Can, F., Kocberber, S., Baglioglu, O., Kardas, S., Ocalan, H. C., Uyar, E. "New event detection and topic tracking in Turkish." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (Accepted.) pdf.
Can, E. F., Can, F., Duygulu, P., Kalpakli, M. "Categorization of Ottoman literary texts using machine learning techniques." (Under revision.)
Sevil, S. G., Kucuktunc, O., Duygulu, P., Can, F. "Automatic tag expansion using visual similarity for photo sharing websites." Multimedia Tools and Applications. (To appear.)
Altingovde, I. S., Demir, E., Can, F., Ulusoy, O. "Incremental cluster-based retrieval using compressed cluster-skipping inverted files." ACM Transactions on Information Systems. Vol. 26, No. 3 (2008). pdf.
Kucukyilmaz, T., Cambazoglu, B. B., Aykanat, C., Can, F. "Chat mining: predicting user and message attributes in computer-mediated communication." Information Processing and Management. Vol. 44, No. 4 (2008), pp. 1448-1466. pdf.
Can, F. , Kocberber, S., Balcik, E., Kaynak, C., Ocalan, H. C., Vursavas, O. M. "Information retrieval on Turkish texts." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Vol. 59, No. 3 (February 2008), pp. 407-421. pdf.
Altintas, K., Can, F., Patton, J. M., "Language change quantification using time-separated parallel translations." Literary & Linguistic Computing. Vol. 22, No. 4 (November 2007), pp. 375-393. pdf.
Nuray, R., Can, F. "Automatic ranking of information retrieval systems using data fusion." Information Processing and Management. Vol. 42, No. 3 (2006), pp. 595-614.pdf.
Carterette , B., Can, F. "Comparing inverted files and signature files for searching a large lexicon." Information Processing and Management. Vol. 41, No. 3 (2005), pp. 613-633. pdf, code.
Patton, J. M., Can, F. "A stylometric analysis of Yasar Kemal's Ince Memed tetralogy." Computers and the Humanities. Vol. 38, No. 4 (2004), pp. 457-467.pdf (long
TR form).
Can, F., Altingovde, I. S., Demir, E. "Efficiency and effectiveness of query processing in cluster-based retrieval." Information Systems. Vol. 29, No. 8, (2004), pp.697-717. pdf.
Can, F., Nuray, R., Sevdik, A. B. "Automatic performance evaluation of Web search engines." Information Processing and Management. Vol. 40, No. 3 (2004), pp. 495-514. pdf.
Can, F., Patton, J. M. "Change of writing style with time." Computers and the Humanities. Vol. 38, No. 1 (2004), pp. 61-82. pdf
Kocberber, S., Can, F., Patton, J. M. "Optimization of signature file parameters for databases with varying record lengths." The Computer Journal. Vol. 42, No. 1 (1999), pp. 11-23. pdf.
Kocberber, S., Can, F. "Vertical framing of superimposed signature files using partial evaluation of queries." Information Processing and Management. Vol. 33, No. 3 (1997), pp. 353-376. pdf
Kocberber, S., Can, F. "Partial evaluation of queries for bit-sliced signature files." Information Processing Letters. Vol. 60 (1996), pp. 305-311. pdf
Can, F., Fox, E. A., Snavely, C. D., France, R. K. "Incremental clustering for very large document databases: initial MARIAN experience." Information Sciences. Vol. 84 (1995), pp. 101-114. pdf
Can, F. "On the efficiency of best-match cluster searches." Information Processing and Management. Vol. 30, No. 3 (1994), pp. 343-361.pdf
Can, F. "Incremental clustering for dynamic information processing." ACM Transactions on Information Systems. Vol. 11, No. 2 (April, 1993), 143-164. pdf
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "Concepts and effectiveness of the cover coefficient-based clustering methodology for text databases." ACM Transactions on Database Systems. Vol. 15, No. 4 (December, 1990), pp. 483-517. pdf (long
TR form).
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "Dynamic cluster maintenance." Information Processing and Management. Vol. 25, No. 3 (1989), pp. 171-183.pdf
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "Computation of term/document discrimination values by use of the cover coefficient concept." Journal of the American Society for Information Science. Vol. 38, No. 3 (1987), pp. 171-183. pdf
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "Similarity and stability analysis of the two partitioning type clustering algorithms." Journal of the American Society for Information Science. Vol. 36, No. 1 (1985), pp. 3-14. pdf
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "Two partitioning type clustering algorithms." Journal of the American Society for Information Science. Vol. 35, No. 5 (1984), pp. 268-276. pdf
Ozkarahan, E. A., Can, F. "An integrated fact/document information system for office automation." Information Technology: Research and Development. Vol. 3, No. 3 (1984), pp. 142-156. (This journal now is a part of Information Processing and Management.) pdf
B. Refereed International Conference Publications
Aksoy, C., Bugdayci, A., Gur, T., Uysal, I., Can, F. "Semantic argument frequency based multi-document summarization." In the Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS'09), North Cyprus, September 14-16, 2009, (to appear in IEEE Digital Library).
Zamalieva, D., Kalaycilar, F., Kale, A., Pehlivan, A., Can, F. "Stylistic document retrieval for Turkish." In the Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS'09), North Cyprus, September 14-16, 2009, (to appear in IEEE Digital Library).
Ercan, G., Can, F. "Cover coefficient-based multi-document summarization." (Poster paper.) 31st European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2009), Toulouse, France, April 6-9, 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5478/2009, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 670-674.
Kucuktunc, O., Sevil S. G., Tosun, A. B., Zitouni, H., Duygulu, P., Can, F. "Tag suggestr: Automatic photo tag expansion using visual information for photo sharing websites." The Third International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT 2008), Koblenz, Germany, December 3-5, 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5392/2008, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 63-71.
Can, F., Kocberber, S., Baglioglu, O., Kardas, S., Ocalan, H. C., Uyar, E. "Bilkent News Portal: A personalizable system with new event detection and tracking capabilities." (Demo paper.) In the Proceedings of the 31st Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (Singapore, July 20-24, 2008). ACM, New York, p. 885.
Altingovde, I. S., Demir, E., Can, F., Ulusoy, O. "Site-based dynamic pruning for query processing in search engines." (Poster paper.) In the Proceedings of the 31st Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (Singapore, July 20-24. 2008). ACM, New York, pp. 861-862.
Altingovde, I. S., Can, F., Ulusoy, O. "Efficient processing of category-restricted queries for Web directories." (Poster paper.) 30th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2008), Glasgow, Scotland, March 30-April 3, 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4956/2008, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 695-699.
Can, F. "New event detection and tracking: test collection construction, algorithms, and evaluation." In the Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS'07), Ankara, Turkey, November 7-9, 2007. (Invited presentation abstract).
Altingovde, I. S., Ozcan, R., Ocalan, H. C., Can, F., Ulusoy, O. "Large-scale cluster-based retrieval experiments on Turkish texts." (Poster paper.) In the Proceedings of the 30th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (Amsterdam, July 23-27, 2007), ACM, New York, pp. 891-892.
Can, F. , Kocberber, S., Balcik, E., Kaynak, C., Ocalan, H. C., Vursavas, O. M. "First large-scale information retrieval experiments on Turkish texts." (Poster paper.) In the Proceedings of the 29th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (Seattle, WA , August 6-11, 2006), ACM, New York, pp. 627-628.
Can, F. "Turkish information retrieval: past changes future." (Invited paper.) In the Proceedings of the 4th Biennial International Conference on Advances in Information Systems (ADVIS '06), Izmir, Turkey, October 18-20, 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4243, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 13-22.
Altingovde, I. S., Can, F., Ulusoy, O. "Algorithms for within-cluster searches using inverted files." In the Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS'06), Istanbul, Turkey, November 1-3, 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4263, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 707-716.
Kucukyilmaz, T., Cambazoglu, B. B., Aykanat, C., Can, F. "Chat mining for gender prediction." In the Proceedings of the 4th Biennial International Conference on Advances in Information System (ADVIS '06), Izmir, Turkey, October 18-20, 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4243, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 274-283.
Nuray , R., Can, F. "Automatic ranking of retrieval systems in imperfect environments." (Poster paper.) In the Proceedings of the 26th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval." ( Toronto Canada , July 28-August 1, 2003 ), ACM, New York , pp. 379-380.
Altintas , K., Can, F. "Stemming for Turkish : a comparative evaluation." In Proceedings of the 11th Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks (TAINN), (Istanbul, Turkey, June 2002), Istanbul University Press, Istanbul, pp. 181-188.
Kocberber , S., Can, F. "Compressed multi-framed signature files: an index structure for fast information retrieval." In the Proceedings of the 1999 Symposium on Applied Computing. (San Antonio, TX, March, 1999), ACM, New York , pp. 221-226.
Kocberber , S., Can, F., "Optimization of bit-sliced signature files in multi-term query environments." In the Proceedings of the Tenth Int. Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences. (Efes, Turkey, October-November 1995), pp. 161-168.
Solak , A., Can, F., "Effects of stemming on Turkish text retrieval" In the Proceedings of the Ninth Int. Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences. (Antalya, Turkey, November 1994), pp. 49-56.
Say, B., Can, F. "An evaluation of the validity of the Dexter hypertext reference model: a case study." In the Proceedings of the Ninth Int. Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences. (Antalya, Turkey, November 1994), pp. 439-446.
Can, F., Sequeira, R. S. "Structured hypertext creation using templates: auto template tool for HypAS." In the Proceedings of the Eight Int. Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences. (Istanbul, Turkey, November 1993), pp. 549-556.
Can, F., Snavely, C. D., Fox, E. A., France , R. K. "Incremental clustering for very large document databases: initial MARIAN experience." In the Proceedings of the Eight Int. Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences. (Istanbul, Turkey, November 1993), pp. 137-144.
Aktug , D., Can, F. "Analysis of multiterm queries in a dynamic signature file organization." In the Proceedings of the 16th Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference (Pittsburgh, PA, June, 1993), ACM, New York , pp. 96-105.
Aktug , D., Can, F. "Signature file hashing using term occurrence and query frequencies." In the Proceedings of the 12th Annual IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications. (Tempe, AZ, March, 1993), IEEE, Piscataway , NJ , pp. 148-153.
Abdalla , O., Can, F. "Node reusability in structured hypertext systems." In the Proceedings of the ACM 1993 Computer Science Conference (Indianapolis, IN, February, 1993), ACM, New York , pp. 440-445.
Can, F., Lee, Y-M. "HypIR: a hypertext-based approach to information retrieval. In the Proceedings of ACM 1993 Symposium on Applied Computing (Indianapolis, IN, February, 1993), ACM, New York , pp. 729-736.
Ozkarahan , E. A., Can, F. "Multi-media document representation and retrieval." In the Proceedings of the ACM 1991 Computer Science Conference (San Antonio, TX, March, 1991), ACM, New York, pp. 420-429.
Can, F., Drochak II, N. D. "Incremental clustering for dynamic document databases." In the Proceedings of the 1990 Symposium on Applied Computing (Fayetville, AR, April, 1990), IEEE, Los Alamitos, California, pp. 61-67.
Can, F. "Validation of clustering structures in information retrieval." In the Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (Montreal, Quebec, September, 1989), EIC, pp. 572-575.
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "A dynamic cluster maintenance system for information retrieval." In Proceedings of the 10th Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference (New Orleans, LA, June, 1987), ACM, New York , pp. 123-131.
Ozkarahan , E. A., Can, F. "An automatic and tunable document indexing system." In the Proceedings of the 9th Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference (Pisa, Italy, September, 1986), ACM, New York , pp. 234-243.
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "Concepts of the cover coefficient clustering methodology." In the Proceedings of the 8th Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference (Montreal, Quebec, June, 1985), ACM, New York , pp. 204-211.
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "A clustering scheme." In the Proceedings of the 6th Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference (Bethesda, Maryland, June, 1983), ACM, New York , pp. 115-121.
C. Contribution in Edited Books
Can, F. "Integration of fact/document retrieval systems incorporating the support of a database machine and a clustering scheme." NATO Advanced Study Institute on Relational Database Machine Architectures. (Les Arcs, France, July 1985), Edited by: A. K. Sood, and A. H. Qureshi, NATO ASI Series, Vol. F 24 (1986), pp. 503-517, Springer Verlag.
D. Technical Reports
Patton, J. M., Can, F. "A detailed stylometric investigation of the Ince Memed tetralogy." Technical Report #MiamiU-CSA-04-001, Miami University , Oxford , OH , 2004. pdf.
Can, F., Carterette, B. "Compressed bit-sliced signature files: an index structure for large lexicons." Working Paper #99-001, Systems Analysis Dept., Miami University , Oxford , OH , 1999.
Kocberber , S., Can, F. "Fast information retrieval using compressed multi-fragmented signature files." Technical Report, BU-CEIS-9625, Bilkent University, Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey , 1996.
Can, F., Ertugay, O. N. "Analysis of signature generation schemes for multiterm queries in linear hashing with superimposed signatures." Working Paper #95-008, Systems Analysis Dept., Miami University , Oxford , OH , Dec. 1995 . pdf (image, ~3.7MB).
Kocberber , S., Can, F. "Generalized vertical partitioning of signature files." Technical. Report BU-CEIS-9513, Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey , 1995.
Kocberber , S., Can, F. "Vertical fragmentation of superimposed signature files using partial evaluation of queries." Technical. Report BU-CEIS-9501, Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey , 1995.
Kocberber , S., Can, F. "Incremental query evaluation for vertically partitioned signature files in very large databases." Technical Report, BU-CEIS-94-27, Bilkent University, Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., July 1994.
Tezcan , B., Tur, G., Can, F. "An analysis of frame sliced signature files." Technical Report, BU-CEIS-94-26, Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey , July 1994.
Say (Karal), B. "An evaluation of the validity of Dexter hypertext reference model: A case study." Technical Report, BU-CEIS-94-25, Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey , July 1994.
Solak , A., Can, F. "Effects of stemming on Turkish text retrieval." Technical Report, BU-CEIS-94-20, Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey , July 1994. pdf
(image, ~2MB)
Can, F., Coplu, A. "MARIAN dynamic incremental clustering experiments." Computer Engineering and Information Science Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey , July 1994. (Working paper, not available as a departmental technical report.) pdf
Abdalla , O., Can, F. "HypAS: A hypertext authoring system - modeling and implementation issues." Technical Report No. 93-008, Systems Analysis Dept., Miami University , Oxford , OH , 1993.
Aktug , D., Can, F. "Analysis of signature generation schemes for multiterm queries in partitioned signature file environments." Technical Report No. #93-007, Systems Analysis Dept., Miami University, Oxford, OH, May 1993.
Aktug , D., Can, F. "Signature files: An integrated access method for formatted and unformatted databases." Working Paper #93-006, Systems Analysis Dept., Miami University , Oxford , OH , 1993.
Aktug , D., Can, F. "Dynamic signature file partitioning based on term characteristics." Technical Report No. #92-009, Systems Analysis Dept., Miami University, Oxford, OH, August, 1992.
Lee, Y. M., Can, F. "HypIR: hypertext based information retrieval." Technical Report No. #92-007, Systems Analysis Dept, Miami University, Oxford, OH, August, 1992.
Abdalla , O., Can, F. "Node reusability in structured hypertext systems." Technical Report No. #92-006, Miami University , Oxford , OH , August, 1992.
Can, F., McCarthy, K. "Implementation of an information retrieval system (ANIRS) with ranking and browsing capabilities." Working Paper #92-001, Systems Analysis Dept, Miami University , April, 1992.
Can, F. "Experiments on incremental clustering." Technical Report No. #91-002, Systems Analysis Dept, Miami University, Oxford, OH, August, 1991.
Can, F., Anderson , D. "Experiments on the efficiency of cluster searches." Working Paper #91-001, Systems Analysis Dept, Miami University , March 1991.
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E. A. "Effectiveness assessment of the cover coefficient based clustering methodology." Working Paper #89-002, Systems Analysis Dept, Miami University , October 1989. (The unabridged version of the ACM Trans. on Database Systems paper, contains the complete proofs of the theorems.) pdf
Ozkarahan , E. A., Can, F. "Integration of fact/document systems within a database machine." Technical Report No. TR82-02, Computer Science Dept., Arizona State University , November 1982.
Can, F., Ozkarahan, E A. "Text retrieval with the RAP database machine." Department of Comp. Engineering, Technical Report No. IS-DB 10, Computer Engineering Dept, Middle East Technical University , June 1981.