Bilkent Theses: Recent submissions
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Hybrid and model based approaches for new BCI spellers
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Electroencephalography (EEG) based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), due to their non-invasive, portable and temporal resolution properties, are widely used in the field of neural engineering. In order to make BCI paradigms ... -
Stability of third order conewise linear systems
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)A conewise linear, time-invariant system is a piecewise linear system in which the state-space is a union of polyhedral cones. Each cone has its own dynamics so that a multi-modal system results. We focus our attention ... -
Comparing the performance of humans and 3D-convolutional neural networks in material perception using dynamic cues
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)There are numerous studies on material perception in humans. Similarly, there are various deep neural network models that are trained to perform different visual tasks such as object recognition. However, the intersection ... -
At the intersection of center and periphery: Kurdish language in the Turkish monolingual sphere
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)This thesis focuses on, monolingualist paradigm, World Literature system and translation as its main tool. While Turkish and Kurdish, Turkish Literature and Kurdish literature provide a fruitful contest area to these ... -
The position of countries in global value chains
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)To detect the position of countries in global value chains in a consistent manner, we propose that export and import upstreamness measures of a country should be varying across its trade partners over time. To formalize ... -
The role of emotion word use in perceived responsiveness during getting acquainted interactions
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Past research has showed that perceived responsiveness (i.e., the extent to which people think that their relationship partners understand, care for, and appreciate them) is positively associated with individual and ... -
Production of ‘abstract crisis’ and irregular human mobilities
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)This thesis argues that political representation of space as being consisted of territorially bounded states leads to the impulsion to see an uncontrolled movement as risky, and eventually to call the event as crisis. ... -
Design and development of an SSVEP based low cost, wearable, and wireless BCI system
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)It has become a challenging research topic to design and develop cheap and wearable brain-computer interface (BCI) systems but not compromising the performance. In this thesis, the design and development of a steady state ... -
Hungary at crossroads: war, peace, and occupation politics
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)This thesis traces the steps of the Hungarian foreign policy from 1918 to 1946, and analyzes the impact of revisionism after the Treaty of Trianon on Hungarian foreign policy decisions and calculations after the First ... -
Parafac-spark: parallel tensor decompositions on spark
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Tensors are higher order matrices, widely used in many data science applications and scienti c disciplines. The Canonical Polyadic Decomposition (also known as CPD/PARAFAC) is a widely adopted tensor factorization to ... -
Spatial audio reproduction techniques and their application to musical composition: the analysis of “wunderkammer”, “point-instant” and “hollow”
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)The use of space is considered as a structural part of a musical composition. The developments in the spatial audio reproduction technology has changed the way we perceive the sound. So, it is inevitable to put emphasis ... -
Syntactic versus semantic stand: analysis of Jonty Harrison’s Klang and Surface Tension
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)During the 1980s and 1990s, English electroacoustic music composer Jonty Harrison (1952-) composed a series of tape pieces and collected them in an album called ´Evidence mat´erielle in 2000. In this thesis, two pieces, ... -
Semiconductor nanoplatelet heterostructures enhanced via combinations of colloidal atomic layer deposition and hot injection shell growths
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)One of the most promising families of semiconductor nanocrystals in colloidal optoelectronics and nanophotonics is considered to be colloidal quantum wells, also commonly referred to as nanoplatelets (NPLs). Possessing ... -
Bio-inspired paper plant robots: artificial heliotropism and nyctinasty through transpiration
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Self-regulation is a fundamental feature of all living systems, which maintains their metabolic activities through biochemical feedback loops. Those feedback loops respond to environmental stimuli, and therefore the ... -
Charge dissipation mechanism of low-cost antistatic additive lignin in contact charged polymers
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Contact electrification (C.E.), a phenomenon studied for millennia, develops contact charges on material surfaces, when two materials are contacted and then separated. Accumulation of contact charges and their uncontrolled ... -
The religion of the gentry and middling classes: the English Reformation as reflected in wills, 1509-1553
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)The purpose of this thesis is to present and analyse statistical data of the religion of the gentry and middling classes as reflected in 1997 wills between 1509 to 1553, during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. In ... -
The transformation of an itinerant army: from the Catalan Company to the Catalan Duchy of Athens and Neopatras (1303-1388)
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)This thesis examines the transformation of the Catalan Company into a political, social and cultural institution from the arrival of the Company at Constantinople in September 1303 until the fall of Catalan Athens to the ... -
Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and compliance in international financial institutions
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)The relationship between compliance, accountability and good governance is important in terms of the mission and role of International Organizations in global order. Although these concepts are closely related to each ... -
Faith and reason in higher education: social scientific study of Islam at Ankara University School of Divinity
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the mektep-madrasa controversy is manifested in Ankara University School of Divinity as a divide between those who see the study and teaching of Islam as a religion, and those ... -
The study of militarism: English-speaking world scholarship and Turkey’s scholarship compared
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Militarism has attracted academic attention since late seventeenth century. Scholars have defined and studied militarism in different ways. While during the First World War, militarism was studied as an ideology, in the ...
