Research Projects

BASICC (Building Alternative Skills to Implement Creativities and Commons) EU Project

“BASICC- Building Alternative Skills to implement Creativities and Commons” Project, having Yeditepe University as one of its partners, is entitled receive funding from European Union within the framework of Erasmus+ Alliances for Innovation for the duration of 24 months. The Project aims to reflect on cities and their communities and to develop alternative and creative alternatives for non-governmental organizations and educators working in the city. Yeditepe University will carry out this project together with 2 universities from France (Ecole des Hautes en Santé Publique and Gustave Eifffel University) and 14 non-governmental organizations from France, Italy, Germany and Latvia. We congratulate the Yeditepe project team by Prof. Demet Lüküslu, Assist. Prof. Banu Koçer Reisman and Assist. Prof. Barış Gençer Baykan for their involvement in Alliances for Innovation Program in which only 3 universities involved from Turkey in 2023.

Examination of Some Geometric Properties of Orlicz Spaces According to s-norms

Res. Assist. Esra Başar from Mathematics Department is a researcher of the TUBITAK 1001 project entitled "Investigation of Some Geometric Properties of Orlicz Spaces According to s-norms", led by Serap Öztop Kaptanoğlu from Istanbul University Department of Mathematics, Department of Analysis and Functions Theory. The project aims to examine the geometry of Orlicz spaces, whose elements are defined in a measurement space, through s norms, which are newly defined and comprehensive in the literature, and to obtain the relationships between these geometric features. What is aimed to be achieved in the project will also form the basis for examining different geometric structures of Orlicz spaces according to s-norms, about which little is known.

The Role of Sociocultural Factors on Children's Question-Answer Interactions with Humans and Voice Assistants

This project, led by Assist. Prof. Burcu Ünlütabak from Psychology Department, investigates the questioning behaviors of children aged 4-8 when interacting with humans and digital voice assistants. It aims to understand how sociocultural contexts influence these behaviors. The research involves in-depth interviews to uncover parental ethnotheories and attitudes towards technology, surveys to analyze the relationships between these attitudes and children's questioning practices, and the development of a "Wizard of Oz" teleoperation interface for detailed studies of interactions. Using observational and experimental methodologies, Assist. Prof. Ünlütabak will explore how children perceive and interact with digital assistants, leading to the creation of design guidelines for digital assistants to support children's learning. This study will expand the fields of cognitive development and child-computer interaction, offering new insights into how technological tools can be effectively designed and utilized to enhance early educational experiences.

Homotopy Theory for Frölicher Spaces and Higher Geometric Structures

This project aims to study homotopy theories and higher geometric structures on one of the models of generalized smooth spaces known as Frölicher spaces. The project is supported by the TÜBİTAK 3501 program, where from the Department of Mathematics Assist. Prof. Mehmet Akif Erdal is the project leader and Assist. Prof. Melike Işim Efe and Assist. Prof. Barış Efe are researchers. The primary goal is to find convenient homotopy theories (e.g. Quillen model structures) on the category of Frölicher spaces, which later will be used to contribute to their differential geometry.

Switching Dynamics in Neuronal Populations Coupled to Astrocytes (SDNPACTA)

The project, supported within the scope of TÜBİTAK – NITRA (Serbia) 2559 Bilateral Cooperation Program, where Assoc. Prof. İlknur Kuşbeyzi Aybar from the Department of Mathematics is a researcher, is concerned with critical transitions that change the dynamics and multiple stability in neuron populations due to feedback coupling with astrocytes in complex systems consisting of interacting neuron and astrocyte populations. The research aims to address how the dynamics of change in neuronal populations are affected and controlled by metabolism.