Ercan Ezin recently completed his Ph.D. in Context-Aware Recommender Systems from the University of Bristol in May 2024. He holds an MSc in Advanced Computer Science from the University of Essex, UK, and dual BSc degrees in Computer Education and Instructional Technologies and Software Engineering from Bahçeşehir University, Türkiye.
Dr. Ezin's research focuses on novel AI and Machine Learning research projects, particularly in Context-Aware Next-POI Recommendations and, more recently, Natural Language Processing. With extensive experience as an AI Researcher and Teaching Assistant at the University of Bristol, he has published papers in top-tier conferences on recommender systems and is actively involved in Natural Language Processing projects in a newly established research lab called ANLAM Lab.
Dr. Ezin's industry background includes roles as a Java Software Developer, Data Scientist, and IT Director, bringing a blend of academic expertise and practical software development skills to his work. Dr. Ezin has been appointed as a tenured faculty member at Harran University, Türkiye.
2024
Ezin, E., Savran Kiziltepe, R., & Karakus, M., 2024, Using LLMs for Annotation and ML Methods for Comparative Analysis of Large-Scale Turkish Sentiment Datasets. in: 9th International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (UBMK 2024): Antalya, Türkiye.
Savran Kiziltepe, R, Ezin, E & Karakus, M, 2024, A Comparative Study of ML Models on Large-Scale Turkish Sentiment Datasets. in: Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference (ASYU 2024): Ankara, Türkiye.
2019
Ezin, E, Neve, J & Carrascosa, IP, 2019, ‘Group Decision Making with Collaborative-Filtering ’in the loop’: interaction-based preference and trust elicitation’. in: 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2019): Special Session on Decision Support Systems based on Soft computing techniques. Bari, Italy.
Ezin, E, Alcaraz-Herrera, H & Carrascosa, IP, 2019, ‘Balancing Preferences, Popularity and Location in Context-Aware Restaurant Deal Recommendation: A Bristol, Cardiff and Brighton Case Study’. in: 13th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (ACM-Recsys'19): ACM RecSys Workshop on Recommenders in Tourism. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018
Ezin, E, Kim, E & Carrascosa, IP, 2018, ‘'Fitness that Fits': - A Prototype Model for Workout Video Recommendation’. in: 12th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (ACM-Recsys'18): International Workshop on Health Recommender Systems. Vancouver, Canada.
Ezin, E, Neve, J & Carrascosa, IP, 2018, Extended Abstract: ‘Group decision making with recommendations ‘in the loop’: application to trip planning through video watching’. in: International Workshop on Decision Making and Recommender Systems: DMRS 2018. Bolzano-Bozen, Italy.
12 Sep'24 We are thrilled to announce that ANLAM LAB has been awarded a significant research grant by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University. This grant (no. GPIP: 1789-612-2024) will support our ongoing efforts in advancing Natural Language Processing research and development.
28 Aug'24 I am excited to announce we have established Advanced Natural Language and Multimedia Processing Lab (ANLAM Lab) at Ankara University with a team of brilliant researchers. ANLAM Lab is dedicated to advancing research in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and multimedia technologies. Please check out our web page for more information.
14 Aug'24 It is with the greatest joy to announce that our second conference paper on Turkish NLP studies has been accepted for the UBMK 2024 Conference, which will be held at Antalya, Türkiye between October 26-28, 2024!
1 Aug'24 We are thrilled to announce that our conference paper on Turkish NLP studies has been accepted for the ASYU'24 Conference, which will be held at Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye between October 16-18, 2024!
16 May'24 After enduring a long and exceedingly challenging five years in the UK, I have successfully graduated from the University of Bristol with my PhD degree, and I am now prepared to embark on my next challenge.
14 May'24 Happy to announce that I was invited by Dr. Binyamin bin Yusoff to give a talk at SIGMDA KNOWLEDGE SHARING SESSION organised by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu about one of my earlier study on Group Decision Making.
7 Mar'24 I delivered a lecture at Ankara University on Agile Methodologies, where I was invited to share my recent experiences.
20 Mar'23 I am happy to announce that I have submitted my PhD thesis.
29 Jul'19 Another acceptance notification of our paper has been received from Rectour Workshop organisers. I will be presenting poster of our workshop paper at 13th ACM RecSys taking place in Denmark, Copenhagen on Thursday 19th September between 15:30-16:00 during RecTour Workshop Poster session.
18 Jul'19 Acceptance notification of special session paper has been received from SMC Special Session organisers. I will be presenting our research at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2019). taking place in Bari, Italy. I am so exicited to meet new people during the conference.
16 Jul'19 My registration for 13th ACM RecSys conference has been done. I will be in Denmark, Copenhagen between 15th to 21st of September,2019. Please visit registration desk for a quick chat with me as I am a student volunteer in the conference and will be working in the registration desk on the first day of the conference.
16 Jul'19 Application for SMC 2019 Student Travel Grant Application has been sent. Organisers are very positive about student application that grants students about 400£ to be used during their travel to SMC 2019 conference which will be held in Bari, Italy on 6-9 October.
05 Jul'19 Proudly been awarded as a Student Volunteer(SV) role in one of the most prestigious conference(13th ACM RecSys ) in Recommender Systems field which will be held in Denmark, Copenhagen between 15-20 September 2019. The award will allow me to connect with other SVs and conference organisers, Additionally, I will be exempt from paying registration fees of about 500£.
1 Jun'19 Time for a short break. I will be visiting my Families in Türkiye thus will be away between 9-29 June,2019. Follow my twitter account for some pictures of my visit.
30 May'19 Exciting News! My first year progress in the PhD position have been evaluated as succesfull by reviewers. Time to implement my findings.
23 May'19 DSRS and Bristol’s Jean Golding Institute organise RESULTS Interdisciplinary workshop – For more information please visit: DSRS Blog page
01 Mar'19 We are glad to announce 1st International Workshop on Personalisation and Decision Support for Citizen Service Enhancement at Scale - IEEE Smart-PDS 2019. Me and my academic supervisor Dr. Carrascosa will be organising this workshop that is a part of 3rd International Conference on Smart City Innovations. Please see workshop page for more information.
22 Jan'19 School of Computer Science attained me as a Teaching Support Assistant for the course Applied Data Science. I will be mentoring two teams of 5 students on data science projects related to social networks.
19 Dec'18 We visited Granada University and each member of our group gave a short seminar about our research background to a group of researcher including a pioneer in data science field, Prof Paco Herrera. Additionally, we visited the UJAMI Ambient Smart-Lab at University of Jean where Dr. Macarena Espinilla showcased some of their practical work with sensors.
17 Dec'18 DSRS group to visit Spain. Our Research Group is going to meet a pioneer in Group Decision Making in Granada for new collaboration opportunuties. We are planning to give a short talk about our background.
29/30 Nov'18 We are pleased to attend DMRS workshop as complete DSRS Research Group members. This two-day event let us to explore latest development in Decision Making and Recommender Systems along with comments/discussions from pioneers in this field. Looking forward to attend future ones.
24/25 Nov'18 Great news from the lates event I participated. I have participated a two-days Hackhaton organised by ConnectingBristol and BBC Digital Cities Week. My team Eco Road Warriors has won the best application award and also won a prize in following Our Data Projects – Pitching and Commissioning Session event.
08 Oct'18 Me and my academic supervisor Dr. Ivan Palomares will visit Alan Turing Institute on 30th of October for orientation event. The event promise new networking opportunities with existing and new Turing Fellows.
23 Oct'18 It is an honour to announce that my application for Bristol University Alumni Mobility Grant Award is evaluated positively and I have been granted Travel Award of 450£ for our visit in Italy.
03 Oct'18 A good news about our extended abstract paper sent to DMRS'18 event in Bolzano'Italy. We will be presenting our work in workshop with James Neve and Dr Ivan Palomares.
06 Oct'18 I will be presenting a workshop paper in RecSys'18 ceonference taking place in Canada,Vancouver. Come along if you are around on saturday.
Sep'18 We are finally announcing the publication of our DSRS group websitewebsite where we will be releasing up-to-date info about DSRS group members and projects. Please check it out.
Sep'18 Bristol University Computer Science office allocated me an HPT unit in the course of "EMAT10007- Intro to Programming" for the first semester.
Jul'18 I am glad to be granted a fee schoolarship worth 1000£ by the panel of Essex Big Data and Analytics Summer School(IADS). I will be participating a two-weeks IADS summer school between 23 July - 3 August 2018 at University of Essex where I did my masters.
12 Jul'18, Due to nature of my academic studies, Prof Peter Flach agreed to be my co-supervisor from now on. Please click here to see his personal page.
Jul'18, I am back on twitter!!! Please follow me on twitter! @ercan_ezin
May'18, I am happy to announce that I started my PhD at University of Bristol under the supervision of Dr. Ivan Palomares Carrascosa. I will be working on Tourism and Leisure Recommender Systems.
Started:Sep'07
Award date: Sep'13
GPA:3.11/4.00
Started:Sep'07
Award date: Jun'13
GPA:3.63/4.00
Started:Feb'11
End date: Jul'11
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I have worked as a Freelance Data Scientist in various companies, where I had the opportunity to showcase my knowledge in the areas of Data Science, Web Development, IT Directorship, Technical Architecture, Project Management and Python Development.
This is one of the big tech companies in Türkiye that consists of around 500 employers in three local and two international branches. I was responsible to develop Java based solutions in Telaura framework with a team of 40 people in Agile Development style for the third biggest telecom company in Türkiye called Turk Telekom Mobile.
My role was in back-end solutions team. I was responsible to develop and support Java Web and back-end projects that use Spring Framework with dependencies such as Thymeleaf, Guava, and Apache Shiro.
I worked in Business Solutions Department where we were developing Microsoft Dynamics CRM for International Companies.
The role of my team was to develope Affiliate module of Mezun Group and developed front-end and some back-end component of Mezun Call Android App.
I worked as a student representative of the university within the main campus and also in a job career fair. Additionally, I worked in a call-center to phone thousands of student candidates to offer them the prospectus of the university.
05 Jul'18 Proudly been awarded a Student Volunteer(SV) role in one of the most prestigious conference(13th ACM RecSys ) in Recommender Systems field which will be held in Denmark, Copenhagen between 16-20 September 2019. The award will allow me to make new connection with other SVs and conference organisers, Additionally, I will be exempt from paying registration fees of about 500£
Oct'18 It is an honour to be granted Bristol University Alumni Travel Grant by Alumni comitee. The fund will be used during my trip to DMRS workshop in Italy, Bolzano. More detail above in News section.
24/25 Oct'18 Great news from the lates event I participated. I have participated a two-days Hackhaton organised by ConnectingBristol and BBC Digital Cities Week. My team Eco Road Warriors has won the best application award and also won a prize in following Our Data Projects – Pitching and Commissioning Session event.
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