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\u2022 We attended the first field exercise of our EU project eNOTICE-2<\/a> project, which was organized at Dortmund, Germany, between the dates of 18-20 April 2024 \u2013 21.04.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the Stanford University’s University Innovation Fellows<\/a> Meet Up as a UIF Faculty Champion, and the event will be held at University of Twente’s Design Lab<\/a> between the dates of 10-15 April 2024 \u2013 15.04.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “A Brief Introduction to Game Research: Persona Building, Serious Games, and Extended Reality Applications” at METU ROMER Talks<\/a> \u2013 03.04.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new European Commission Horizon Europe project<\/a> has been accepted on March 20, and has been officially announced by T\u00dcB\u0130TAK on March 29, 2024. Many thanks to T\u00dcB\u0130TAK for their support and heartfelt congratulations to our university \u2013 30.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new journal paper titled “Benchmarking kinship estimation tools for ancient genomes using pedigree simulations”<\/a> has been accepted to the Molecular Ecology Resources journal \u2013 29.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the 6th CBRNe Research and Innovation international conference<\/a> in Strasbourg, France (19-21 March). I gave a presentation titled “Future directions for extended reality applications and serious games on CBRNe”, and presented our new EU project eNOTICE-2 in two different workshops \u2013 21.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My book chapter “Recent Advancements and Use Cases on Co-Creation, Procedural Content Generation, And Computational Creativity in Video Games” will be published at the book “Artificial Intelligence, Co-Creation, and Creativity: The New Frontier for Innovation”<\/a>, which will be published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group in August 2024 \u2013 18.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I was a guest lecturer at BA 100 Career Planning course<\/a>, and gave a presentation titled “Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Opportunities at the METU Ecosystem” \u2013 13.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 As part of the Alliance of Guangzhou International Sister-City Universities (GISU) Digital and Entrepreneurship Academy Program 2024, I gave a seminar titled “Digital Globalization of Gaming and Extended Reality Industries.” \u2013 12.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 ENRICH TOGETHER<\/a> – Are you currently in your final stages of completing your Ph.D. degree or have already completed your Ph.D. degree and looking for a 12-to-24-month post-doctoral Research Opportunity in T\u00fcrkiye? As Middle East Technical University we are delighted to inform you that the first ENRICH-TOGETHER call for 10 highly-motivated and excellent post-doctoral researchers to be coupled with one of 60+ accomplished academics working in the field of Green and Blue Transition is now open till April 16, 2024 \u2013 09.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Happy International Women’s Day and please visit our university’s unique collage<\/a> here, which was held as an exhibition as well \u2013 08.03.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Dear METU Students, on behalf of the British Council Turkey-funded Global Graduates for Global Careers project led by METU, the University of Bradford\u2019s School of Management<\/a> delivers an online Career Booster Spring 2024 Programme \u2013 09.02.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint titled \u201cBioNet-XR: Biological Network Visualization Framework for Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Environments\u201d<\/a> with B\u00fc\u015fra \u015eenderin and Assoc. Prof. Nurcan Tuncbag is just out and available on arXiv \u2013 08.02.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER, attended the Global Game Jam ATOM<\/a> \u2013 19.01.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new EU project eNOTICE-2, funded by the DG ECHO Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network<\/a>, has officially started in January 2024. Our kick-off meeting was held between the dates of 15-17 January 2024 in Brussels, Belgium \u2013 18.01.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I am starting a new position as Associate Director at METU Graduate School of Informatics \u2013 15.01.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new journal paper titled “Developing a Framework for Heterotopias as Discursive Playgrounds: A Comparative Analysis of Non-Immersive and Immersive Technologies”<\/a> (E. H. Korkut and E. Surer) has been published at the Virtual Reality journal \u2013 13.01.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new journal paper titled “A Modular Serious Game Development Framework for Virtual Laboratory Courses”<\/a> (F. Yucel, H. Unal, E. Surer, N. Huvaj) has been published at the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies journal \u2013 04.01.2024.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER, attended the ADIMODTU event \u2013 22.12.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER, attended the opening ceremony of the interdisciplinary project between METU and ASBU \u2013 11.12.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our study got the Best Poster award at METU Graduate School of Informatics Open Research Day \u2013 08.12.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We are happy to announce that recent entrepreneurial activities of ODT\u00dc TEKNOKENT and METU Entrepreneurship Research Center are published at the latest issue of the Change Forward Journal, an annual publication that features work by University Innovation Fellows programme of Stanford University and their Faculty Champions. You can read the publication titled “Empowering Universities as Strong Communities and Change Catalyzers”<\/a> co-authored by METU UIF Faculty Champions, Serdar Alemdar and Elif Surer here \u2013 20.11.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new paper, “Distribution Aware Testing Framework for Deep Neural Networks”<\/a> (Demet Demir, Aysu Betin-Can, Elif Surer), has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Access journal and is published online \u2013 26.10.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We attended the EAI – European Alliance for Innovation EAI GOODTECHS 2023 – 9th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good<\/a> in Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal with our student Ozan Yetkin, and presented three proceedings from our interdisciplinary collaborations and our joint works with our thesis students \u2013 20.10.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a presentation titled \u201cExtended Reality Applications and Serious Games in the CBRNe Domain: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Perspectives\u201d at the Third Edition of the SICC Series – CBRNe Conference<\/a> on the virtual reality and mixed reality serious games that we have developed at the H2020 eNOTICE project, and on the exciting future ahead. We also had a poster on Tuesday titled “Development of a Methodology for Pooling Resources and Optimising Investments in the Field of CBRN Training and Capacity Building”, and lots of exciting discussions and opportunities for collaboration \u2013 29.09.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Playtesting: What is Beyond Personas”<\/a> (Sinan Ar\u0131y\u00fcrek, Elif Surer, Aysu Betin-Can) has been published in the September issue of the IEEE Transactions on Games \u2013 15.09.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We are very happy and excited to attend the IEEE Conference on Games<\/a>‘ Best of ToG session with our selected IEEE Transactions on Games journal paper, which was published in 2021! Many thanks to the organizers for this session and it is a great honour and joy to be among these amazing journal papers. IEEE Conference on Games’ full program is available here <\/a>\u2013 23.08.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, met with Ilkay Can-Standard and Fethiye Yildiz from GENx Design & Technology; we are looking forward to our future collaborations \u2013 29.07.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new European Commission<\/a> project, funded by the DG ECHO Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network<\/a>, has been accepted. Heartfelt congratulations to our university \u2013 23.06.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My reference entry on the Panda3D game engine has been published online in Springer’s Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games<\/a> \u2013 18.06.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our study with Servet G\u00fcrer and Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Erkayao\u011flu, “MINING-VIRTUAL: A comprehensive virtual reality-based serious game for occupational health and safety training in underground mines”<\/a>, is published in the Safety Science journal \u2013 17.06.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the final conference of the eNOTICE, Proactive, and PANDEM-2 projects<\/a>, which has been held in Brussels, Belgium between the dates of 13-15 June 2023 \u2013 16.06.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I have participated to the METU CENG Demoday 2023<\/a> as jury \u2013 06.06.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint is just out: “Egocentric Activity Recognition Using Two-Stage Decision Fusion”<\/a> (Mehmet Ali Arabaci, Elif Surer, Alptekin Temizel) is available on Research Square \u2013 05.06.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the Campus Vesta Joint Activity of the eNOTICE<\/a> project, which has been held in Ranst, Belgium between the dates of 10-13 May 2023. I also attended the eFAIR and made a presentation titled “Serious Games and Virtual Reality in CBRNe”<\/a> at Campus Vesta, Ranst, Belgium \u2013 14.05.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 As GIMER<\/a>, we were a part of the FireUp Creator Bootcamp<\/a>, an online education program aiming to expand university students\u2019 vision of micro-enterprises, which took place between 22 February-5 May, 2023 \u2013 04.05.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We would like to thank GGT for including GIMER<\/a> in the “E-YES ON BUSINESS” magazine published specially for the 20th Anniversary of the METU Young Entrepreneurs Society and congratulate everyone who contributed to the GGT team for the full content of the magazine \u2013 03.05.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We as GIMER <\/a>were delighted to take part in the Kristal A\u011fa\u00e7 2023 award ceremony<\/a> organized by the METU Young Entrepreneurs Society. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the organization and many thanks to Assoc. Dr. Beh\u00e7et Yal\u0131n \u00d6zkara for their participation \u2013 26.04.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Congratulations to our students (Diba Asadi, Ege Yi\u011fit \u015een, Berk Baris Ozbek, Bahar Salman, and S\u0131la Uzun) for successfully completing the University Innovation Fellows program<\/a> and becoming Fellows! \u2013 13.04.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new dataset, EOAD (Egocentric Outdoor Activity Dataset)<\/a> (Mehmet Ali Arabaci, Elif Surer, Alptekin Temizel) is available at Zenodo \u2013 16.03.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the WSU Joint Activity of the eNOTICE<\/a> project, which has been held in Warsaw, Poland between the dates of 07-09 March 2023 \u2013 10.03.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Global Game Jam ATOM 2023<\/a> has been held at METU Teknokent CoZone between the dates of 03-05 February 2023; many thanks to all that contributed to this wonderful event \u2013 05.02.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Mixed Reality Application for Improving Mine Safety Culture in Underground Mining \u2013 MR4MS project has been completed successfully<\/a> \u2013 23.01.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint is just out: \u201cDeveloping a Framework for Heterotopias as Discursive Playgrounds: A Comparative Analysis of Non-Immersive and Immersive Technologies\u201d<\/a> (Elif Hilal Korkut and Elif Surer) is available on arXiv \u2013 20.01.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Fire Up Creator Bootcamp<\/a> powered by Komunite is about to start, please do not forget to register \u2013 18.01.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our study, “Visualization in virtual reality: a systematic review”<\/a>, is published online in the Virtual Reality journal \u2013 17.01.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Five METU students<\/a> have been named University Innovation Fellows<\/a>, which is a program run by Stanford University as a result of the Fire Up 2022 training program. The six-week-long program was collaboratively organized by METU G\u0130MER (Entrepreneurship Research Center)<\/a>, \u0130T\u00dc G\u0130NOVA and Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University BRIGHT entrepreneurship centers, and sponsored by METU TEKNOKENT \u2013 11.01.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Kristal Agac Awards event poll<\/a>, organized by METU Young Entrepreneurs Society (METU YES)<\/a>, has started \u2013 04.01.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated in the METU Strategic Plan 2023-2027<\/a> as part of the Strategic Plan Field Committee on International Collaborations \u2013 03.01.2023.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU Performance Awards 2021 have been announced, and I am honored to be listed among the award recipients \u2013 30.12.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, participated in the TTGV Day event<\/a>; we would like to thank TTGV for this fantastic organization and for their kind invitation \u2013 22.12.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, had the chance to meet Prof. Akbat Adhiutama, Prof. Nur Budi Mulyono, and Yunita Piga Kanata from Institut Teknologi Bandung’s School of Business Management and we are looking forward to our future collaborations \u2013 16.12.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, participated in the Networking event of YFYI, Turkey\u2019s leading early-stage acceleration programs \u2013 14.12.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design’s University Innovation Fellows Pinning Kit<\/a> for our university, METU, has arrived \u2013 12.12.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 EU H2020 project eNOTICE<\/a> has organized a Joint Activity in Rieti, Italy between the dates of 15-17 November 2022 \u2013 17.11.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper focusing on the population history of Upper Mesopotamia<\/a> in the Neolithic Era by Alt\u0131n\u0131\u015f\u0131k et al. is out in Science Advances journal; congratulations to the whole team \u2013 04.11.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I am supporting #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth<\/a> November 2022. Learn the symptoms, spread the word, and raise awareness so that neither you nor your loved ones suffer from this disease. Although not mentioned here, a new diagnosis of diabetes or existing diabetes that is becoming more challenging to control<\/a> is also a red flag \u2013 01.11.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Similar to Sem 2 2021\/22, the University of Bradford School of Management opens their unique Career Booster Programme<\/a> at the School of Management to 50 students at Middle East Technical University \u2013 24.10.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU Informatics Institute and METU GIMER Seminars<\/a> begin with the seminar of Dr. David Nugent (Elucidare Ltd, UK) and you are all kindly invited \u2013 24.10.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Prof. Vishanth Weerakkody (Bradford University), our partner from the GLOBALGC project, visited METU Technopolis and METU Design Factory \u2013 19.10.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU GIMER<\/a> visited the University of Bradford School of Management between the dates of 26-29 September for the British Council-funded Connect4Innovation: UK-Turkey Higher Education Institutional Partnerships Fund project GlobalGC “Global Graduates for Global Careers” \u2013 30.09.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU GIMER<\/a> attended a meeting with METU Young Entrepreneurs Society (METU YES)<\/a> regarding the organization of the NASA Space Apps Challenge<\/a> \u2013 13.09.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our joint TUBITAK 1001<\/a> project, led by the Department of Computer Engineering in collaboration with METU ROMER (Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies Applications and Research Center), has been funded \u2013 25.07.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Congratulations to my dear students, O\u011fuzcan Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m and \u015eura Gen\u00e7, for receiving METU Thesis of the Year Awards<\/a> \u2013 29.06.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our Institute<\/a>‘s Open Research Day Award Presentation Ceremony<\/a> (Best Posters and Special Mention Awards) and METU Graduate Courses Performance Awards Ceremony were held in Ural Akbulut Conference Hall; many congratulations to our student Furkan Y\u00fccel \u2013 24.06.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave an online talk titled \u201cA Brief Introduction to Game Research: Serious Games, Extended Reality Applications, and Reinforcement Learning\u201d<\/a> at the Johannes Kepler University Linz\u2019s Institute of Computer Graphics\u2019 ICG Lab Talk Series \u2013 22.06.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new paper, “Verifying Maze-Like Game Levels With Model Checker SPIN”<\/a> (Tekik, O., Surer, E., Betin Can, A.), has been published in the IEEE Access journal \u2013 21.06.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 As METU Multimedia Informatics<\/a> program, we have participated in our Institute<\/a>‘s Open Research Day \u2013 17.06.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 This semester\u2019s MMI 590 Graduate Seminar course had fascinating speakers, and I would like to thank them for their invaluable contributions: Asst. Prof. Fatma Ba\u015fak Aydemir (Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University Computer Engineering Department), Asst. Prof. Mustafa Mert Ankaral\u0131 (METU Electrical & Electronics Engineering), Asst. Prof. An\u0131l Ufuk Batmaz (Kadir Has University), Assoc. Prof. Sema Ala\u00e7am (Istanbul Technical University), Asst. Prof. Hakan Y\u0131ld\u0131z (METU Computer Engineering), Asst. Prof. Emre G\u00fcrsoy (Ko\u00e7 University), Assoc. Prof. Sema Dumanl\u0131 Oktar, Asst. Prof. Ay\u015feg\u00fcl D\u00fcndar (Bilkent University), Asst. Prof. Cemil Zalluho\u011flu (Hacettepe University), Asst. Prof. Hasan Onur Kele\u015f (Ankara University), Asst. Prof. An\u0131l Koyuncu (Sabanc\u0131 University), Assoc. Prof. G\u00f6khan \u0130nce (Istanbul Technical University), and Assoc. Prof. Cihangir Tezcan (METU Informatics Institute) \u2013 16.06.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We participated to the NEOMATRIX project<\/a>‘s first meeting at METU \u2013 11.06.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I am looking for Ph.D. candidates interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence, video games, and AR\/VR\/MR<\/a> at METU Informatics Institute\u2019s Multimedia Informatics within the scope of the university-industry collaboration program \u2013 24.05.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the H2020 eNOTICE Project<\/a>‘s Joint Activity\u2014Multidisciplinary Field Exercise organized by Campus Vesta<\/a> in Ranst, Belgium between the dates of 18-21 May \u2013 21.05.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I would like to thank the HoloZcan project<\/a> for sharing my statement in their Stakeholders’ Horizon section<\/a>. HoloZcan focuses on the Deep Learning Powered Holographic Microscopy for Biothreat Detection \u2013 18.05.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU GIMER<\/a> participated in the Think Talk event<\/a>, organized by METU Young Entrepreneurs Society (METU YES)<\/a>, as a jury \u2013 14.05.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our interview’s part II<\/a>, conducted by Onedio Platform<\/a> on gaming, metaverse, and extended reality, was released today \u2013 11.05.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the H2020 eNOTICE Project<\/a>‘s Joint Activity organized by the City of Dortmund Fire Department and the PROActive project<\/a> in Dortmund, Germany between the dates of 6-7 May \u2013 07.05.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We organized a workshop on CBRNe Training, where we shared our results and experiences from the eNOTICE project’s serious games, virtual and mixed reality-based joint activities, at the 5th CBRNE International Conference (3-6 May 2022)<\/a> in Lille, France \u2013 05.05.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 NEOGENE project<\/a>‘s Synthesis Workshop<\/a> was held at METU \u2013 20.04.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Week 6 of the Fire Up 2022<\/a> program has been completed successfully\u2013 20.04.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a lecture on Persona Building at METU Design Factory<\/a> \u2013 15.04.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our interview’s part I<\/a>, conducted by Onedio Platform<\/a> on gaming, was released today \u2013 14.04.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I was a guest lecturer on the fourth week of the Fire Up 2022 program<\/a> \u2013 06.04.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Third week of the Fire Up 2022 program<\/a> has been completed successfully \u2013 30.03.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Second week of the Fire Up 2022 program<\/a> has been completed successfully \u2013 23.03.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint is just out: \u201cVisualization in virtual reality: a systematic review\u201d<\/a> (Elif Hilal Korkut and Elif Surer) is available on arXiv \u2013 16.03.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My interview on Virtual Reality and Metaverse is available on the webpage and Youtube channel<\/a> of the digital science magazine of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (T\u00dcB\u0130TAK), T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Bilim Gen\u00e7<\/a>, in Turkish \u2013 28.02.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 \u0130stanbul Technical University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (\u0130TU GINOVA)<\/a>, Bogazi\u00e7i University Entrepreneurship Center (BRIGHT)<\/a> and Middle East Technical University Entrepreneurship Research Center (METU GIMER)<\/a> teamed up to build a student-led community to create change on campus, focusing on fostering entrepreneurship and social innovation capabilities of the students. Registration is here<\/a>.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Information about the Stanford University Innovation Fellowship program<\/a> can be found here \u2013 21.02.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint from the EU Quantum Flagship<\/a> pilot project, Quantum Technologies Education for Everyone (QuTE4E)<\/a>, is just out: \u201cQuantum Games and Interactive Tools for Quantum Technologies Outreach and Education: A Review and Experiences from the Field\u201d<\/a> is available on arXiv \u2013 15.02.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Dear METU Students, on behalf of the British Council Turkey-funded Global Graduates for Global Careers project led by METU, the University of Bradford\u2019s School of Management delivers an online Career Booster Spring 2022 Programme<\/a>; check for the details \u2013 14.02.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 EU H2020 project eNOTICE<\/a> has launched a survey for the Training Centers; check for the details<\/a> \u2013 11.02.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU Design Factory<\/a>‘s Gala Event’s team presentations were successful; congratulations to all who contributed \u2013 04.02.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint is just out: \u201cA genomic snapshot of demographic and cultural dynamism in Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition\u201d<\/a> is available on bioRxiv \u2013 01.02.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, participated in the Kristal Agac Awards<\/a> event \u2013 22.01.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I was a guest of Assoc. Prof. Emek Kepenek at the Game Talks in the Circle webinar series<\/a>, and we talked about the Serious Games and Extended Reality. You can watch the video of the event<\/a> on Youtube \u2013 21.01.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “The Use of Serious Games, Extended Reality and 3D Visualization in Healthcare: Applications on Cerebral Palsy, Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis, Stroke, and Hemispatial Neglect”<\/a> for the N\u00d6ROM Seminars \u2013 18.01.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, met with METU Young Entrepreneurs Society (METU YES)<\/a> and planned future collaborations \u2013 05.01.2022.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU Performance Awards 2020 have been announced, and I am honored to be listed among the award recipients \u2013 29.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated in the MieS MarkeTech event and gave a seminar on Extended Reality<\/a> \u2013 24.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, participated in the TTGV Day event<\/a>; we would like to thank TTGV for this fantastic organization and for their kind invitation \u2013 23.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as GIMER<\/a>, participated in the Networking event of YFYI<\/a>, Turkey\u2019s leading early stage acceleration program \u2013 17.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the “Inspiring Women” podcast series organized by SistersLab<\/a>, and you can watch the video of the event here<\/a> \u2013 12.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the “The Journey of Being” digital art exhibition<\/a> via Zoom, and gave a presentation titled “Current Research on Game Technologies” \u2013 11.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Applications to the Kristal Piksel Video Game Awards<\/a> have been extended to December 15, 2021 \u2013 07.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 A collection of seminars, interviews and talks<\/a> given by me on virtual reality, serious games and game research are available on my Youtube channel<\/a> \u2013 05.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I got my Associate Professorship degree from the Turkish Interuniversity Board \u2013 03.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My radio interview on virtual reality, mixed reality, and metaverse was on the TRT-1’s radio program<\/a> \u2013 02.12.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “Serious Games, Reinforcement Learning Agents, and Extended Reality: A Brief Introduction to Game Research” at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University’s Computer Engineering Department’s CmpE 579\/700 course \u2013 30.11.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the H2020 eNOTICE Project’s Joint Activity\u2014the CBRN Consequences management course<\/a> by the Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence in Vyskov, Czech Republic \u2013 26.11.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the H2020 eNOTICE Project’s Joint Activity\u2014a civ-mil CBRNe exercise organized by War Studies University in L’Oreal’s Warsaw Plant<\/a> in Warsaw, Poland \u2013 19.11.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our study, “Archaeogenetic analysis of Neolithic sheep from Anatolia suggests a complex demographic history since domestication,”<\/a> is published in the Communications Biology journal \u2013 12.11.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our student Onur Tekik from the Department of Information Systems, advised by Assoc. Prof. Aysu Betin-Can and co-advised by me, successfully defended his Master’s thesis \u2013 05.11.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My thesis student Elif Hilal Korkut attended the 20th International Federation for Information Processing \u2013 International Conference on Entertainment Computing (IFIP-ICEC 2021)<\/a> and presented our work “Sketch Recognition for Interactive Game Experiences Using Neural Networks”<\/a> \u2013 05.11.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I am supporting #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth<\/a> November 2021. Learn the symptoms, spread the word, and raise awareness so that neither you nor your loved ones suffer from this disease. Although not mentioned here, a new diagnosis of diabetes or existing diabetes that is becoming more challenging to control<\/a> is also a red flag \u2013 01.11.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended the “Materials Technology Management\u201d class as a guest lecturer and presented “Persona Creation in Design Process.” I would like to thank Asst. Prof. Bilge Imer for her kind invitation \u2013 27.10.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I attended to the Zero Gravity – METU LabsOut Special Edition training organized by METU Technopolis \u2013 23.10.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We celebrated the 25th year anniversary of our Institute<\/a> with a fantastic line of speakers, and you can watch the seminars<\/a> on our Institute’s Youtube channel \u2013 22.10.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 CHIPLAY 2021<\/a> was held online on October 18-21, 2021 and being a social media co-chair<\/a> has been a fruitful experience \u2013 21.10.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU Entrepreneurship Research Center’s (METU GIMER) 2021 year’s opening ceremony<\/a> was held at the METU Z-Garage<\/a> \u2013 15.10.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My TEDxMETUAnkara talk “Transformational Games, Transformational Mentors”<\/a> is available on the TEDxTalks’ Youtube channel \u2013 05.10.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I was one of the invited speakers of the Transtun Final Conference<\/a> jointly organized by EU H2020 TRANSTUN<\/a>, EU H2020 eNOTICE<\/a> and EU H2020 PROACTIVE<\/a> projects, held in Brussels, Belgium. I gave a talk titled “Developing Serious Games for Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Environments in CBRNe Training: Use Case of the eNOTICE METU Joint Activity 2020”, which was based on our eNOTICE METU JA<\/a> \u2013 30.09.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We organized an online European Researchers\u2019 Night<\/a> panel for the Quantum Flagship project QuTE4E – Quantum Technologies Education For Everyone<\/a>, and you can watch the Youtube videos of the event here<\/a> \u2013 23.09.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Proposing a Novel Mixed-Reality Framework for Basic Design and Its Hybrid Evaluation Using Linkography and Interviews” (Cindioglu, H. C., Gursel Dino, I., Surer, E.), is accepted to the International Journal of Technology and Design Education<\/a> \u2013 15.09.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our study “Human inbreeding has decreased in time through the Holocene”<\/a> is published in the Current Biology journal \u2013 13.09.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Graduate School of Informatics’ Graduation Ceremony was held online. You can watch my speech addressing our Multimedia Informatics graduates<\/a>, and access the whole programme on Youtube<\/a>. Congratulations to our graduates \u2013 11.09.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It has been a fruitful experience to be a jury member at QOyun’2021 Hackathon<\/a>. I would like to thank QTurkey for their successful organization \u2013 05.09.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Congratulations to our dear student B\u00fc\u015fra \u015eenderin for successfully defending her Master\u2019s thesis. We want to thank her, with her co-advisor, dear Assoc. Prof. Nurcan Tun\u00e7ba\u011f, for her great efforts during her thesis process. This has been a fruitful summer with four new graduates; I wish them all the best \u2013 31.08.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Congratulations to our dear student \u015eura Gen\u00e7 for successfully defending her Master\u2019s thesis titled \u201cTurkish Clickbait Detection in Social Media via Machine Learning algorithms.\u201d We want to thank her, with her co-advisor, dear Asst. Prof. Murat Perit \u00c7ak\u0131r, for her great efforts during her thesis process. Publications on this thesis are as follows:

Gen\u00e7, \u015e. and Surer, E. (2021) \u201cClickbaitTR: Dataset for Clickbait Detection from Turkish News Sites and Social Media with a Comparative Analysis via Machine Learning Algorithms\u201d<\/a>, Journal of Information Science.
Gen\u00e7, \u015e. and Surer, E. (2019) \u201cDetecting \u201cClickbait\u201d News on Social Media Using Machine Learning Algorithms\u201d<\/a>, 27th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Application Conference (SIU), IEEE, 2019 \u2013 26.08.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our submission “Sketch Recognition for Interactive Game Experiences Using Neural Networks” (Korkut, E. H. and Surer, E.) is accepted to the 20th IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (IFIP-ICEC 2021)<\/a> as a Work in Progress paper \u2013 09.08.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper “Automated Game Mechanics and Aesthetics Generation Using Neural Style Transfer in 2D Video Games”<\/a> (\u015een, D., K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fckkayk\u0131, H. T. and S\u00fcrer, E.) is published at the Journal of Information Technologies<\/a> \u2013 31.07.2021. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Two of my students, Burak Altan and Faruk K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fcksuba\u015f\u0131, have successfully defended their Master\u2019s theses today; congratulations to them both. Faruk\u2019s thesis work on relational reinforcement learning was recently published as a journal paper at the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences<\/a>. Burak has been a part of eNTERFACE’19<\/a> and eNOTICE<\/a> teams and contributed to to our journal paper on developing a scenario-based video game generation framework<\/a> for computer and virtual reality environments and the abstract to the 2nd Scientific International Conference on CBRNe SICC Series 2020<\/a> (SICC Series) \u2013 29.07.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint, “Playtesting: What is Beyond Personas”<\/a> (S. Ariyurek, E. Surer, A. Betin-Can) is available on arXiv. This study proposes a goal-based and dynamic persona model (Developing Persona) for automated playtesting and a new methodology, Alternative Path Finder, for reinforcement learning agents to generate distinct trajectories as human playtesters do \u2013 26.07.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new study, “Human inbreeding has decreased in time through the Holocene”<\/a> (Ceballos et al.) is published online in the Current Biology journal \u2013 02.07.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper “Automated Game Mechanics and Aesthetics Generation Using Neural Style Transfer in 2D Video Games” (\u015een, D., K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fckkayk\u0131, H. T. and S\u00fcrer, E.) is accepted to the Journal of Information Technologies<\/a> \u2013 02.07.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I have participated to the METU CENG Demoday 2021<\/a> as jury \u2013 23.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 This semester\u2019s MMI 590 Graduate Seminar course had fascinating speakers, and I would like to thank them for their invaluable contributions: Asst. Prof. Z\u00fcmra Kavafo\u011flu (Hacettepe University), Asst. Prof. Burkay Gen\u00e7 (Hacettepe University), Asst. Prof. Eray T\u00fcz\u00fcn (Bilkent University), Assoc. Prof. Erdem Akag\u00fcnd\u00fcz (Middle East Technical University), Dr. Sinem Aslan (Ege University), Asst. Prof. G\u00fcven \u00c7atak (Bah\u00e7e\u015fehir University), Assoc. Prof. Ozlem Durmaz \u0130ncel (Galatasaray University), Asst. Prof. H. Birkan Y\u0131lmaz (Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University), Asst. Prof. Fatma G\u00fcney (Ko\u00e7 University), and Asst. Prof. Reyhan Aydo\u011fan (Ozye\u011fin University) \u2013 16.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our joint webinar<\/a> on the potential of Virtual Reality for CBRN training organized by EU H2020 SHOTPROS<\/a> and EU H2020 eNOTICE<\/a> is now online<\/a> \u2013 14.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The kick-off meeting<\/a> of the EuropeAid\/162207\/ID\/ACT\/TR project Mixed Reality Application for Improving Mine Safety Culture in Underground Mining (MR4MS)<\/a> has been held today \u2013 09.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our study “Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes”<\/a> is published in the Current Biology journal \u2013 07.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Entertainment Computing and Interactive Systems Laboratory – ECISLab’s projects<\/a> are updated \u2013 07.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 As GIMER Entrepreneurship Research Center board, we will aim to pursue cutting-edge research and enhance the entrepreneurship culture in Turkey \u2013 04.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I was one of invited speakers of the webinar<\/a> jointly organized by EU H2020 SHOTPROS<\/a> and EU H2020 eNOTICE<\/a> projects. I gave a talk on virtual reality and CBRNe \u2013 02.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 We participated to the Zoom Webinar on METU Graduate School of Informatics’ graduate programs and answered the questions of the candidates \u2013 01.06.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Developing Adaptive Serious Games for Children With Specific Learning Difficulties: A Two-phase Usability and Technology Acceptance Study,”<\/a> (O. Yildirim and E. Surer) is published at the leading journal on our field, JMIR Serious Games<\/a>. We want to thank Dislev T\u00fcrkiye Disleksili \u00c7ocuklar Vakf\u0131 (Dislev Turkish Association of Children with Dyslexia)<\/a> for their tremendous help during data acquisition \u2013 31.05.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We participated to the Indieway’s panel<\/a> on game research and academic perspectives on the games with Assoc. Prof. Sema Ala\u00e7am (ITU) and Asst. Prof. G\u00fcven \u00c7atak (BAU) \u2013 29.05.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “An Introduction to Game Research: Serious Games, Reinforcement Agents, and Extended Reality Applications”<\/a> on May 28th Friday for the METU ImageLab Seminars. I would like to thank the ImageLab team for their kind invitation \u2013 28.05.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the joint webinar titled “Communication in Crisis: Recommendations on Management, Approaches, and Tools for Effective Communication” organized by the EU H2020 project PROACTIVE<\/a> and EU H2020 project NO-FEAR<\/a> \u2013 20.05.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the International e-Conference CBRNE – Research & Innovation<\/a> \u2013 18.05.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper “ClickbaitTR: Dataset for clickbait detection from Turkish news sites and social media with a comparative analysis via machine learning algorithms” <\/a>with my student \u015eura Gen\u00e7 is published online in the Journal of Information Science. The dataset and the code are available on our Github page<\/a> \u2013 13.04.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Thrilled to be on the “Researchers Active in Technical Games Research”<\/a> list, which involves game researchers who publish in the Computer Science-oriented venues of the game research community \u2013 12.04.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Pleased to inform you that the Call for Papers for the 20th IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing (IFIP ICEC 2021)<\/a> is open. This year I am a co-chair of the workshops; so we are waiting for your workshop proposals till June 7, 2021 \u2013 30.03.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “Game Research as a Multi-Purpose Domain: Reinforcement Learning Agents, Serious Games, and Extended Reality”<\/a> on March 26th Friday for the MA-CSSL Seminar Series. I would like to thank dear Dr. Merih Angin, MA-CSSL, and GLODEM Center for this kind invitation and nice organization \u2013 26.03.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “ClickbaitTR: Dataset for Clickbait Detection from Turkish News Sites and Social Media with a Comparative Analysis via Machine Learning Algorithms,” is accepted to the Journal of Information Science<\/a>; congratulations to my dear student, Sura Genc \u2013 16.03.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The Editorial titled “Behavior and usability analysis for multimodal user interfaces” that we wrote for Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces is available online<\/a> \u2013 16.03.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My TEDxMETUAnkara<\/a> talk will be available online on March 28, 2021. You can register here<\/a> to watch the event \u2013 14.03.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 We participated in the EURLO-UNICA (EU Research Liaison Officers – Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe)<\/a> event on “Remote and Virtual Labs”. You can check the details of the event here<\/a> \u2013 03.03.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated in the “Future Education. Imagining the University of Tomorrow”<\/a> workshop series organized by Falling Walls<\/a> and Hochschulforum Digitalisierun<\/a> \u2013 25.02.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated in the Royal Academy of Engineering<\/a> – Frontiers of Engineering for Development<\/a>\u2019s interdisciplinary symposium on Smart Communities, organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)<\/a> \u2013 17.02.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Congratulations to our student Servet G\u00fcrer (METU Mining Engineering) for successfully defending his thesis on using virtual reality in mining safety. The thesis was advised by Asst. Prof. Mustafa Erkayao\u011flu, and co-advised by me; looking forward to our future collaborations \u2013 15.02.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I am delighted to be listed among the women researchers of METU<\/a> that I deeply admire; it has been such a fantastic motivation. I hope to inspire my students the way my advisors, colleagues, and friends did and open new paths for them in science. I want to thank my university METU and GISAM for this beautiful surprise \u2013 11.02.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The kick-off meeting of the project “Establishing Creative Industries Design and Training Center and Developing Digital Game Industry Capacity in Ankara”<\/a> was live on Youtube; looking forward to being a part of this exciting team \u2013 03.02.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled \u201cSerious Game Research: Applications, Opportunities and Challenges\u201d at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i Biotech Conference<\/a> \u2013 17.01.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled \u201cSerious Game Research\u201d at Demir Export’s Seminar Series<\/a> \u2013 17.01.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Humbled to be a part of a select group of around 60 emerging UK and global engineers and researchers to participate in the Royal Academy of Engineering<\/a> – Frontiers of Engineering for Development<\/a>\u2019s interdisciplinary symposium on Smart Communities, organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)<\/a>. Besides establishing new networks and tackling fundamental problems, the symposium provides an opportunity to apply for seed funding. For more information, please visit here <\/a>\u2013 11.01.2021.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper “Developing a Space Syntax-Based Evaluation Method for Procedurally Generated Game Levels”<\/a> (B\u0131y\u0131k, E. A. and S\u00fcrer, E.) is published at the Mugla Journal of Science and Technology (TR-Dizin\/TR Index) \u2013 31.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper “Implementation of a Generic Framework on Crowd Simulation: A New Environment to Model Crowd Behavior and Design Video Games”<\/a> (Y\u00fccel, F. and S\u00fcrer, E.) is published at the Mugla Journal of Science and Technology (TR-Dizin\/TR Index) \u2013 31.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It has been a fruitful experience to be a jury member at QOyun’2020 Hackathon<\/a>. I would like to thank QTurkey<\/a> for their successful organization \u2013 27.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our book chapter \u201cAncient genomics in Neolithic Central Anatolia and \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck\u201d (Yaka et al.) will soon be in the book \u201cPeopling the Landscape of \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck: Reports from the 2009\u20132017 Seasons\u201d<\/a> (Editor: Ian Hodder, Publisher: British Institute at Ankara) \u2013 21.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Developing a Space Syntax-Based Evaluation Method for Procedurally Generated Game Levels”, is accepted to the Mugla Journal of Science and Technology<\/a> journal \u2013 20.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled \u201cA Brief Introduction to the Design Process \u2014 Perspectives and Applications in Video Game Design\u201d at METU Computer Engineering department \u2013 17.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We are pleased to announce that the EU-funded H2020 project European Network of Training Centers (eNOTICE)<\/a> and the serious games that we developed for the METU Joint Activity<\/a>, which was held in February 2020, were listed among METU\u2019s Research and Development projects focusing on social impact in Turkish Time Magazine\u2019s 2019 R&D 250\/R&D STUDIES TO SHAPE THE FUTURE<\/a> issue. We would like to thank METU Office of Sponsored Projects (ODT\u00dc PDO) for their tremendous help and support \u2013 12.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I presented our study titled “Serious Game Development for CBRNe Training: A Comparative Analysis in Virtual Reality and Computer-Based Environments” at the 2nd Scientific International Conference on CBRNe – SICC Series 2020<\/a>. You can reach the conference programme here<\/a>. We shared the initial results of our eNOTICE-METU Joint Activity<\/a>, which was held between 25-28 February 2020 in Ankara and Eski\u015fehir \u2013 11.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I presented two of our recently published papers, “An immersive performative architectural design tool with daylighting simulations: a building information modeling-based approach”<\/a> and “Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework for Computer and Virtual Reality Environments: A Comparative Usability Study”<\/a> at the Eurasia Graphics Conference’s Computer Graphics Panel<\/a>; I would like to thank all the organizers and the participants for the fruitful and engaging programme \u2013 07.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 I am delighted to announce that I will serve as a social media co-chair of the CHI PLAY 2021 Conference<\/a>. The call for full papers is available here<\/a> and the submission deadline is February 17, 2021 \u2013 01.12.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “An immersive performative architectural design tool with daylighting simulations: a building information modeling-based approach”<\/a> (Akin, S., Ergun, O., Surer, E., Gursel Dino, I.), is published online at the Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management journal \u2013 30.11.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It has been a great experience to be a jury<\/a> member at Kristal Piksel Video Game Awards<\/a> \u2013 20.11.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar on our recent research, serious games, VR- and MR-based applications in METU HoloArch and H2020 eNOTICE projects at the Department of Computer Engineering, Galatasaray University<\/a> \u2013 17.11.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I was a presenter at Euromersive Turkey’s Research Showcase<\/a> in AltspaceVR and I presented our VR- and MR-based projects \u2013 12.11.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 We are HIRING: EU Twinning NEOMATRIX project is looking for a full-time staff member to work as a project manager <\/a>with secretarial and organizational responsibilities; please check the details here \u2013 11.11.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Relational-Grid-World: a novel relational reasoning environment and an agent model for relational information extraction”<\/a>, is accepted to the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences<\/a> journal \u2013 06.11.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework for Computer and Virtual Reality Environments: A Comparative Usability Study” (Surer, E., Erkayao\u011flu, M., \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, Z.N. et al.), is published online<\/a> at Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces \u2013 31.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the H2020 project TRANSTUN<\/a>‘s mid-term conference \u2013 29.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 As a member of the Civil Society Advisory Board, I participated to the H2020 project PROACTIVE<\/a>‘s mid-term conference \u2013 28.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the H2020 project eNOTICE<\/a>‘s policy meeting focused on network sustainability \u2013 22.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “An Immersive Performative Architectural Design Tool with Daylighting Simulations: A Building Information Modeling-Based Approach”, is accepted to the Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management<\/a> journal \u2013 09.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Implementation of a Generic Framework on Crowd Simulation: A New Environment to Model Crowd Behavior and Design Video Games”, is accepted to the Mugla Journal of Science and Technology<\/a> journal \u2013 09.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We presented our work titled “Using Generative Adversarial Nets on Atari Games for Feature Extraction in Deep Reinforcement Learning” (A. Aydin and E. Surer) at the 28th IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2020)<\/a> conference. You can read the preprint of our study here (in Turkish)<\/a>. It has been a pleasure to host<\/a> the session as well and participate to the conference \u2013 06.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework for Computer and Virtual Reality Environments: A Comparative Usability Study,” is accepted to the Special Issue of the Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces<\/a> \u2013 01.10.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint is just out: \u201cHuman inbreeding has decreased in time through the Holocene\u201d<\/a> is available on bioRxiv \u2013 24.09.2020. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our students O\u011fuzcan Erg\u00fcn<\/a> (Multimedia Informatics) and Ceren Cindio\u011flu<\/a> (Department of Architecture) received 2018-2019 METU Thesis Awards<\/a>: The Influence of Emergent Mixed-Reality Technologies on Design Thinking – Ceren Cindioglu (Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Ipek Gursel Dino, Co-advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Surer). Developing Building Information Modelling Based Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Environments for Architectural Design and Improving User Interactions with Serious Games – Oguzcan Ergun (Advisor: Asst. Prof. Elif Surer, Co-advisor: Assoc. Prof. Ipek Gursel Dino) \u2013 23.09.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 We participated to the 6th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good (EAI GOODTECHS 2020) and you can read our paper here<\/a> \u2013 14.09.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 My student O\u011fuzcan Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m has successfully defended his Master’s thesis on using serious games for children with Special Learning Disabilities. We would like to thank Dislev T\u00fcrkiye Disleksili \u00c7ocuklar Vakf\u0131 (Dislev Turkish Association of Children with Dyslexia) for their tremendous help during data acquisition. Oguzcan has been my 9th Master’s student who has graduated from the METU Entertainment Computing and Interactive Systems Laboratory (ECISLab) \u2013 10.09.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It is great to be a member of XR4ALL community. You can visit my biography page here <\/a>\u2013 08.09.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We participated to the IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). You can read our paper titled \u201cEnhancing the Monte Carlo Tree Search Algorithm for Video Game Testing\u201d<\/a> here – 25.08.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our abstract “Serious Game Development for CBRNe Training: A Comparative Analysis in Virtual Reality and Computer-Based Environments” is accepted to SICC Series 2020 – 2nd Scientific International Conference on CBRN<\/a>. This abstract is based on the H2020 project eNOTICE<\/a>‘s Hospital and Biogarden games, which were tested by the CBRNe experts during the eNOTICE METU Joint Activity<\/a> in February 2020. We would like to thank our participants and congratulate our eNOTICE team! \u2013 24.07.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint is just out: “Relational-Grid-World: A Novel Relational Reasoning Environment and An Agent Model for Relational Information Extraction”<\/a> (F. Kucuksubasi and E. Surer) is available on arXiv \u2013 14.07.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It is great to be a part of METU Design Factory! Please check this beautiful video<\/a> showcasing the moments from our hybrid semester due to COVID-19 \u2013 07.07.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 [TR] Sevgili Lale Hocam, Herkese Bilim Teknoloji<\/a>‘nin 222. say\u0131s\u0131nda ciddi oyun \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131m\u0131zdan, ATOM’dan bahsetmi\u015f; kendisine ne kadar te\u015fekk\u00fcr etsem az \u2013 26.06.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It has been a pleasure to participate as a jury in METUTECH-ATOM\u2019s project team selection \u2013 19.06.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the H2020 project eNOTICE’s Just-in-time-training webinar for practitioners. Read more in our newsletter<\/a> \u2013 18.06.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our submission to EU H2020\u2019s H2020-SC5-2016-2017 call received T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Above-Threshold-Awards<\/a> \u2013 03.06.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I have participated to the METU CENG Demoday 2020<\/a> as jury \u2013 03.06.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 [TR] Zanaat, Sanat ve Tasar\u0131m Dergisi Artisans\u2019\u0131n 14. Say\u0131s\u0131nda \u201cSanat\u0131n ve Zanaat\u0131n \u0130\u00e7 \u0130\u00e7e Ge\u00e7en Yolculu\u011fu: Video Oyunlar\u0131\u201d<\/a> ba\u015fl\u0131kl\u0131 yaz\u0131mla yer al\u0131yorum; keyifli okumalar dilerim \u2013 02.06.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 METU Design Factory’s Spring 2020 presented their final projects today at the METU Design Factory DAY Virtual Edition \u2013 15.05.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Enhancing the Monte Carlo Tree Search Algorithm for Video Game Testing”<\/a> (S. Ariyurek, A. Betin-Can, E. Surer), is accepted to the 2020 IEEE Conference on Games (COG)<\/a> \u2013 07.05.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our study “A Multifaceted Gaming Platform for Interactive Learning of Archaeology and Culture of K\u00fcltepe: Preliminary Results on the Gaming Prototype”<\/a> (E. Surer, C. Inci-Turkben, S. Duzgun) was published in Subartu (SUBART 45) by Brepols Publishers \u2013 06.05.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We extended the paper submission deadline for the Special Issue on “Behavior and Usability Analysis for Multimodal User Interfaces” in Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces (JMUI)<\/a> to 24th May, 2020 \u2013 05.05.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 As a member of the Civil Society Advisory Board, I participated to the H2020 project PROACTIVE<\/a>‘s COVID-19 webinar \u2013 30.04.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Multi-modal Egocentric Activity Recognition using Multi-Kernel Learning”<\/a> (M. A. Arabac\u0131, F. \u00d6zkan, E. Surer, P. Jan\u010dovi\u010d, A. Temizel), is published online at Multimedia Tools and Applications journal \u2013 28.04.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the webconference on “COVID-19 emergency management, operative actions, and steps to prepare to new normality”<\/a> organized by H2020 project eNOTICE partner UNITOV \u2013 23.04.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated in the Games for Our Future 2020 – IndieCade Climate Jam<\/a> organized by the University of Washington as a research mentor and the themes of the jam were Adapt, Engage, and Protect. It was a pleasure for me to share with you our research on serious\/transformational games, HoloArch, Basic Design, and eNOTICE projects. You can watch the video here<\/a> \u2013 18.04.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 Our submission, “Archaeogenetic analysis of Neolithic sheep from Anatolia suggests a complex demographic history since domestication” (Yurtman, E. et al.), is available on bioRxiv<\/a> \u2013 18.04.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The preprint of our accepted SIU 2020 conference paper titled Using Generative Adversarial Nets on Atari Games for Feature Extraction in Deep Reinforcement Learning<\/a> (A. Ayd\u0131n and E. Surer) is available on arXiv in Turkish \u2013 06.04.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The preprint of our new study titled Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Auction Simulations<\/a> (M. Kanmaz and E. Surer) is available on arXiv \u2013 06.04.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint is just out: “Enhancing the Monte Carlo Tree Search Algorithm for Video Game Testing”<\/a> (S.Ariyurek, A. Betin-Can, E. Surer) is available on arXiv \u2013 18.03.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The podcast of my radio interview on “Virtual Reality and Serious Games” at Radio TRT FM’s “Science is Life” programme is available here<\/a> (in Turkish) \u2013 10.03.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a talk on Serious Games at METU Technopolis CoZone<\/a>‘s QTurkey QTalks<\/a> and I would like to thank the organizing team for the invitation \u2013 07.03.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 We organized the H2020 project eNOTICE<\/a>‘s METU Joint Activity between the dates of 25-28 February 2020 in Ankara and Eski\u015fehir. You can learn the details about the Joint Activity and Serious Gaming Workshop here<\/a> \u2013 28.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 Our paper, “Using Generative Adversarial Nets on Atari Games for Feature Extraction in Deep Reinforcement Learning”<\/a> (A. Aydin and E. Surer), is accepted to the 28th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Application Conference (SIU 2020)<\/a> \u2013 28.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I would like to thank my university and GISAM for this nice video<\/a>. “H2020 project eNOTICE<\/a>‘s METU team has designed \u201cserious games\u201d for places such as hospitals and disaster areas to provide education for both public and officials.” \u2013 26.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 Our paper, “Multi-modal Egocentric Activity Recognition using Multi-Kernel Learning” (M. A. Arabac\u0131, F. \u00d6zkan, E. Surer, P. Jan\u010dovi\u010d, A. Temizel), is accepted to Multimedia Tools and Applications journal \u2013 24.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We are pleased to inform that our paper, “A Canine Gait Analysis Protocol for Back Movement Assessment in German Shepherd Dogs”<\/a> (E. Surer, A. Cereatti, M. A. Evangelisti, G. Paolini, U. Della Croce, M. L. Manunta) has been officially\naccepted for publication to Veterinary Sciences journal. It has been a long journey, but we made it; congratulations to our team! \u2013 17.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 [TR] ODT\u00dcL\u00dc Dergisi’nin oyun temal\u0131 67. say\u0131s\u0131nda Don Ki\u015fot ile Peter Pan, ger\u00e7ek ve kurgu aras\u0131ndaki yolculu\u011fumuzu yazd\u0131m<\/a>; keyifli okumalar dilerim \u2013 17.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 We participated to TurkeyinH2020’s Horizon 2020 event at Centre for Research & Technology – Hellas (CERTH) Thessaloniki, Greece, between the dates of 11-13 February \u2013 14.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I feel deeply honored to have talked about our research at #WomenInScience Day. I really do wish that our research sparks the joy of science in girls. You can read the interview here<\/a> \u2013 11.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 I gave a seminar on Serious Games and participated to Global Game Jam’20<\/a> at Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep between the dates of January 31 to February 2, 2020 \u2013 02.02.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Congratulations to our dear student Sahin Akin for successfully defending his Master’s thesis. We would like to thank him with his advisor and my dear friend Assoc. Prof. Ipek Gursel Dino for his great efforts during his thesis process \u2013 24.01.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The Proceedings of the 15th International Summer Workshop (eNTERFACE’19)<\/a> has been published online (ISBN 978-605-9788-33-5). \nYou can download it from here<\/a> \u2013 13.01.2020.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “Using Serious Games, Virtual and Mixed Reality Applications in Healthcare” at Bioinformatics Seminar Series \u2013 16.12.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It has been a wonderful experience to participate to Quantum Programming Hackathon as a jury; I would like to thank QTurkey for their successful and fruitful organization \u2013 15.12.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I presented our eNOTICE<\/a> project’s framework “Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework for CBRNe training”<\/a> at Second International CBRN Congress<\/a>, Ankara, Turkey \u2013 28.11.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our new preprint (Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework: Preliminary Results), based on the work that we developed during the 15th Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE\u201919)<\/a> for European Network Of CBRN TraIning CEnters (eNOTICE)<\/a> project is available on arXiv<\/a> – 19.11.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I delivered the keynote talk titled \u201cVirtual and Mixed Reality Applications in Healthcare: Developments, Constraints and Opportunities\u201d today in the opening of the 12th Congress of Medical Informatics<\/a>. I presented the serious games and applications from our eNOTICE<\/a>, HoloArch and Basic Design projects. I would like to thank my dear collaborators, students, Assoc. Prof. Yesim Aydin Son and Turkish Health Informatics Association for this nice opportunity – 15.11.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Usability of Virtual Reality for Basic Design Education: A Comparative Study with Paper-Based Design” (D. S. Ozgen, Y. Afacan, E. Surer) has been accepted to International Journal of Technology and Design Education<\/a> – 12.11.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework” at METU Computer Engineering department where I also mentioned our in-progress serious games which are being developed for EU-funded project eNOTICE<\/a> – 06.11.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I gave a seminar titled “A Brief Introduction to the Design Process \u2014 Perspectives and Applications in Video Game Design” at METU Computer Engineering department – 31.10.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our paper, “Automated Video Game Testing Using Synthetic and Human-Like Agents”<\/a> (S. Ariyurek, A. Betin-Can, E. Surer), is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Games<\/a> journal \u2013 10.10.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO’19) proceedings are online! You can read our paper “Information Augmentation for Human Activity Recognition and Fall Detection using Empirical Mode Decomposition on Smartphone Data”<\/a> (S. Sezer and E. Surer) here \u2013 01.10.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Afacan (Bilkent University) presented our paper titled “Modeling a User-Oriented Ontology on Accessible Homes for Supporting Activities of Daily Living (ADL) in Healthy Aging”<\/a> at the 5th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good (GOODTECHS’19) in Valencia, Spain. Congrats to the team! \u2013 25.09.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022  I participated to the eNOTICE Joint Activity<\/a> at Dortmund, Germany \u2013 19-24.09.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our Multimedia Informatics program had its orientation meeting today and we had a chance to welcome our new students. We wish all of our students and faculty a successful and productive semester \u2013 18.09.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The book Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios<\/a> is published by Springer today. You can read the two chapters that we as D4R METU team contributed here: Policy Implications of the D4R Challenge<\/a> and The Use of Big Mobile Data to Gain Multilayered Insights for Syrian Refugee Crisis<\/a> \u2013 07.09.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Congratulations to Ceren Cindio\u011flu (METU Faculty of Architecture) for successfully defending her thesis advised by Assoc. Prof. \u0130pek G\u00fcrsel Dino and co-advised by me. We also would like to thank Burak G\u00fcne\u015f \u00d6zg\u00fcney for his tremendous efforts in our team – 02.09.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 MMI student O\u011fuzcan Erg\u00fcn successfully defended his MSc thesis titled “Developing Building Information Modelling Based Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Environments for Architectural Design and Improving User Interactions with Serious Games”<\/a>, which was supervised by me and co-supervised by Assoc. Prof. \u0130pek G\u00fcrsel Dino (METU Faculty of Architecture). Congratulations to our team – 29.08.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
1- Detecting \u201cClickbait\u201d News on Social Media Using Machine Learning Algorithms<\/a> (\u015e. Gen\u00e7 and E. Surer)
2- Positive or Negative? A semantic orientation of financial news<\/a> (M. Kanmaz and E. Surer)
3- Scene Classification: A Comprehensive Study Combining Local and Global Descriptors<\/a> (B. F. Cura and E. Surer)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 IEEE VR 2019 Conference Proceedings are online! You can read our (O. Erg\u00fcn, \u015e. Ak\u0131n, \u0130. G\u00fcrsel Dino, E. Surer) poster paper “Architectural Design in Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Environments: A Comparative Analysis”<\/a> \u2013 22.08.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We had a chance to visit A\u015f\u0131kl\u0131h\u00f6y\u00fck excavations and had fruitful discussions for NEOGENE<\/a> project. We would like to thank A\u015f\u0131kl\u0131h\u00f6y\u00fck team for their wonderful hospitality – 07.08.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 The 15th Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE’19)<\/a> is over! We would like to thank participants for their enthusiasm and congratulate them for their excellent research outcomes! – 02.08.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n
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\u2022 We presented the results of our project “Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework for Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Environments”<\/a> that we developed during The 15th Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE’19)<\/a> at Bilkent University – 02.08.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 PhD opportunity in Italy on the topic \u201cUse and validation of new simulation technologies for education and training in Disaster Medicine, Global Health and Humanitarian Aid\u201d<\/a> w\/ our colleagues; please let me know if you are interested in applying – 01.08.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 GOODTECHS 2019<\/a> – 5th EAI  International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good Preliminary Program<\/a> is now available – 25.07.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 ACM Distinguished Speaker Prof. Peter Robinson<\/a> (University of Cambridge) gave two lectures (Lecture I: \u201cComputation of Emotions\u201d and Lecture II: \u201cDriving the Future\u201d) in Ankara during the 15th Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE’19)<\/a> – 22.07.2019 and 23.07.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our Data for Refugees (D4R) team<\/a>‘s study titled “Big Data Analysis for Social Good: a Case Study on Syrian Refugees” (M. A. Akyol, \u00d6. O. K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, T. Ta\u015fkaya-Temizel, A. U. Ayd\u0131no\u011flu, E. Surer) is available at TSE Technical Journal’s June 2019 issue (in Turkish, pp.34-41). You can read it here<\/a> – 16.07.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the eNOTICE Joint Activity<\/a> at Birmingham, UK and also visited Coventry University’s Simulation Centre<\/a> – 08-13.07.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 I participated to the panel titled “Digital Utopias + Game Technologies”<\/a> with Hakan Y\u0131lmaz on June 26th at 4 pm at Studio-X Istanbul<\/a>. The panel is organized in bang. Prix 2019<\/a>‘s Digital Dynamics series by ArtBizTech – 24.06.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 We, as a team, presented the recent outcomes of NEOGENE: Archaeogenomic analysis of genetic and cultural interactions in Neolithic Anatolian societies<\/a> project at 41st International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry<\/a> at Dicle University, Diyarbak\u0131r. The title of my talk was “Developing a Computational Framework to Fuse Material Culture with Ancient DNA”. Detailed symposium programme is available here<\/a> – 16.06.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our submission “Information Augmentation for Human Activity Recognition and Fall Detection using Empirical Mode Decomposition on Smartphone Data” (S. Sezer and E. Surer) is accepted to 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO’19)<\/a>! See you in Arizona, USA – 09.06.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 You can read our new preprint  \u201cAutomated Video Game Testing Using Synthetic and Human-Like Agents\u201d<\/a> (S. Ariyurek, A. Betin-Can, E. Surer) on arXiv.org<\/a> and ResearchGate<\/a> – 04.06.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Our submission “Modeling a User-Oriented Ontology on Accessible Homes for Supporting Activities of Daily Living (ADL) in Healthy Aging” (Y. Afacan and E. Surer) is accepted to 5th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good (GOODTECHS’19)<\/a>, which will be held in Valencia, Spain – 03.06.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 It has been a pleasure to participate as a jury in METUTECH-ATOM’s project team selections<\/a> – 30.05.2019.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n