alan (M.Sc.), A behavior-based
design for purposeful navigation and map construction, August 2002.
·
Orkunt Sabuncu (M.Sc.), Using
criticalities as a heuristic for answer set programming, September 2002.
·
H. Özgür Değirmenci (M.Sc.), A
collaboration tool for distance education, November 2002.
·
Murat Yakıcı (M.Sc.),
Location-based mobile commerce using mobile agents, January 2003.
·
N. Arzu (Şişman) Yılmaz, (Ph.D),
A Temporal neuro-fuzzy approach for time series analysis, July 2003.
·
Yalın Yeşiltaş (M.Sc.),
Development of an intelligent tutoring system for online education, July 2003.
·
Berrin Altuntaş, (M.Sc.), A
behavior based robot control system architecture for navigation in environments
with randomly allocated walls, December 2003.
·
Demet Öğüt, (M.Sc.), A behavior
based robot control system architecture using neuro-fuzzy approach, December
2003.
·
Betül Bilge, (M.Sc.), A study in
combinatorial auctions, July 2004.
·
Hülya Vural, (M.Sc.), Comparison
of rough MLP and rough RBF using fuzzy attributes, September 2004.
·
Serkan Toprak, (M.Sc.), Data
mining for rule discovery in relational databases, September 2004.
·
Yıldız Elif Yılmaz, (M.Sc.),
Bayesian Learning Under Nonnormality, December 2004.
·
Dilek Arslan, (M.Sc.), A Control System Using Behaviour Hierarchies and Neuro-Fuzzy Approach, January 2005.
·
Gazihan Alankuş, (M.Sc.), Animating
Character Navigation, Using Motion Graphs, June 2005.
·
Deniz Aldoğan, (M.Sc.), Memetic Algortihms For Timetabling
Problems In Private Teaching Institutions, July 2005.
·
Samet
Akpınar, (M.Sc.), Ontology-Based Semantic Retrieval of Video Contents Using
Metadata, September 2007.
·
Özlem
Erdaş, (M.Sc.), Modelling And
Predictıng Binding Affinity Of Pcp-Like Compounds Using Machıne Learning
Methods, September 2007.
· Fatma Cemile (Hoşver) Serçe, (Ph.D), Moda: An Adaptive Multi-Agent Learning System
Module For Distance Education, January 2008.
· Orkunt Sabuncu, (Ph.D.),
Using Model Generation Theorem Provers for the Computation of Answer Sets, June
2009.
· Yunus Emre Esin, (M.Sc.),
Improvement of Corpus-Based Semantic Word Similarity Using Vector Space Model,
July 2009.
· Hamza Kaya, (M.Sc.), Using
Social Graphs in One-Class Collaborative Filtering Problem, August 2009.
· Gözde Özbal, (M.Sc.), A
Content Boosted Collaborative Filtering Approach for Movie recommendation Based
on a Local and Global User Similarity and Missing Data Prediction, September
2009.
· K. Gencay Evirgen, (M.Sc.),
Ontology Population Using Human Computation, January 2010.
·
Meltem Başkurt, (M.Sc.), Ontology
Learning and Question Answering (QA) Systems, April 2010.
· Fulya Oktay, (M.Sc.), A
Hybrid Reccommendation System Capturing the Effect of Time in Demographic Data,
May 2010.
·
Hilal Karaman, (M.Sc.), A Content Based Movie Recommendation System Empowered by Collaborative
Missing Data Prediction, June 2010.
·
Ferhat Şahinkaya, (M.Sc.), A Content Boosted Collaborative Filtering Approach for Recommender
Systems Based on Multi-Level and Bidirectional Trust Data, June 2010.
·
Makbule Gülçin Özsoy,
(M.Sc.), Text Summarization Using Latent Semantic Analysis, February 2011.
·
Mine Yoldaş, (M.Sc.),
Predicting the Effect of Hydrophobicity
Surface on Binding Affinity of PCP-Like
Compounds Using Machine Learning Methods, May 2011.
·
Mustafa Yavaş, (Ph.D.),
Hierarchical Behavior Categorization using Correlation Based Adaptive Resonance
Theory, September 2011.