2026
24th Akademik Bilişim Conference (AB 2026)
Harun Aksaya
24. Akademik Bilişim Konferansı, İstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi, Turkey 2026 Reviewer Conference
Serving as a reviewer for the 24th Academic Informatics Conference (Akademik Bilişim 2026) held on February 3-5, 2026 at Istanbul Beykent University, Turkey. The conference aims to bring together relevant groups interested in information technologies at universities, to introduce, discuss, share experiences and establish common policies on information technology infrastructure, usage, education and production in all dimensions at the national level. The conference features papers, panels, trainings and seminars on academic informatics topics.
24th Akademik Bilişim Conference (AB 2026)
Harun Aksaya
24. Akademik Bilişim Konferansı, İstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi, Turkey 2026 Reviewer Conference
Serving as a reviewer for the 24th Academic Informatics Conference (Akademik Bilişim 2026) held on February 3-5, 2026 at Istanbul Beykent University, Turkey. The conference aims to bring together relevant groups interested in information technologies at universities, to introduce, discuss, share experiences and establish common policies on information technology infrastructure, usage, education and production in all dimensions at the national level. The conference features papers, panels, trainings and seminars on academic informatics topics.
2025
From Data to Value | Artificial Intelligence as a Lever in Financial Systems
Harun Aksaya
XIII. Turkish Accounting Expertise Congress, Gaziantep, Turkey 2025 Invited Speaker Congress
Invited speaker presentation at the XIII. Turkish Accounting Expertise Congress held on December 5-7, 2025 in Gaziantep, Turkey. The congress theme was "The Future and Boundaries of Accounting: From Artificial Intelligence to Space Accounting" (Muhasebenin Geleceği ve Sınırları: Yapay Zekadan Uzay Muhasebesine). The presentation titled "From Data to Value | Artificial Intelligence as a Lever in Financial Systems" explored how artificial intelligence technologies are transforming financial systems, accounting practices, and decision-making processes in the modern economy. The talk addressed AI-driven innovations in financial data analysis, automated accounting systems, and the emerging role of intelligent systems in shaping the future of the accounting profession.
From Data to Value | Artificial Intelligence as a Lever in Financial Systems
Harun Aksaya
XIII. Turkish Accounting Expertise Congress, Gaziantep, Turkey 2025 Invited Speaker Congress
Invited speaker presentation at the XIII. Turkish Accounting Expertise Congress held on December 5-7, 2025 in Gaziantep, Turkey. The congress theme was "The Future and Boundaries of Accounting: From Artificial Intelligence to Space Accounting" (Muhasebenin Geleceği ve Sınırları: Yapay Zekadan Uzay Muhasebesine). The presentation titled "From Data to Value | Artificial Intelligence as a Lever in Financial Systems" explored how artificial intelligence technologies are transforming financial systems, accounting practices, and decision-making processes in the modern economy. The talk addressed AI-driven innovations in financial data analysis, automated accounting systems, and the emerging role of intelligent systems in shaping the future of the accounting profession.
Bilişim Yıldızları 2025 - National and Original Project Competition Jury Member
Harun Aksaya
Turkey Information Technology Association Istanbul Branch - Bilişim Yıldızları 2025 2025 Jury Member National Competition
Served as a jury member for the Bilişim Yıldızları 2025 "National and Original Project Competition" organized by the Turkey Information Technology Association (TBD) Istanbul Branch. This annual competition is designed to showcase talented young professionals and experts in software and information technology sectors across the country.
Bilişim Yıldızları 2025 - National and Original Project Competition Jury Member
Harun Aksaya
Turkey Information Technology Association Istanbul Branch - Bilişim Yıldızları 2025 2025 Jury Member National Competition
Served as a jury member for the Bilişim Yıldızları 2025 "National and Original Project Competition" organized by the Turkey Information Technology Association (TBD) Istanbul Branch. This annual competition is designed to showcase talented young professionals and experts in software and information technology sectors across the country.
Artificial Intelligence as a Lever in Vocational Education and Industry
Harun Aksaya
XIII. International Vocational Schools Symposium (UMYOS 2025), Bursa Uludağ University, Turkey 2025 Invited Speaker Symposium
Invited keynote presentation at the XIII. International Vocational Schools Symposium (UMYOS 2025), hosted by Bursa Uludağ University on October 13-17, 2025, held at Mete Cengiz Cultural Center. The symposium's main theme was "Future Professions, Green Collar Professions" with subtopics covering Technical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Fine Arts, Health Sciences and Social Sciences. This interdisciplinary symposium featured presentations in Turkish and/or English. The talk addressed the transformative role of artificial intelligence as a leverage point in both vocational education and industrial applications, exploring how AI technologies are reshaping professional training and industry practices for future professions.
Artificial Intelligence as a Lever in Vocational Education and Industry
Harun Aksaya
XIII. International Vocational Schools Symposium (UMYOS 2025), Bursa Uludağ University, Turkey 2025 Invited Speaker Symposium
Invited keynote presentation at the XIII. International Vocational Schools Symposium (UMYOS 2025), hosted by Bursa Uludağ University on October 13-17, 2025, held at Mete Cengiz Cultural Center. The symposium's main theme was "Future Professions, Green Collar Professions" with subtopics covering Technical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Fine Arts, Health Sciences and Social Sciences. This interdisciplinary symposium featured presentations in Turkish and/or English. The talk addressed the transformative role of artificial intelligence as a leverage point in both vocational education and industrial applications, exploring how AI technologies are reshaping professional training and industry practices for future professions.
Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks with Dictionary-Based Approach in Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis
Harun Aksaya, Sevinç GÜLSEÇEN, Natalija LEPKOVA
International Conference on Automatics and Informatics (ICAI'25), Varna, Bulgaria 2025 Conference Paper IEEE Xplore
This paper presents a comparative study between artificial neural networks and dictionary-based approaches in aspect-based sentiment analysis. The research was presented at the International Conference on Automatics and Informatics 2025 (ICAI'25), a hybrid conference held in Varna, Bulgaria. The accepted papers were submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore Digital Library and indexed in the SCOPUS database. The conference was sponsored by John Atanasoff Society of Automatics and Informatics and technically supported by Technical University of Varna, IEEE Bulgarian section, and Federation of the Scientific Engineering Unions.
Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks with Dictionary-Based Approach in Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis
Harun Aksaya, Sevinç GÜLSEÇEN, Natalija LEPKOVA
International Conference on Automatics and Informatics (ICAI'25), Varna, Bulgaria 2025 Conference Paper IEEE Xplore
This paper presents a comparative study between artificial neural networks and dictionary-based approaches in aspect-based sentiment analysis. The research was presented at the International Conference on Automatics and Informatics 2025 (ICAI'25), a hybrid conference held in Varna, Bulgaria. The accepted papers were submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore Digital Library and indexed in the SCOPUS database. The conference was sponsored by John Atanasoff Society of Automatics and Informatics and technically supported by Technical University of Varna, IEEE Bulgarian section, and Federation of the Scientific Engineering Unions.
2020
Medical Informatics
Nilgün Bozbuğa, Sevinç Gülseçen, Mahmut Ak, Harun Aksaya
Book Chapter - Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications 2021 Book Chapter
The university climate, which is a symbol of maintaining the tradition of multidisciplinary studies, is important in terms of ensuring sustainable success in health services through the adaptation of driving forces of change in the field of informatics to the field of medicine. Big data in healthcare, internet of things, biosensors and wearable technologies, artificial intelligence and cloud computing accelerate digital transformation processes and provide opportunities for effective time and resource management. The use of medical informatics technologies in health services, where effective use of time and resource management is mandatory, will not only accelerate business processes but also reduce human-caused errors. Data flowing from all medical objects creates big data; analyzing big data with artificial intelligence and machine learning provides access to structured information that can be used in the healthcare field. With knowledge management, it will make a great contribution to creating disease maps, establishing national health profiles and determining health policies. On the one hand, a digital hospital model that provides integrated health services is developing, where all kinds of medical products can send data to the information management system through networks and sensors, and patients and health personnel can access the information in this system from the health institution or remotely with their authorities and approvals. On the other hand, thanks to remote monitoring systems, health services are transforming from hospital-oriented to patient-oriented health services. By adapting health informatics capabilities to medical and institutional management processes, autonomous systems that can manage, control and optimize themselves in the health system can provide solutions in preventing cost increases in health institutions where the most intensive resource use occurs, and will contribute to increased efficiency and quality.
Medical Informatics
Nilgün Bozbuğa, Sevinç Gülseçen, Mahmut Ak, Harun Aksaya
Book Chapter - Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications 2021 Book Chapter
The university climate, which is a symbol of maintaining the tradition of multidisciplinary studies, is important in terms of ensuring sustainable success in health services through the adaptation of driving forces of change in the field of informatics to the field of medicine. Big data in healthcare, internet of things, biosensors and wearable technologies, artificial intelligence and cloud computing accelerate digital transformation processes and provide opportunities for effective time and resource management. The use of medical informatics technologies in health services, where effective use of time and resource management is mandatory, will not only accelerate business processes but also reduce human-caused errors. Data flowing from all medical objects creates big data; analyzing big data with artificial intelligence and machine learning provides access to structured information that can be used in the healthcare field. With knowledge management, it will make a great contribution to creating disease maps, establishing national health profiles and determining health policies. On the one hand, a digital hospital model that provides integrated health services is developing, where all kinds of medical products can send data to the information management system through networks and sensors, and patients and health personnel can access the information in this system from the health institution or remotely with their authorities and approvals. On the other hand, thanks to remote monitoring systems, health services are transforming from hospital-oriented to patient-oriented health services. By adapting health informatics capabilities to medical and institutional management processes, autonomous systems that can manage, control and optimize themselves in the health system can provide solutions in preventing cost increases in health institutions where the most intensive resource use occurs, and will contribute to increased efficiency and quality.
Clinical Decision Support Systems
Sevinç Gülseçen, Harun Aksaya
Book Chapter 2021 Book Chapter
Decision support systems entered the literature in the 1960s. Since then, they have gained an increased importance with the development of technology and internet. These systems have facilitated the decision-making processes of managers in many areas ranging from education, health, finance to defense. Today, they have become much more capable thanks to the dramatic increase in digital data and artificial learning technologies. One of the areas where human mistake is irreversible and costly is the health sector. Clinical decision support systems not only minimize human errors but also process much more data and make more accurate decisions. These systems help doctors and nurses in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. These systems also facilitate the decision-making processes of managers in managerial processes such as human resources management, process management, and financial management. A comprehensive digital transformation is needed to implement clinical decision support systems in an institution. This transformation includes technological transformation, individual employee transformation, and transformation of corporate culture. Although the transformation process is quite costly and time consuming, there are many more benefits of a successful digital transformation. Thanks to the developing and widespread mobile technologies, digital health assistants have entered our mobile phones. These assistants work on the phone, collect data about their users, and assist their users in their diagnosis processes. With the digitalization in the field of health, we will be able to have much more digital data. By using artificial intelligence technologies, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms, we will be able to develop decision support systems that will make much more accurate decisions, facilitate clinical and administrative processes, and minimize human errors.
Clinical Decision Support Systems
Sevinç Gülseçen, Harun Aksaya
Book Chapter 2021 Book Chapter
Decision support systems entered the literature in the 1960s. Since then, they have gained an increased importance with the development of technology and internet. These systems have facilitated the decision-making processes of managers in many areas ranging from education, health, finance to defense. Today, they have become much more capable thanks to the dramatic increase in digital data and artificial learning technologies. One of the areas where human mistake is irreversible and costly is the health sector. Clinical decision support systems not only minimize human errors but also process much more data and make more accurate decisions. These systems help doctors and nurses in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. These systems also facilitate the decision-making processes of managers in managerial processes such as human resources management, process management, and financial management. A comprehensive digital transformation is needed to implement clinical decision support systems in an institution. This transformation includes technological transformation, individual employee transformation, and transformation of corporate culture. Although the transformation process is quite costly and time consuming, there are many more benefits of a successful digital transformation. Thanks to the developing and widespread mobile technologies, digital health assistants have entered our mobile phones. These assistants work on the phone, collect data about their users, and assist their users in their diagnosis processes. With the digitalization in the field of health, we will be able to have much more digital data. By using artificial intelligence technologies, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms, we will be able to develop decision support systems that will make much more accurate decisions, facilitate clinical and administrative processes, and minimize human errors.
New Approaches in Natural Language Processing Studies
Harun Aksaya
Artificial Intelligence Summer School 2020, Sakarya University, Turkey 2020 Invited Lecture Summer School
Invited lecture delivered at the Artificial Intelligence Summer School 2020, organized by Sakarya University. The lecture, titled "New Approaches in Natural Language Processing Studies," covered recent trends and innovative methods in NLP. The event brought together researchers, students, and professionals to discuss advancements in artificial intelligence and its applications.
New Approaches in Natural Language Processing Studies
Harun Aksaya
Artificial Intelligence Summer School 2020, Sakarya University, Turkey 2020 Invited Lecture Summer School
Invited lecture delivered at the Artificial Intelligence Summer School 2020, organized by Sakarya University. The lecture, titled "New Approaches in Natural Language Processing Studies," covered recent trends and innovative methods in NLP. The event brought together researchers, students, and professionals to discuss advancements in artificial intelligence and its applications.
2019
Developing a Text Mining Based System for Educational Institutions: Implementation of Machine Learning Techniques in Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Studies
Harun Aksaya, Sevinç Gülseçen
Book of Abstracts, p. 18 2020 Book Chapter
In this study, an aspect-based sentiment analysis study was conducted using the comment data collected from the okul.com.tr platform. First, comments were collected on okul.com.tr platform. Aspects in each comment have been identified. Each comment is tagged by adding the moods of aspects. This labeling process was controlled by four different people. After the labeling process is completed, the process of creating the model has begun. A machine learning model has been developed using multilayer artificial neural networks. Some of the labeled comment data (70%) were used for the training of the model, and the other part (30%) was used for testing the model. 95% success was achieved on the data set used with the model.
Developing a Text Mining Based System for Educational Institutions: Implementation of Machine Learning Techniques in Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Studies
Harun Aksaya, Sevinç Gülseçen
Book of Abstracts, p. 18 2020 Book Chapter
In this study, an aspect-based sentiment analysis study was conducted using the comment data collected from the okul.com.tr platform. First, comments were collected on okul.com.tr platform. Aspects in each comment have been identified. Each comment is tagged by adding the moods of aspects. This labeling process was controlled by four different people. After the labeling process is completed, the process of creating the model has begun. A machine learning model has been developed using multilayer artificial neural networks. Some of the labeled comment data (70%) were used for the training of the model, and the other part (30%) was used for testing the model. 95% success was achieved on the data set used with the model.
2014
I Learn For My Hobby: How Much Are Aquarists Satisfied?
Harun Aksaya, Arda Arşık, Mehmet Elibol, Ali Erdoğan, Kadir Burak, Mustafa Özcan Olgun, Zerrin Ayvaz Reis
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 2015 2015 Article
Since smart devices provide mobility convenience, in the field of information technology the need to popularize software applications for mobile/smart devices has emerged. Despite of these developments, web applications still maintain their importance. Therefore, IT (Information Technologies) studies are carried out by paying regard to the both situations for software developers. Today, for individuals who work in big cities under excessive stress it is very important to spend their free times effectively and to turn free time activities into a relaxing process. The activities performed in this process are called hobby. For beginners, it is generally insufficient to have a desire for the field of hobby and they need additional information for the activity to be performed. It is important for them to know what to do when they encounter any problem. Individuals obtain these essential information through the experts in the enterprises selling hobby materials, websites on the internet, related forums or their friends. In order to maintain hobbies effectively and healthily, it is very important to obtain information only from those experienced in the field of hobby.
I Learn For My Hobby: How Much Are Aquarists Satisfied?
Harun Aksaya, Arda Arşık, Mehmet Elibol, Ali Erdoğan, Kadir Burak, Mustafa Özcan Olgun, Zerrin Ayvaz Reis
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 2015 2015 Article
Since smart devices provide mobility convenience, in the field of information technology the need to popularize software applications for mobile/smart devices has emerged. Despite of these developments, web applications still maintain their importance. Therefore, IT (Information Technologies) studies are carried out by paying regard to the both situations for software developers. Today, for individuals who work in big cities under excessive stress it is very important to spend their free times effectively and to turn free time activities into a relaxing process. The activities performed in this process are called hobby. For beginners, it is generally insufficient to have a desire for the field of hobby and they need additional information for the activity to be performed. It is important for them to know what to do when they encounter any problem. Individuals obtain these essential information through the experts in the enterprises selling hobby materials, websites on the internet, related forums or their friends. In order to maintain hobbies effectively and healthily, it is very important to obtain information only from those experienced in the field of hobby.
2013
An Investigation of Open Courseware Platforms from a Lifelong Learning Perspective
Harun Aksaya
Atatürk Faculty of Education 2014 Master's Thesis
TL;DR: This thesis examines open courseware platforms from the perspective of lifelong learning. It identifies the absence of a global accreditation body but highlights the existence of independent development and presentation guidelines among leading international open courseware platforms. Based on these, a draft evaluation form for open courseware platforms was developed using Lawshe's (1975) model.
An Investigation of Open Courseware Platforms from a Lifelong Learning Perspective
Harun Aksaya
Atatürk Faculty of Education 2014 Master's Thesis
TL;DR: This thesis examines open courseware platforms from the perspective of lifelong learning. It identifies the absence of a global accreditation body but highlights the existence of independent development and presentation guidelines among leading international open courseware platforms. Based on these, a draft evaluation form for open courseware platforms was developed using Lawshe's (1975) model.
2012
A Scale Development Study for Evaluating Open Course Ware Platforms
Ahmet Aslan, Harun Aksaya
Academic Journal 2013 Article
Especially with the development of Web 2.0 technologies, the capabilities of the internet environment have significantly increased, and internet-based applications have been developed in many different areas from education to health, from communication to business life. Today, many educational institutions offer courses free of charge over the network. With the development of these presentation formats, the phenomenon of Open Course Ware has emerged, along with the Open University approach. This approach eliminates spatial and temporal boundaries, allowing anyone to receive education on any subject they desire. This project, initiated by MIT in 2000, is now being implemented by many universities around the world. The necessity of examining the qualities and effectiveness of such projects has also emerged. The problem of this study is the lack of a qualified scale to evaluate Open Course Ware Platforms, which are currently seen as a service provided by many educational institutions. The aim of this study is to develop a valid scale for evaluating open course ware platforms. For this purpose, (1) a literature study on open course ware standards was conducted, (2) forms, scales and guides for measurement and evaluation obtained from the literature were examined, (3) a draft form consisting of 172 items in two sections was developed by researchers based on the data obtained, (4) expert groups were formed, (5) the draft form was presented to experts and their evaluations were requested, (6) expert opinions were obtained, (7) content validity ratios for the items were calculated.
A Scale Development Study for Evaluating Open Course Ware Platforms
Ahmet Aslan, Harun Aksaya
Academic Journal 2013 Article
Especially with the development of Web 2.0 technologies, the capabilities of the internet environment have significantly increased, and internet-based applications have been developed in many different areas from education to health, from communication to business life. Today, many educational institutions offer courses free of charge over the network. With the development of these presentation formats, the phenomenon of Open Course Ware has emerged, along with the Open University approach. This approach eliminates spatial and temporal boundaries, allowing anyone to receive education on any subject they desire. This project, initiated by MIT in 2000, is now being implemented by many universities around the world. The necessity of examining the qualities and effectiveness of such projects has also emerged. The problem of this study is the lack of a qualified scale to evaluate Open Course Ware Platforms, which are currently seen as a service provided by many educational institutions. The aim of this study is to develop a valid scale for evaluating open course ware platforms. For this purpose, (1) a literature study on open course ware standards was conducted, (2) forms, scales and guides for measurement and evaluation obtained from the literature were examined, (3) a draft form consisting of 172 items in two sections was developed by researchers based on the data obtained, (4) expert groups were formed, (5) the draft form was presented to experts and their evaluations were requested, (6) expert opinions were obtained, (7) content validity ratios for the items were calculated.
2011
Determining the factors of interest to digital games and comparing them with properties of educational games
Harun Aksaya, Oğuzhan Kırçalı, Ahmet Direk, Mahmut Kılıç
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 1291-1310 2011 Article 2 Citations
The aim of the study is to determine the factors of interest to Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game and compare them with properties of educational digital games. Students' tendencies to the environment that is similar to the real world, the opportunity to choose gender of character and the elements from their culture were investigated. At the first part of the study survey design and at the second part post-test experimental design with control group was used. Participants were 181 undergraduate students for the first part and 57 undergraduate students for the second part. According to the results of the study, the environment that is similar to the real world, the opportunity to choose gender of character and the elements from their culture were significant factors on interest to digital games and most of the educational computer games don't possess these properties.
Determining the factors of interest to digital games and comparing them with properties of educational games
Harun Aksaya, Oğuzhan Kırçalı, Ahmet Direk, Mahmut Kılıç
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 1291-1310 2011 Article 2 Citations
The aim of the study is to determine the factors of interest to Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game and compare them with properties of educational digital games. Students' tendencies to the environment that is similar to the real world, the opportunity to choose gender of character and the elements from their culture were investigated. At the first part of the study survey design and at the second part post-test experimental design with control group was used. Participants were 181 undergraduate students for the first part and 57 undergraduate students for the second part. According to the results of the study, the environment that is similar to the real world, the opportunity to choose gender of character and the elements from their culture were significant factors on interest to digital games and most of the educational computer games don't possess these properties.