English and Turkish publications are accepted for the conference. The conference language will be Turkish and English. It is obligatory to present the paper in the language in which it was prepared. Papers of those who do not comply with this rule will not be sent to IEEE. Papers prepared in Turkish must have an English abstract. The title of Turkish paper should definitely be in Turkish, but it should be written in English as a subtitle.

The BMBB Executive Board delivers an  Outstanding Achievement Award in the field of Computer Science and Engineering every year to support academic achievements since 2019. An academic staff is selected based on academic and scientific criteria.

• In 2019, Prof. Dr. Awarded to Erdal ARIKAN from Bilkent University was awarded to Outstanding Achievement Award 2019 for his scientific contributions in the field of 5G Polar Codes.
• In 2020, Prof. Dr. Derviş KARABOĞA from Erciyes University was awarded to Outstanding Achievement Award 2020 for scientific contributions in the field of “ABC Algorithm”.
• In 2021, Prof. M. Yahya KARSLIGİL was awarded to Lifetime Success Award 2021. 
• In 2022, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ünal Yarımağan was awarded to Lifetime Success Award 2022.
• In 2023, Kaya Kılan was awarded to Lifetime Success Award 2023. The short biography of Kaya Kılan is as follows:

He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics-Mechanics in 1960.

He was selected as the “first Programmer” for Turkey’s first computer, IBM 650, which was installed in the General Directorate of Turkish Highways in 1960. His first experience was the Polatlı-Sivrihisar “Highway splitting/filling experimental project”. He expanded his experience by developing various engineering projects in his new job as “Engineering Group Programming Chief” at the Information Technology Center.

During his military service in 1966, he continued his professional work as a “System Analysis Officer” in the project of establishing the Computer Center of Army.

In 1972, he worked as a Programmer-Assistant Researcher in the Department of Computational Sciences at Middle East Technical University. Meanwhile, he earned a Master’s degree in Statistics.

He took primary roles in important projects such as the Middle East Technical University Student Selection Examinations Application Project and later the first Interuniversity Student Selection Examination Computer Application.

He gave Programming courses at METU and Ankara University Faculty of Science between 1972 and 1978.

He served as the chair of the Turkish Informatics Association (TBD) for three terms between 1971 and 1979.

He served as the president of the Turkish Informatics Association (TBD) for three terms between 1971 and 1979.

He worked as a lecturer at Hacettepe University between 1977-2009, Head of Information Processing Department between 1985-1997, and Head of Computer Engineering Department between 1991-2003.

He served as the president of the Turkish Informatics Association (TBD) for three terms between 1971 and 1979.

Between 1973 and 1996, he served in the DPT Computer Specialization Commission and the OECD Working Group on Computer Use in Public Administration. He contributed to the realization of some public IT projects.

More than fifty professional papers and articles and two textbooks have been published. He wrote three topics in the Türkiye Informatics Encyclopedia.

ween 1973 and 1996, he served in the DPT Computer Specialization Commission and the OECD Working Group on Computer Use in Public Administration. He contributed to the realization of some public IT projects.

In 2000, he received the “Lifetime Service Award” from the Turkish Computer Industrialists and Turkish Informatics Associations.

After his first retirement in 1996; Between 1996 and 2000, he worked as a lecturer in the Computer Engineering Departments of Çankaya University, METU and Başkent Universities; He taught Programming, Algorithms, Information Systems and Technologies courses.

At the end of 2022, he retired for the second time from Başkent University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, where he worked for 22 years, due to YÖK’s decision to reach the age of 90.

He is trying to complete his research titled “The origin of algorithmic design”, which is about the contributions of Hârizmî (Ebû Ca’fer Muhammed bin Mûsâ al-Hârizmî).

He lives with his wife, two daughters, two sons-in-law and 3 grandchildren.

Dear Computer Society Türkiye Members,

We would like to announce to you the IEEE Computer Society Türkiye Master Thesis Awards.

We consider these awards essential to recognize and introduce members who contribute to science in our branch.

An award ceremony will be organized within the scope of the 9th International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (UBMK 2024) for the authors and supervisors of the master’s theses who have earned the right to receive an award.

Important information about the competition is shared below.

Application Requirements:
● Only master’s theses will be accepted.
● Theses defended and accepted after 01/01/2022 will be accepted for the competition.
● Theses within the scope of the Computer Science and Engineering discipline will be accepted.
● At the time of application, it is expected that the student or supervisor is a member of the IEEE Computer Society.

Required Documents (must be merged into a single PDF file):
● A cover letter summarizing the scope of the thesis and the prominent features for the application
● Approved thesis
● Publications from the thesis work or other documents to support the application (such as best paper award certificate)

Application Link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IEEECSTMTAS2024/

Contact: [email protected]

Important Dates:
● Deadline for applications: Until August 12, 2024
● Evaluation period: August 15, 2024 – September 15, 2024
● Award ceremony: October 28

Evaluation Committee Members:

• Albert Levi, Sabancı University
• Altay Güvenir, Bilkent University
• Ayşegül Dündar, Bilkent University
• Birkan Yılmaz, Boğaziçi University
• Emre Sefer, Özyeğin University
• Fatma Güney, Koç University
• Geylani Kardaş, Ege University
• İsmail Sengör Altıngövde, Middle East Technical University
• Kamer Kaya, Sabancı University
• Olcay Taner Yıldız, Özyeğin University
• Özlem Varlıklar, Dokuz Eylül University
• Öznur Özkasap, Koç University
• Pınar Karagöz, Middle East Technical University
•  Tolga Ovatman, İstanbul Technical University
• Tuğkan Tuğlula, İzmir Institute of Technology

Statistical information about UBMK-2024 is as follows:

IEEE-UBMK-2024 was hosted by Akdeniz University in Antalya on October 26-28, 2024. This year, 375 papers were submitted to the conference. The submitted papers were forwarded to at least two referees who were experts in the subject of the paper. In cases where the evaluation results of the two referees did not agree, the paper was sent to a new referee. Thus, the papers went through a rigorous selection in terms of science. At the end of these selections, it was decided that 225 papers would be presented at the conference. 6 papers were not presented at the conference, and as a result, 219 papers could be forwarded to IEEE XPlore.

This year, papers from Germany, the United States, Belgium, France, India, England, Iran, Ireland, Sweden, Canada, Kazakhstan, Crimea, Hungary, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tatarstan, UAE, New Zealand and Turkey came to the UBMK-2024 conference. Of the accepted papers, 60 were sent from abroad, 10 were from foreigners including Turkish authors, and the remaining papers were sent from Turkey. The most papers sent from abroad were from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Among the papers this year, the papers reflecting the results of the studies conducted in R&D centers attracted attention. It is seen that the authors of the papers conducted in R&D centers also included academic staff. 57 of the accepted papers were sent from R&D centers.

Among the papers presented at the conference, those in the field of Natural Language Processing ranked first, and a total of 52 papers were presented. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ranked second. The number of papers on these subjects was 29 and 28, respectively.

An educational session was organized for the first time at UBMK-2024. In this session titled “Generative Artificial Intelligence”, which lasted a total of four hours, expert faculty members (Prof. Dr. Murat Karakaya, Prof. Dr. Suat Özdemir, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeyda Ertekin, Prof. Dr. Şeref Sağıroğlu and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alper Bilge) provided information in their areas of interest.

Invited speakers Prof. Dr. Gülşen Eryiğit provided information on Large Language Models, Prof. Dr. Murat Karakaya provided information on the Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Software Development and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pelin Angın Ülküer provided information on Artificial Intelligence and Cyber ​​Security.

Two topics were discussed at the Computer Engineering Department Heads meeting held within the scope of UBMK-2024. The first topic was to prepare a proposal report for universities providing education in the field of informatics and to submit the report to the Council of Higher Education. The second topic was to conduct research on the digital selection system. The Associate Professorship Promotion Criteria prepared last year were reviewed at the same meeting.

As in the previous year, a meeting was held this year to address the problems of R&D centers. As part of the conference’s social activities, a trip to Antalya’s Kale was organized on the evening of October 26. On October 29, 2024, Köprülü Canyon was visited. Participants participated in rafting, safari and wire-sliding activities in Köprülü Canyon.