Department of Computer Engineering -- Department Members

Prof. Dr. Mehmet R. TOLUN
Contact Information
E-mail	tolun@cankaya.edu.tr
Telephone	(+90) 312 2844500 / 163
Fax	(+90) 312 284 80 43
Office No	306
Web Page	http://academic.cankaya.edu.tr/~tolun
Education
Ph.D.	in Computer Science, University of Kent at Canterbury, 1985.
M.Sc.	in Computing , University of Kent at Canterbury, 1982.
B.Sc.	in Physics with Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury, 1981.
Interest Areas
Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Machine Learning
Current Research Areas
Symbolic learning algorithms and their applications
Teaching
Currently	Artificial Intelligence (Undergrad. & Grad.)
So far	Knowledge Engineering (Grad.) Machine Learning (Grad.) Data Communications and Networking (Undergrad. & Grad.) Introduction to Computer Engineering (Undergrad.) Microprocessors and Microcomputers (Undergrad.)
Professional Experience
2004 - continuing, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Computer Engineering, Çankaya University 2003 - 2004 Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Atilim University. 1999 - 2003 Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University. 1999 - 2004 Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University. 1998 - 1999 Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University. 1991 - 1999 Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University. 1987 - 1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University. 1982 - 1985 Teaching Assistant at the Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Publications (partial list)
• Hayri Sever, Abdülkadir Görür, and Mehmet R. Tolun , “Text Categorization with ILA”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2869, 2003, pp. 300-307. • Mahmut Uludağ, Mehmet R. Tolun , and Thure Etzold, “A Multi-Relational Rule Discovery System”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2869, 2003, pp. 252-259. • Mehmet R. Tolun , Abdülkadir Görür and Mahmut Uludağ, “Java Implementation of the ILA-2 Algorithm”, Proc. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI '02), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 24-27, 2002, eds.: H.R. Arabnia and Youngsong Mun, vol. II, pp.728-732. • Tolun, M.R ., Sever, H., and Uludağ, M., and Abu-Soud, S.M., “ILA-2: An Inductive Learning Algorithm for Knowledge Discovery”, Cybernetics and Systems: An International Journal , 30(7), 1999, pp.609-628. • Saleh M. Abu-Soud and Mehmet R. Tolun , “DCL: A Disjunctive Learning Algorithm for Rule Extraction”, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence , vol. 1611, 1999, pp.669-678. • Mehmet R. Tolun , Hayri Sever and Mahmut Uludağ, “Improved Rule Discovery Performance on Uncertainty”, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence , vol. 1394, 1998, pp.310-321. • Mehmet R. Tolun and Saleh M. Abu-Soud (1998). “ILA: An Inductive Learning Algorithm for Rule Extraction”, Expert Systems with Applications, 14(3), 1998 , pp.361-370. • Mehmet R. Tolun , Ferda N. Alpaslan and Yousef Abu-Zir, “An Expert System for Life Insurance Underwriting”, The New Review of Applied Expert Systems , 4, 1998, pp.3-16.
Honours & Awards
Scholarship from N.V. Turkse Shell to study in the UK (1978-1985) Chartered Engineer, The Engineering Council, UK (1990) IEEE Third Millenium Medal (2000) Senior Member, IEEE (2000-)

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