GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

• Ann Nedime Neşe Rende (M.S., June 2025), Crowd: A Framework for Agent-Based Social Network Simulation and Its Applications
• Tolga Yılmaz (Ph.D, January 2023), Towards Modeling and Mitigating Misinformation Propagation in Online Social Networks
• Mustafa Can Çavdar (Ph.D, November 2022, Co-Supervisor: Ibrahim Körpeoğlu), Resourse Optimization of Multi-Purpose IoT Wireless Sensor Networks with Shared Monitoring Points
• Mousa Farshkar Azari (M.S., September 2022), TranSQLate: Translating Enriched Natural Language Sentences to SQL Queries Using Transformers
• Akifhan Karakayalı (M.S., September 2021), Effective and Explainable Mechanisms for Natural Language Interface in Databases
• Arif Usta (Ph.D, August 2021), Towards Deeply Intelligent Interfaces in Relational Databases
• Duygu Durmuş (M.S., July 2021, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Learning Visual Similarity for Image Retrieval with Global Descriptors and Capsule Networks
• Sevgi Yiğit Sert (Ph.D, December 2020, Co-Supervisor: İsmail Sengör Altıngövde), Advanced Methods for Diversification of Results in General-Purpose and Specialized Search Engines
• Nour M. N. Alserr (Ph.D, August 2020, Co-Supervisor: Erman Ayday), On the tradeoff between privacy and utility in genomic studies: differential privacy under dependent tuples
• Fouad Amira (M.S., September 2018), Fog Supported Wireless Sensor Networks for Forest Fire Detection
• Mustafa Can Çavdar (M.S., September 2016, Co-Supervisor: Ibrahim Körpeoğlu), A Utilization Based Genetic Algorithm for Virtual Machine Placement in Cloud Computing Systems
• Tolga Yılmaz (M.S., June 2016), Improving Educational Search and Question Answering
• Arif Usta (M.S., September 2015), Optimization of an Educational Search Engine using Learning to Rank Algorithms
• Basri Kahveci (M.S., August 2015), Integrating Social Factors into Mobile Local Search
• Fatih Çalışır (M.S., August 2015, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Mobile Image Search using Multi-Image Queries
• Fethi Burak Sazoğlu (M.S., September 2014, Co-Supervisor: İsmail Sengör Altıngövde), Efficient Result Caching Mechanisms in Search Engines
• Amir Rahimzadeh Ilkhechi (M.S., July 2014, Co-Supervisor: Ibrahim Körpeoğlu), Network-Aware Virtual Machine Placement in Cloud Data Centers with Multiple Traffic-Intensive Components
• Yusuf Aytaş (M.S., January 2014, Co-Supervisor: Hakan Ferhatosmanoğlu), Top-k Link Recommendation for Development of P2P Social Networks
• Erdem Sarıgil (M.S., September 2012), Analysis of Web Search Queries with Very Few or No Results
• Oğuz Yılmaz (M.S., September 2012), Longitudinal Analysis of Search Engine Query Logs - Temporal Coverage
• Şadiye Alıcı (M.S., October 2011), A Result Cache Invalidation Scheme for Web Search Engines.
• Rıfat Özcan (Ph.D, September 2011), Caching Techniques for Large Scale Web Search Engines.
• Fatih Çakır (M.S., July 2011, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Nearest-Neighbor Based Metric Functions for Indoor Scene Recognition.
• Duygu Atılgan (M.S., August 2010), Efficiency and Effectiveness of XML Keyword Search Using a Full Element-Index.
• Yunus Emre Aslan (M.S., August 2010, Co-Supervisor: Ibrahim Körpeoğlu), A Framework for the Use of Wireless Sensor Networks in Forest Fire Detection and Monitoring.
• Muhammet Baştan (Ph.D, July 2010, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), BilVideo7: Video Parsing, Indexing and Retrieval.
• Ediz Şaykol (Ph.D, September 2009, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), A Scenario-Based Query Processing Framework for Video Surveillance.
• İsmail Sengör Altıngövde (Ph.D, July 2009), Improving the Efficiency of Search Engines:  Strategiew for Focused Crawling, Searching, and Index Pruning.
• Onur Küçüktunç (M.S., July 2009, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Content-Based Video Copy Detection using Multimodal Analysis.
• Fatih Melih Özbekoğlu (M.S., July 2009, Co-Supervisor: Ibrahim Körpeoğlu), Data Dissemination Strategies for Mobile Peer-to-Peer Information Systems with Applications to Healthcare.
• Hayati Çam (M.S., September 2008, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Query Processing for An MPEG-7 Compliant Video Database.
• İsmet Zeki Yalnız (M.S., August 2008, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Integrated Segmentation and Recognition of Connected Ottoman Script.
• Murat Karakaya (Ph.D, March 2008, Co-Supervisor: Ibrahim Körpeoğlu), Counteracting Free Riding in Pure Peer-to-Peer Networks.
• Tarkan Sevilmiş (M.S., November 2005, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Automatic Detection of Salient Objects for a Video Database System.
• Özlem Nurcan Subakan (M.S., August 2005), Cluster-Based Collaborative Filtering with Inverted Indexing.
• Selim Çıracı (M.S., August 2005, Co-Supervisor: Ibrahim Körpeoğlu), Reducing Query Overhead Through Route-Learning in Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Networks.
• Cemil Alper (M.S., August 2004, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Semantic Query Execution in a Video Database System.
• Selma Ayşe Özel (Ph.D, January 2004), Metadata-Based and Personalized Web Querying.
• Gökhan Yavaş (M.S., December 2003), Using a Data Mining Approach for Prediction of User Movements in Mobile Environments.
• Aykut Ünal (M.S., September 2002), Discovering Associations from Event Histories at Multiple Time Granularities.
• Mustafa Kutlutürk (M.S., August 2002), Implementation of a Topic Map Data Model for a Web-Based Information Resource.
• Eyüp Sabri Konak (M.S., August 2002, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), A Content-Based Image Retrieval System for Texture and Color Queries.
• Mehmet Emin Dönderler (Ph.D, July 2002, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Data Modelling and Querying for Video Databases.
• Gülay Ünel (M.S., July 2002, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), An Efficient Query Optimization Strategy for Spatio-Temporal Queries in Video Databases.
• Umut Arslan (M.S., January 2002, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), A Semantic Data Model and Query Language for Video Databases.
• İsmail Sengör Altıngövde (M.S., September 2001), Topic-Centric Querying of Web Resources.
• Ediz Şaykol (M.S., September 2001, Co-Supervisor: Uğur Güdükbay), Web-Based User Interface for Query Specification in a Video Database System.
• İlker Yoncacı (M.S., September 2001), An Efficient Method for Generating Updates in Processing Location Dependent Continuous Queries.
• Yücel Saygın (Ph.D, August 2001), Active and Mobile Data Management Through Event History Mining.
• Murat Karakaya (M.S., August 2000), An Efficient Broadcast Scheduling Algorithm for Pull-Based Mobile Environments.
• Tuba Yavuz (M.S., August 1999), An Index Structure for Moving Objects in Video Databases.
• H. Gökmen Gök (M.S., January 1999), Processing of Continuous Queries from Moving Objects in Mobile Computing Systems.
• Anastasia Sotnikova (M.S., August 1998), An Evaluation of Methodological Issues in Workflow Management.
• Ersan Kayan (M.S., January 1998), An Evaluation of Transaction Management Issues in Mobile Real-Time Database Systems.
• Ali Şaman Tosun (M.S., July 1997), Static Rule Analysis in Active Database Systems.
• Jamel Tayeb (M.S., June 1997), Design and Evaluation of Indexing Methods for Dynamic Attributes in Mobile Database Management Systems.
• Yücel Saygın (M.S., September 1996), Implementation of Parallel Nested Transactions for Nested Rule Execution in Active Databases.
• Uğur Çetintemel (M.S., July 1996), Objective: A Benchmark for Object-Oriented Active Database Systems.
• Timuçin Devirmis (M.S., July 1996), Transaction Execution in Multidatabase Systems.
• Yiğit Kulabaş (M.S., January 1996), Heuristics for Inter-Query Optimization in Database Systems.
• Yasemin Turkan (M.S., June 1995), Global Memory Management in Client-Server Systems.