CV

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Research Interests

My research interests include responsible artificial intelligence, privacy, natural language processing, human-computer interaction, and computational social science.

Education

Ph.D in Computer Science, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 2022
- Funded by UK Research and Innovation with University of Edinburgh.
M.S. in Computer Engineering, Boğaziçi University, 2017
B.S. in Computer Engineering, Boğaziçi University, 2015
B.S Exchange Semester in Computer Science, Hanyang University, 2013.

Work experience

2024.09 - Current, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Sabancı University, Türkiye.
2024.06 - Current, Visiting Researcher, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK.
2022.06 - 2024.06, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, UK.
- Making Systems Answer: Dialogical Design as a Bridge for Responsibility Gaps in Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
- Funded by UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
2021 Summer, Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Bochum, Germany.
- Privacy Perceptions of Turkish Startup Developers, Supervised by Yasemin Acar
2019-2020, Resident Assistant, ResLife, University of Edinburgh, UK
2017.03 - 2018.09, Software Engineer, Pointr Indoor Navigation Solutions, Türkiye

Skills

Java, Python, R, NVivo, MaxQDA
Languages:
- Turkish (Mothertongue)
- English (Fluent)
- Japanese (Pre-Advanced)
- Korean (Intermediate)

Publications

"We are a startup to the core": A qualitative interview study on the security and privacy development practices in Turkish software startups

Keküllüoğlu, Dilara, and Yasemin Acar."" We are a startup to the core": A qualitative interview study on the security and privacy development practices in Turkish software startups." 2023 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP). IEEE, 2023.

Twitter has a Binary Privacy Setting, are Users Aware of How It Works?

Keküllüoglu, Dilara, et al. "Twitter has a binary privacy setting, are users aware of how it works?." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7.CSCW1 (2023): 1-18.

From an authentication question to a public social event: Characterizing birthday sharing on Twitter

Keküllüoğlu, Dilara, Walid Magdy, and Kami Vaniea. "From an authentication question to a public social event: Characterizing birthday sharing on Twitter." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. Vol. 16. 2022.

Understanding privacy switching behaviour on Twitter

Kekulluoglu, Dilara, Kami Vaniea, and Walid Magdy. "Understanding privacy switching behaviour on Twitter." Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2022.

Owning and sharing: Privacy perceptions of smart speaker users

Meng, Nicole, Dilara Keküllüoğlu, and Kami Vaniea. "Owning and sharing: Privacy perceptions of smart speaker users. " Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5.CSCW1 (2021): 1-29.

Analysing privacy leakage of life events on twitter

Keküllüoglu, Dilara, Walid Magdy, and Kami Vaniea. "Analysing privacy leakage of life events on twitter." Proceedings of the 12th ACM Conference on Web Science. 2020.

Preserving privacy as social responsibility in online social networks

Kekulluoglu, Dilara, Nadin Kokciyan, and Pinar Yolum. "Preserving privacy as social responsibility in online social networks." ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT) 18.4 (2018): 1-22.

‘We are a startup to the core’: A qualitative interview study on the security and privacy development practices in Turkish software startups

May 23, 2023

Conference Presentation at IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP), San Francisco, CA, USA

Analysing Privacy in Online Social Media

March 01, 2023

Guest Lecture at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Understanding Privacy Switching Behaviour on Twitter

May 02, 2022

Conference Presentation at CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (Online) New Orleans, LA, USA

Teaching

DSA 440/CS 540 Data and AI Ethics

CS445 Natural Language Processing

Service and leadership

Program Committee

2024 - ECAI, European Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
2022, 2023 - CHI LBW, Computer Human Interaction, Late Breaking Work, AC.
2022, 2023 - CySoc, International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats.
2021 - WebSci, ACM Conference on Web Science.

Reviewer

2025 - Online Social Networks and Media
2024 - TOCHI, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.
2023 - AAMAS, Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
2021-24 - CHI, Computer Human Interaction.
2021,2024 - CHI LBW, Computer Human Interaction, Late Breaking Work.
2020, 2021 CSCW, Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.
2020 IEEE Internet Computing.

Student Volunteer

2021 - CHI, Computer Human Interaction, Captain.
2020 - CSCW, Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Captain.
2019 - SOUPS, Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security.
2015 - AAMAS, Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.

Misc

2022-2023 - Mentor, Postgraduate Mentorship Programme, Association of Turkish Alumni and Students in Scotland.
2021-2022 - Coordinator, SMASH Reading Group, University of Edinburgh.
2020 - Guide, inzva Deep Learning Study Group, Natural Language Processing, inzva.
2017 - Mentor, Django Girls Istanbul.

Dilara Keküllüoğlu

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