Sima Adleyba

MS Student in Data Science · VRL Lab · Sabancı University

I'm a first-year Master's student in Data Science at Sabancı University, advised by Dr. Onur Varol. My research interests lie at the intersection of computational social science, network analysis, and algorithmic fairness.

Currently, I'm studying bias and fairness in Bluesky. Investigating network formation and visibility on decentralized social platforms.

Research

My research focuses on understanding bias and fairness in social platforms, network effects of algorithmic recommendations.

MSc Thesis Oct 2025 - Present

Measuring Bias on Bluesky

Advisor: Dr. Onur Varol

Investigating the intersection of algorithmic fairness and systemic bias within the Bluesky ecosystem, specifically focusing on curation mechanisms.

Social Networks Algorithmic Fairness Decentralized Platforms

Industry Project Oct 2024 – Jun 2025

Kariyer.net Knowledge Base

Supervisors: Dr. Onur Varol, Ömür Bali

Developed a knowledge base for Turkey's largest job platform. Built a skill extraction pipeline using LangChain and GPT-4o-mini, with HDBSCAN clustering for normalization. The resulting graph contains 114,000+ nodes and ~61 million edges.

NLP Knowledge Graphs LLMs

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