msc student at metu ceng
(thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. Pınar Karagöz)

msc student at metu cogs
(on hiatus ˙◠˙)

• google scholar
• linkedin
• github

2024/25 fall

• ceng315: algorithms

former TA experience

• ceng444: language processors (resources on github) (2023/24 spring)
• ceng315: algorithms (2022/23 fall, 2023/24 fall)
• ceng242: programming language concepts (2021/22 spring, 2022/23 spring, 2023/24 spring)
• ceng488: guided research (2022/23 spring)
• ceng351: data management and file structures (2022/23 fall)
• ceng336: introduction to embedded systems development (2021/22 spring)

can be found at your favourite local email providers!

• auozturk [at] ceng
• asozturk [at] metu

office: b109
office hours: not fixed, but can be arranged via email (face to face or online).

most research focused on nlp for irony and satire, explainability and interpretability of ai/ml.
currently interested in ai ethics.
other research interests include programming languages, grammars, and logic.

member of EXA4MIND project, funded by the european union.

former member of TEGHUB project, funded by tübitak.

• IronyTR: Irony Detection in Turkish Informal Texts
  Ozturk, A. U., Cemek, Y., Karagoz, P. (2021)
  International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (IJIIT)
  [pdf] [code]


• Explainability in Irony Detection
  Buyukbas, E. B., Dogan, A. H., Ozturk, A. U., Karagoz, P. (2021)
  International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Knowledge Discovery (DaWaK 2021)
  [pdf]


• Investigating the Neural Models for Irony Detection on Turkish Informal Texts
  Cemek, Y., Cidecio, C., Ozturk, A. U., Cekinel, R. F., Karagoz, P. (2020)
  28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU2020)
  [pdf] [code]


• Enhancing Underground Built Heritage Analysis with Text Mining: A Case Study on Cappadocia
  Karagoz, P., Cekinel, R. F., Dogan, A. H., Oktay, B., Ozturk, A. U., Tonay, T. S., Tuncer, B. M. (2023)
  Valorising Underground Built Heritage in Cappadocia (book chapter)

likes to capture stuff that happen in campus.

interested in linguistics, philosophy, the inevitable crash and burn of llms, visual arts.