I am happy to announce that I've joined the CS department at
@SabanciU
this month! I will work on usable privacy, responsible AI, and NLP+CSS fields. I am especially excited about establishing my own group and I am looking for students who want to work with me in these fields!
Really excited to announce that our paper "Understanding Privacy Switching Behaviour on Twitter." with
@kaniea
and
@Walid_Magdy
has been accepted to
#CHI2022
!! My very first CHI paper 💙
Returning back from
#CSCW2023
to Edinburgh, I was on lookout for northern lights since my seat was facing north. It was a fascinating gift and it went on for two hours! I feel blessed.
Pleased to announce that I'll be interning at Max Planck Institute - Security & Privacy with the supervision of dear
@yazz_acar
this summer. I am really excited to work with her and her awesome team!
This week, amazing
@dilarakkl
started her internship at MPI-SP
@maxplanckpress
and I‘m just so energized & excited for our 3 summer months of developer security research together! 🥰
I gave a guest lecture in Usable Security and Privacy course about privacy in social media. My first lecture talk!! Definitely a nice milestone, got very cool questions😊 Thanks Adam for inviting me.
@adamdgjenkins18
Really happy to announce our paper "From an Authentication Question to a Public Social Event: Characterizing Birthday Sharing on Twitter." with
@Walid_Magdy
and
@kaniea
is accepted to
@icwsm
.
After careful deliberation I decided to take the plane back home provided by the Turkish government and went into quarantine in Sivas. It is an unprecedented situation and everything is handled pretty well. We'll be here for 14 days.
My dad studying English with
@duolingo
. He is taking notes when he finds interesting phrases. 🥰 He's been studying for three years. I am sure you can translate this now,
@HKekulluoglu
!
Hi everyone
@IEEESSP
!! I will present our paper with
@yazz_acar
, '"We are a startup to the core": A qualitative interview study on the security and privacy development practices of Turkish software startups' tomorrow at the human factors session. Please come in and say hi!
Bazen akşamları yurt odasında tek başıma yemek yerken düşünürdüm şimdi ailemle olsam güzel bir çay demlesek birlikte sohbet tv. Keşke hem yurtdışı doktora yapsam hem de ailem yanımda olsa diye. Hiç böyle kabul olacağını düşünmemiştim. Benim aklımda hep ailem Edinburgh'a geliyordu
Aileme çok düşkün bir insanım. Edinburgh'a ilk geldim, alışmaya çalışıyorum. Bir ay sonra dedem vefat etti, ondan bir hafta sonra annem kalp krizi geçirdi. Bir ay kadar Istanbul'da kaldıktan sonra Edinburgh'a dönüşümü hatırlıyorum. Ciddi ciddi aynı uçakla geri dönmeyi düşünmüştüm
başarılı bir akademik geçmişin arkasında ne savaşlar, ne yıkılmalar yatıyor; yeterince biliyor muyuz? doktora hocamla yaptığım ilk ciddi toplantının sonunda kendimi dışarı atıp stresten kustuğumu hatırladım. o kadar yetersiz, o kadar bilgisiz, o kadar "aptal" hissetmiştim ki..
.
@dilarakkl
is a PhD candidate in School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests are privacy in online social networks, natural language processing, and computational social science...1/2
I will present our
@icwsm
paper "From an Authentication Question to a Public Social Event: Characterizing Birthday Sharing on Twitter." (with
@Walid_Magdy
and
@kaniea
) today in Session 1-2: Norms 10.50 EST (15.50 BST). I would love to see you there!
#ICWSM2022
Merhaba. Max Planck Enstitüsü ile birlikte çalışmalarım dahilinde yaptığım bir araştırma için startuplarda çalışan yazılım geliştiricileri arıyorum. Katılmayı isterseniz ön anketimizi doldurabilirsiniz. Yardımcı olursanız çok sevinirim.
Yurtdışından nakit yardımı yapmak isteyen arkadaşlar döviz ile bağış yapmak yerine Wise ile TR hesaplarına parayı gönderip, direkt lira ile yardım etmeleri daha uygun olur. Bankalar SWIFT ile transferlerde çok yüksek komisyon alıyor. Wise ile bu miktar çok az ve kurları da makul.
Preprint is out for our
@icwsm
paper "From an Authentication Question to a Public Social Event: Characterizing Birthday Sharing on Twitter." with
@Walid_Magdy
and
@kaniea
.
I was able to apply to PhD programs in US because I was working fulltime and 1 USD was around 4 TL. The whole application process (w/ GRE-TOEFL) consumed my monthly pay. Considering that 1 USD is 18.5 TL right now, it is nearly impossible for bright students from Turkey to apply.
It's becoming clearer to me that a major barrier to diversity/inclusion at grad level is the application fee. makes no sense to charge ~$150 it. As long as universities insist on collecting these fees, them saying they care about diversity/inclusion rings a bit hollow to me
I had so much fun during
#CSCW2020
as a participant and as an SV! Great team of people, overall joyful. Thank you my fellow SVs for selecting me for the extra mile award along with lovely Anupriya and Kamala. 😍
Hayırlı bayramlar! Eid Mubarak everyone! I wasn't expecting to be home for Eid this year but here I am. I think this is the first time in 20 years we are not back in my hometown for Eid celebrations. Its hard but at least we have video chats. Here is a picture from hometown.
Nothing like attending a responsible AI related event and hearing things like "somewhere weird like middle east" to disillusion you about the state of the ethical AI research.
Nadin'le çalışmak cidden çok zevkli ve çok ilgili bir danışman. Çalıştığı konular da güncel ve ilgi çekici. E Edinburgh mükemmel. Son başvuru tarihi 31 Ağustos!
I am happy to announce that there is a fully-funded PhD position in
@InfAtEd
to work with me! The project will be about how we can develop new AI techniques to preserve privacy in an online world. More details about this position are as follows:
The article about our recent
@icwsm
paper is out! "From an Authentication Question to a Public Social Event: Characterizing Birthday Sharing on Twitter" with
@Walid_Magdy
and
@kaniea
@kaniea
@Walid_Magdy
While this is getting attention, I am looking for a postdoc position (academic or industry) in fields related to privacy, computational social science, and HCI. I have experience in conducting mixed-method studies, large scale data collection and analysis.
Birleşik Krallık'ta doktora yapmak için burs almak çok daha kolay olacak. Normalde bu bursun sadece %30'u uluslararası öğrencilere veriliyordu. Bu burs olmadan benim Edinburgh'da doktora yapmam çok olası değildi. Şimdi daha çok öğrenci bu imkana sahip olabilecek.
From the start of the 2021/22 academic year, international students will be able to apply for all UKRI-funded postgraduate studentships.
Find out more:
Özellikle UK'de doktoraya başlayacak arkadaşlar departmanlarından öğrenebilirler nasıl aday olabileceklerini. Kuzey Amerika doktora programları genelde 5+ yıl oluyor bu yüzden 3 yıllık bursu tamamen kullanabiliyorlar. Bizim programlarımız zaten 3 yıl.
🎓The
#Google
PhD Fellowship Program recognises outstanding graduate students doing exceptional research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields.
🔜📝Applications for Europe & North America will open on September 1st, 2020.
Read more 👇
We have one fully-funded PhD position in
@InfAtEd
working with
@nkokciyan
. As someone who worked with Nadin closely for 3 years, I highly recommend applying if you are interested privacy protection in social media.
4 yıllık tam burslu doktora programı (aylık ~1270£) Tam olarak NLP alanında çalışmanız gerekmiyor, disiplinler arası çalışanları da kabul ediyorlar. Mesela human-computer interaction veya computational social science kabul edilen konular arasında. Çok güzel bir program.
Applications welcome for UKRI CDT in Natural Language Processing
@Edin_CDT_NLP
@InfAtEd
at Uni of Edinburgh! Details & apply:
Submit completed applications asap and definitely by deadlines!
⏰- non UK applications: 27.11.20
⏰- UK applications: 29.01.21
It was my first time reviewing for
#CHI2021
! I enjoyed reading and commenting papers in my field. Good luck everyone who is waiting on them(including me)! Next step: rebuttal.
I could not go to CHI and ICWSM this year to present my papers because I could not find an appointment time that was suitable. I started looking in February and refreshed the system countless times just to see if anyone cancelled. I was so excited but alas no.
Dear conference organisers: I promise I will choose a better birth place next time, but in the meantime can we please 1) host conferences at more visa-friendly locations or 2) leave more time between paper decision time and conference so we have enough time to apply for visas?
I presented last piece of my phd work at
#CSCW2023
this morning. Looking forward to listening to research on usable privacy, hci, and responsible ai for the next three days. I am also on the job market planning to work on these topics. Let's connect and chat if you are here!
Concerned about privacy? Starting soon -
#CSCW2023
Paper Session on privacy, covering a range of topics from GDPR, multiparty privacy conflicts, children's privacy, and privacy settings on Twitter in Lake Superior A
Çalışmalarında onu en çok heyecanlandıran an: “Yeni bir algoritma geliştirmek, gerçekçi durumlarda çalıştığını görmek, hele de bunu öğrencilerimle birlikte kafa kafaya vererek yapmak” 7/14
Öğrenciler için başvurular devam ediyor. 5 hafta sürecek başlangıç seviyesinde programlama kursu, çoğunlukla python üzerinden anlatılacak. Dersler Ingilizce olacak ve katılımcılardan programlama deneyimi beklenmiyor.
Applications to be a Code in Place student are open today until April 8! Anyone over 18 is invited to apply. We welcome people from all backgrounds, from around the world. 100% free and no programming experience needed—just time and willingness to learn🌱
I mainly use Twitter to follow academic updates in my field. However, it seems like everything is about the virus now. As a phd student away from my family, it is taking a toll on my mental health. I'll try to limit my time on here. Hope to meet in less crazy times.
Congratulations to all
@EdinburghNLP
authors for having their papers accepted at
@emnlp2020
. It was a bumper crop with 24 Edinburgh papers in the main session!
After making my own udon the other day, now I'm making kimchi! Its expensive and hard to find in Istanbul. Normally I would do this with chinese cabbage but its not widely available here. So this is normal cabbage with lots of pepper flakes and vinegar instead of fish sauce.
Değerli öğrenciler,
-Online veya yüz yüze katılabileceğiniz dersler,
-İhtiyaç duyduğunuz kaynaklar,
-Eğitim hayatınız ve sınavlarınız konusunda rehberlik desteği
gibi hususlarda aşağıda yer alan formu doldurarak ihtiyaçlarınızı belirtebilirsiniz.
I wasn't aware my scholarship stipend would be cut after I submitted my thesis for initial examination. I always thought the final thesis submission would be the submission that ended my stipend since I still have to have viva and possible corrections.
I always eat kimchi as a side dish when I make ramen. The other day I stir fried the kimchi before putting in the ramen and let me tell you it is out of this world. I should've tried it earlier since I love kimchi jjigae already. The salt levels are probably not healthy though.
So glad this feature is introduced! In our study, one of the main reasons people switched between public and protected was being able to share personal things without closing off the whole account so this feature will help them!
Ben kendi sıralamamla 2018'de kenardan giriyormuşum. Bu sene giremezdim! Bölüme girerken beni neyin beklediği hakkında pek fikrim yoktu ama ilk bölüm dersimi aldıktan sonra doğru seçim yaptığımı anlamıştım. Hoşgeldiniz arkadaşlar!
Boğaziçi Bilgisayar'a ben girdiğim sene (2018) son giren kişi 700 küsur ile girmişti, bu sene kontenjan artmasına rağmen 341. kişi girememiş. Bölüm altından bile daha fazla değerlenmiş.
We are excited to share that the TULiPS lab has 4 papers conditionally accepted at
#CHI2021
on a range of topics including Virtual Reality, URL reading, and better support for developers doing security.
Hi
#CHI2022
friends! I will be presenting our work "Understanding Privacy Switching Behaviour on Twitter" where we look at the reasons behind the privacy settings changes on Twitter. 2.15pm CDT (8.15PM BST) on Social media, Privacy, and Mitigations session
Our trip to Isle of Skye was just in time for my graduation celebration. Amazing views!! I had a great time there and I would love to go back again to see more of it. (We had to change some of our plans because of strong wind and rain.)
Here is the blog post about our
#CSCW2023
paper. Looking forward to present it in person next month! Let me know if you are going to be around and want to chat. Hope I can meet with many friends 😊
Üniversitede ilk CS derslerini aldıktan sonra daha if/else düşündüğümü farkettim. Bunu yaparsam şöyle, onu yaparsam böyle. Kurallara daha çok önem vermeye başladım. Potansiyel hep vardı ama bölümüm daha da ortaya çıkardı bu yanımı.
People underestimate the extent to which being a software engineer changes the way you think. You’re in a symbiotic relationship with a machine of pure logic 8 hours a day.
She is determined, supportive and successful. One of the major reasons why my master's degree was so fruitful is because she was supervising and helping me. I feel fortunate to be able to work at the same institution again!
Bu pazar benim çalışmalarımdan başlayarak genel olarak sosyal medyada oluşan kasıtsız mahremiyet ihlalleri ve bunlardan korumak adına alabileceğimiz önlemler hakkında
@MustafaKucukP
ile konuşacağız.
Do not miss this! Tweets are processed using different approaches compared to traditional text sources and Steve is amazing 😊 Looking forward to it
@SteveWilsonNLP
Son 4-5 gündür rüyamda kendimi değişik sosyal durumlarda buluyorum. Ama maskemi unutmuşum ve kalabalık bir yerdeyim. Mesela sinemaya gitmişim, markete gitmişim. Tam durumun ortasında covidi hatırlıyorum ve kendime kızıyorum nasıl yaptın bunu diye. Başkalarına da oluyor mu?
Friends in Edinburgh, you can donate to this call. I know and trust the organization. Please only send things that are on the list and in usable state.
@atasscotland
I had a great time meeting with people from various backgrounds working in AI! Plus a great view of the sunset. 😊 Thank you for the event and would love to see Turkish leg of the
@women_in_ai
events too!
Late to the posting on Twitter party but what an amazing night we had at the
@women_in_ai
UK - Scotland launch! Thanks to
@Scottish_AI
@DataLabScotland
and
@Computershare
for supporting the event and can't wait to build our amazing community in Scotland! 💪
Bugün tam olarak bunu düşündüm. Ama sağolsun yakın arkadaşlarım sordu halimi, depoya yardıma gelip benden uzun durdu birisi. Bir de bağış toplamak, elbise, bebek bezi, maması kutulamak da çok iyi hissettirdi bana.
Tüm olana bitene Türkiye dışından tanıklık etmek çok zor. Tamam belki oraya gitmek yine de mümkün olmayacaktı, ama etrafımdaki insanların hayatlarına hiçbir şey olmamış gibi devam ediyor olmalarını duygusal olarak kabullenemiyorum. Hayalet gibiyim, konuşsan anlatacak insan yok. 1
As international students we have to juggle multiple implications of graduating including financial and visa related ones. These implications need further planning since I have to move between countries.Essential information we need is given at the last minute and only when asked
While 2020 was a tough year for everyone, we are grateful that it was still very productive for our group:
- 20 publications
- 4 new members
- 2 projects well-concluded & 3 new ones initiated
We hope 2021 will be an easier/safer year for everyone 😊
Finally home! My family moved homes while I was in Edinburgh. Its smaller than what we had, they assumed I wouldn't be back more than 2 weeks at a time. Now I'm here for at least 3 months 😂
Bence çok daha dengeli ders programımız olmalı. Zorunlu kimya dersi aldım mesela. Bence sosyoloji ya da psikoloji derslerinden daha çok faydalanabilirdim hayatta. Seçmeli dersler vardı fakat kendi isteğimle sosyal bilimler dersi almayı düşünemedim o yaşta. Şu an önemini görüyorum
Its crazy that we can see this with live broadcast, all around the world. We can watch the astronauts' entire journey live. We'll get commercialized space trips before my generation dies and it will be normal for our grandkids, just like plane rides are for us now.
Same for me but please consider donating before muting. The scale is devastating. You can donate to
@ahbap
or
@AFADBaskanlik
.
@atasscotland
also receives donations in GBP.
Dear non-Turkish followers please note that in the following days my account will be heavily devoted to spreading calls for help (mostly in Turkish) for those affected by the quakes. Please feel free to mute (or unfollow).
Merhaba. Max Planck Enstitüsü ile birlikte çalışmalarım dahilinde yaptığım bir araştırma için startuplarda çalışan yazılım geliştiricileri arıyorum. Katılmayı isterseniz ön anketimizi doldurabilirsiniz. Yardımcı olursanız çok sevinirim.
When I was a PhD student, I was always amazed by how my advisor rewrites my entire paper in a more concise, clear, and informative way! I always believed I would never be like that!
Today, my PhD student told me the same exact thing 😀.
Yes, you can!
#phdchat
#phdlife
Thank you
@yazz_acar
for taking me in as an intern and creating a welcoming enviroment, managing the team with widely different timezones!
Last but not the least, I thank my family for the immense support they have shown me in every step of the journey.
For anyone interviewing for PhD programs: weight lab culture at least as heavily as lab prestige. Even if a PI's work is groundbreaking, no one can handle 5+ years of *waves hands* THIS without support from their mentor and peers. Choose a program/lab where you feel welcome.
I went to
@NeurIPSConf
meetup at
@inzvaspace
while I was in town. It was really nice to meet with wonderful people and catch-up with some old friends! We had an amazing scenery too!