H. Akın Ünver
Assoc. Prof.
Education:
- PhD 2010, International Relations, University of Essex
- MS 2005, European Studies, METU
- BS 2003, International Relations, Bilkent Univ.
Research:
- Technology and Data Science
- Peace and Conflict Studies
AI Research
Detection of Political, Administrative, Economic, and Information Manipulation
- Utilizing large language models (LLMs) to detect manipulation across various domains, based on large-scale historical news text data.
Real-Time Crisis Forecasting
- Developing a second Horizon project employing machine learning techniques such as XGBoost and SVM to forecast similar crises in real-time.
Strategic Implications for Business
- Large-scale crisis forecasting is likely to be of significant interest to the business sector.
- While not directly focused on business operations, these studies aim to anticipate the political and economic environment in which businesses operate.
