Hacılar, Hilal
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hilal.hacilar@agu.edu.tr
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02. 04. Bilgisayar Mühendisliği
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| PeerJ Computer Science | 2 |
| Proceedings - International Symposium on Computers and Communications | 2 |
| Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences | 2 |
| Computer Standards & Interfaces | 1 |
| -- 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2018 -- Seattle; WA -- 144531 | 1 |
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Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 1A Federated Learning Framework for Classifying the Images in Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024) Gulsen, Abdulkadir; Hacilar, Hilal; Kolukisa, Burak; Bakir-Güngör, BurcuUltrasonic inspection is a critical technique in non-destructive testing that ensures the safety and integrity of the material by detecting internal defects. Defect classification within this context is vital for preventing failures and extending the lifespan of materials. However, the advancement of ultrasonic testing technology is hindered by a scarcity of publicly available, realistic datasets, which are essential for developing accurate models. To address these challenges, this paper introduces a Federated Learning (FL) framework employing a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model for defect classification using ultrasonic inspection images. This innovative approach allows for the decentralized training of models on private datasets without the need for data exchange, thus preserving data privacy. Our comparative analysis demonstrates that the FL achieves performance comparable to traditional methods while maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information. The framework also proves to be robust and scalable with an increase in the number of participating clients. This pioneering study highlights the potential of FL in transforming ultrasonic defect classification and suggests possibilities for its application in other areas of non-destructive testing where publicly available datasets are scarce. These findings would encourage researchers to develop a federated platform for enhanced collaboration and explore advanced CNN architectures to improve training efficiency. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Accelerated Artificial Bee Colony Optimization for Cost-Sensitive Neural Networks in Multi-Class Problems(Wiley, 2025) Hacilar, Hilal; Dedeturk, Bilge Kagan; Ozmen, Mihrimah; Celik, Mehlika Eraslan; Gungor, Vehbi CagriMetaheuristics are advanced problem-solving techniques that develop efficient algorithms to address complex challenges, while neural networks are algorithms inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. Combining these approaches enables the resolution of complex optimization problems that traditional methods struggle to solve. This study presents a novel approach integrating the ABC algorithm with ANNs for weight optimization. The method is further enhanced by vectorization and parallelization techniques on both CPU and GPU to improve computational efficiency. Additionally, this study introduces a cost-sensitive fitness function tailored for multi-class classification to optimize results by considering relationships between target class levels. It validates these advancements in two critical applications: network intrusion detection and earthquake damage estimation. Notably, this study makes a significant contribution to earthquake damage assessment by leveraging machine learning algorithms and metaheuristics to enhance predictive models and decision-making in disaster response. By addressing the dynamic nature of earthquake damage, this research fills a critical gap in existing models and broadens the understanding of how machine learning and metaheuristics can improve disaster response strategies. In both domains, the ABC-ANN implementation yields promising results, particularly in earthquake damage estimation, where the cost-sensitive approach demonstrates satisfactory outcomes in macro-F1 and accuracy. The best results for macro-F1, weighted-F1, and overall accuracy provides best results with the UNSW-NB15 and earthquake datasets, showing values of 64%, 72%, 68%, and 60%, 80%, and 79%, respectively. Comparative performance evaluations reveal that the proposed parallel ABC-ANN model, incorporating the novel cost-sensitive fitness function and enhanced by vectorization and parallelization techniques, significantly reduces training time and outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of macro-F1 and accuracy in both network intrusion detection and earthquake damage estimation.Article Network Anomaly Detection Using Deep Autoencoder and Parallel Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm-Trained Neural Network(PeerJ Inc., 2024) Dedeturk, Bilge Kagan; Bakir-Gungor, Burcu; Hacılar, Hilal; Gungor, Vehbi CagriArticle Citation - WoS: 34Citation - Scopus: 40Inflammatory Bowel Disease Biomarkers of Human Gut Microbiota Selected via Different Feature Selection Methods(PeerJ Inc, 2022) Bakir-Gungor, Burcu; Lar, Hilal Hac; Jabeer, Amhar; Nalbantoglu, Ozkan Ufuk; Aran, Oya; Yousef, Malik; Hacilar, HilalThe tremendous boost in next generation sequencing and in the "omics" technologies makes it possible to characterize the human gut microbiome-the collective genomes of the microbial community that reside in our gastrointestinal tract. Although some of these microorganisms are considered to be essential regulators of our immune system, the alteration of the complexity and eubiotic state of microbiota might promote autoimmune and inflammatory disorders such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), obesity, and carcinogenesis. IBD, comprising Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a gut-related, multifactorial disease with an unknown etiology. IBD presents defects in the detection and control of the gut microbiota, associated with unbalanced immune reactions, genetic mutations that confer susceptibility to the disease, and complex environmental conditions such as westernized lifestyle. Although some existing studies attempt to unveil the composition and functional capacity of the gut microbiome in relation to IBD diseases, a comprehensive picture of the gut microbiome in IBD patients is far from being complete. Due to the complexity of metagenomic studies, the applications of the state-of-the-art machine learning techniques became popular to address a wide range of questions in the field of metagenomic data analysis. In this regard, using IBD associated metagenomics dataset, this study utilizes both supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms, (i) to generate a classification model that aids IBD diagnosis, (ii) to discover IBD-associated biomarkers, (iii) to discover subgroups of IBD patients using k-means and hierarchical clustering approaches. To deal with the high dimensionality of features, we applied robust feature selection algorithms such as Conditional Mutual Information Maximization (CMIM), Fast Correlation Based Filter (FCBF), min redundancy max relevance (mRMR), Select K Best (SKB), Information Gain (IG) and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). In our experiments with 100-fold Monte Carlo cross-validation (MCCV), XGBoost, IG, and SKB methods showed a considerable effect in terms of minimizing the microbiota used for the diagnosis of IBD and thus reducing the cost and time. We observed that compared to Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine, Logitboost, Adaboost, and stacking ensemble classifiers, our Random Forest classifier resulted in better performance measures for the classification of IBD. Our findings revealed potential microbiome-mediated mechanisms of IBD and these findings might be useful for the development of microbiome-based diagnostics.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 16Citation - Scopus: 20Machine Learning Analysis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Metagenomics Dataset(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Hacilar, Hilal; Nalbantoĝlu, Özkan Ufuk; Bakir-Güngör, BurcuThere is an ongoing interplay between humans and our microbial communities. The microorganisms living in our gut produce energy from our food, strengthen our immune system, break down foreign products, and release metabolites and hormones, which are significant for regulating our physiology. The shifts away from this 'healthy' gut microbiome is considered to be associated with many diseases. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are gut related disorders affecting the intestinal tract. Although some metagenomics studies are conducted on IBD recently, our current understanding of the precise relationships between the human gut microbiome and IBD remains limited. In this regard, the use of state-of-the art machine learning approaches became popular to address a variety of questions like early diagnosis of certain diseases using human microbiota. In this study, we investigate which subset of gut microbiota are mostly associated with IBD and if disease-associated biomarkers can be detected via applying state-of-the art machine learning algorithms and proper feature selection methods. © 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 24Citation - Scopus: 38An Efficient Network Intrusion Detection Approach Based on Logistic Regression Model and Parallel Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm(Elsevier, 2024) Kolukisa, Burak; Dedeturk, Bilge Kagan; Hacilar, Hilal; Gungor, Vehbi CagriIn recent years, the widespread use of the Internet has created many issues, especially in the area of cybersecurity. It is critical to detect intrusions in network traffic, and researchers have developed network intrusion and anomaly detection systems to cope with high numbers of attacks and attack variations. In particular, machine learning and meta-heuristic methods have been widely used for network intrusion detection systems (NIDS). However, existing studies on these systems usually suffer from low performance results such as accuracy, F1-measure, false positive rate, and false negative rate, and generally do not use automatic parameter tuning techniques. To address these challenges, this study proposes a novel approach based on a logistic regression model trained using a parallel artificial bee colony (LR-ABC) algorithm with a hyper-parameter optimization technique. The performance of the proposed model is evaluated against state -of-the-art machine learning and deep learning models on two publicly available NIDS datasets. Comparative performance evaluations show that the proposed method achieved satisfactory results with accuracy of 88.25% on the UNSW-NB15 dataset and 90.11% on the NSL-KDD dataset, and F1-measures of 88.26% and 90.15%, respectively. These findings demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed LR-ABC model in enhancing the accuracy and reliability, while providing a scalable solution to adapt to the dynamic and evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats.Article Citation - Scopus: 6Network Intrusion Detection Based on Machine Learning Strategies: Performance Comparisons on Imbalanced Wired, Wireless, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Network Traffics(Turkiye Klinikleri, 2024) Hacilar, Hilal; Aydin, Zafer; Güngör, Vehbi ÇağrıThe rapid growth of computer networks emphasizes the urgency of addressing security issues. Organizations rely on network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs) to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access and theft. These systems analyze network traffic to detect suspicious activities, such as attempted breaches or cyberattacks. However, existing studies lack a thorough assessment of class imbalances and classification performance for different types of network intrusions: wired, wireless, and software-defined networking (SDN). This research aims to fill this gap by examining these networks’ imbalances, feature selection, and binary classification to enhance intrusion detection system efficiency. Various techniques such as SMOTE, ROS, ADASYN, and SMOTETomek are used to handle imbalanced datasets. Additionally, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) identifies key features, and an autoencoder (AE) assists in feature extraction for the classification task. The study evaluates datasets such as AWID, UNSW, and InSDN, yielding the best results with different numbers of selected features. Bayesian optimization fine-tunes parameters, and diverse machine learning algorithms (SVM, kNN, XGBoost, random forest, ensemble classifiers, and autoencoders) are employed. The optimal results, considering F1-measure, overall accuracy, detection rate, and false alarm rate, have been achieved for the UNSW-NB15, preprocessed AWID, and InSDN datasets, with values of [0.9356, 0.9289, 0.9328, 0.07597], [0.997, 0.9995, 0.9999, 0.0171], and [0.9998, 0.9996, 0.9998, 0.0012], respectively. These findings demonstrate that combining Bayesian optimization with oversampling techniques significantly enhances classification performance across wired, wireless, and SDN networks when compared to previous research conducted on these datasets. © 2024 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.Conference Object Offer : Referees Suggester for the Journal Editors(IEEE, 2019) Coskun, Mustafa; Hacilar, Hilal; Gezer, Cengiz; Gungor, Vehbi CagriAssigning appropriate referees to a journal or conference paper is a vital task for many reasons, including enhancing the journal venue quality and reliance, fair judgement of the papers, and among many others. While assigning the referees to the papers, the editors of a journal venue need to find suitable referees who are both related to field of the given paper and have no conflict of interest with the authors of the paper. Editorial-wise this referee assignment process is implemented in a hand-crafted manner, i.e., the editor needs to find the most suitable referees to the paper via a search engine and manually refines the all unrelated and having conflict of interest authors to the paper authors. Clearly, such a manual referee searching process is tedious and time consuming for the editors. In this paper, we present an alternate automated approach for assigning referees problem using intrinsic random walk with restart proximity measure. In our experiments based on a comprehensive DBLP networks, we show that our approach, called OFFER, significantly outperforms state-of-the-art the random walk with restart based method.Doctoral Thesis Makine Öğrenmesi Tabanlı Ağ Anomali Tespiti(Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2024) Hacılar, Hilal; Güngör, Burcu; Güngör, Vehbi ÇağrıIntelligent technologies have led to a significant rise in internet users and applications. However, this rise in internet usage has also brought serious security challenges. Organizations rely on Network Intrusion Detection systems (NIDS) to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access and theft. To enhance the capabilities of IDS, Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) techniques have been increasingly integrated into these systems. In this context, anomaly-based network intrusion detection surpasses other detection mechanisms significantly in several instances. These systems analyze network traffic to detect suspicious activities, such as attempted breaches or cyberattacks. However, existing studies lack a thorough assessment of class imbalances, feature selection and extraction methods, hyperparameter optimization, and classification performance for different types of network intrusions: wired, wireless, and Software Defined Networking (SDN). Additionally, existing methods may achieve high accuracy; they may suffer from high training times, low detection rate (DR), and computational complexity. By combining metaheuristics and neural networks, it is possible to solve complex optimization problems that are challenging to solve using conventional methods. To address these challenges, this thesis study first evaluates different network intrusion datasets, such as wired, wireless, and SDN, together, considering class imbalance, feature selection, and hyperparameter optimization tasks. Secondly, it proposes a novel hybrid approach combining Deep Autoencoder (DAE) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models trained by a parallel Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm with Bayesian hyperparameter optimization.Conference Object Offer Referees Suggester for the Journal Editors(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019) Cos¸kun, Mustafa; Hacilar, Hilal; Gezer, Cengiz; Güngör, Vehbi ÇağrıAssigning appropriate referees to a journal or conference paper is a vital task for many reasons, including enhancing the journal venue quality and reliance, fair judgement of the papers, and among many others. While assigning the referees to the papers, the editors of a journal venue need to find suitable referees who are both related to field of the given paper and have no conflict of interest with the authors of the paper. Editorial-wise this referee assignment process is implemented in a hand-crafted manner, i.e., the editor needs to find the most suitable referees to the paper via a search engine and manually refines the all unrelated and having conflict of interest authors to the paper authors. Clearly, such a manual referee searching process is tedious and time consuming for the editors.In this paper, we present an alternate automated approach for assigning referees problem using intrinsic random walk with restart proximity measure. In our experiments based on a comprehensive DBLP networks, we show that our approach, called OFFER, significantly outperforms state-of-the-art the random walk with restart based method. © 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
