Bilgisayar Mühendisliği: Recent submissions

  • Determination of local wind energy potentials using climate modeling 
    Çöllü, Kamil. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2016.)
    After the industrial revolution, the needs of coal and other fossil fuels has been increasing day by day. Intensive burning of fossil fuels has resulted in a rise in the atmospheric CO2 concentration. In the 18th century, ...
  • Mutation testing of concurrent programs 
    Köse, Mehmet. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    As software testing becomes a more established discipline, the need for quality assurance of software test suites arises. It has been decades since mutation testing was rst introduced into the literature for this purpose. ...
  • Generalizations of hidden subgroup algorithms 
    Poslu, Damla. (Thesis (M.S)-Bogazici University.Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2005., 2005.)
    In the future, it can be possible to store bit information in atoms. In thatcase, classical mechanics will not be enough to explain the atomic level model. Instead quantum mechanics will have to be used. A quantum bit ...
  • In silico determination of orthosteric and allosteric inhibitors of sphingosine kinase 1 (SK1) 
    Bayraktar, Özge. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    The sphingosine kinase 1 (SK1)/sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) signaling pathway is a crucial target for numerous human diseases from cancer to cardiovascular diseases. Even though the discovery of SK1 inhibitors has been ...
  • Human - computer interaction platform for the hearing impaired in healthcare and finance applications 
    Camgöz, Necati Cihan. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    In this thesis, we propose a human-computer interaction platform for the hearing impaired, that would be used in hospitals and banks. In order to develop such a system, we collected BosphorusSign, a Turkish Sign Language ...
  • Effects of the receiver characteristics, variation of target intensity and nonlinearity on probability hypothesis density filter compared to data association techniques 
    Öksüz, Kemal. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Target tracking algorithms adopted in modern radars are designed such that they can track multitarget by considering target births and target deaths. These algorithms are derived by integrating the data association techniques ...
  • Manipulation and placement planning for loading a dishwasher by a robot 
    İrfan, Bahar. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Placing the dishes into a dishwasher can take a considerable amount of time, which is a process a person would have to repeat every few days. Therefore, we decided to build a robotic system which would place the mugs on ...
  • Joint optimization of cash management and routing for new generation automated teller machine networks 
    Batı, Şeyma. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Cash related costs constitute a large portion of management cost of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) network. Cash should be loaded to or taken from ATM devices in certain intervals in order to both meet customer satisfaction ...
  • A rule - based approach for converting Wikipedia content into semantic relations 
    Aydın, Nihal Yağmur. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    In this thesis, we propose a method for conversion from natural language into semantic relations. In this research, we focus on text written in highly unstructured form. The method is based on analysis of grammatical ...
  • The query complexity of estimating entropy 
    Jafarov, Jafar. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    We investigate the query complexity of additively estimating entropy of a discrete probability distribution in two settings. Let p be an unknown probability distribution on [n] := f1; 2; : : : ng, and de ne two kinds of ...
  • Argumentation for protecting users' privacy in online social networks 
    Yağlıkçı, Nefise Gizem. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Preserving privacy in online social networks (OSNs) is becoming increasingly important as more people expose their personal information in those networks. A social network user can easily share a post concerning other ...
  • A parallel approach to solving satisfiability problems on graphics processing units using neural networks 
    Mert, Melih. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have become popular for parallelization of general purpose applications recently. GPUs are composed of huge number of powerful processors in a readily available package. The Satis ability ...
  • Socially assitive child - robot interaction in physical exercise coaching 
    Güneysu, Arzu. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    The main contribution of this thesis is the design and implementation of an autonomous socially assistive human robot interaction system to engage children in performing several physical exercise motions by providing ...
  • Location area management for mobile networks with evolutionary algorithms 
    Karaoğlu, Bahar. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2004., 2004.)
    Location management is a very important problem in mobile networks. In general, registration and paging costs are associated with tracking the current location of a mobile user. Considering the whole network as a single ...
  • An interactive information retrieval system: |SORGU 
    Kural, Namık. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 1984., 1984.)
    There are several interactive information retrieval software packages that maintain easy access to data base items and structures. It is relatively easy for persons famil iar with computer to use these packages. But to ...
  • Increasing accessiblity of web content via semantic renarration 
    Güder, Emrah. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Much of the content on the Web is not accessible to a large portion of the global population due to barriers such as language, literacy levels, physical impairments, expertise, etc. Attempts to make content more accessible ...
  • Affect analysis of communication texts in Turkish language 
    Oktay, Eda Aydın. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    As digital technologies expanded our range of online communication, textual a ect analysis become the focus of considerable interest in several disciplines. While many studies have been conducted in English language, there ...
  • An ontology based framework for creating purposeful online communities 
    Seyhan, Murat. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    A purposeful community is a group of individuals whose actions help the community reach a set of goals. Such communities often use social network applications to communicate, coordinate, and track their activities. Twitter ...
  • Naturl language processing for mining neuroanatomical relations among brain regions 
    Gökdeniz, Erinç. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Identifying the relations among di erent regions of the brain is vital for a better understanding of how the brain functions. While a large number of studies have investigated the neuroanatomical and neurochemical connections ...
  • Layered content delivery over satellite integrated cognitive radio networks 
    Kafıloğlu, Sebahat Sinem. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    Although the spectrum is a scarce and valuable resource, the utilization of spectrum in various frequency bands in certain areas are shown to be very low. Because of this under-utilization and ine ciency, cognitive radio ...