--- title: "Aykut Erdem · Koç University — author profile and papers" description: "Aykut Erdem, Koç University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2026), h-index 29 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aykut-erdem/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aykut-erdem/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Aykut Erdem # Aykut Erdem Aykut Erdem has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2026, most of them on [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Erkut Erdem](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erkut-erdem/), [Deniz Yuret](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deniz-yuret/), [Iacer Calixto](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iacer-calixto/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5000080119) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6280-8422) · [**h-index 29**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5000080119) · [140 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5000080119) · [5,076 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5000080119&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aykut-erdem/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1,279 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aykut-erdem/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11324](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/114/#star-11324) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Aykut+Erdem) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Aykut+Erdem) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Aykut+Erdem) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Aykut+Erdem) ## Affiliations [🎓**Koç University** Istanbul · Türkiye 2020–2026 · 51 papersEmployment since 2020 · Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/koc-university/) · [🎓**Hacettepe University** Ankara · Türkiye 2011–2024 · 57 papersEmployment 2011–2018 · Assistant Professor, Department of Computer EngineeringEmployment 2018–2020 · Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hacettepe-university/) · [🎓**Middle East Technical University** Ankara · Türkiye 2002–2016 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/middle-east-technical-university/) · [🎓**Ca' Foscari University of Venice** Venice · Italy 2009–2010 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ca-foscari-university-of-venice/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Engineering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/engineering/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Control and Systems Engineering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/engineering/control-and-systems-engineering/) · [Health Informatics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/health-informatics/) · [Medicine · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aykut-erdem/year/2026/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aykut-erdem/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[CRAFT: A Benchmark for Causal Reasoning About Forces and inTeractions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ates-2022-craft-benchmark-causal-reasoning-about/)** *(2022 · 17 citations)* The paper tests whether vision-language models can reason about causes and effects in physical interactions between objects. 2. **[DeVisE: Towards the Behavioral Testing of Medical Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tagliabue-2026-devise-behavioral-testing-medical-large/)** *(2026)* Clinical decision-support evaluations of large language models usually report task accuracy. They do not show whether a model reasons about clinical variables or relies on spurious cues. DeVisE (Demographics and Vital signs Evaluation) addresses this with behavioral testing: it edits one patient attribute at a time… ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[RecipeQA: A Challenge Dataset for Multimodal Comprehension of Cooking Recipes ↗](https://aclanthology.org/D18-1166/) Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · no summary yet**Semih Yagcioglu et al.*2018 · 178 citations* 2. **[CRAFT: A Benchmark for Causal Reasoning About Forces and inTeractions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ates-2022-craft-benchmark-causal-reasoning-about/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Tayfun Ates, M. Ateşoğlu, Çağatay Yiğit, et al.*2022 · 17 citations* 3. **[DeVisE: Towards the Behavioral Testing of Medical Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tagliabue-2026-devise-behavioral-testing-medical-large/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Camila Zurdo Tagliabue, Heloisa Oss Boll, Aykut Erdem, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Erkut Erdem](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erkut-erdem/) ×2 - [Deniz Yuret](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deniz-yuret/) - [Iacer Calixto](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iacer-calixto/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/) ×2: [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/), [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2022/) - Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1,279 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [386 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aykut-erdem/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026