Date: 26 October 2018, Friday Time: 13:40-14:40 Place: Faculty of Business Administration, Ümit Berkman Seminar Room (MA-330) “Managing Capital Market Frictions via Cost-Reduction Investments” by Fehmi Tanrısever Abstract: Problem definition: We examine how the presence of capital market frictions influences the decision to invest in production cost reduction and the […]
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MATH Seminar: “Parity Arguments on K3 Covers of Enrique Surfaces with Picard Rank 19,” Oğuzhan Yörük, Mathematics Seminar Room SA–141, 3:40PM October 26 (EN)
Dear Colleagues and Students, You are kindly invited to the ODTU-Bilkent Algebraic Geometry Seminar Speaker: Oğuzhan Yörük (Bilkent University) “Parity arguments on K3 covers of Enrique surfaces with Picard rank 19” Abstract: Last two talks of the seminar were mostly on the theoretical parts of the subject. This time, we […]
Library Activity/Talk: “Understanding Oğuz Atay,” Zeynep Olcay Ayıcı (Literature Society), Library Art Gallery, 5:40PM October 12 (TR)
Dear Bilkent University Members, Bilkent University Library will host the “Understanding Oğuz Atay” entitled talk by Zeynep Olcay Ayıcı, organized by the Literature Society on Friday, October 12, at 17.40. The talk will be in Turkish. Everyone interested is invited. Place: Main Library, Art Gallery, time 17.40.
HIST 200 Award Ceremony, C-Block Auditorium, 5:45PM October 15
History of Turkey (HIST 200) is a compulsory course for all Bilkent University undergraduate students. This course is designed to encourage students to work in group projects on any topic of their choice relating to the history of Turkey. Since 2011 students from each department have presented their final projects […]
BSO Season Opening Concert Live on Facebook, 8PM October 13
Season Opening Concert Live on Facebook. 13 October 2018, 20:00 https://www.facebook.com/BilkentSymphonyOrchestra/ Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Nil Venditti, conductor Fazıl Say, piano F. Say | Grand Bazaar C. Saint-Saëns | Concerto for Piano No.2 in G minor, Op.22 L. van Beethoven | Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
Seminar: “Information Theory of the Learnable,” Prof. Meir Feder (Tel-Aviv University), EE-314, 10:40AM October 11 (EN)
SEMINAR: Information Theory of the Learnable By Professor Meir Feder School of Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel The seminar will be on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 10:40, @EE-314 Abstract: Learning problems are considered from an information theoretic point of view following results on universal prediction developed in the 90’s. […]
Seminar: “From High Pressure to Vacuum- Fokker-Planck/DSMC Method for Gas Dynamics at All Knudsen Numbers,” Prof. Patrick Jenny (ETH – Zurich), Mithat Çoruh Auditorium, 10:40AM October 12 (EN)
Speaker: Prof. Patrick Jenny (ETH – Zurich, Switzerland) Date: Friday, October 12th, 2018 Time: 10:40 Place: Mithat Çoruh Amphitheater Abstract: Classical CFD is well established to simulate flow in the continuum limit, and for high Knudsen number (Kn) gas flow Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) is very efficient and accurate. […]
COMD Talk: “Interaction Designing,” Hayo Waagenar (IJsfontein), FFB-05, 10:40AM October 12 (EN)
Hayo Wagenaar, interaction designer, co-owner and creative director of IJsfontein, is visiting Bilkent on Friday, October 12th. IJsfontein is specialized in Playful learning, and works in the field of education, serious gaming, mobile apps, VR applications, interactive installations and cross-media concepts. The past fifteen years Hayo was responsible for spatial […]
MBB TALK: “iToM: An Explicit Action-Based Approach for an Implicit Theory of Mind,” Jedediah W.P. Allen, H-232, 12:40PM October 12 (EN)
Date: Friday, 12th October, 2018 Time: 1240 – 1330 Place: H-232 Organized by the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Group at Bilkent University. Abstract: It has become increasingly clear over the last half century that there are multiple important changes in children’s abilities taking place at around age 4. These […]
MAN Seminar: “Rhetorical Investigation of Managerial Legitimations: Studying Arguments on Allegedly Unfair Career Advancement Decisions,” Dr. Rasim Serdar Kurdoğlu, MA-330, 1:30PM October 12 (EN)
Speaker: Rasim Serdar Kurdoğlu Date: 12 October 2018 Time: 13:30 Place: MA-330 Abstract: This present study offers a new theoretical view on organisational justice, and then empirically applies it to study fairness of career advancement decisions in organizations. Theoretically, it challenges the concept of procedural justice in organizations by drawing […]