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Education:
- M.Sc.: Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2023 - 2025
- B.Sc.: Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2019 - 2023
Research Interests:
- Machine Learning
- Statistical Consulting
- Psychometrics
- Deep Learning
- Text Mining
- Educational Statistics
Assisted Courses / Laboratories:
- STAT 295 - Object Orianted Programming (Spring 2024)
- STAT 495 - Application in Statistics (Spring 2024)
- STAT 311 - Modern Database Systems (Fall 2024, Fal 2025)
- STAT 333 - Data Structures and Algorithms (Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
- STAT 250 - Applied Statistics (Spring 2025)
- STAT 401 - Introduction to Big Data (Spring 2026)
Selected Publications:
Erkan, MA., Yozgatlıgil, C. (2026). Sustainable Science Mapping: Benchmarking Green AI against Transformers for Cross-Disciplinary Abstract Classification using arXiv. Sci Rep (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-48795-7.
Erkan, MA, Yozgatlıgil C. (2026) TurkishLegalBench: A Comprehensive Multi-Task Benchmark Suite for Turkish Legal NLP, Research Dataset (Zenodo), doi:10.5281/zenodo.18555735 (available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18555735, https://hdl.handle.net/11511/118433)
Deveci A, Erkan MA, Medeni IT, Medeni TD (2026) A Novel Framework for Next Word Prediction Using Long-Short Term Memory Networks, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Engineering Journal of Science and Engineering, 28(82): 113–120, doi:10.21205/deufmd.2026288215
Deveci, A., Erkan, MA, Medeni, IT, Medeni, TD. (2025) Innovative Approaches to High-Energy Gamma Particle Classification: A Coevolutionary Artificial Neural Network for Cherenkov Telescopes. In Proceedings of CAIAC, Vol. 25, p. 37.
Erkan MA, Koçak, H.E (2025) Perceptions of the Metaverse at the Peak of the Hype Cycle: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Turkish University Students. arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.17750
Yucesan E, Erkan MA, Deveci A, Medeni IT (2024) Bekenbey AI: Innovative Solutions at the Intersection of Deep Learning and Law, Journal of Engineering Faculty, 2(2): 185-192
Academic and Professional Experience:
- Research Assistant in the Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, December 2023 - Present
- Project Intern, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Human Resources Office, May-July 2023
- Data Science Intern at Yapı Kredi, July-September 2022
Thesis:
M. A. Erkan, Turkish Legal NLP: A Comprehensive AI Framework for Legal Document Understanding, Summarization, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation, MSc. Thesis. Under the supervision of Yozgatlıgil C.
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