Zeynep Yücel
Personal information
Address 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka Kita-ku
Okayama-shi 700-8530 Japan

Telephone +81 86 251 8176
Email zeynep@okayama-u.ac.jp
Nationality Turkish, ItalianHolder of Japanese permanent residence

Date of birth 1981-04-19
WoS ResearcherID V-9340-2019

Education and training
Sep. 2005-Jan. 2010 PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Major Signal Processing and Computer Vision
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Sep. 2003- Aug. 2005 MS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Major Signal Processing
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Sep. 1999-June 2003 BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Major Control SystemsBoğaziçi University, Istanbul,Turkey

Awards and honors
Mar 2024 Social Contribution award from Okayama University Faculty of Engineering
Mar 2023 Research Achievement award from Okayama University Faculty of Engineering
Jul 2022 Outstanding Paper Award at International Conference on Learning Technologies andLearning Environments (LTLE 2022)
Jul 2022 Honorable Mention Award at International Conference on Smart Computing andArtificial Intelligence (SCAI 2022)
Mar 2022 Social Contribution award from Okayama University Faculty of Engineering

1Apr 2016 - Mar 2019 Research fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Host institute:
ATR International, Japan)
Jan 2009 - Apr 2009 Research scholarship from National Scientific Council of Turkey (Host institute:
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, The Netherlands)
Feb 2008 - May 2008 Research scholarship from National Scientific Council of Turkey (Host institute:
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Sep 2008 - Dec 2008. Research scholarship from National Scientific Council of Turkey (Host institute:
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Aug 2005 - Dec 2009 Graduate research scholarship from National Scientific Council of Turkey (within the
Information Technology Society (BTT) project)
Sep 2003 - Dec 2009 Academic accomplishment stipend from Bilkent University
Sep 2003 - Dec 2009 Tuition waiver scholarship from Bilkent University
Sep 1999 - Aug 2000 Achievement grant from Boğaziçi University
June 1999 Ranked 7th countrywide in National University Entrance Examination among ca. 1.5
million examinees
June 1999 Ranked 1st in graduation from high school
Sep 1996 - June 1999 Ranked 1st among the class in each of 6 semesters based on GPA in high school.
June 1996 Ranked 8th countrywide in National High School Entrance Examination among ca.
600.000 examinees

Work experience
The below work experience involves also leave-of-absence denoted in italics.
Oct 2020 - present Associate Professor
Okayama University
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Science
Okayama, JapanOct 2017 - present Cooperative Researcher
Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR) Institute International
Deep Interaction Laboratory Group, Interaction Science Labs
Kyoto, JapanApr 2020 - Sep 2020 Assistant Professor (tenured)
Okayama University
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Science
Okayama, JapanApr 2017 - Mar 2020 Woman Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Okayama University
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Science
Okayama, JapanSep 2016 - Mar 2017 Leave-of-absence (Maternity leave for the birth of second child)Apr 2016 - Aug 2016 JSPS RPD Fellow
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) International
Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories
Kyoto, JapanOct 2015 -Mar 2016 Leave-of-absence (Due to relocation to UK for spouse’s job post)

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Nov 2014 - Sep 2015 Post doctoral research scientist
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) International
Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories
Kyoto, JapanFeb 2014 - Oct 2014 Leave-of-absence (Maternity leave for the birth of first child)
Jan 2010 - Jan 2014 Post doctoral research scientist
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) International
Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories
Kyoto, JapanJan 2009 - Apr 2009 Visiting researcher
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
PNA4 Research group
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sep 2008 - Dec 2008 Visiting researcher
University of Amsterdam
Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISLA)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Feb 2008 - May 2008 Visiting researcher
University of Amsterdam
Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISLA)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sep 2003 - Dec 2009 Graduate research and teaching assistant
Bilkent University
Department Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ankara, Turkey

Grants
1 Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research-C (Project code 23K11169)
Granted by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, April 2023-Mar 2026
Budget: 2.7M Japanese Yen
2 Okayama University Overseas Dispatch Grant for Female Faculties
Granted by Okayama University, Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
Budget: 1.6M Japanese Yen
3 Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research-A (Project code 18H04121)
Granted by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr 2020-Mar 2021
Budget: 2M Japanese Yen
4 WTT teacher support (Project code 2C71907043)
Granted by Okayama University, Apr 2019-Mar 2020
Budget: 150K Japanese Yen
5 Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Project code 18K18168))
Granted by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr 2018 - Mar 2021
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Budget: 3.38M Japanese Yen
6 Life event support grant (Project code 2C71907043)
Granted by Okayama University, May 2017- Mar 2018
Budget: 300K Japanese Yen
7 SAKU Travel fund
Granted by Okayama University, May 2017Covers travel costs over 10 days for visiting 3 universities and giving researchpresentation
8 WTT Start-Up fund
Granted by Okayama University, April 2017-Mar 2019
Budget: 2M Japanese Yen
9 JSPS RPD Fellowship (Grant number 16J40223)
Granted by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr 2016-Mar 201913M Japanese yen
This fellowship is granted to only 2 researchers nationwide among all the applicantsin the area of engineering sciences.
10 Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Project code 8KAK1610)
Granted by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr 2016-Mar 2019
3.25M Japanese Yen

Publication record
Journal Articles
The articles below are given in reverse chronological order and are all peer-reviewed.
The impact factors are collected from Web of Science and are for the corresponding
year of publication.
1 Adrien Gregorj, Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Takayuki
Kanda
Social aspects of collision avoidance: A detailed analysis of groups and individual
pedestrians
Scientific Reports, Sci Rep 13, 5756, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32883-z.
2021 Impact factor 4.996 (2023 Impact not yet available)
2 Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Artificial Neural Network based audio reinforcement for computer assisted rotelearning
IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 39466-394, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3266731
2022 Impact factor 3.9 (2023 Impact not yet available)

43 Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Zeynep Yücel, Xialou Jia, Katsuhiro Nishinari,
Takayuki Kanda
A pure number to assess congestion in pedestrian crowds
Transportation Research Part C, Vol 148, 104041, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2023.104041
2022 Impact factor 8.3 (Q1 Journal, 2023 Impact not yet available)
4 Maohua Gan, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Neg/pos-normalized accuracy measures for software defect prediction
IEEE Access, Dec 2022 (early access publication date).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3232144
2022 impact factor 3.9
5 Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Zeynep Yücel, Katsuhiro Nishinari, Takayuki
Kanda
Macroscopic and microscopic dynamics of a pedestrian cross-flow: Part II, modelling
Safety Science, Vol 158, 2023-105969, Oct 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105969
2022 Impact factor 6.1 (Q1 Journal)
6 Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Zeynep Yücel, Katsuhiro Nishinari, Takayuki
Kanda
Macroscopic and microscopic dynamics of a pedestrian cross-flow: Part I, experimental
analysis
Safety Science, Vol 158, 2023-105953, Oct 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105953
2022 Impact factor 6.1 (Q1 Journal)
7 Maohua Gan, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Improvement and Evaluation of Data Consistency Metric CIL for Software Engineering
Datasets
IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 70053-70067, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3188246
2022 impact factor 3.9
8 Florian Pellegrin, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Pattara LeelapruteTask estimation for software company employees based on computer interaction logs
Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 98, pp 1-48, July 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-021-10006-4
2021 impact factor 3.762 (Q1 journal)
9 Zeynep Yücel, Serina Koyama, Akito Monden, Mariko Sasakura
Estimating level of engagement from ocular landmarks
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 36, No. 16, pp. 15271539, Oct 2020.

5https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2020.1768666
2020 Impact factor 3.353
10 Maohua Gan, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Kentaro Sasaki
Empirical Evaluation of Mimic Software Project Data Sets for Software Effort Estimation
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol. E103-D, No. 10, pp. 2094-2103,
Oct 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7150
2020 Impact factor 0.559
11 Zeynep Yücel, Parisa Supitayakul, Akito Monden, Pattara LeelapruteAn algorithm for automatic collation of vocabulary decks based on word frequency
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol. E103-D, No. 08, pp. 1865-1874,
Aug 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7279
2020 Impact factor 0.559
12 Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Pattara Leelaprute
Identification of behavioral variables for efficient representation of difficulty in vocabulary learning systems
International Journal of Learning Technologies and Learning Environments, Vol. 3,
No. 1, pp 51-60, June 2020.
https://doi.org/10.52731/ijltle.v3.i1.521
Impact factor not available.
13 Francesco Zanlungo, Zeynep Yücel, Takayuki Kanda
Intrinsic group behaviour II: On the dependence of triad spatial dynamics on socialand personal features; and on the effect of social interaction on small group dynamics
PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225704, Dec 2019https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225704
2019 Impact factor 2.740
14 Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Adrien Gregorj, Takayuki
Kanda
Identification of social relation within pedestrian dyads
PLoS ONE 14(10): e0223656, Oct 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223656
2019 Impact factor 2.740
15 Consortium for the Physics and Psychology of Human Crowd Dynamics (including
Zeynep Yücel and 38 others)
A glossary for research on human crowd dynamics
Collective Dynamics, Vol. 4, pp. 1-13, Mar 2019.
https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2019.19

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Impact factor not available.
16 Takashi Watanabe, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel, Yasutaka Kamei, Shuji Morisaki
Cross-validation-based association rule prioritization metric for software defect characterization
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol. E101-D, No. 9, pp. 2269-2278,
Sep 2018
https://doi.org/10.1587/transinf.2018EDP7020
2018 Impact factor 0.576
17 Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Masahiro Shiomi
Modeling the impact of interaction on pedestrian group motion∗
Advanced Robotics, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 137-147, Jan 2018https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2017.1421481
2018 Impact factor 1.104∗ This paper is selected as the ‘Cutting Edge of Robotics in Japan’ by the Editorial

Committee of Advanced Robotics.
18 Francesco Zanlungo, Zeynep Yücel, Drazen Brscic, Takayuki Kanda, Norihiro Hagita
Intrinsic group behaviour: dependence of pedestrian dyad dynamics on principal
social and personal features
PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187253, Nov 2017https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187253
2017 Impact factor 2.766 (Q1 journal)
19 Masato Sakata, Zeynep Yücel, Kazuhiko Shinozawa, Norihiro Hagita, Michita Imai,
Michiko Furutani, Rumiko Matsuoka
An Inference Engine for Estimating Outside States of Clinical Test Items
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, Vol.4, No. 3, pp.13 (21pages), Aug 2013.
https://doi.org/10.1145/2517084(Acceptance rate 22%, impact factor not available in 2013.)
20 Zeynep Yücel, Albert Ali Salah, Çetin Meriçli, Tekin Meriçli, Roberto Valenti, Theo
GeversJoint Attention by Gaze Interpolation and Saliency
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp.829-842, June 2013.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMCB.2012.2216979
2013 Impact factor 3.236
21 Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Tetshushi Ikeda, Takahiro Miyashita, Norihiro
Hagita
Deciphering the Crowd: Modeling and Identification of Pedestrian Group Motion
Sensors, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 875-897, Jan 2013.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s130100875

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2013 Impact factor 2.048
22 Zeynep Yücel, Arif Bülent Özgüler
Watermarking via Zero Assigned Filter Banks
Signal Processing, Volume 90, Issue 2, pp.467-479, Feb 2010.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sigpro.2009.07.012
2010 Impact factor 1.373
23 Zeynep Yücel, Pınar Duygulu, Yıldırım Sara, Rüştü Onur, Emre Esen, Arif Bülent
Özgüler
Automated Discrimination of Psychotropic Drugs in Mice via Computer Vision Based
Analysis
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Volume 180, Issue 2, pp. 234-242, June 2009.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.03.014
2009 Impact factor 2.295

Journal Articles in
non-English
languages
The articles below are given in reverse chronological order, are all written in Japaneseand peer-reviewed.
24 田中 和也, 門田 暁人, Zeynep Yücel
ソフトウェア開発工数予測における auto-sklearn の適用
コンピュータソフトウェア, vol.38, no.4, pp.4_46-4_52, Nov 2021
https://doi.org/10.11309/jssst.38.4_46
Impact factor not available.
25 伊永 健人, 門田 暁人, Zeynep Yücel
ソフトウェア開発工数予測におけるデータスムージングの定量的評価
コンピュータソフトウェア, vol.38, no.3, pp.3_83-3_89, Aug 2021
https://doi.org/10.11309/jssst.38.3_83
Impact factor not available
26 田中 和也, 門田 暁人, Zeynep Yücel
ソフトウェアバグ予測における auto-sklearn の有効性評価
コンピュータソフトウェア, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 46-52, Nov 2019.
https://doi.org/10.11309/jssst.36.4_46
Impact factor not available.
27 齊藤 英和, 門田 暁人, Zeynep Yücel, 森崎 修司‘相関関数を扱うアソシエーションルールの提案とソフトウェア開発データへの適用コンピュータソフトウェア, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 47-53, Aug 2019.

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https://doi.org/10.11309/jssst.36.3_47
Impact factor not available.
28 福谷 圭吾, 門田 暁人, ユジャイ ゼイネップ, 畑 秀明
移動窓によるソフトウェアバグの行レベル予測の試み
コンピュータソフトウェア, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 122-128, Nov 2018.
https://doi.org/10.11309/jssst.35.122
Impact factor not available.

International
conference articles
The articles below are given in reverse chronological order, are all written in English
and peer-reviewed.
29 Parisa Supitayakul, Rika Kuramitsu, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Koichi Takeuchi
Dependence of perception of vocabulary difficulty on contextureInt. Conf. Learning Technologies and Learning Environments (LTLE), pp. 129-134
Dec 2023, Bali, Indonesia
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI-Winter61682.2023.00032
30 Natchanon Manatphaiboon, Shogo Hamachi, Zeynep Yücel, Pattara Leelaprute,
Akito Monden
Experiment design and verification for assessing the acquisition of strategic planningabilityInt. Conf. Learning Technologies and Learning Environments (LTLE),pp. 121-128
Dec 2023, Bali, Indonesia
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI-Winter61682.2023.00031
31 Natsu Nishimura, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Using a personality-aware recommendation system for comparing inventory performances
Int. Conf. Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), pp. 228-235
Dec 2023, Bali, Indonesia
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI-Winter61682.2023.00050
32 Kengo Matsui, Timothée Languille, Zeynep Yücel
Effect of tool specificity on the performance of DNN-based saliency prediction methods
Int. Conf. Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), pp. 248-254
Dec 2023, Bali, Indonesia
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI-Winter61682.2023.00053
33 Adrien Gregorj, Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Takayuki Kanda
Asymmetries in group-individual collision avoidance due to social factors
Pedestrian and Evacuation dynamics (PED 2023) (presented, proceeding article underreview)
9June 2023, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
34 Francesco Zanlungo, Zeynep Yücel, Claudio Feliciani, Katsuhiro Nishinari, Takayuki
Kanda
Congestion Number analysis of cross-flow dynamics: experimental data and simulations
Pedestrian and Evacuation dynamics (PED 2023) (presented, proceeding article underreview)
June 2023, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
35 Chigusa Ikeda, Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Developing a web application for RBSC-based solution of the subset selection problem
Proc. International Conference on E-Service and Knowledge Management (ESKMWinter 2022), pp. 57-61.
Dec 2022, Phuket, Thailand
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI-Winter58034.2022.00021
36 Terumi Kasahara, Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Examination of the relation between affective content of images and gaze behavior
Proc. Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI-Winter 2022), pp. 101-107.
Dec 2022, Phuket, Thailand
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI-Winter58034.2022.00030
37 Shogo Hamachi, Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Investigation of the relation between task engagement and eye gazeProc. Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI-Winter 2022), pp. 163-167.
Dec 2022, Phuket, Thailand
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI-Winter58034.2022.00041
38 Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Hisashi Murakami, Zeynep Yücel, Xiaolu Jia,
Katsuhiro Nishinari, Takayuki Kanda
Density dependence of stripe formation in a cross-flow
Proc. International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow (TGF 2022) (presentation only, without proceedings)
Oct 2022, New Delhi, India (Online/hybrid)
39 Adrien Gregorj, Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Takayuki Kanda
On the influence of group social interaction on intrusive behaviors
Proc. International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow (TGF 2022), (presented,
proceeding article in press)
Oct 2022, New Delhi, India (Online/hybrid)
40 Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Misato Nose, Akito Monden
Investigating the effect of various types of audio reinforcement on memory retention
Proc. Learning Technologies and Learning Environments (LTLE 2022), pp. 250-255

10Jul 2022, Kanazawa, Japan (Online/hybrid)∗ This article won the Outstanding Paper Award at LTLE 2022.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IIAIAAI55812.2022.00057
41 Kohei Furuya, Zeynep Yücel, Parisa Supitayakul, Akito Monden
A computationally efficient approach for solving RBSC-based formulation of thesubset selection problem
Proc. International Conference on Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI2022), pp. 341-347
Jul 2022, Kanazawa, Japan (Online/hybrid)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAIAAI55812.2022.00076∗ This article won the Honorable Mention Award at SCAI 2022.
42 Kohei Furuya, Zeynep Yücel, Parisa Supitayakul, Akito Monden, Pattara Leelaprute
Exploring the limits of an RBSC-based approach in solving the subset selection
problem
Proc.International Conference on Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (SCAI2021), vol 81, pp. 1-11
Dec 2021, Jakarta/Indonesia-Tokyo/Japan (Online/hybrid)
https://doi.org/10.29007/113l
43 Kazuma Ohta, Zeynep Yücel, Parisa Supitayakul, Akito Monden, Pattara LeelapruteOn the interplay between vocal production effect and learning content types in
e-learning settings
Proc. International Conference on Learning Technologies and Learning Environments(LTLE 2021), vol 81, pp. 303-312.
Dec 2021, Jakarta/Indonesia-Tokyo/Japan (Online/hybrid)
https://doi.org/10.29007/mph544 Adrien Gregorj, Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Takayuki
Kanda
On the influence of group social relation on the dynamics of pedestrians outside thegroup
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2021) (presentation only, without proceedings)
Dec 2021, Melbourne, Australia (Online)
45 Francesco Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Zeynep Yücel, Katsuhiro Nishinari, Takayuki
Kanda
Crowd congestion number
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2021) (presentation only, without proceedings)
Dec 2021, Melbourne, Australia (Online)
46 Hiroto Nakahara, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel

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A Simulation Model of Software Quality Assurance in the Software Lifecycle
Proc. International Summer Virtual Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial
Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2021), No.
WP1-04, pp. 1-6.
Nov 2021, Taichung, Taiwan
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SNPD51163.2021.9704927
47 Takumi Kanehira, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel
Association Metrics Between Two Continuous Variables for Software Project Data
Proc. International Summer Virtual Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial
Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2021), No.
WP1-05, pp. 1-6.
Nov 2021, Taichung, Taiwan
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SNPD51163.2021.9704983
48 Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Pattara Leelaprute
Investigating effect of stimulus modality on recollection rate in e-learning systems
Proc. International Conference on Learning Technologies and Learning Environments(LTLE 2020), pp. 138-141
Sep 2020, Tokyo, Japan (Online)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI50415.2020.00036

49 Pimwalun Witchawanitchanun, Zeynep Yücel Akito Monden, Pattara Leelaprute
Effect of grasping uniformity on estimation of grasping region from gaze data
Proc. International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 265-267
Oct 2019, Kyoto, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1145/3349537.3352787
50 Serina Koyama, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden
Quantitative evaluation of the relation between blink related features and engagement
Proc. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2019), pp. 731-731
Aug 2019, Leuven, Belgium
https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006619863862
51 Adrien Gregorj, Zeynep Yücel, Sunao Hara, Akito Monden, Masahiro Shiomi
A signal processing perspective on human gait: Decoupling walking oscillations andgestures.
Proc. International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Robotics (ICR 2019),
pp. 75-85
Aug 2019, Istanbul, Turkey
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26118-4_8
52 Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Takayuki Kanda
Gender profiling of pedestrian dyads

12Proc. Traffic and Granular Flow (TGF 2019), Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol
252, pp. 229-305
July 2019, Pamplona, Spain
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55973-1_37
53 Francesco Zanlungo, Luca Crociani, Zeynep Yücel, Takayuki Kanda
The effect of social groups on the dynamics of bi-directional pedestrian flow: anumerical study
Proc. Traffic and Granular Flow (TGF 2019), Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol
252, pp. 307-313
July 2019, Pamplona, Spain
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55973-1_38
54 Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Pattara Leelaprute
Assessing the effect of varying word classes on behavioral variables in technology
mediated vocabulary learning
Proc. International Conference on Learning Technologies and Learning Environments,(LTLE 2019), pp. 226-229
July 2019, Toyama, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2019.00052
55 Toshiki Seto, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel, Yuichiro Kanzaki
On Preventing Symbolic Execution Attacks by Low Cost Obfuscation
Proc. International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence,
Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2019), pp. 495-500
July 2019, Toyama, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1109/SNPD.2019.8935642
56 Kento Korenaga, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel
Data Smoothing for Software Effort Estimation
Proc. International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence,
Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2019), pp. 501-506
July 2019, Toyama, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1109/SNPD.2019.8935841
57 Kazuya Tanaka, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel
Prediction of Software Defects Using Automated Machine Learning
Proc. International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence,
Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, (SNPD 2019), pp. 490-494
July 2019, Toyama, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1109/SNPD.2019.8935839
58 Maohua Gan, Kentaro Sasaki, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel
Generation of Mimic Software Project Data Sets for Software Engineering Research

13International Workshop on Quantitative Approaches to Software Quality (QuASoQ
2018, in conjunction with Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference APSEC
2018), CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol 2273, pp. 38-43
Dec 2018, Nara, Japan
ISSN: 1613-0073
59 Seiji Fukui, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel
Kurtosis and Skewness Adjustment for Software Effort Estimation
Proc. 25th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC 2018, pp.pp.
504-511
Dec 2018, Nara, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.2018.00065
60 Tanakan Pramot, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Pattara Leelaprute
Effect of motivation on gaze behavior over timeWorkshop on Active vision, Attention and Learning (EPIROB-ICDL 2018) (published
online)Sep 2018, Tokyo, Japan
61 Zeynep Yücel, Zanlungo, Claudio Feliciani, Adren Gregorj, Takayuki Kanda
Estimating social relation from trajectories
Proc. Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2018), pp. 222-229
Aug 2018, Lund, Sweden
https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2020.54
62 Francesco Zanlungo, Luis Yoichi Morales, Florent Ferreri, Jani Even, Zeynep Yücel,Takayuki Kanda
Pedestrian Models for Robot Motion
Proc. Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2018), pp. 525-527
Aug 2018, Lund, Sweden
https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2020.90
63 Francesco Zanlungo, Zeynep Yücel, Takayuki Kanda
Social group behavior in triads: dependence on purpose and gender
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2018), pp. 118-125
Aug 2018, Lund, Sweden
https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2020.41
64 Hidekazu Saito, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel
Extended Association Rule Mining with Correlation Functions
Proc. 3rd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Big Data, Cloud Computing, andData Science Engineering (BCD 2018), pp. 79-84
July 2018, Kanazawa, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1109/BCD2018.2018.00020

1465 Naoki Kinoshita, Masateru Tsunoda, Akito Monden, Zeynep Yücel
Predictability classification for software effort estimation
Proc. 3rd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Big Data, Cloud Computing, andData Science Engineering (BCD 2018), pp. 43-48
July 2018, Kanazawa, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1109/BCD2018.2018.00015
66 Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Masahiro Shiomi
Walk the talk: Gestures in mobile interaction
Proc. International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017), pp. 220-230
Nov 2017, Tsukuba, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_22
67 Francesco Zanlungo, Zeynep Yücel, Florent Ferreri, Jani Even, Luis Yoichi Morales,
Takayuki Kanda
Social group motion in robots
Proc. International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017), pp. 474-484
Nov 2017, Tsukuba, Japan
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70022-9_47
68(†) Francesco Zanlungo, Zeynep Yücel, Florent Ferreri, Jani Even, Luis Yoichi Morales,
Takayuki Kanda
Autonomous vehicles moving as a human group
Extended abstract in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots andSystems (IROS 2017), published online
Sep 2017, Vancouver, Canada
69 Francesco Zanlungo, Zeynep Yücel, Takayuki Kanda
The effect of social roles on group behaviour
Proc. Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED 2016), pp. 243-249
Oct 2016, Hefei, China
https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2016.11
70 Zeynep Yücel, Takahiro Miyashita, Norihiro Hagita
Modeling and Identification of Group Motion via Compound Evaluation of Positionaland Directional Cues
Proc. International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2012), pp. 1172-1176
Nov 2012, Tsukuba, Japan
ISBN: 978-1-4673-2216-4
71 Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Tetshushi Ikeda, Takahiro Miyashita, Norihiro
HagitaModeling Indicators of Coherent Motion
Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS
2012), pp. 2134-2140
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Oct 2012, Algarve, Portugal
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2012.6385744
72 Zeynep Yücel, Tetshushi Ikeda, Takahiro Miyashita, Norihiro Hagita
Identification of Mobile Entities Based on Trajectory and Shape Information
Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS
2011), pp. 3589-3594
Oct 2011, San Francisco, USA
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6094852
73 Zeynep Yücel, Albert Ali Salah, Çetin Meriçli, Tekin Meriçli
Joint Visual Attention Modeling for Naturally Interacting Robotic AgentsProc. IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS2009), pp. 242-247
Sep 2009, Guzelyurt, Cyprus
https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCIS.2009.5291820
74 Zeynep Yücel, Albert Ali Salah
Resolution of Focus of Attention Using Gaze Direction Estimation and Saliency
computation
Proc. International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction(ACII 2009), pp. 1-6
Sep 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACII.2009.5349547
75 Zeynep Yücel, Albert Ali Salah
Head Pose and Neural Network Based Gaze Direction Estimation for Joint Attention
Modeling in Embodied AgentsProc. The Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2009), pp. 3139-3144
July 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
76 Roberto Valenti, Zeynep Yücel, Theo Gevers
Robustifying Eye Center Localization by Head Pose Cues
Proc. IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2009), pp. 612-618
June 2009, Miami, USA
https://doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2009.5206640
77 Zeynep Yücel, Arif Bülent Özgüler
Detection of Epileptic Indicators on Clinical Subbands of EEG
Proc. The European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2008), pp. 1-5
Aug 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland
78 Zeynep Yücel, Arif Bülent Özgüler
An Image Watermarking Algorithm via Zero Assigned Filter Banks

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Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing & Information Technology(ISSPIT 2005), pp. 363-368
Dec 2005, Athens, Greece
https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSPIT.2005.1577124
79 Zeynep Yücel, Arif Bülent Özgüler
An Audio Watermarking Algorithm via Zero Assigned Filter Banks
Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2005), pp. 1-4
Sep 2005, Antalya, Turkey

National conference
articlesThe articles below are given in reverse chronological order. The articles written in alanguage other than English are indicated with (∗) , and the articles without peer-review
are indicated with (†) next to the counter.

80(∗) 金平拓生, 門田暁人, Zeynep Yücel, 福谷圭吾,
行レベルバグ予測のための Web アプリケーション
ソフトウェア工学の基礎ワークショップ (FOSE 2019) in press
Nov 2019, Gifu, Japan81(∗) 井下 瑚都, Zeynep Yücel, 門田 暁人
ソフトウェア開発における context switch の影響
ソフトウェア工学の基礎ワークショップ (FOSE 2019) in press
Nov 2019, Gifu, Japan82(∗) 笠木 健希, 門田 暁人, Zeynep Yücel
ソフトウェアバグ予測の費用対効果に基づくアソシエーションルールの優先順位
付け
ソフトウェア工学の基礎ワークショップ (FOSE 2019) in press
Nov 2019, Gifu, Japan
83(†) Hoang Nguyen, Serina Koyama, Zeynep Yücel, Akito Monden, Mariko Sasakura
Estimation of affect scores accounting for user responsivenessProc. Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2018), 1I2-01
Sep 2018, Aichi, Japan84(∗) 清水良介, 門田暁人, Zeynep Yücel, 上野 秀剛
計算機上のソフトウェア開発作業の自動推定の検討
ウィンターワークショップ2018・イン・宮島, pp. 30-31
Jan 2018, Miyajima, Japan

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85(∗) 福谷 圭吾, 門田 暁人, Zeynep Yücel, 畑 秀明
ソフトウェアバグの行レベル予測の試み
ソフトウェア工学の基礎ワークショップ (FOSE 2017), pp.105-100
Nov 2017, Fukui, Japan
86(†) Parisa Supitayakul, Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Akito Monden, Pattara
Leelaprute
Calibration of distributed multimodal sensor networks using cross-correlation ofarrival processes
Proc. Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2017), 1C3-05
Sep 2017, Saitama, Japan87(∗†) Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Masahiro Shiomi
Modeling effect of interaction on motion patterns of pedestrian groups (in Japanese)
Proc. Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2016), 3W2-04, July
201688(∗) Zeynep Yücel, Albert Ali Salah, Çetin Meriçli, Tekin Meriçli
Derivation of Gaze Direction from Head Pose Estimates (in Turkish)
Proc. IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference, pp.
224-227, SIU 2010.
https://doi.org/10.1109/SIU.2010.5652736
89(∗) Zeynep Yücel, Roberto Valenti, Nicu Sebe
Cylindrical Model Based Head Pose Estimation for Drivers (in Turkish)
Proc. IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference, pp.
213-216, SIU 2009.
https://doi.org/10.1109/SIU.2009.5136370
90(∗) Zeynep Yücel, Arif Bülent Özgüler
Detection of Epilepsy Seizures and Epileptic Indicators in EEG Signals (in Turkish)
Proc. IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference, SIU
2008, pp. 1-4, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.1109/SIU.2008.4632759
91(∗) Zeynep Yücel, Emre Esen, Pınar Duygulu, Yıldırı Sara, Rüştü Onur, Arif Bülent
Özgüler
Computer vision based classification of videos of mice under the influence of several
psychotropic drugs (in Turkish)
National Congress of Pharmacology, 2007.
92(∗) Emre Esen, Zeynep Yücel, Yıldırım Sara, Pınar Duygulu, Rüştü Onur
Discrimination of pharmaceutical agents that cause locomotor activity changes inmice using computer software (in Turkish)

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National Congress of Pharmacology, 2007.
93(∗) Zeynep Yücel, Arif Bülent Özgüler
Color and Grey Level Image Watermarking via Zero Assigned Filter Banks (inTurkish)Proc. IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference, SIU
2006.
https://doi.org/10.1109/SIU.2006.1659862

Theses94 Zeynep Yücel
Computer Vision Based Behaviour Analysis
PhD Thesis - Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2009.
95 Zeynep Yücel
Watermarking via Zero Assigned Filter BanksMS Thesis - Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2005.

Patents
96 Zeynep Yücel, Tetshushi Ikeda, Takahiro Miyashita, Norihiro Hagita, “Tracking and
Identification of Mobile Entities Based on Trajectory and Shape Information
Patent Application No. 2011-204031 (granted).

Teaching experience
Undergraduate
The courses below are taught in Okayama University and the teaching language isJapanese.
Graph Theory
Algorithms and Computational Complexity
Mathematical Logic
Safety and Security Management for Engineers
Information Technology Experiments B (Media Processing, as coordinator)
Graduate
The courses below are taught in Okayama University and the teaching language is
specified in parenthesis.
Advanced Linear Algebra (in English)
Topics in Electronic and Information Systems Engineering (in Japanese, as teacher
and coordinator)
As teaching assistant
The courses below are taught in Bilkent University and the teaching language isEnglish.
Introduction to Electrical EngineeringLinear Algebra and Differential Equations
Feedback Control Systems
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Nonlinear Systems
Electronics I

Invited talks
Aug 2018 Istanbul Technical University, Department of Computer Science
Interaction in Dynamic Scenarios of HRI
Aug 2018 Linnaeus University, Department of computer science and media technology
Considerations in the design of social interaction robots
Dec 2017 Nishinari Lab, Tokyo University
Human behavior understanding for social robotics
Sep 2017 MHUG, Trento University, Trento, Italy
Interaction in Static and Dynamic Scenarios of HRI
Aug 2017 Milano Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
Pedestrian Group Interaction for Social Robotics Applications
Aug 2017 BYOYO 2017, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Social interaction robots

Other activities
Journal Reviewing
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Signal, Image and Video ProcessingIEEE Tran Signal ProcessingIEEE Tran Multimedia
IEEE Tran Affective Computing
IEEE Tran Information Forensics and Security
IEEE AccessElsevier Digital Signal Processing
Elsevier Signal Processing
Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
PeerJ Computer Science
Int J Geo-information
Springer Multimedia Tools and Applications
Safety Science
Sage OpenFire Safety
HeliyonConference
Reviewing
Int Conf Social Robotics (ICSR)
20Int Conf Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
Int Conf Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Int Conf Multimodal Interaction (ICMI)
Int Conf Pattern Recognition (ICPR)Int Conf Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII)Int Symp Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS)
Signal Processing and Communication Application (SIU)
European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)IEEE Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT)
Humanoids
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED)
Organization
PC member of International Conference on Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence, SCAI 2024
2023年度(第74回)電気・情報関連学会中国支部連合大会 (2023 Chugoku Section
Joint Conference of Electrical and Information Society)
Int Conf on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, PED 2023
PC member of Int Conf on Speech and Computer, Specom 2023
PC member of Int Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Understanding, IWCIM 2023 (at IEEE ICASSP 2023)
PC member of Int Conf on Speech and Computer, Specom 2022
PC member of Int Conf on Speech and Computer, Specom 2021
PC member of Int Conf on Speech and Computer, Specom 2020
PC member of Int Conf on Social Robotics, ICSR 2019
PC member of Int Conf on Speech and Computer, ICR 2019
PC member of Int Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2018
PC member of Int Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2012
Administrative
dutiesApr 2021 Apr 2020 Apr 2022 -Library steering committee of Okayama University
Diversity & Inclusion committee of Okayama University
Public relations committee of Faculty of Engineering of Okayama University

Apr 2021 -Electronic Journal Subscription Working Group of Faculty of Engineering of Okayama
University

Apr 2023 -Academic adviser to 2022 enrollment students of Department of Information Scienceof Okayama University

Computer skills
C++, OpenCV, Java
Python, MATLAB, Scilab
Latex

Languages
Self-assessment European level CEFR (C2 maximum evaluation)(*) Holder of N3 (third highest) level of Japanese proficiency approved in 2014 by JLPT

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TurkishEnglishJapanese(*)
ItalianGermanMother Tongue
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Speaking
Writing
Interaction Production

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