Dr Gulsen Tore Yargin
Senior Lecturer in Design and Innovation Strategy

Developing a Guide for Supporting Remote User Experience Research
Funder: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
Duration: July 2020 - February 2021

This project investigated how UX research is carried out in practice under social distancing conditions caused by COVID-19.

Exploring technology mediated human-canine interactions to foster canine well-being in domestic settings
Funder: Middle East Technical University
Duration: January 2020 - December 2022

Identifying the Relation Between Stress Related Behaviours and Functional Cerebral Asymmetry in Dogs
Funder: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
Duration: January 2018 - August 2021

This interdisciplinary project has discovered the relation between stress-related behaviors of dogs and Functional Cerebral Asymmetry (activity-related differences between two brain hemispheres), which manifests itself with paw preference. This is important since the method suggested in the study can be used to assess the level of dog welfare without the need for invasive procedures such as cortisol measurement.

Identifying use cases and product evaluation dimensions for voice user interface (VUI) at home
Funder: Arcelik - Beko Home Appliances
Duration: June 2017 - February 2018

The project identified use cases and roles for voice-based conversational agents at home through a contextual inquiry.

User Experience Modelling as an Education Agenda
Funder: Middle East Technical University
Duration: January 2017 - December 2019

Inter-disciplinary Engineering Approach to Systems (IdEAS)
Funder: EPSRC
Duration: September 2013 - August 2019

IdEAS is a five-years-long project aiming to identify design principles that is flexibly applicable across a range of emerging technologies.