Gülşen Eryiğit

Prof. Dr. Gülşen Eryiğit is a Professor at Istanbul Technical University within the Faculty of Computer and Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering. She founded and directs the ITU Natural Language Processing Group, Turkey's leading team in Turkish-language NLP, and serves as Senior Action Editor for ACL RR, Director of ITU TÖMER (Turkish Language Teaching Center), and Co-Chair of the EU UniDive Cost Action WG3.

• Education: PhD in Computer Engineering from ITU (2007), MSc and BSc from ITU and Marmara University
• Research: Focuses on Natural Language Processing for Turkish, including dependency parsing, coreference resolution, multiword expressions, and language education technology

Her recent work involves multilingual transfer learning, LLM applications for Turkish text simplification, and gamification for morphology education. She has received prestigious awards like the Siemens Excellence Award and TÜBİTAK's Above Threshold Award. Her research has produced 65+ publications and 29+ projects funded by EU, TÜBİTAK, and industry partners.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Siemens Excellence Award (2007)
  • Above Threshold Award (TÜBİTAK, 2015)
  • Certificate of Appreciation (EU 7th Framework, 2012)
  • Thank You Plaque (ITU, 2017)

The ITU NLP Group under her leadership has developed Turkey's first licensed NLP software exported internationally. She collaborates with European institutions through COST actions and participates in ACL, CoNLL, and LREC conferences. Her lab focuses on language technology for Turkish, including sign language processing and social media normalization.