Dr. Abdu Arslanyilmaz

Director and Professor
Dr. Abdu Arslanyilmaz - profile photo

Dr. Abdu Arslanyilmaz

Chair Professor

Computer Science, Information, & Engineering Technology

Meshel Hall 339A

phone: (330) 941-3120

aarslanyilmaz@ysu.edu

  • Education
    • 2007

      Ph D

      Texas A&M University

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2022

      Youngtown State University

      Distinguished Professor in Service

    • 2021

      Youngstown State University

      Distinguished Professor in Scholarship

    • July 2020

      The International Traffic and Transportation Simulation Conference

      Best paper

      Arslanyilmaz, A., Al Matouq, S., & Doner, D. V. (2020). Driver Readiness in Autonomous Vehicle Take-Overs. Digitally Presented at The International Traffic and Transportation Simulation Conference (ICTTS). Toronto, Canada (July 16-17).

    • April 2020

      National Science Foundation

      CSforAll: RPP: ISAC: Involve Students with ASD in Computing

      PI (2020-2023) / Co-PI (2023-2024). Fund total: $286,526. NSF Program: STEM + Computing (STEM+C) Partnership.

    • 2020

      NVIDIA Corporation

      DRIVE PX 2 GPU Platform

      Design, Development, and Evaluation of Multi-User Driving Simulations

    • 2020

      Safety Journal - Issue 1, Volume 6, 2020

      Cover Story

      Arslanyilmaz, A. (2020). Hazard Warning Systems to Improve Young Distracted Drivers’ Hazard Perception Skills. Safety, 6(1), 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6010012

    • 2019

      Youngstown State University

      Research Professorship

    • 2017

      Youngstown State University

      Research Professorship

      Impact of simulated hazard warning systems on distracted novice drivers' hazard perception skills

    • 2011

      Youngstown State University

      Research Professorship

      Design, development, and evaluation of an OTBLLE

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2024

      "Assessing the Efficacy of an Accessible Computing Curriculum for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders"

      Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, volume 8, issue 2, p. 11

    • 2023

      "Eye-gaze data to measure students’ attention to and comprehension of computational thinking concepts"

      International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, volume 38

    • 2023

      "The Effects of an Accessible Computing Curriculum for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders"

      2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), p. 1-6

    • 2022

      "The Effectiveness of an Accessible Computing Curriculum"

      Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, p. 12-17

    • 2020

      "Driver Readiness in Autonomous Vehicle Take-Overs"

      International Journal of Transport and Vehicle Engineering, volume 14, issue 8, p. 558-563

    • 2020

      "Hazard Warning Systems to Improve Young Distracted Drivers' Hazard Perception Skills"

      SAFETY, volume 6, issue 1

    • 2019

      "Multi-player online simulated driving game to improve hazard perception"

      TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR, volume 61, p. 188-200

    • 2019

      "Eye Tracking to Evaluate Comprehension of Computational Thinking"

      PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2019 ACM CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (ITICSE '19), p. 296-296

    • 2017

      "Hazard Warnings on Hazard Perception in a Game-Based Multi-Player Simulation"

      Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, p. 56-61

    • 2016

      "Hazard Warning Systems in a Game-Based Multi-Player Online Simulated Training Application to Improve Hazard Perception"

      Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, p. 509-515

    • 2014

      "Task-based language learning and teaching with technology"

      CALICO Journal, volume 31, issue 1, p. 134-136

    • 2013

      "The Extent of Instructor Participation in an Online Computer Science Course: How Much is Enough?"

      Quarterly Review of Distance Education, volume 14, issue 2

    • 2013

      "The Effects of Instructor Participation on the Level of Student Participation and Performance in an Online Course"

      Quarterly Review of Distance Education, volume 14, issue 2, p. 63-74

    • 2013

      "Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Instruction: Task-based vs. Form-focused"

      Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, volume 29, issue 4, p. 303-318

    • 2012

      "An Online Task-Based Language Learning Environment: Is It Better for Advanced or Intermediate-Level Second Language Learners?"

      Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, volume 11, issue 1, p. 20-35

    • 2010

      "Improving language production using subtitled similar task videos"

      LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH, volume 14, issue 4, p. 377-395

    • 2010

      "Enhancing Negotiation of Meaning Through Task Familiarity Using Subtitled Videos In An Online TBLL Environment"

      Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, volume 9, issue 2, p. 64-77

    • 2010

      "E-Learning in an Undergraduate E-Commerce Course: Instructional Benefits of Using Modeling-Videos"

      International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, volume 6, issue 4, p. 201-214

    • 2009

      "Teachers' assessment-related local adaptations of a problem-based learning module"

      ETR&D-EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, volume 57, issue 2, p. 229-249