Entertainment Computing and Interactive Systems Laboratory – ECISLab

METU Entertainment Computing and Interactive Systems Laboratory (ECISLab) was founded in 2016 at METU II. ECISLab focuses on research in the following areas: Serious games, Procedural content generation, Multi-agent and multi-strategy learning, Augmented and mixed reality, Computational intelligence techniques for games, Evolutionary games, Human movement analysis, Machine learning, Reinforcement learning, Computer vision, and Character development and narrative in games

Principal Investigator

Assoc. Prof. Elif Surer

Current Projects

Local Coordinator and Researcher – EU Horizon Europe (Accepted on March 20, 2024)
Local Coordinator and Researcher – EU UCPM (2024-now)
Participant and Supervisor Role – ENRICH-TOGETHER (2024-now)
Researcher – METU ADEP II (2024-now)
Researcher – British Council – Connect4Innovation: UK-Turkey Higher Education Institutional Partnerships Fund
Researcher – TUBITAK 1001 (2022-now)
Researcher – TUBITAK 1004 (2022-now)
Researcher – METU ADEP I (2022-now)
Researcher – EU Quantum Flagship Pilot Project – Quantum Technologies Education for Everyone (QUTE4E)
Researcher – NÖROM Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Center of Excellence (2019-now)
Local Coordinator and Researcher – EU H2020 – European Network Of CBRN TraIning CEnters (eNOTICE)
Researcher – ERC Consolidator Grant – NEOGENE: Archaeogenomic analysis of genetic and cultural interactions in Neolithic Anatolian societies
Researcher – EU H2020 – NEOMATRIX – Mapping The Neolithic Expansion In The Mediterranean: A Scientific Collective To Promote Archaeogenomics And Evolutionary Biology Research In Turkey
Researcher – TUBITAK 1003 – The Effect of Parenting Attitudes and Parent-Child Communication Characteristics on Child and Adolescent Development
Advisory Board – EU H2020 – PReparedness against CBRNE threats through cOmmon Approaches between security praCTItioners and the VulnerablE civil society (PROActive)

Past Projects

Researcher – EuropeAid/162207/ID/ACT/TR – Mixed Reality Application for Improving Mine Safety Culture in Underground Mining – MR4MS
Researcher – Ankara Regional Innovation Strategy – Establishing Creative Industries Design and Training Center and Developing Digital Game Industry Capacity in Ankara
Principal Investigator – Joint BAP Project with Assoc. Prof. İpek Gürsel Dino
Researcher – Joint BAP Project with Assoc. Prof. İpek Gürsel Dino (PI: Assoc. Prof. İpek Gürsel Dino)
Researcher – Joint BAP-1 Project in collaboration with Virtual Reality and Computer Vision Group
Researcher – Joint BAP-1 Project in collaboration with METU CENG
Researcher – TÜBİTAK 2232 Reintegration Research Fellowship Program – 15/07/2015 –  15/07/2017
Researcher – EU FP7 – Rehabilitative Wayout in Responsive Home Environments (REWIRE) – 31/01/2013 – 31/01/2015
Researcher – Regione Sardegna RAS 2008 – Researcher – A Canine Gait Analysis Protocol For The Assessment Of Lumbosacral Stenosis In German Shepherd Dogs – 1/06/2011 – 1/12/2012

Graduates – Completed Theses

2023 – Ege Yosunkaya (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Elif Sürer, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Hasan Onur Keleş)
2023 – Hanifi Tuğşad Kaya (Advisor: Asst. Prof. Aybar Can Acar, Co-Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2023 – Ömer Faruk Karakaya (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Elif Sürer, Co-Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Aysu Betin-Can)
2023 – Elif Hilal Korkut
2023 – Mehmet Ali Arabacı (Advisor: Prof. Alptekin Temizel, Co-Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2022 – Sinan Arıyürek (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Elif Sürer, Co-Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Aysu Betin-Can)
2022 – Furkan Yücel (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Elif Sürer, Co-Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Nejan Huvaj Sarıhan)
2021 – Onur Tekik (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Aysu Betin-Can, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2021 – Büşra Şenderin (Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer, Co-Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Nurcan Tunçbağ)
2021 – Burak Altan
2021 – Faruk Küçüksubaşı
2021 – Şura Genç (Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Murat Perit Çakır)
2021 – Servet Gürer (Advisor: Asst. Prof. Mustafa Erkayaoğlu, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2020 – Oğuzcan Yıldırım
2020 – Şahin Akın (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. İpek Gürsel Dino, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2019 – Hasane Ceren Cindioğlu (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. İpek Gürsel Dino, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2019 – Oğuzcan Ergün (Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer, Co-Advisor: Assoc. Prof. İpek Gürsel Dino)
2018 – Dilay Seda Özgen (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Afacan, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2017 – Ali Kaan Sungur
2017 – Umut Demirel (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Hüseyin Hacıhabiboğlu, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2017 – Fatih Özkan (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Alptekin Temizel, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)
2017 – Gökhan Yılmaz (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Alptekin Temizel, Co-Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Sürer)

External Collaborations

Stanford University – University Innovation Fellows
University of Vienna
University of Bradford
University of Milan
University of Sassari
University of Rome Tor Vergata
University of Turin
Colorado School of Mines
eNOTICE Consortium