Join us at #TCSS2025 on April 18 @kocuniversity! Explore the latest in #ComputationalSocialScience #BigData, #AI, #ML, #NLP & more shaping social science research. Submission deadline: Mar 1. Free to attend & open to all. Learn more & apply:

"As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient"

RT @GundogduDidem: @ccss_ku üniversitesinden Erdem Şahin, Yusuf Car ve Arda Astam, sarkastik söylemin otokratik toplumlardaki yükselişi çal….

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni @sdgailab @kocuniversity @ozyeginuni @UMontreal @baskentunv Closing #TCSS2025 with Ecem Civak & Mehmet Ali Tarım (@ozyeginuni ) presenting “The Impact of Football Hooliganism and Hate Crimes in the UK: A Computational Analysis of Violent Extremism.” An insightful finale to #TCSS2025! .#CompSocSci #SportsViolence

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni @sdgailab @kocuniversity @ozyeginuni @UMontreal @baskentunv At #TCSS2025: Session 8 continues with Aliye Fettah (@ozyeginuni) presenting "Political Rhetoric and Conflict Dynamics," a computational analysis of Turkish officials' speeches and military engagement in Syria. #ComputationalConflictStudies

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni @sdgailab @kocuniversity @ozyeginuni @UMontreal @baskentunv At #TCSS2025: Session 8 on Computational Approaches to Migration and Conflict chaired by Didem Gündoğdu (@kocuniversity ). Akın Ünver (@ozyeginuni) presents work with Tuba Bircan on AI prediction of migration using conflict data, benchmarking ML models across Somalia/Yemen cases.

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni @sdgailab @kocuniversity @ozyeginuni @UMontreal @baskentunv At #TCSS2025: Özlem Özmen (@ozyeginuni) presents "A Computational Analysis of Motivations Behind Nobel Peace and Economics Prizes." Her data-driven approach reveals patterns across both prize categories from 1969-2024, identifying converging interests.

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni @sdgailab @kocuniversity @ozyeginuni @UMontreal At #TCSS2025: Dr. Beyza Yılmaz from @baskentunv presents "Ethics in Data Science: A Bibliometric Analysis" examining 815 WoS publications. Her research identifies key ethical challenges: classification biases, privacy breaches, representation issues, and consent gaps.

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni @sdgailab @kocuniversity Session 7 at #TCSS2025 chaired by Akın Ünver (@ozyeginuni ): Vincent Arel-Bundock (@UMontreal) reveals shocking stats using LLMs to analyze poli-sci publications - 98.8% claim positive findings while only 1.1% report null results!

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni @sdgailab Don't miss the DS4SDGs Hackathon at #TCSS2025!.@kocuniversity students demonstrate how computational methods address UN Sustainable Development Goals through three innovative projects connecting social media analysis, satellite imagery, and AI for social impact @sdgailab

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu @Galatasaray_Uni Exciting parallel session at #TCSS2025! The DS4SDGs Hackathon showcases student teams using data science for sustainable development - analyzing climate activism on TikTok, monitoring deforestation with satellites, and detecting mental health crises on social media. @sdgailab

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu @sabanciu Closing out Session 6 at #TCSS2025: Irem Ercan (@Galatasaray_Uni)presents "The Role of Anonymity in Avatar-Based Influencer Marketing" - exploring how virtual influencers impact brand trust and consumer loyalty. Fresh insights into digital marketing dynamics in the metaverse era!

@ankarabilimuni @YildizEdu At #TCSS2025: Melike Ayşe Kocacık Şenol from @sabanciu presents on populism and WTO governance, analyzing ministerial statements over 26 years. Her computational approach reveals how populist governments engage with global trade institutions. #ComputationalSocialScience

@ankarabilimuni Next at #TCSS2025: Şükrü Demirtaş from @YildizEdu presents "The Impact of Government Ideologies on Income Distribution in Türkiye: A Machine Learning Approach" - applying computational methods to understand how political ideologies shape economic inequality.

Now at #TCSS2025: Session 6 on Machine Learning and Political Economy chaired by Şükrü Atsızelti. Irmak Uzun Bayar from (@ankarabilimuni) presents "Machine Learning in Data Envelopment Analysis" - sharing her innovative three-phased study that combines ML with DEA models.

@marmara1883 @istanbuluni @hepsiburada #TCSS2025: Erkan Güneş (@constructor_uni) presents "Navigating Emotionality Classification with LLMs" - tackling the prompt optimization problem for emotion detection. His work with Tevfik Murat Yıldırım explores the balance between simplicity and complexity in prompt design.

@marmara1883 @istanbuluni At #TCSS2025: Yunus Gündoğmuş from @hepsiburada presents work on Instagram hashtag recommendations for fashion posts using content embedding. Smart application of computational methods developed with Dr. Uzay Çetin to solve real industry challenges! #AIinFashion

@marmara1883 Now at #TCSS2025: Kemal Gunay from @istanbuluni presents on street animals law debates in Turkey. He's using multiple NLP tools to identify differences between demographic groups and comparing digital trace data with survey results.

Kicking off Day 2 at #TCSS2025! Museyib Hayat (@marmara1883) presents "Echo Chambers in The Digital Age". Their innovative approach combines generative models with social network analysis to study political polarization online. Session chaired by Dr. Merih Angın.

@kocuniversity Closing out Day 1 at #TCSS2025: Reyta Akdeniz from @marmara1883 presents "Boycott Stance: Classification" - examining social media data around Gaza-related boycott movements using large language models #ComputationalSocialScience #BoycottAnalysis

Next at #TCSS2025: Mustafa Avcı from @kocuniversity presents "Digital Representations of Köçek" - using Twitter data to analyze perceptions of this male dance tradition that carries complex cultural significance.