SPONSERED PROJECTS

· Translating Natural Language Queries into Structured Query Language (SQL) Using Large Language Models (LLM)
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 125E386)), 2025-2027, Principal Investigator.

· Applying Information Retrieval Paradigms in Natural Language to SQL Translation
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 118E724)), 2019-2021, Principal Investigator.

· Optimization of Search Technologies for Students at Primary and Secondary Schools
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 113E065)), 2013-2015, Researcher.

· Refreshment Strategies for Query Result Caching in Web Search Engines
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 110E135)), 2010-2011, Principal Investigator.

· Exploiting Semantic Relationships for the Scalability and Efficiency of Web Search Engines
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 108E008)), 2008-2010, Principal Investigator.

· Automatic Construction and Sophisticated Querying of Domain-Specific Web Search Engines
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 105E024)), 2005-2007, Principal Investigator.

· MUSCLE - Multimedia Understanding, Through Semantics, Computation, and Learning
European Commission FP6 Network of Excellence project, (Grant no: FP6-507752), 2004-2008, Researcher.

· 3DTV- Integrated 3-D Television: Capture, Transmission and Display
European Commission FP6 Network of Excellence project, (Grant no: FP6-511568), 2004-2008, Researcher & Workpackage Leader.

· Türkiye icin Yeni Bilgi Toplumu Teknolojileri (BTT-TÜRKIYE) (in Turkish)
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 105E065), 2005-2008, Researcher.

· Data Mining Techniques for the Location and Air-Cache Management Problems
Funded through the bilateral program of scientific cooperation between Turkey and Greece
(Sponsors: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 102E201), The General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece - GSRT), 2002-2004, Principal Investigator.

· E-DEVLET icin Bilgisayar Destekli Gorsel Dokumantasyon, Arsiv ve Yonetim Sistemi Gerceklestirilmesi (in Turkish)
Joint YUUP (Yayginlastirilmis Ulusal ve Uluslararasi Proje) Project with Middle East Technical University, Kocaeli University, Suleyman Demirel University, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Anadolu University, Konya Selcuk University
(Sponsor: Turkish State Planning Organization (Devlet Planlama Teskilati - DPT) (Grant No: 2004K120720)), 2004-2005, Researcher & Workpackage Leader.

· Bluetooth Scatternet Construction and Bluetooth Applications
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 103E014) 2003-2005, Researcher.

· Storing and Querying Multimedia Presentations from XML Documents
Funded through the bilateral program of scientific cooperation between Turkey and USA
(Sponsors: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 100U024), National Science Foundation - NSF (Grant No: 9912229)), 2000-2003, Principal Investigator.

· Data Modelling and Querying for Video Databases
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: 199E025)), 2000-2002, Principal Investigator.

· Real-Time Data Management in Mobile Computer Systems
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: EEEAG-246)), 1997-1999, Principal Investigator.

· Time-Cognizant Trigger Processing in Mobile Distributed Systems
(Sponsor: NATO Collaborative Research Grant Program (Grant No: CRG 960648)), 1996-1999, Principal Investigator.

· Real-Time Database Transaction Scheduling
(Sponsor: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TÜBITAK (Grant No: EEEAG-137)), 1994-1996, Principal Investigator.