PhD Thesis:

 

Abstract (in English)

 

Thesis (in Turkish)

 

 

 

Refereed Conference & Journal Papers:

 

Sule Yildirim (2010) “Serious Game Design for Military Training”, Proceedings of the Games: Design and Research Conference, Volda University College, printed by University of Bergen and Volda University College,June 3-4.

Yildirim S. and Stene, Sindre B. (2010) "A Survey on the Need and Use of AI in Game Agents", Modelling, Simulation and Optimization , ISBN  978-953-7619-36-7, March, 2010. (book chapter)

Vold T., Yildirim, S., Ree-Lindstad, N., Souami, F. (2010) Enhanced Learning Outcome Using Participative Role Play Simulation, ITHET10, Cappadocia, Turkey, 28 April – 1 May

Jacobsen. A, Stene, S. and Yildirim, S. (2009) “Possibilities for Learning in Game Artificial Intelligence”, Proceedings of NAIS2009, November, Trondheim, Norway.

Wang, J., Dam, G., Yildirim, S., Rand, B., Wilensky, U., Houk, J. (2008) Reciprocity Between the Cerebellum and the Cerebral Cortex: Nonlinear Dynamics in Microscopic Modules, Journal COMPLEXITY

Yildirim S. and Stene, Sindre B. (2008). "A Survey on the Need and Use of AI in Game Agents" Proceedings of Agent Directed Simulation (ADS'08), April 14-17, Ottawa, Canada.

Veflingstad, H. and Yildirim, S. (2008) “Novelty Detection in and Between Different Modalities,” in The Proceedings of the Space Technology and Applications International Forum 2008 (STAIF’08), edited by M. S. El-Genk, AIP Conference Proceedings 620, Melville, New York.

De Souza, P. and Yildirim, S.  (2007) Artificial intelligence And “learning regions”: an outline for A research adventure.  International Conference, Regions In focus? organized by Regional Studies Association, 2-5th April, Lisbon, Portugal.
 

Veflingstad, H. and Yildirim S. (2007) Non-Symbolic Algorithms within the Context of Different Levels of Cognition,  Proceedings of The Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference (MAICS'07), April 21-22, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

 

Yildirim S., Dam, G., Houk, J. C. (2007). The Mind Agents In Netlogo 3.1. Proceedings of Agent Directed Simulation (ADS'07), March 25-29, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Yildirim, S., Beachell, R.L, Veflingstad, H. (2007). Novel Rock Detection Intelligence for Space Exploration based on Non-Symbolic Algorithms and Concepts. Proceedings of the Space Technology and Applications International Forum 2007 (STAIF’07), Albuquerque, New Mexico: the American Institute of Physics.

Yildirim, S. and Beachell, R.L. (2006). Does the Human Brain Have Algorithms? Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI’06), Las Vegas, Nevada: CSREA Press.

Yildirim, S. and Beachell, R.L. (2006) “A Proposal for Algorithms in the Human Brain”, In proocedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 2633, ISBN 0-9768318-2-1

Aredo D. and Yildirim, S. (2006). Security Issues in Adaptive Distributed Systems. Proceedings of the   Fourteenth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2006), Gøteborg, Sweden.

 

Yildirim, S. (2005). Innate Planning Mechanisms. Proceedings of the Modeling Natural Action Selection Workshop (MNAS’05), Edinburgh.

 

Yildirim, S. (2004).  From Low level to High Level Reasoning. Proceedings of the Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks (TAINN 2004), Izmir,Turkey.

 

Yildirim, S. (2004). A Learning Based and Vision Guided Robotic Agent Replanning Framework and a Case Study. Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: CSREA Press.

 

Yildirim, S.  & Tunali, T. (2003) A Learning Based and Vision Guided Robotic Agent Replanning Framework. International  Journal of Computational Intelligence, ISSN  1304-2386, 1. In Proceedings of the Twelfth Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, Canakkale, Turkey.

 

Yildirim S. and Tunali T. (2002). The Implementation of a Robotic Replanning Framework. In Advances in Information Systems (ADVIS 2002), Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2457, pp. 195-204.  

 

Tunali, T., Yildirim, S., Dalbasti, T. (2002). The Use of Smart Cards in Health Care. Proceedings of the IST-2000-26429 Hermes Project Workshop, Co-sponsored by TUBITAK and METU, Ankara, Turkey.

 

Yildirim, S. and T Tunali, (2002). A Proposal For A Robotic Planning/Replanning Framework. Proceedings of the Eleventh Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Network  (TAINN 2002), Izmir, Turkey.

 

Yildirim, S., Tunali, T., Petrovic, P.  (2000). A Hybrid Task Planner Architecture for Pick and Place  Sequencing. Proceedings of the The Ninth Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks (TAINN 2000), Izmir, Turkey.

 

Yildirim., S. and Tunalı, T. (1999).  A New Methodology For Dealing With Uncertainty In Robotic Tasks.  Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS'99) Kusadası, Turkey.

 

Tuglular, T., Yildirim, S., Sinanoglu, E. B., Erciyes, K. and Cankaya, H. C.  (1992) A PC Based Distributed Control System. Journal of Ege University Science Institute.

 

 

 

Talks:

 

Yildirim S (2010) SCAM: Safer Children Internet Access, RFID-RNET Worskshop, Oslo, 10-11 May.

 

Yildirim S (2010) Robots, Nasjonal sikkerhetsdag, Norsk senter for informasjonssikring (NorSIS) og Høgskolen i Gjøvik (HiG), 22. april, kl 08:00-10:00, i Eidsiva bygget på Kallerud.

 

Yildirim S., (2006). Security Issues in Adaptive Distributed Systems. Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, Gjøvik University College, Gjovik, Norway.

 

Yildirim S., Dam, G., Houk, J. C. (2006). Agents of the Mind to Emerge in Netlogo.  Tenth Annual Swarm Agent-Based Simulation Meeting (SwarmFest 2006), University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Usa.

Yildirim S., Dam, G., Houk, J. C. (2006). A Computational Model Of A Microzone of the Cerebellum. Sixth Understanding Complex Systems Symposium, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Usa.

  Yildirim S. (2005). From High Level to Low Level, Back to High Level Reasoning. Hedmark University College, Faculty of Business Administration, Social Sciences and Computer Science, Rena, Norway.

 

Yildirim S. (2004). Intelligent Embedded Agents. Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Yildirim S. (2003). A Learning Based and Vision Guided Robotic Agent Replanning Framework. Department of Computer Science, Cognitive Research Group (CoRe), University of Skovde, Skovde, Sweden.

Yildirim S. (2000). A New Methodology for Dealing with Uncertainty in Robotic Tasks. Bilkent ACM SIGART (Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

 

 

 

Posters and other:

 

Stene, B. S., and Yildirim, S. (2006). Integrating Artificial Intelligence in TA Spring. ForskningsDagene2006 (Research Days), Rena, Norway (Poster).

Yildirim, S. & Beachell, R.L. (2006). A Proposal for Algorithms in the Human Brain. A poster based on this paper was displayed at the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Vancouver, British Columbia (Poster).

Yildirim S., & Beachell, R.L. (2006). Non-Symbolic Algorithms and Concepts in the Human Brain. Second Annual Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, Houston, Texas (Poster).

Dam, G., Yildirim S., Houk, J. C. (2006). Improved Control of a Distributed Processing Module Using a Physiologically Inspired Activation Function. Second Annual Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, Houston, Texas (Poster).

 

Dam, G., Yildirim S.,  Houk, J. C. (2006). A Computational Model of A Cortical-Cerebellar Microscopic Module, Sixth Understanding Complex Systems Symposium, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Usa  (Poster).

 

Buskum, E. A., Gervasi, S., Gross, R., De Vylder, B., Yildirim, S. (2003). Evolving a Robot Neuro-controller for Memorization Tasks. Summer School of the European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing (EVONET), Parma, Italy (Paper).

 

 

 

Research Proposal Reports of Grant Applications:

 

Project: Security Issues in Adaptive Distributed Systems. Obtained internal funding of 90000 kr from  Hedmark University College, NORWAY, 01 Dec. 2005.

 

Project: Streaming of Lecture Videos over HIHM campus.  Submitted for internal funding to Hedmark University College, NORWAY, 01 Dec. 2005.

 

Coordinator, Project Title: ACE: Autonomous Artificial Cognition in Complex Environment. Submitted to European Commission, IST- 2004, Cognitive Systems Call, 22 March 2005.

 

Coordinator, Project Title: ICAA: An Integrated Connectionist Agent Architecture, Submitted to Research Council of Norway in collaboration with K. Bo, T. Ziemke and M. Scheutz, 16 June 2004.

 

 

Research Project Reports:

 

Alakent, B.,  Gungor, C., Celikel, E., Yildirim; S. The Software Infrastructure Creation for the Development of a Web Based Distance Education System. Research Project 2001/UBE/001, March 2003.

 

Alakent, B. Celikel, E., Yildirim, S. Organization of the Multimedia Programming Laboratory Using Video Editing Facilities. Research Project 99/UBE/003, December, 2000.
 

Alakent, B.  Tunali, T., Yildirim, S., A Vision Guided Intelligent Task Planner for a Robot Arm. Research Project 98/UBE/001, 1998.
 

Alakent, B., Yildirim, S., Kadioglu, F. Building A Hypermedia Development Environment and Examining Synchronization Problem, International Computer Iinstitute, Ege University, Technical Report, 1997.