1) The project information below includes the projects of our department that were awarded support as a result of applications submitted under the “2209-A Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students” conducted by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) Presidency of Science Fellowships and Grant Programmes (BİDEB).
| Project Title |
Student Project Leader |
Academic Advisor |
Support Period |
Status |
| “Identifying the Requirements Specified in Job Advertisements through Text Mining: The Case of the Information Technology Sector” |
Arif Ertuğrul TÜFEK |
Dr. Özlem İPEK |
2021/2 |
Completed |
| “The Effects of Household Technology Competence on E-Commerce Usage Frequency” |
Fuat DEMİRKOL |
Dr. Özlem İPEK |
2022/2 |
Completed |
| “Classification of Energy Consumption Levels: The Case of Mersin” |
Elem AKDAĞ & Furkan KARADENİZ |
Dr. Murat GENÇ |
2022/2 |
Completed |
| “Gender Classification of Dorsal Hand Images: A Comparative Study of Transfer Learning Methods” |
Ahmet Muhammet GÜRCAN |
Res. Asst. Sidar AĞDUK |
2022/2 |
Completed |
| “Digitalization and Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain of the Textile and Ready-to-Wear Industry” |
Tahir CEYHAN |
Dr. Serkan NAS |
2023/2 |
Completed |
| “Digital Revolution in Agriculture: A Smart Buying and Selling Platform for Farmers (Dijitar)” |
Arda VARAN |
Dr. Serkan NAS |
2024/1 |
Ongoing |
| “Predicting Future Movements of the BIST30 Index Using Decision Tree Algorithms” |
Ahmet Cemil GÜLMEZ |
Dr. Serkan NAS |
2024/1 |
Ongoing |
| “Optimization of Emergency Healthcare Services through Integrated Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence” |
Abdurrahman BİLGİÇ |
Dr. Serkan NAS |
2024/1 |
Ongoing |
| “Examining Nomophobia According to Socio-Demographic Factors, Smartphone Use, and Academic Achievement: The Case of Tarsus University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences” |
İlayda KARAKAYA |
Res. Asst. Sidar AĞDUK |
2024/1 |
Ongoing |
| “Examining Online Compulsive Buying Behavior According to Socio-Demographic Characteristics, Academic Achievement, and Digital Consumption Habits” |
Semina Selin TÜMER |
Res. Asst. Sidar AĞDUK |
2024/1 |
Ongoing |
| “Cyberloafing in the University Environment: A Study on Students of Tarsus University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences” |
Umur Nesil KURTULAN |
Res. Asst. Sidar AĞDUK |
2024/1 |
Ongoing |
| “Sentiment Analysis with Machine Learning and Personalized Educational Recommendations: An Innovative Approach” |
Abdullah BARKIN |
Res. Asst. Zeliha SEZER ERGİN |
2024/1 |
Ongoing |
2) TÜBİTAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Support for a Faculty Member of Our Department
Project Title: Household Energy Poverty and Health Relationship
Project Leader: Dr. Özlem İPEK
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences / Department of Management Information Systems
Host Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
Project Duration: 12 Months
The project aims to develop an energy poverty-based health model that will enable the analysis of the long-term effects of energy poverty, which occurs in different dimensions among households, on individuals’ health conditions.

3) Doç. Dr. Pınar ÖZKURT from Our Department Joins a COST Action Working Group
Doç. Dr.
Pınar ÖZKURT, a faculty member of the Department of Management Information Systems, has been accepted as a working group member in the following COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action, coordinated scientifically by TÜBİTAK.
COST CA22162 - FutureMed: A Transdisciplinary Network to Bridge Climate Science and Impacts on Society (FutureMed) / WG2: Climate Adaptation Decision and Support Tools
We congratulate Dr. Özkurt and wish her continued success in her academic work.
4) Res. Asst. Sidar AĞDUK from Our Department Joins a COST Action Working Group
Res. Asst.
Sidar AĞDUK from the Department of Management Information Systems has been accepted as a working group member in the following COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action, coordinated scientifically by TÜBİTAK.
COST CA22162 - FutureMed: A Transdisciplinary Network to Bridge Climate Science and Impacts on Society (FutureMed) / WG1: Hazards and Socio-Economic Impacts on Weather and Climate Scales
We congratulate our colleague and wish them continued success in their academic work.
5) Doç. Dr. Pınar ÖZKURT from Our Department Conducts Research on Sustainable Energy and Thermoelectric Materials at the University of Zaragoza, Spain
Doç. Dr. Pınar ÖZKURT, a faculty member of our department, was a visiting researcher at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, between 7 March and 3 May 2024, where she conducted collaborative research on the laser-based production of thermoelectric materials for energy efficiency in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal 7 of the United Nations. The focus of her visit was to conduct research activities aimed at contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7, which promotes access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
6) Res. Asst. Sidar AĞDUK from Our Department Participated as a Scholarship Holder in a TÜBİTAK 3005 Project
The project titled “Analysis of Disputes in the Construction Sector Using Machine Learning Methods and a Decision Prediction Model,” led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Savaş Bayram, a faculty member of the Department of Civil Engineering at Erciyes University Faculty of Engineering, and involving researchers including Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah Aydemir (Department of Management Information Systems, Sakarya University), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cemil Akçay (Department of Architecture, Istanbul University), Lecturer Mahmut Sarı (Technical Sciences Vocational School, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University), and Expert Arbitrator Derya Karademir (Turkish Employers' Association of Construction Industries), was supported under the TÜBİTAK 3005 – Innovative Solutions in Social Sciences and Humanities Research Projects Support Programme. Res. Asst. Sidar AĞDUK participated in this project as a scholarship holder.
7) Dr. Özlem İPEK from Our Department Joins a COST Action Working Group
Dr.
Özlem İPEK, a faculty member of the Department of Management Information Systems, has been accepted as a working group member in the following COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action, coordinated scientifically by TÜBİTAK.
COST Action: CA21143 - "Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe" (TraFaDy)
Dr. Özlem İPEK will contribute to WG4 and WG5 by conducting research on the health and subjective well-being of transnational families, as well as data collection and empirical methods in this field.
We congratulate her and wish her continued success in her academic work.