Partnership
Disaster-resilient societies through research on humanitarian supply chains, donation behavior, CSR, and community support during crises.
- Advisory
- Innovation
- Technical cooperation
- Research and development
Author
Altug Tanaltay
Faculty Member
Sabancı University
Istanbul, Türkiye
High-volume online communications, leveraging methodologies from machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and computational statistics.
My organisation
Sabancı University (SU) is renowned for its academic excellence, with a notable proficiency in computer sciences, ICT and smart solutions in fields such as environment, health, transport, energy, and so on. With a dedicated commitment to a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research strategy, and a robust background of smart city projects, SU is motivated to the visionary development of sustainable and comprehensive solutions. SU have been actively involved in national and multinational projects on Cryptology, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Visual Analytics & Computer Vision, Smart Mobility and Logistics, High Performance Computing, Information and Communication Technology, Robotics, Material Sciences and Nanotechnology and more.
About me
Altug Tanaltay, born in 1980 in Istanbul, completed his undergraduate studies in Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University in 2003, followed by Master of Science degrees in 2007—in Management of Marketing and Logistics from Galatasaray University and in Information Technologies from Sabanci University. After his professional employments, in 2008, he began working as an Instructor at Sabanci University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, where he has since trained numerous undergraduate, graduate students, and professionals on Software Engineering and Information Systems, along with providing consultation for complex software systems and projects. Earning his PhD from Sabanci Business School in 2023, his research, leveraging methodologies from Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Computational Statistics, has been primarily focused on extracting and analyzing insights from high-volume online communications. He seeks to advance both the academic and practical applications of AI and data science in business and social contexts while continuing his research and teaching as a faculty member at Sabancı Business School.
Skills
- NLP
- Social Media Analytics
- crisis and supply chains
Interests
- disaster resilience
- online communications