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Selim Balcısoy Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty Member (216) 483 9569 selimbalcisoysabanciunivedu

Personal Web

http://analyticslab.sabanciuniv.edu/

Jobs

Faculty Member

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science. EPFL, Lausanne

Dipl. Ing. Electrical Engineer ETH, Zurich

Areas of Interest

Data Science, Data Analytics, Applied Machine Learning and AI, Visual Analytics, Complex Systems, Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Cultural Heritage

Memberships

IEEE, ACM SIGGRAPH, Eurographics

Seyedkazemi, Seyedpayam and Dass, Zuhal Ozbay and Ozbay, Ayse Elif Ozsoy and Bozkaya, Burçin and Balcısoy, Selim (2024) "Can financial transactions reveal the change in social fabric triggered by urban regeneration?", Cities, Vol.153 (SSCI)

Marlalı, Ekin and Balcısoy, Selim (2024) "Automated inpainting of Tex Willer comics: adapting manga techniques for western comic transformation", Visual Computer, Vol.40, No.7, 4585-4592 (SCI)

Boz, Hasan Alp and Bahrami, Mohsen and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin and Mazar, Nina and Nichols, Aaron and Pentland, Alex (2024) "Investigating neighborhood adaptability using mobility networks: a case study of the COVID-19 pandemic", Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Vol.11, No.1 (SSCI, AHCI)

Brei, Vinicius Andrade and Rech, Nicole and Bozkaya, Burçin and Balcısoy, Selim and Pentland, Alex Paul and Silveira Netto, Carla Freitas (2023) "Satellite imagery and machine learning for channel member selection", International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, Vol.51, No.11, 1552-1568 (SSCI)

Bahrami, Mohsen and Boz, Hasan Alp and Suhara, Yoshihiko and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin and Pentland, Alex (2023) "Predicting merchant future performance using privacy-safe network-based features", Scientific Reports, Vol.13, No.1 (SCI)

Silveira Netto, Carla Freitas and Bahrami, Mohsen and Brei, Vinicius Andrade and Bozkaya, Burçin and Balcısoy, Selim and Pentland, Alex Paul (2023) "Disaggregating sales prediction: a gravitational approach", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol.217 (SCI)

Yılmaz, Emir Alaattin and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin (2023) "A link prediction-based recommendation system using transactional data", Scientific Reports, Vol.13, No.1 (SCI)

Eroğlu, Günet and Teber, Serap and Ertürk, Kardelen and Kırmızı, Meltem and Ekici, Barıs and Arman, Fehim and Balcısoy, Selim and Özcan, Yusuf Ziya and Çetin, Müjdat (2022) "A mobile app that uses neurofeedback and multi-sensory learning methods improves reading abilities in dyslexia: a pilot study", Applied Neuropsychology: Child, Vol.11, No.3, 518-528 (SCI)

Eroğlu, Günet and Gürkan, Mert and Teber, Serap and Ertürk, Kardelen and Kırmızı, Meltem and Ekici, Barış and Arman, Fehim and Balcısoy, Selim and Özgüz, Volkan and Çetin, Müjdat (2022) "Changes in EEG complexity with neurofeedback and multi-sensory learning in children with dyslexia: a multiscale entropy analysis", Applied Neuropsychology: Child, Vol.11, No.2, 133-144 (SCI)

Öztürk, Ülkü and Boz, Hasan Alp and Balcısoy, Selim (2021) "Visual analytic based ship collision probability modeling for ship navigation safety", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol.175 (SCI)

Kaya, Erdem and Alpan, Eray and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin (2021) "Quantifying insurance agency channel dynamics using premium sales big data and external factors", Big Data, Vol.9, No.2, 116-131 (SCI, SSCI)

Orman, Günce Keziban and Türe, Nadir and Balcısoy, Selim and Boz, Hasan Alp (2021) "Finding proper time intervals for dynamic network extraction", Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Vol.2021, No.3 (SCI)

Köseoğlu, Baran and Kaya, Erdem and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin (2020) "ST Sequence Miner: visualization and mining of spatio-temporal event sequences", Visual Computer, Vol.36, No.10-12, 2369-2381 (SCI)

Chong, Shi Kai and Bahrami, Mohsen and Chen, Hao and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin and Pentland, Alex 'Sandy' (2020) "Economic outcomes predicted by diversity in cities", EPJ Data Science, Vol.9, No.1 (SCI, SSCI)

Bahrami, Mohsen and Bozkaya, Burçin and Balcısoy, Selim (2020) "Using behavioral analytics to predict customer invoice payment", Big Data, Vol.8, No.1, 25-37 (SCI)

Kaya, Erdem and Dong, Xiaowen and Suhara, Yoshihiko and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin and Pentland, Alex Sandy (2018) "Behavioral attributes and financial churn prediction", EPJ Data Science, Vol.7, No.1 (SCI, SSCI)

Eren, Tolga Mustafa and Balcısoy, Selim (2018) "Evaluation of X-ray visualization techniques for vertical depth judgments in underground exploration", Visual Computer, Vol.34, No.3, 405-416 (SCI)

Kaya, Erdem and Alacam, Sema and Fındık, Yasin and Balcısoy, Selim (2018) "Low-fidelity prototyping with simple collaborative tabletop computer-aided design systems", Computers & Graphics (SI), Vol.70, 307-315 (SCI, CPCI-S)

Turkay, Çağatay and Kaya, Erdem and Balcısoy, Selim and Hauser, Helwig (2017) "Designing progressive and interactive analytics processes for high-dimensional data analysis", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol.23, No.1, 131-140 (SCI)

Koç, Emre and Balcısoy, Selim (2014) "Light source estimation in mobile augmented reality scenes by using human face geometry", IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol.E97-D, No.8, 1974-1982 (SCI)

Türker, Uraz Cengiz and Balcısoy, Selim (2014) "A visualisation technique for large temporal social network datasets in Hyperbolic space", Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Sl), Vol.25, No.3, 227-242 (SCI)

Çaylı, Merve and Çobanoğlu, Murat Can and Balcısoy, Selim (2013) "GlyphLink: an interactive visualization approach for semantic graphs", Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (Sl), Vol.24, No.6, 463-471 (SCI)

Özgen, Oktar and Sümengen, Selçuk and Kallmann, Marcelo and Coimbra, Carlos F. M. and Balcısoy, Selim (2013) "Simulating colliding flows in smoothed particle hydrodynamics with fractional derivatives", Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Vol.24, No.5, 511-523 (SCI)

Serin, Ekrem and Sümengen, Selçuk and Balcısoy, Selim (2013) "Representational image generation for 3D objects", Visual Computer, Vol.29, No.6-8, 675-684 (SCI)

Yüksel, Kamer Ali and Yücebilgin, Alp and Balcısoy, Selim and Erçil, Aytül (2013) "Real-time feature-based image morphing for memory-efficient impostor rendering and animation on GPU", Visual Computer (Sl), Vol.29, No.2, 131-140 (SCI)

Serin, Ekrem and Adalı, Hasan Serdar and Balcısoy, Selim (2012) "Automatic path generation for terrain navigation", Computers & Graphics, Vol.36, No.8, 1013-1024 (SCI)

Türkay, Çağatay and Koç, Emre and Balcısoy, Selim (2011) "Integrating information theory in agent-based crowd simulation behavior models", The Computer Journal, Vol.54, No.11, 1810-1820 (SCI)

Taner, Berk and Yıldızlı, Can and Nergiz, Ahmet Özcan and Balcısoy, Selim (2011) "An efficient and scalable meeting minutes generation and presentation technique", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interacting with Information), Vol.6772, 345-352 (NA)

Bozkaya, Burçin and Yanık, Seda and Balcısoy, Selim (2010) "A GIS-based optimization framework for competitive multi-facility location-routing problem", Networks and Spatial Economics (Sp. Iss. SI), Vol.10, No.3, 297-320 (SCI)

Çobanoğlu, Murat Can and Kındıroğlu, Ahmet Alp and Balcısoy, Selim (2009) "Comparison of mobile device navigation information display alternatives from the cognitive load perspective", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics), Vol.5639, 149-157 (NA)

Turkay, Çağatay and Koç, Emre and Balcısoy, Selim (2009) "An information theoretic approach to camera control for crowded scenes", Visual Computer, Vol.25, No.5-7, 451-459 (SCI)

Çakıcı, Serdar and Sümengen, Selçuk and Sezerman, Uğur and Balcısoy, Selim (2009) "DockPro: a vr-based tool for protein-protein docking problem", International Journal of Virtual Reality, Vol.8, No.2, 19-23 (NA)

Çapın, Tolga and Balcısoy, Selim and Thalmann, Daniel and Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia and Chua, Tat-Seng (2008) "Editorial: CGI 2008", The Visual Computer, Vol.24, No.7-9, 463 (SCI)

Özmen, Yılmaz Can and Balcısoy, Selim (2006) "A framework for working with digitized cultural heritage artefacts", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.4263, 394-400 (SCI)

Balcısoy, Selim and Ayiter, Elif (2006) "Trans-disciplinary avenues in education: computing and art", Lecture notes in computer science, Vol.3942, 80-89 (SCI)

Gürkan, Mert and Bozkaya, Burçin and Balcısoy, Selim, "Financial datasets: leveraging transactional big data in mobility and migration studies", Data Science for Migration and Mobility, Salah, Ali Albert and Korkmaz, Emre Eren and Bircan, Tuba (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, November 2022

Fındık, Yasin and Boz, Hasan Alp and Balcısoy, Selim, "Facilitating decision-making with multimodal interfaces in collaborative analytical sessions", Intelligent Scene Modeling and Human-Computer Interaction, Thalmann, Nadia Magnenat and Zhang, Jian Jun and Ramanathan, Manoj and Thalmann, Daniel (eds.), Switzerland: Springer, June 2021, 199-220

Salah, Albert Ali and Altuncu, Tarık M. and Balcısoy, Selim and Frydenlund, Erika and Mamei, Marco and Akyol, Mehmet Ali and Arslanlı, Kerem Yavuz and Bensason, Ivon and Boshuijzen-van Burken, Christine and Bosetti, Paolo and Boy, Jeremy and Bozcağa, Tuğba and Cilasun, Seyit Mümin and Işık, Oğuz and Kalaycıoğlu, Sibel and Kaptaner, Ayşe Seyyide and Kayı, İlker and Kılıç, Özgün Ozan and Kjamili, Berat and Küçükali, Hüseyin and Martin, Aaron and Lippi, Marco and Pancotto, Francesca and Rhoads, Daniel and Sevencan, Nur and Sezgin, Ervin and Solé-Ribalta, Albert and Sterly, Harald and Sürer, Elif and Taşkaya Temizel, Tuğba and Tümen, Semih and Ulutürk, İsmail, "Policy implications of the D4R challenge", Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios: The 'Data for Refugees Challenge' Study, Salah, Albert Ali and Pentland, Alex and Lepri, Bruno and Letouze, Emmanuel (eds.), Cham: Springer International Publishing, August 2019, 477-495

Kaya, Berkay and Balcısoy, Selim, "Multi-resolution visualisation of geographic network traffic", Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics: Third International Conference, AVR 2016, Lecce, Italy, June 15-18, 2016. Proceedings, Part I, De Paolis, Lucio Tommaso and Mongelli, Antonio (eds.), Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, July 2016, 52-71

Kaya, Erdem and Eren, Tolga Mustafa and Döğer, Candemir and Balcısoy, Selim, "Building a visual analytics tool for location-based services", Geo-Intelligence and Visualization through Big Data Trends, Bozkaya, Burçin and Singh, Vivek Kumar (eds.), Hershey, PA: IGI Global, August 2015, 150-180

Türk, Alican and Balcısoy, Selim and Bozkaya, Burçin, "An interactive tool for visualizing and analyzing spatio-temporal data", Geo-Intelligence and Visualization through Big Data Trends, Bozkaya, Burçin and Singh, Vivek Kumar (eds.), Hershey, PA: IGI Global, August 2015, 121-149

Turkay, Çağatay and Koç, Emre and Balcısoy, Selim, "An information theoretical approach to crowd simulation", Digital Urban Modeling and Simulation, Arisona, Stefan Müller and Aschwanden, Gideon and Halatsch, Jan and Wonka, Peter (eds.), Germany: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2012, 236-261

Ayiter, Elif and Balcısoy, Selim and Germen, Murat, "3 case studies: a hybrid educational strategy for ART/SCI collaborations", Arts and Technology: First International Conference, ArtsIT 2009, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, September 24-25, 2009, Revised Selected Papers, Huang, Fay and Wang, Reen-Cheng (eds.), Berlin: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 2010, 223-230

Sümengen, Selçuk and Eren, Tolga Mustafa and Yeşilyurt, Serhat and Balcısoy, Selim, "A multi-resolution mesh representation for deformable objects in collaborative virtual environments", Computer Vision and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications International Conference VISIGRAPP 2007, Barcelona, Spain, March 8-11, 2007, revised selected papers, Braz, Jose and Ranchordas, Alpesh and Aráujo, Helder J. and Madeiras Pereira, Joao (eds.), Berlin: Springer, December 2008, 75-88

Kayalar, Ceren and Balcısoy, Selim, "Natural interaction framework for navigation systems on mobile devices", Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, Pinder, Shane (ed.), Croatia: I-Tech Educational and Publishing, Austria, October 2008, 199-214