Publications
Peer-reviewed research on trustworthy machine learning: proof-of-learning protocols, feature-based model watermarking, adversarial defences, and blockchain-enhanced ML. Four IEEE Access papers (2023, 2024, 2025), one Ph.D. dissertation, and earlier work on NLP-driven cyber-security event detection. Live record on Google Scholar.
Journal Articles
Published in IEEE Access, 2025
IEEE Access, December 2025.
Recommended citation: Ural, O. and Yoshigoe, K. (2025). SecurePoL: Integration of Watermarking With Proof-of-Learning to Enhance Security Against Spoofing Attacks. IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 213067-213091. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3642198.
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Published in Doctoral Dissertation, 2025
Doctoral dissertation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Recommended citation: Ural, O. (2025). Enhancing Proof-of-Learning Security Against Spoofing Attacks Using Model Watermarking. Doctoral dissertation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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Published in IEEE Access, 2025
IEEE Access. Accepted, in press; DOI forthcoming.
Recommended citation: Ural, O. and Yoshigoe, K. (2025). Evaluation of Model Watermarking Techniques for Proof-of-Learning Security Against Spoofing Attacks. IEEE Access. Accepted, in press; DOI forthcoming.
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Published in IEEE Access, 2024
IEEE Access, November 2024.
Recommended citation: Ural, O. and Yoshigoe, K. (2024). Enhancing Security of Proof-of-Learning against Spoofing Attacks using Feature-Based Model Watermarking. IEEE Access. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3489776.
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Published in IEEE Access, 2023
IEEE Access, December 2023.
Recommended citation: Ural, O. and Yoshigoe, K. (2023). Survey on Blockchain-Enhanced Machine Learning. IEEE Access, pp. 145331-145362. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3344669.
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Published in Master's Thesis, 2019
Master’s Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2019.
Recommended citation: Ural, O. (2019). Automatic Detection of Cyber Security Events from Turkish Twitter Stream and Turkish Newspaper Data. Master's Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Published in Unknown Venue, 2016
Recommended citation: Ozgur Ural. (2016). "Secure Proxy on Cloud."
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Conference Papers
Published in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP), 2021
Recommended citation: Ozgur Ural. (2021). "Automatic Detection of Cyber Security Events from Turkish Twitter Stream and Newspaper Data." In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP).
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Published in Turkish Autonomous Robots Conference, 2014
Turkish Autonomous Robots Conference, Ankara, Turkey, 2014.
Recommended citation: Ural, Ozgur (2014). Autonomous Cargo and Mail Delivery. Turkish Autonomous Robots Conference, Ankara, Turkey.
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