I am a member of the Human-Media Interaction group at the University of Twente working within the BrainGain project. I received my B.S. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University. I am conducting research on multimodality and realistic settings in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for non-disabled users. My research interests also include human-computer interaction, social computing and information retrieval.

	University of Twente Human Media Interaction Group P.O. Box 217 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands
	+31 53 4894647
	h.surname@utwente.nl

Projects

Bacteria Hunt Bacteria Hunt is a multimodal multi-paradigm BCI game built for studying user experience and interaction between BCI paradigms.

Mind the Sheep! (BrainGain Best Demo Award ‘10) Mind the Sheep! is a multimodal multiplayer BCI game developed for researching the effect of different BCI paradigms on players and social interaction during gameplay.

Publications

2012

B. van de Laar, H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos, F. Nijboer and A. Nijholt. User Experience Evaluation of Brain-Computer Interfaces. In: Towards Practical Brain-Computer Interfaces: Bridging the Gap from Research to Real-World Applications. Springer-Verlag. (to appear)

M. Obbink, H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos, G. Hakvoort, M. Poel and A. Nijholt (2011) Social Interaction in a Cooperative Brain-Computer Interface Game. In The 4th International ICST Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN 2011). Springer-Verlag, pp. 183-192. (to appear)

H. Gürkök and A. Nijholt (2011) Brain-Computer Interfaces for Multimodal Interaction: A Survey and Principles. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 28(5):292-307.

2011

H. Gürkök, G. Hakvoort and M. Poel (2011) Modality Switching and Performance in a Thought and Speech Controlled Computer Game. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2011). ACM, pp. 41-48.

H. Gürkök, G. Hakvoort, M. Poel and A. Nijholt (2011) User Expectations and Experiences in a Speech and Thought Controlled Computer Game. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2011). ACM, pp. 53:1-53:6.

H. Gürkök, G. Hakvoort and M. Poel (2011) Evaluating User Experience in a Selection Based Brain-Computer Interface Game. In: Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2011. Springer-Verlag, pp. 77-88. (Best Paper Nominee)

H. Gürkök, G. Hakvoort and M. Poel (2011) Evaluating User Experience With Respect to User Expectations in Brain-Computer Interface Games. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference 2011. Verlag der TU Graz, pp. 348-351.

G. Hakvoort, H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos, M. Obbink and M. Poel (2011) Measuring Immersion and Affect in a Brain-Computer Interface Game. In Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2011. Springer-Verlag, pp. 115-128.

B. van de Laar, H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos, F. Nijboer and A. Nijholt (2011) Perspectives on User Experience Evaluation of Brain-Computer Interfaces. In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Users Diversity. Springer-Verlag, pp. 600-609.

B. van de Laar, F. Nijboer, H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos and A. Nijholt (2011) User Experience Evaluation in BCI: Bridge the Gap. International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, 13(3):157-158.

H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos, B. van de Laar, F. Nijboer and A. Nijholt (2011) User Experience Evaluation in BCI: Filling the Gap. International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, 13(1):54-55.

D. Plass-Oude Bos, H. Gürkök, B. van de Laar, F. Nijboer and A. Nijholt (2011) User Experience Evaluation in BCI: Mind the Gap! International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, 13(1):48-49.

2010

D. Plass-Oude Bos, B. Reuderink, B. van de Laar, H. Gürkök, C. Mühl, M. Poel, A. Nijholt, and D. Heylen (2010) Human-Computer Interaction for BCI Games: Usability and User Experience. In 2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds. IEEE, pp. 277-281.

C. Mühl, H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos, M. E. Thurlings, L. Scherffig, M. Duvinage, A. A. Elbakyan, S. Kang, M. Poel, and D. Heylen (2010) Bacteria Hunt: Evaluating Multi-paradigm BCI Interaction. Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 4(11):11-25.

H. Gürkök, M. Poel and J. Zwiers (2010) Classifying Motor Imagery in Presence of Speech. In IJCNN'10: Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. IEEE, pp. 1235-1242.

C. Mühl, H. Gürkök, D. Plass-Oude Bos, M. E. Thurlings, L. Scherffig, M. Duvinage, A. A. Elbakyan, S. Kang, M. Poel, and D. Heylen (2010) Bacteria Hunt: A Multimodal, Multiparadigm BCI Game. In Proceedings of the 5th International Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE'09). DIST-University of Genoa, pp. 41-62.

D. Plass-Oude Bos, B. Reuderink, B. van de Laar, H. Gürkök, C. Mühl, M. Poel, A. Nijholt, and D. Heylen (2010) Brain-Computer Interfacing and Games. In Brain-Computer Interfaces: Applying our Minds to Human-Computer Interaction. Springer-Verlag London Limited, pp. 149-178.

2008

H. Gürkök, M. Karamuftuoglu, and M. Schaal (2008) A Graph Based Approach to Estimating Lexical Cohesion. In IIiX'08: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Information Interaction in Context. ACM, pp. 35-43.

H. Gürkök (2008) Document Ranking by Graph Based Lexical Cohesion and Term Proximity Computation. Master's thesis. Ankara, Turkey: Bilkent University.

Press

Gamen met je hersenen | April 2012 | UT Nieuws
Brain gaming - games besturen met je hersenen | 15 May 2010 | Gamez.nl
Kijk mam, zonder handen! | 26 Apr 2010 | Kennislink

Teaching & supervision

201000078 - Brain Computer Interfacing
211032 - HMI Seminar on Brain-Computer Interfaces
G. Hakvoort, Immersion and affect in a brain-computer interface game, M.Sc. thesis. (completed Jun 24, 2011 – now Ph.D. student at the University of Birmingham)
M. Obbink, Social interaction in collaborative BCI games, M.Sc. thesis. (completed Jun 10, 2011)

Academic service

Program committee: ACE 2011, ICMI 2011
Reviewer: DIS’12, CHI '12, Ergonomics, Cognitive Computation, INTETAIN '11, TOBI-2, NLDB’08

Calendar
May 20-21	Utrecht, NL
May 25-27	Genoa, IT
Sep 22-25	Graz, AT

Oct 5-8	Vancouver, BC
Nov 8-11	Lisbon, PT

Nov 14-18	Alicante, ES
Dec 18-20	Maastricht, NL