{"id":18,"date":"2016-02-01T16:15:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:29:44","slug":"grad-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/grad-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Completed: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00d6zer Tanr\u0131sever (MSc, January 2026), “Aligning Reviewer Guidelines and Reviewer Feedback: A Data-Driven Study”.<\/li>\n
  2. Nilay Yorganc\u0131lar Akg\u00fcl (MSc, September 2025), “Exploring Technical-Debt Across ML Project Lifecycle: A Process-Oriented Analysis Based on ISO Standards” (co-supervisor: Assist.Dr.\u00d6zden \u00d6zcan Top)<\/li>\n
  3. G\u00fcrkan G\u00fcnd\u00fcz (MSc, August 2025), “A Mobile Touch-Based Continuous Authentication System via User-Specific Distribution Based Learning”.<\/li>\n
  4. Ezgi \u00c7avu\u015f (MSc, August 2025), “Metadata-Guided Generation of Domain-Specific Peer Reviews with LLMs”.<\/li>\n
  5. Muratcan Kaplan (MSc, August 2025), “Adaptive Window Sampling and Filtering for Continuous Mobile Behavioral Authentication”.<\/li>\n
  6. G\u00f6ksu Uzunt\u00fcrk (MSc, June 2025), “A\u00a0 Post-Inference Transformer Framework for Anomaly Range Detection in Multivariate Time Series”.<\/li>\n
  7. G\u00fcliz Demirezen (PhD, December 2024), “Cross-Session EEG-Based Mental Workload Classification Using Graph Neural Networks for Reproducible Brain-Computer Interface Applications” (co-advisor: Prof. Anne-Marie Brouwer)<\/li>\n
  8. Pelin Dayan Akman (MSc, September 2024), “Analysis of Technical Debt in ML-Based Software Development Projects” (main supervisor: Asst. Prof.Dr. \u00d6zden \u00d6zcan Top).<\/li>\n
  9. An\u0131l Erkul (MSc, April 2024), “Automated Analysis of Crossing Actions in Football Commentary Using Large Language Models”.<\/li>\n
  10. Arif Ozan K\u0131z\u0131lda\u011f (MSc, September 2023), “Semi-automatic Prompting Approach with Question Decomposition for Multi-hop Question Answering”.<\/li>\n
  11. Mutakabbir Ahmed Tayib (MSc, July 2023), “A Comparative Study of Deep Learning Techniques for Time Series Forecasting in Energy Consumption Prediction” (co supervisor: Prof.Dr.Ceylan Yozgatl\u0131gil)<\/li>\n
  12. Yasin Af\u015fin (MSc, June 2023), “Automatic Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications According to Persuasive System Design Principles and Mobile Application Rating Scale”<\/li>\n
  13. Beg\u00fcm Tek\u00f6z (MSc, August 2022), “Forecasting Warranty Claims for Month in Services Groups in Automative Sector” (main supervisor: Prof.Dr.Ceylan Yozgatl\u0131gil)<\/li>\n
  14. Orkun Temiz (MSc, June 2022), “Fact Extraction and Verification Pipeline for Covid-19 Related User Posts in Social Media”.<\/li>\n
  15. Ay\u015fe Elvan Aydemir (PhD, September 2021), “A Data Driven Performance Evaluation Framework for Sports Analytics” (co-supervisor: Prof.Dr.Alptekin Temizel)<\/li>\n
  16. Ozan Ra\u015fit Y\u00fcr\u00fcm (PhD, September 2021), “An Intervention Framework for Design and Development of Interactive Video Lectures Based on Video Viewing Behaviors: A Learning Analytics Approach” (main supervisor: Prof.Dr.Soner Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m)<\/li>\n
  17. H\u00fcseyin Bu\u011fra Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m (MSc, September 2021), “A Novel Pre-Processing Workflow for Popularity Prediction in Social Media”<\/li>\n
  18. Didem \u00d6l\u00e7er (PhD, September 2020)-“A framework for information quality and coverage assessment for Type-2 diabetes websites”.<\/li>\n
  19. \u00d6zg\u00fcn Ozan K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 (MSc, September 2020)- “You are where you eat from: Predicting socioeconomic status from restaurant menus and user reviews”.<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. Ali Mert Ertu\u011frul (PhD, December 2019)-“Interpretable Spatio-Temporal Networks for Modeling and Forecasting Societal Event”. (co-advisor: Assoc. Prof.Dr. Yu-Ru Lin) METU<\/strong> Best Thesis of the Year 2020<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  21. G\u00fcrol Canbek (PhD, September 2019)- “Multi-Perspective Analysis and Systematic Benchmarking for Binary-Classification Performance Evaluation Instruments”. (co-advisor: Prof.Dr. \u015eeref Sa\u011f\u0131ro\u011flu)<\/li>\n
  22. \u015eeyma \u00c7avdar (PhD, August 2019)- “Mobile User Data Mining to Infer Knowledge Workers’ Differences in Office Environments for Effective Health Intervention Delivery”. (co-advisor: Prof.Dr. P Erhan Eren)<\/li>\n
  23. G\u00fcliz Bulut (MSc,\u00a0 September 2018)- “Automatic Information Coverage Assessment of Diabetes Websites”<\/li>\n
  24. Oguz Ozan Kartal (MSc, September 2015)-\u201cUsing Survival Analysis to Investigate the Persistence of Students in an Introductory Information Technology Course at METU\u201d. (main supervisor: Prof.Dr.Yasemin Yard\u0131mc\u0131 \u00c7etin).<\/li>\n
  25. Nurcan Alk\u0131\u015f (PhD, August 2015)-\u201c The Influence of Personality Traits, Motivation and Persuasion Principles on Academic Performance\u201d METU<\/strong> Best Thesis of the Year 2016<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  26. Perin \u00dcnal (PhD, August 2015)-\u201cAn analysis on user profiles and usage preferences for mobile application recommendations\u201d (co-advisor: Prof.Dr. P.Erhan Eren)<\/li>\n
  27. Erkam Akkurt (MSc, 2015)- \u201cUbdroid: A Tool for Monitoring Smartphone Application Usage for User Behaviour Analysis\u201d (main supervisor: Prof.Dr.Alptekin Temizel).<\/li>\n
  28. Aysu Yanar (MSc,2015) \u2013 \u201cCombining Topology-Based & Content-Based Analysis for Followee Recommendation on Twitter\u201d (main supervisor: Prof.Dr. P\u0131nar Karag\u00f6z)<\/li>\n
  29. K\u00fcr\u015fad \u00d6z (MSc, 2014) \u2013 \u201cExamining Place Attachment from a Foursquare Perspective\u201d.<\/li>\n
  30. Berna Bak\u0131r (PhD, 2014) \u2013 \u201cNonparametric Approaches for Discovering Triggering Events from Spatio-Temporal Patterns\u201d (co-advisor: Prof. Dr. Hafize \u015eebnem D\u00fczg\u00fcn)<\/li>\n
  31. Y\u0131lmaz Ar (PhD, 2014) \u2013 \u201cImproved Probabilistic Matrix Factorization Model for Sparse Datasets\u201d<\/li>\n
  32. Ahmet Emre K\u0131l\u0131n\u00e7 (MSc, 2014) -\u201cA Temporal Expert Finding Methodology based on United-Author-Document Topic Graphs\u201d.<\/li>\n
  33. Ay\u015fe Elvan G\u00fcnd\u00fcz (MSc, 2014) -\u201c Anomaly Detection using Sparse Features and Spatio-Temporal Hidden Markov Model for Pedestrian Zone Video Surveillance\u201d (co-advisor:Prof. Dr. Alptekin Temizel) (won the \u201cISRA VISION AG \u2013 Computer Vision Award<\/strong>\u201d (2nd place) thesis award)<\/em><\/li>\n
  34. Rahime Belen Sa\u011flam (PhD, 2014) -\u201c Quality Oriented Information Retrieval and Timeliness Analysis on Diabetes Websites\u201d<\/li>\n
  35. Serdar Murat \u00d6ztaner (PhD, 2014) -\u201cA Bayesian Modelling and Estimation Framework for Pharmacogenomics Driven Warfarin Dosing\u201d (co-advisor: Prof.Dr. Remzi Erdem) (won the METU<\/strong> Best Thesis of the Year 2015<\/strong>)<\/em><\/li>\n
  36. \u00dcmit Ate\u015f (MSc, 2014) – \u201cInference of Personality Using Social Media Profiles\u201d.<\/li>\n
  37. \u015eeyma K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00f6zer (MSc, 2013)-\u201cAnalysing the Effects of Personality Traits on the Success of Online Study Groups\u201d.<\/li>\n
  38. P\u00fcren G\u00fcler (MSc, 2012) – \u201cAutomated Crowd Behaviour Analysis for Video Surveillance applications (main-supervisor: Prof.Dr. Alptekin Temizel)<\/li>\n
  39. Gonca H\u00fclya Do\u011fan (MSc, 2012)-\u201cExpert Finding in Domains with Unclear Topics\u201d (co-supervisor: Prof.Dr. Adnan Yaz\u0131c\u0131)<\/li>\n
  40. Burcu Ba\u015ftabak (MSc, 2012)- \u201cA Data Mining Framework to Detect Tariff Code Circumvention in Turkish Customs Database\u201d<\/li>\n
  41. Mustafa Dalc\u0131 (MSc, 2011) \u2013 \u201cUsing Google Analytics, Card Sorting and Search Statistics for Getting Insight about METU Website\u2019s New Design: A Case Study\u201d<\/li>\n
  42. Eda Ercan (MSc, 2010) \u2013 \u201cProbabilistic Matrix Factorization based Collaborative Filtering with Implicit Trust Derived from Review Ratings Information\u201d.<\/li>\n
  43. Seher Demirel K\u00fct\u00fck\u00e7\u00fc (MSc, 2010) \u2013 \u201cUsing Google Analytics and think-aloud study for improving METU Informatics Institute web site: A case study\u201d<\/li>\n
  44. Rahime Belen (MSc, 2009) \u2013 \u201cDetecting Disguised Missing Data\u201d.<\/li>\n
  45. Cem Alda\u015f (MSc, 2008) \u2013 \u201cAn analysis of peculiarity oriented interestingness measures on medical data\u201d<\/li>\n
  46. \u00d6zkan Bayraktar (MSc, 2007) – \u201cPerson name recognition in Turkish financial texts by using local grammar approach\u201d\u00a0(co-supervisor: Prof.Dr. Nazife Baykal)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Completed: \u00d6zer Tanr\u0131sever (MSc, January 2026), “Aligning Reviewer Guidelines and Reviewer Feedback: A Data-Driven Study”. Nilay Yorganc\u0131lar Akg\u00fcl (MSc, September 2025), “Exploring Technical-Debt Across ML Project Lifecycle: A Process-Oriented Analysis Based on ISO Standards” (co-supervisor: Assist.Dr.\u00d6zden \u00d6zcan Top) G\u00fcrkan G\u00fcnd\u00fcz (MSc, August 2025), “A Mobile Touch-Based Continuous Authentication System via User-Specific Distribution Based Learning”. Ezgi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3925,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/ttemizel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}