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İbrahim Ethem Deveci (ied)
I earned my BSc in Computer Engineering from Koç University and my MSc in Cognitive Science from Middle East Technical University (METU). I am currently a PhD student in the Cognitive Science Department at METU, working under the supervision of Dr. Duygu Ataman.
PhD Research Focus
My doctoral research centers on artificial intelligence, deep learning, and natural language processing, with a primary focus on reasoning and generalization. I investigate the integration of interactionist theories of reasoning from cognitive science with large language models through reinforcement learning.
Core Objectives
- Dialogue and Argumentation: Exploring whether training based on structured debate can enhance the reasoning capabilities of large language models.
- Multiagent Settings: Adopting environments for multiagent debate to facilitate complex, structured interactions between models.
- Fine-Grained Evaluation: Designing dense reward functions and models intended to assess performance in individual debate turns.
- Inferential Alignment: Developing feedback signals explicitly aligned with inferential structures to achieve greater explanatory adequacy.
Master’s Thesis
Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aziz Zambak and Dr. Ceyhan Temürcü, I examined the ability of transformer-based models to perform semantic parsing from natural language into first-order logic expressions. This work serves as a test for compositional generalization in neural models, addressing whether connectionist architectures can exhibit productivity without explicit symbol manipulation.
- Task-Specific Metrics: Developed to disentangle lexical, syntactic, and semantic sources of error for precise analysis.
- Full Thesis: METU Open Archive
- Related Publication: Pre-proceedings version on PhilPapers
Research Interests
Beyond my core doctoral work, my broader interests encompass:
- Reasoning, logic, and argumentation theory
- Philosophy of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and mathematics
Contact
Email: ethem[dot]deveci[at]metu[dot]edu[dot]tr
GitHub: github.com/ieddeveci
Google Scholar: Scholar