Projects

1) The details of our projects that have been approved for funding under the "2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program" carried out by the TÜBİTAK Scientist Support Programs Department (BİDEB) are listed below.
Project Subject Project Leader Student
Project Supervisor
Project Support Period Project Status
Determining the Requirements Specified in Job Advertisements Through Text Mining: A Case Study in the Information Technology Sector Arif Ertuğrul TÜFEK Assistant Professor Özlem İPEK 2022/1 Completed
“The Impact of Household Technology Proficiency on E-Commerce Usage Frequency” Fuat DEMİRKOL Assistant Professor Özlem İPEK 2022/2 Ongoing 
“Classification of Energy Consumption Levels: A Case Study of Mersin” Elem AKDAĞ
&
Furkan KARADENİZ
Associate Professor  Murat GENÇ 2022/2 Ongoing
“Classification of Dorsal Hand Images by Gender: A Comparative Study of Transfer Learning Methods”  Ahmet Muhammet GÜRCAN Research Assistant  Sidar AĞDUK 2022/2 Ongoing  
"Predicting Future Movements of the BIST 30 Index Using Decision Tree Algorithms" Tahir CEYHAN Assistant Professor Serkan NAS 2023/2 Ongoing

2) Support for Our Department's Faculty Member from the TÜBİTAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Project Title: Household Energy Poverty and Its Relationship with Health

Project Principal Investigator: Dr. Özlem İPEK, Assistant Professor Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Management Information Systems

Research Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

Project Duration: 12 Months

The aim is to develop an energy poverty-based health model that will enable the analysis of the long-term effects of energy poverty, which emerges in various dimensions among households, on individuals' health conditions.



3) Membership of COST Action Working Group by Our Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar ÖZKURT

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar ÖZKURT, a faculty member of the Department of Management Information Systems, has been selected as a working group member for the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) action, which is scientifically coordinated by TÜBİTAK.

COST CA22162 - FutureMed: A Transdisciplinary Network to Bridge Climate Science and Impacts on Society / WG2: Climate Adaptation Decision and Support Tools
We congratulate our colleague and wish her success in her work.


4) Membership of COST Action Working Group by Our Research Assistant Sidar AĞDUK

Sidar AĞDUK, a research assistant in the Department of Management Information Systems, has been selected as a working group member for the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) action, which is scientifically coordinated by TÜBİTAK.

COST CA22162 - FutureMed: A Transdisciplinary Network to Bridge Climate Science and Impacts on Society / WG1: Hazards and Socio-Economic Impacts in Weather and Climate Scales
We congratulate Sidar and wish him success in his work.


5) Research on Sustainable Energy and Thermoelectric Materials by Our Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar Özkurt at the University of Zaragoza, Spain

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar ÖZKURT, a faculty member of our department, has been a visiting researcher at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, from March 7 to May 3, 2024. During this period, she has been conducting joint research on the laser production of energy-efficient thermoelectric materials in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7, which focuses on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. The focus of her visit has been on research activities aimed at achieving this goal.

6) Our Research Assistant Sidar AĞDUK Participated as a Fellow in the TÜBİTAK 3005 - Research Projects Support Program for Innovative Solutions in Social and Human Sciences

Sidar AĞDUK, a research assistant in our department, participated as a fellow in the TÜBİTAK 3005 - Research Projects Support Program for Innovative Solutions in Social and Human Sciences. The project, titled “Analysis of Disputes in the Construction Sector Using Machine Learning Methods and Decision Prediction Models,” is led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Savaş Bayram from the Department of Civil Engineering at Erciyes University. The research team includes Doç. Dr. Emrah Aydemir (Department of Management Information Systems, Sakarya University), Doç. Dr. Cemil Akçay (Department of Architecture, Istanbul University), Öğr. Gör. Mahmut Sarı (Technical Sciences Vocational School, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University), and Uzm. Arb. Derya Karademir (Turkey Construction Industry Employers' Union).

7) Department Faculty Member Dr. Özlem İPEK's Membership in a COST Action Working Group

Dr. Özlem İPEK, a faculty member of the Department of Management Information Systems, has been selected as a working group member in the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action listed below, with scientific coordination carried out by TÜBİTAK.

-COST Action: CA21143 "Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe" (TraFaDy)
Dr. Özlem İPEK will contribute to working groups WG(4) and WG(5), focusing on the health and subjective well-being of transnational families, as well as data collection and empirical methods in this area.

We congratulate her and wish her success in her work.