Active Projects
My primary research interest is centred around the Human Centred Web; in particular Web accessibility, the mobile Web and using Semantic Web technologies to improve user experience.
eMine: Web Page Transcoding Based on Eye Tracking
The World Wide Web (web) has moved from the Desktop and now is ubiquitous. It can be accessed by a small device while the user is mobile or it can be accessed in audio if the user cannot see the content, for instance visually disabled users who use screen readers. However, since web pages are mainly designed for visual interaction; it is almost impossible to access them in alternative forms. Our overarching goal is to improve the user experience in such constrained environments by using a novel application of eye tracking technology. In brief, by relating scanpaths to the underlying source code of web pages, we aim to transcode web pages such that they are easier to access in constrained environments. The project is supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). Detailed information can be found at the eMine Web site.
Completed Projects
RIAM
The aim of RIAM is to investigate ways in which to integrate, to mutual advantage, research into the Accessible and Mobile World Wide Webs (Web), to develop a common infrastructure, and to validate this infrastructure using existing Web documents and Mobile client simulators. Detailed information about RIAM can be found at the RIAM Web site.
COHSE
Links on the Web are unidirectional, embedded, difficult to author and maintain. With a Semantic Web architecture, COHSE (Conceptual Open Hypermedia ServicE) aims to address these limitations by dynamically creating links on the Web. This project is funded by Sun Microsystems and detailed information can be found at the COHSE Web site.
Knowledge Web
I am also involved with the Knowledge Web which is a Network of Excellence project funded by the European Commission 6th Framework Programme. Detailed information can be found at the KWeb Web site.
Dante
For visually impaired users, travelling around the Web is a complicated task, since the richness of visual navigational objects presented to their sighted counterparts are neither appropriate nor accessible. Dante investigates principles and techniques to enhance the travel experience for visually impaired Web users. This project is funded by Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) and detailed information can be found at the Dante Web site.
EVITA
EVITA (Enabling Visually Impaired Table Accessing) investigates the problems visually impaired people have in browsing and reading tables. Detailed information can be found at the home page of EVITA.
Community Involvement
- General chair of the The 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2015).
- General chair of the 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT 2015).
- General chair of the 8th National Software Engineering Symposium (UYMS2014).
- Programme chair of the The 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)
- Scientific Committee member of Website Accessibility Metrics organised by W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group.
- Organising chair of the International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A); W4A2004, W4A2005, W4A2006, W4A2007 and W4A2008. Serving as an operations chair of W4A 2009 which is a co-located conference with the Eighteenth International World Wide Web Conference.
- Posters and Demonstrations chair of the The 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010).
- Organising chair of the Doctoral Consortium at ASSETS 2006.
- Managing Hoppers@KWeb; a gender action plan for the Knowledge Web project.
- Registration Chair of the The Eighteenth International ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (HT07).
- Registration Chair of the ASSETS 2008.
- Serving as a programme committee member and/or reviewer for the following workshops, conferences and journals: womENcourage 2015, W4A 2015, UYMS 2015, INTERACT 2015, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Springer Information Systems Frontiers, CHI 2015, journal of behaviour and information technology, W4A2014, MMV Track at SAC 2014, ICCHP 2014, CSUN 2014, , CHI 2014, ASSETS 2014, MOBACC 2013, INTERACT 2013, NLP4ITA 2013, WEBIST 2013, ASSETS 2013, New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (NRHM), CHI 2012, ASSETS 2012, CSUN 2012, NLP4ITA, SAC 2012, W4A 2012, WEBIST 2012, CHI 2011, Journal of Web Engineering (JWE), MMV Track at SAC 2011 (The 26th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 2011), Springer Multimedia Tools and Applications, INTERACT 2011 Workshop on Mobile Accessibility, The 8th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems (MobiWIS), INTERACT 2011, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 11th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2011), International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, HCI Track at SAC 2010 (The 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 2010), MMV Track at SAC 2010 (The 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 2010), eHealth 2010, KR 2010: Twelfth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, The 10th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2010), CHI 2010, The 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2009) , Human Computer Interaction Track at the 25th Symposium On Applied Computing, SemHE-09, Third International Workshop on Ontologies in Distributed and Interactive Systems, ASSETS 2009, Springer World Wide Web Journal, INTERACT 2009, ACM SAC'09 Multimedia & Visualization Track (MMV), ASSETS 2008, First International Workshop on Ontologies in Interactive Systems, ASSETS 2007, ASSETS 2006, ISWC 2006, A Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), WWW2005, Journal of Web Semantics, ACM Transactions on the Web (TWeb), ACM Transactions of Accessible Computing, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)Universal Access in the Information Society Journal (UAIS), Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Journal (ETRI), HT04, ISWC 2004, HT03, ICWE 2003, WISE 2003, Knowledge and Semantic Annotation Workshop 2003.
- Invited speaker at Public sector online 2008. My slides can be downloaded from Developing and delivering mobile content.
- Serving as the Secretary/Treasurer and the Information Director of the SIGWEB.
- Member in good standing of W3C' Mobile Web Best Practices Group (MWBP) and also the W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG).
- Invited expert at the W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group.
- Invited speaker at 3d European eAccessibility Forum and TEKIL 09 organised by Galatasaray University.
- Given a tutorial called Practical Accessibility: A Web Accessibility Primer with Dr. Simon Harper at the 9th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2009).
- Member of the Editorial Board of the ACM’s Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS).
Research Funding
- eMine, 01/07/2010-01/11/2013, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK); Principle Investigator.
- MOHSE, 01/05/2010-31/07/2012, 6,834 TL; Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus BAP Funding; Principle Investigator.
- ICT.cyp, 1/06/2010-31/08/2011, 22,720 TL, Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus BAP Funding; (Project Team).
- RIAM Project, 01/10/2006-30/09/2009; EPSRC (EP/E002218/1); First Grant Scheme; Named Research Associate.
- COHSE/II Project, 01/09/2004-01/04/2007; SUN Microsystems; Named Research Associate.
- Travel Grant, May 2009; Inclusive Digital Economy Network; Received a grant for travelling to San Sebastian, Spain to attend the 9th International Conference on Web Engineering.
- Travel Grant, April 2008; Royal Academy of Engineering; Received a grant for travelling to Beijing, China to attend the International World Wide Web conference.
- PhD project 09/2001-09/2004; the UK Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORSAS) and also partly funded by the University of Manchester.
Publications
You can find a list of my publications at the HCW Publications page.
Translations
I have also translated the following Web pages to Turkish: