News & updates.

COP31 Youth Climate Ideathon — jury participation

Scheduled to serve on the jury of the COP31 Youth Climate Ideathon on 30 October 2026.

EuroMed2026 — digital cultural heritage and PeVRsona

Planned participation in EuroMed2026, the 11th International Conference on Digital Heritage, in connection with the PeVRsona research project. The conference will take place online, 2–4 November 2026.

Sustainable Green Data Center Location Selection — COP31 Green Zone

Accepted project presentation in Antalya: “Sustainable Green Data Center Location Selection: Türkiye Case / Evaluations of Sustainable and Green Energy Policies” (EUSCP No. 202332). Scheduled for 19 November 2026.

Archaeo-Informatics 2026: digital archaeology from field to screen

Accepted contribution: “From Fragmented Field Records to Sustainable Research Data Infrastructure: Re-engineering Data Management for the Mount Nif Excavations” by Eren Ergin, Onur Sefer Özbalaban and Tutku TUNCALI YAMAN. Archaeo-Informatics 2026: Digital Archaeology from Field to Screen, 24–25 November 2026.

Go2CHANGE ULL Bamberg Climate Action Report Launch Event

The Bamberg Urban Living Lab report launch and dissemination event took place in Bamberg, Germany, on 16 October 2026 under COST Action CA24113 — Go2CHANGE (Global Network on Cultural Heritage Conservation Under Climate Change). The event shared the collaboration's first-year findings on climate risks, adaptation and climate-resilient heritage management.

Communication of AI in Archaeology Across Media — MAIA WG4 Antalya

Participated in the “Communication of AI in Archaeology Across Media” collaborative session on 3 September 2026, during the MAIA Working Group 4 workshop at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Türkiye. The group work addressed ways of communicating research on AI in archaeology across different media and audiences.

Communicating AI in archaeology — MAIA WG4 Antalya

Participated in the MAIA Working Group 4 workshop held at Akdeniz University, 2–4 September 2026. The programme focused on research storytelling, visual communication, media analysis and outreach strategies.

PeVRsona receives university ADEP support

PeVRsona, led by Aydın Erden with Tutku Tuncalı Yaman as a researcher, was awarded Marmara University ADEP Type B support. The 18-month study will examine machine-learning-driven adaptation of VR cultural heritage narratives based on interaction behaviour.

Digital Forest Collections — Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa

Attended the launch of the Faculty of Forestry Digital Collections, bringing the ISTO Herbarium and Prof. Dr. Adnan Berkel Xylarium (ISTUFw) into digital access. Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, 23 July 2026.

Spatial interpretation at Mount Nif — Ballıcaoluk

Presented an analysis of Hellenistic residential units at Ballıcaoluk using statistical methods at the 46th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry in Erzincan, 12 June 2026.

Two book chapters on AI readiness and excavation-data systems

Co-authored two chapters in Past Futures: Artificial Intelligence in History, Archaeology and Society: “Preparing Archaeology for AI: Challenges and Opportunities” with Onur Sefer Özbalaban, and “Developing an Archaeological Data Management Application: Evidence from the Mount Nif Excavation” with Salih Aydın. The exact release day is not specified in the source.

Archaeological data and human expertise — MAIA Lisbon meeting

Participated in the MAIA stakeholder dialogue at NOVA University Lisbon on FAIR/CARE data practices, training collections and the importance of archaeological expertise in AI development.

Machine-learning replenishment and digital work engagement — UYIK 2026

Two papers at the 7th International Applied Statistics Congress (UYIK 2026), Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, 11–13 May 2026. The inventory replenishment paper was developed with undergraduate project student G. Ş. Aslan, and I chaired the session in which it was presented:

• Forecasting-Driven Inventory Replenishment Using Machine Learning: Evidence from Dealer-Level Consumer Electronics Retailing — Published conference paper ↗
• Digitalization and Work Engagement in Contemporary Workplaces: Evidence from a Structural Equation Modeling Approach — Published congress proceedings ↗

Digital Cultural Heritage Network — Heritage Istanbul 2026

Participated in Heritage Istanbul 2026 with the Digital Cultural Heritage Network of Türkiye (DKM), presenting and discussing collaborative approaches to digital cultural heritage.

Making Field Data AI-Ready — MAIA Hainburg

Delivered an invited inspiration talk at MAIA’s Second General Meeting, 30–31 March 2026, on practical excavation workflows, linguistic barriers, metadata and the preparation of reliable archaeological AI datasets.

Digital Archaeology Inventory of Türkiye — DKM workshop

Moderated the presentation session of the Digital Cultural Heritage Network’s Istanbul event. The workshop invited participants to identify, classify and add accessible digital archaeology resources to a shared inventory.

Digital work environments — Academic Informatics 2026

Co-authored research with S. Hürel on the effects of digitalisation on work engagement was included in the 24th Academic Informatics Conference, Istanbul, 3–5 February 2026.

Violence and emergency medical services — IMISC 2025

Research with M. F. Esen, “Violence, Handover Delays and Outcomes: A Population-Level EMS Analysis From Istanbul,” appeared at the 12th International Management Information Systems Conference, Ankara, 23–25 October 2025.

Digital exclusion in Türkiye — INFUS 2025

Research on vulnerable groups and digital exclusion using fuzzy clustering was presented as a full-paper contribution to the Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems 2025 Conference, Istanbul, 29 July 2025.

Master's thesis defense — Alaa Shareef Alshawish

Supervised Alaa Shareef Alshawish's master's thesis, The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Accelerating the Success of Entrepreneurial Projects, defended at Marmara University in June 2025. Our subsequent co-authored article, AI maturity, governance and entrepreneurial success: evidence from incubators and accelerators in leading innovation economies, was published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in June 2026.

Managing archaeological excavation data — Mount Nif, 2025

Arkeolojik Kazı Verilerinin Yönetimi: Nif (Olympos) Dağı Kazısı Örneği. 39th Archaeometry Results Meeting, 45th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, Mersin, Türkiye.

Mount Nif data management and AI readiness — CONGIST 2024

Two presentations at the Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Social Sciences Congress (CONGIST), Istanbul, 18–20 December 2024. The research was subsequently developed into separate peer-reviewed book chapters:

• Developing an Archaeological Data Management Application: Evidence from the Mount Nif Excavation — Published book chapter (DOI) ↗
• Preparing Archaeology for AI: Challenges and Opportunities — Published book chapter (DOI) ↗

Reinforcement learning for personalised archaeology museums

Co-presented research with Semih Ay at ArchaeoInformatics 2024, held in Ankara on 25–26 November 2024, investigating adaptive visitor narration for archaeological collections.

Brand equity and purchase intention in esports — ICRTMDR 2024

Conference contribution Brand Equity, Purchase Intention, E-WOM, Sponsorship Type, and Endemic in the Esports Industry: A Study on Mediating and Moderating Effects at the 7th International Conference on Recent Trends in Multi-Disciplinary Research (ICRTMDR-24), Istanbul, Türkiye, 17–18 November 2024.

The orderly count method for pollen analysis — TURQUA

Co-authored palaeoecological research on the orderly counting of fossil and modern pollen grains was included in TURQUA, Istanbul, 6–8 November 2024.

Building the Digital Cultural Heritage Network — YOCOCU 2024

Co-authored research on establishing the Digital Cultural Heritage Network of Türkiye was presented at YOCOCU 2024, Istanbul, 15 October 2024.

Fuzzy spatial analysis at Mount Nif — INFUS 2024

Joint research with I. G. Önem on spatial analysis of a Hellenistic residential context at Ballıcaoluk was published as a conference contribution to INFUS 2024, Çanakkale, 16–18 July 2024.

The Data Miner's Journey — TÜBITAK Science Talks

Delivered a talk entitled Veri Madencisinin Yolculuğu (The Data Miner's Journey) on data mining at Gürpınar Azime Yılmaz Anadolu Lisesi, Türkiye, on 20 February 2024, as part of the TÜBITAK Science Talks programme (TÜBITAK Bilim Söyleşileri).

Applied Archaeogeophysics — Digital Applications in Classical Archaeology

Participated in an applied archaeogeophysics field session conducted with Ser Mühendislik as part of the Digital Applications in Classical Archaeology course (Klasik Arkeolojide Dijital Uygulamalar), Istanbul University Department of Archaeology, 6 November 2023.

Digital transformation in logistics — MIS Conference

Co-authored research on the effects of digital transformation on employees in the logistics sector was presented at the 10th International Management Information Systems Conference, Istanbul, 18 October 2023.

Machine learning and Roman sarcophagi — archaeology symposium

Research on the machine-learning-based assessment of Roman imperial sarcophagi in Pamphylia was included in the 43rd International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, Ankara, 16–20 October 2023.

Synchrotron Radiation Applications in Cultural Heritage and Archaeology — TENMAK NÜKEN & Istanbul University

Participated in the Kültürel Varlık ve Arkeoloji Çalışmalarında Sinkrotron Işını Uygulamaları training course, organised jointly by TENMAK and Istanbul University in Istanbul, 18–19 March 2023. The programme introduced SESAME's synchrotron-based analytical facilities and applications to archaeological and cultural heritage materials.

Data science in archaeology — Archaeo-Informatics 2022

“Data Science in Archeology: A Bona Fide Attempt” was presented as a conference contribution at Archaeo-Informatics 2022, Istanbul, 23–25 November 2022.

Real-time game user-experience data — Future Learning and Informatics 2022

Real-Time Data Collection and Analysis of User Experience in Video Games. 9th International Conference on Future Learning and Informatics, Ankara, Türkiye.

Flawless tanker terminal operations — IMAM 2022

Presented Determining Effects of Controllable Factors on Flawless Operations of Tanker Terminals: Tupras Case Study at the 19th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean, Istanbul, Türkiye, on 26 September 2022. I attended the congress with Mümtaz Yıldız, a doctoral student at Yeditepe University whose doctoral research I co-supervised.

Best Student Paper Award — INFUS 2022

Pilot Location Selection for Cargomatics: Contactless Parcel Pick-Up Points, co-authored by Tutku Tuncalı Yaman and Serdar Yaylalı, received the Best Student Paper Award at the International Conference on Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (INFUS 2022), held in Izmir, Türkiye, 19–21 July 2022.

CRISP-DM for archaeological data mining — Mount Nif

Research on adapting the CRISP-DM process to archaeological excavation data from Mount Nif appeared at the 42nd International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, Denizli, 23 May 2022.

Virtual try-on technology and online purchase decisions — IMISC 2021

The Role of Virtual Try-On Technology in Online Purchasing Decision. 8th International Management Information Systems Conference, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Kohonen-network customer segmentation — EAMMIS 2021

Segmenting Potential Customers with Kohonen Network: A Banking Sector Case Study. European, Asian, Middle Eastern, Middle East and North African Conference on Management and Information Systems (EAMMIS 2021), Istanbul, Türkiye.

Financial literacy and financial attitudes under crisis conditions — Istanbul Finance Congress 2019

Conference contribution How Financial Literacy Effect Financial Attitudes Under Crisis Conditions? at the 8th Istanbul Finance Congress, Türkiye, 1 November 2019.

Business Analytics Education in Turkish Business Schools — ICDSBA 2019

Conference contribution Is Business Analytics Education Sufficient in Business Schools? The Case in Turkish Business Schools at the 3rd International Conference on Data Science and Business Analytics (ICDSBA), Istanbul, Türkiye, 11–12 October 2019.

Consumer attitudes and demographic factors in e-commerce — ICMIS 2019

Conference contribution Investigation of Consumer Attitudes in The Context of Demographic Factors in E-Commerce at the 6th International Management Information Systems Conference, Istanbul, Türkiye, 9–12 October 2019.

Environmental Archaeology Training Program — ANAMED

Participated in the Environmental Archaeology Training Program at Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED), Istanbul, 6–9 September 2019. The programme combined introductory methods with hands-on training in archaeobotany and zooarchaeology.

Data Science Artificial Intelligence Workshop — Istanbul Şehir University

Participated in the Data Science Artificial Intelligence Workshop held at Istanbul Şehir University, Türkiye, in August 2019.

Multiple imputation with fuzzy archaeological data — INFUS 2019

Presented Application of Multiple Imputation Using Fuzzy Archaeological Data at the International Conference on Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (INFUS 2019), Istanbul, Türkiye, 23–25 July 2019.

From pollen to vegetation: contemporary methods — Geography Congress 2019

Polenden Vejetasyona: Çağdaş Yöntemler ve Bir Örnek. 1st Istanbul International Geography Congress, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI): Theory and Practice — BIAA & Bilkent University

Participated in the Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI): Theory and Practice workshop, organised by the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) and the Department of Archaeology at Bilkent University, 6–7 May 2019. The programme addressed RTI principles and practical imaging techniques for archaeological documentation.

Digital Epigraphy: 3D Imaging and EpiDoc Workshop — BIAA & Bilkent University

Participated in the Digital Epigraphy: 3D Imaging and EpiDoc Workshop, jointly organised by the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) and the Department of Archaeology at Bilkent University, 26–29 March 2019. The workshop addressed digital epigraphy and approaches to 3D imaging and EpiDoc encoding.

Boğaz’da Yapay Öğrenme — Ismail Arı Yaz Okulu (2018)

Participated in the Boğaz’da Yapay Öğrenme – Ismail Arı Yaz Okulu, 2–5 July 2018, focused on machine learning methods and applications.

Visiting Assistant Professor — Universidade dos Açores

Served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Universidade dos Açores (University of the Azores), Portugal, from January to June 2018.

Modeling Study on the Effects of Maritime Transportation on Turkey’s Economy — ICAAMM 2018

Conference contribution Modeling Study on the Effects of Maritime Transportation on Turkey’s Economy at the 7th International Conference on Applied Analysis and Mathematical Modeling (ICAAMM 2018), Istanbul, Türkiye, 20–24 June 2018.

Multinomial logistic regression classification of Karamattepe arrowheads — Archaeological Research Meeting 2018

Presented Karamattepe Ok Uçlarının Çok Terimli Lojistik Regresyon Modeli ile Sınıflandırılması at the 17th Archaeological Excavations and Research Meeting (Arkeolojik Kazı ve Araştırmalar Toplantısı-17), Istanbul, Türkiye, 16–18 May 2018. Author: Tutku Tuncalı Yaman.

Sectorial and regional benchmarking of the Learning Organization Questionnaire — 2018

Presented the conference contribution Sectorial and Regional-Based Benchmarking Study for Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ) Measurements at the 2nd International Conference on Economics, Finance and Management, Challenges of the 21st Century in Economics, Finance and Management, Istanbul, Türkiye, 3–4 May 2018.

Statistical classification of Karamattepe arrowheads — CAA 2018

Research on model-based statistical classification of Karamattepe arrowheads was included in the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference, Tübingen, 19–23 March 2018.

Integrating Conjoint Measurement Data to ELECTRE II — International Statistics Congress

Integrating Conjoint Measurement Data to ELECTRE II: Case of University Preference Problem, 10th International Statistics Congress, Ankara, Türkiye, 6–8 December 2017.

Doctoral dissertation defense — Quantitative Methods

Defended my doctoral dissertation in Quantitative Methods at Marmara University on 24 November 2017.

Data Science and Machine Learning Summer School — Boğaziçi University TETAM (2017)

Participated in Veri Bilimi – Yapay Öğrenme Yaz Okulu: Matematiksel Temeller ve Vaka Çalışmaları at Boğaziçi University TETAM, Istanbul, on 23–24 September and 30 September–1 October 2017. The programme covered statistical learning, optimization, Bayesian methods, simulation, Python-based case studies and big-data processing.

Visiting Lecturer — University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer

Served as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer (Hochschule Emden/Leer), Germany, from January to June 2017.