Nurcan Yuruk, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Computer Science

Email

nyuruk@smu.edu
Office Location

Caruth Hall 435

Dr. Yuruk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Íæż½ã½ãLyle. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Computing from University of Arkansas at Little Rock under the guidance of . Her dissertation title was “Structural Clustering Algorithms for Networks,” which yielded several publications in top-tier conferences and journals, including ACM-KDD. Before joining SMU, she was a faculty member in Computer Science department at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Dr. Yuruk is known for her engaging and innovative teaching methods, which blend theory with hands-on application, empowering students to grasp complex concepts and apply them to real-world challenges.

Education

Ph.D., Applied Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Research

  • Data Mining
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Applied Machine Learning

Publications

  • Xiaowei Xu, Nurcan Yuruk, Zhidan Feng, Thomas A. J. Schweiger: SCAN: A Structural Clustering Algorithm for Networks. 13th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. KDD 2007: 824-833
  • Nurcan Yuruk, Mutlu Mete, Xiaowei Xu, Thomas A. J. Schweiger: A Divisive Hierarchical Structural Clustering Algorithm for Networks. ICDM Workshops 2007: 441-448
  • Zhidan Feng, Xiaowei Xu, Nurcan Yuruk, Thomas A. J. Schweiger: A Novel Similarity-Based Modularity Function for Graph Partitioning. DaWaK 2007: 385-396
  • Nurcan Yuruk, Xiaowei Xu, Thomas A. J. Schweiger: On Structural Analysis of Large Networks. HICSS 2008:143
  • Mutlu Mete, Fusheng Tang, Xiaowei Xu, Nurcan Yuruk: A structural approach for finding functional modules from large biological networks. BMC Bioinformatics. 9(S-9) (2008)
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Honors and Awards

  • The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, 2015
Dr Nurcan Yuruk