Mert İnan

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Ph.D. from Northeastern University

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I have a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Khoury College of Computer Sciences in Northeastern University, where I worked with Dr. Malihe Alikhani. I have a Master's in Computational Biology from the School of Computer Science and Mellon College of Science of Carnegie Mellon University. I did research with Prof. Tai-Sing Lee. My Bachelor's degree in Computer Science is from Bilkent University, Turkey.

My research and background is transdisciplinary. I am currently interested in investigating cognitively-aware multimodal dialogue systems, sign language processing, and NeuroRoboNLP. I enjoy combining linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and natural language processing through state-of-the-art machine learning applications.

Dialogue Systems Sign Language Processing Multimodal AI Large Language Models Discourse Coherence Cognitive Science Inclusive & Accessible NLP Computational Linguistics Embodied AI Agentic AI NeuroRoboNLP Evaluation & Benchmarking Pragmatics Dialogue as Joint Action Vision-Language Models Computational Neuroscience Bio-Inspired Deep Learning Data Visualization Backchannel Smiles Multi-Agent Systems Code Generation Accessible Education fMRI Neuromorphic Hardware Computational Biology Ergodic Literature Deleuzian Art Philosophy

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Intellectual Tinkerings

Explorations, interactive experiments, and living documents.

Dec 2025 • Interactive Visualization
An interactive visualization exploring how different cultures adapt and survive over time.
Aug 2026 • Cultural History & Botany
An interactive historical journey tracing the global botanical trade of tropical plants and their settlement in Turkish eco-brutalist apartments.
Aug 2026 • Historical Linguistics & Interactive Simulation
An interactive simulation tracing how ruling and vernacular languages diverged and converged across Anatolia, from the Hittite Empire to the late Ottoman era.
Aug 2026 • Cultural History & Philosophy
An interactive historical map tracing the lives and works of intellectuals in Anatolia, from ancient times to the present.

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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie
Biological Modeling: A Short Tour
Phillip Compeau, Mert Inan, Noah Lee, Shuanger Li, Chris Lee
Philomath Press

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