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Last Updated : September  20, 2009.

 

BOOKS

 

"Modeling Uncertainty with Fuzzy Logic: With Recent Theory and Applications", Springer Book Series 2009, co-authored with Prof. I. Burhan Turksen and foreword by Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh.

 

     Refereed  JOURNALS and CONFERECE Papers

 

2009

1.      Asli Celikyilmaz, Semantic Question Answering System with Topic Models. NIPS-2009 - Applications of Topic Models: Text and Beyond Workshop, Whistler, Canada, 2009, abstract.

2.      Asli Celikyilmaz, Graph-Based Semi-Supervised Learning for Learning Semantic Relations from Text, WIML-2009, Woman in Machine Learning Workshop- Vancouver, Canada, 2009.

3.      Asli Celikyilmaz, Soft-Link Spectral Clustering for Information Extraction. International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC) Invited Paper, 2009. pdf

·        Asli Celikyilmaz, Soft-Link Spectral Clustering for Information Extraction. -Third IEEE Int. Conf. on Semantic Computing, (IEEE-ICSC 2009), Berkeley, CA, USA - September 14-16, 2009. Winner of Best Paper Award.

4.      Asli Celikyilmaz, Marcus Thint, Zhiheng Huang, A Graph-based Semi-Supervised Learning for Question-Answering. In Association for Computational Linguistics 2009 (ACL-2009), Main Conference, Singapore, 2009. pdf

5.      Zhiheng Huang, Marcus Thint and Asli Celikyilmaz, Investigation of question classifier in question answering, In Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-2009), 2009. pdf

6.      Zhiheng Huang, Guangping Zeng, W. Xu and Asli Celikyilmaz, Effectively exploiting wordNet in semantic class classification for coreference resolution, in Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-2009), 2009 (Poster session). pdf

7.      Asli Celikyilmaz, Type-2 Fuzzy Inference System with Fuzzy Pattern Recognition, Information Sciences, 2009.

8.      Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Hybrid Fuzzy C/Regression Method with Genetic Algorithms, Expert Systems with Applications, 2009.

9.      Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Increasing Accuracy of Two Class Pattern Recognition with Improved Fuzzy Functions, Expert Systems with Applications, 36, pp. 1337-1354, 2009. pdf

10.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Fuzzy Decision Making With Imprecise Parameters, Invited Paper, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2009.

11.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Genetic Fuzzy System Based on Improved Fuzzy Functions, Journal of Computers, vol. 4, no. 2. February 2009. pdf

12.  Asli Celikyilmaz, I. Burhan Turksen, Spectral Learning with Type-2 Fuzzy Numbers for Question/Answering System. 2009 IFSA World Congress, 2009 EUSFLAT Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-24 July 2009.

13.  Asli Celikyilmaz, I.Burhan Turksen, Kernel Based Hybrid Fuzzy Clustering for Non-Linear Fuzzy Classifiers, Proc. 27th Intern. Conf. of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society – NAFIPS- IEEE, June 2009.

2008

14.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Uncertainty modeling with evolutionary improved fuzzy functions approach, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics- Part B, vol. 38, no. 4, August 2008.

15.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Enhanced Fuzzy System Models with Improved Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm, IEEE Trans. on Fuzzy Systems, volume 16 (3), pp. 779-794, June 2008.

16.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Validation Criteria for Enhanced Fuzzy Clustering, Pattern Recognition Letters, volume 29, pp. 97-108, 2008.

17.  Asli Celikyilmaz, Marcus Thint, Semantic Approach to Textual Entailment for Question Answering – A New Domain for Uncertainty Modeling, 7th IEEE Int. Conf. Cognitive Informatics (ICCI'08), Stanford University, CA, IEEE CS Press, August, 2008. pdf

18.  Asli Celikyilmaz, I. Burhan Turksen, Analysis of Interim Fuzzy Functions, 6th Int. Symposium of Intelligent and Manufacturing Systems (IMS2008), Oct 14-17, 2008, Sakarya, Turkey.  

19.  Asli Celikyilmaz, I.Burhan Turksen, Type-2 Fuzzy Classifier Ensembles for Text Entailment, Joint  Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS2008)– Fuzzy Theory and Technology Track, Shenzhen, China, December 2008. pdf

20.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Uncertainty Bounds of Fuzzy C-Regression Method, IEEE Int. Conference on Fuzzy Systems - World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2008), Hong Kong, pp. 1193-1198,2008.

21.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Genetic Type-2 Fuzzy Classifier Functions, Proc. 26th Intern. Conf. of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society – NAFIPS- IEEE, 19-22 May 2008.

22.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, A Type-2 Fuzzy C-regression Method, International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU-2008), Malaga, Spain, 2008.

2007

23.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Fuzzy Functions with Support Vector Machines, Information Sciences, volume 177, pp. 5163-5177, 2007.

24.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, A new classifier design with Fuzzy Functions, Proceedings of the International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT'07), Joint Rough Set Symposium (JRS'07), Toronto, Canada, May, 2007.

25.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen,  Evolution of Fuzzy System Models: An Overview and New Directions, Proceedings of the International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT'07), Joint Rough Set Symposium (JRS'07), Toronto, Canada, May, 2007.

26.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Type 2 Fuzzy System Models with Improved Fuzzy Functions, Proc. 25th Intern. Conf. of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society – NAFIPS-2007, pp.140-145, 24-27 June 2007, BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD.

27.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Evolutionary Fuzzy System Models with Improved Fuzzy Functions and Its Application to Industrial Process, IEEE Intern. Conf. Systems, Man, Cybern, 2007. Montreal, pp. 541-546, 7-10 October 2007.

28.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Improved Interval Valued Fuzzy Reasoning with Evolutionary Computing, in Proc. 12th International Conference on Fuzzy Theory & Technology (JCIS 2007). Salt Lake CityWorld Scientific Publishing Co. ISBN: 978-981-270-967-7. p. 1238, 2007 .[doi:10.1142/9789812709677_0175]

29.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, A New Cluster Validity Index with Fuzzy Functions, 12th International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress, IFSA 2007, Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4529 Springer 2007.

2006

30.  Asli Celikyilmaz & I. Burhan Turksen, Comparison of Fuzzy functions with Fuzzy Rule Bases, Int. Journal of Fuzzy Systems8(3): 137-148, 2006.

 

Thesis                                                           TOP

2008 – Ph.D. Thesis

A. Celikyilmaz, "Modeling Uncertainty with Evolutionary Improved Fuzzy Functions", Thesis of Doctor of Philosophy,  Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, April 2008

 

2005 – Master Thesis

A. Celikyilmaz, "Fuzzy Functions with Support Vector Machines ", Thesis of Master of Applied Science, Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, April 2005.