Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,
“Spectral decay parameter (κ) analysis for a single fault source and an automatic selection procedure for spectral flattening frequency (fx)”, 2022, Vol.153, 107122, Yesim Biro, Bilge Siyahi, Bülent Akbas.

Turkish Journal of Earthquake Research (Türk Deprem Araştırma Dergisi),
“The Spectral Decay Parameter κ (Kappa) for the Near Site Events in Van Region”, June 2020, Vol.2- 1, pp. 1-13, Yeşim Biro, Bilge Siyahi, Bülent Akbaş, (in Turkish).

“Erdbebenrisiko für Kulturgüter, Eine Fallstudie des Kantons Bern”,
Empa Internal Report, February 2010, Kerstin Pfyl-Lang (Empa); Martin Behnisch (ETHZ); Yesim Biro and Stefan Wiemer (SED, ETHZ)

“Volume 1: Recent Advances in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Microzonation”, “Chapter 8: Seismic Microzonation: A Case Study”, February 2004, Kluwer Academic Publications Book Series: “Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering”, pp. 255-266, A. Ansal, Y. Biro, A. Erken, Ü. Gülerce.
www.springer.com/gp/book/9789401740388

Y. Alpay-Biro (Turkey), Principal contributor in, EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN SEISMIC HAZARD MAP, European Seismological Commission, UNESCO-IUGS International Geological

Correlation Program Project no. 382, SESAME (Seismotectonics and Seismic Hazard Assessment for the Mediterranean Basin), Editors: D. Giardini, M.-J. Jiménez and G. Grünthal, 2001.
www.seismo.ethz.ch/static/gshap/sesame

Turkish Engineering News (Türkiye Mühendislik Haberleri)
“Seismicity of Istanbul – Istanbul’un Depremselligi”, 46/ 2001 -3, Vol. 413, pp. 11-14, Durukal E., M. Erdik, Y. Alpay and U. Celep, (in Turkish).

Istanbul Bulletin, TMMOB Chamber of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Branch
“Earthquake Risk to Buildings in Istanbul and a Proposal for its Mitigation in Earthquakes – Istanbul’da Binalar icin Deprem Riski ve Risk Azaltimina Yönelik Somut Bir Öneri”, Year: 12, Vol. 52, pp. 3-16, Erdik, M., E. Durukal, Y. Alpay and G. Birgören, 2001, (in Turkish).

Annali Di Geofisica, “The Global seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) 1992-1999”, “Assessment of Earthquake Hazard in Turkey and Neighboring Regions”, December 1999,Vol.42, N.6, pp. 1125-1138, Mustafa Erdik, Yesim A. Biro, Tuna Onur, Karin Sesetyan and Gulum Birgören, Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI), Cengelkoy, Istanbul, Turkey.
www.seismo.ethz.ch/static/gshap/turkey

Master of Science Thesis Project,
“Seismic Hazard in the Aegean and Surrounding Area Based on Spectral Acceleration and Peak Ground Acceleration Amplitudes”, February 1999, Bogazici University, KOERI, Istanbul, Turkey.
www.seismo.ethz.ch/GSHAP/aegean

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,
“Analysis of the Strong Motion Data of the 1995 Dinar, Turkey Earthquake”, 1998, Vol.17, pp. 557- 578, E. Durukal, M. Erdik, J. Avci, O. Yuzugullu, Y. (Alpay) Biro, B. Avar, C. Zulfikar, T. Biro, A. Mert.

7th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 18th WCSI – 7th ICEES, 2023,
Antalya, Türkiye, 06-10 November, 2023, “Magnitude Dependency of Spectral Decay Parameter (κ) in Sivrice-Pütürge Segment Related Events of EAF”, Yesim Biro, Bilge Siyahi, Bulent Akbas.

17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2020,
Sendai, Japan, 13-18 September, 2020, “The spectral decay parameter κ (kappa) for hard rock strong ground motion stations in Turkey”, Yesim Biro, Bilge Siyahi, Bulent Akbas.

5th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 5th ICEES, 2019,
METU, Ankara, Turkey, 08-11 October, 2019, “The spectral decay parameter κ (kappa) for the near site events in Van region”, Yesim Biro, Bilge Siyahi, Bulent Akbas.

European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, 2014,
Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May, 2014, “Towards real-time risk mitigation for NPP in Switzerland: the potential role of EEW and OEF”, Carlo Cauzzi, Stefan Wiemer, Yannik Behr, John Clinton, Philippe Renault, Thomas Le Guenan, John Douglas, Jochen Woessner, Yesim Biro, Marta Caprio and Georgia Cua.
EC-funded project REAKT (Strategies and Tools for Real Time Earthquake Risk Reduction, FP7, contract no. 282862, 2011-2014, www.reaktproject.eu )

22nd International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, SMiRT 22, 2013,
San Francisco, CA, USA 18-23 August 2013, “A parameterized relation for Vs-Kappa Corrections to adjust the global ground motion prediction equations to Swiss NPP Sites”, Yesim Biro and Philippe Renault.

15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2012,
Lisbon, Portugal, September 24-28, 2012, “Importance and impact of host-to-target conversions for ground motinon prediction equations in PSHA”, Paper No. 1855, 10 pp., Y.Biro and P. Renault.

Probabilistics In Geotechnics: Technical and Economic Risk Estimation, 2002,
Graz, Austria, September 15-19, 2002, “Earthquake Hazard assessment for Major Oil Pipelines”, Erdik M., E.Durukal, B. Siyahi, K. Sesetyan, Y. Biro and G. Birgören.

American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2001,
San Francisco, CA, USA, December 10-14, 2001, “Assessment of Earthquake Hazard in Turkey and Neighboring Regions,”, M. Erdik, Y. Biro and E. Durukal.

10th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, SDEE 2001,
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 7-10, 2001, “Strong ground motion in 1999 Kocaeli and Duzce (Turkey) earthquakes”, M. Erdik, E. Durukal, Y. Alpay-Biro and C. Ozbey.

RELEMR, UNESCO Workshop, 2001,
Santa Susanna, Spain, May 20-25, 2001, Earthquake Hazard Assessment Practice and Velocity Models and Reference Events in the Mediterranean Region, “Current Developments for Seismic Hazard Assessment for Istanbul and Marmara Region”, Y. Alpay-Biro.

Sixth International Conference on Seismic Zonation, 2000,
Palm Springs, CA,USA, November 12-15, 2000, “Development of Earthquake Masterplan for the Municipality of Izmir”, M. Erdik, A. Ansal, N. Aydınoglu, A. Barka, O. Yüzügüllü, G. Birgören, J. Swift, Y. Alpay and K. Sesetyan.

2nd Istanbul Earthquake Symposium – Ikinci Istanbul ve Deprem Sempozyumu, 2000,
Istanbul, Turkey, 27 May 2000, “An Application of Seismic Microzonation in Istanbul – Istanbul’da bir sismik bölgeleme uygulamasi”, Atilla Ansal, Yesim Biro, Ayfer Erken, Recep Iyisan, Umit Gülerce and Nejat Ozcimen, 27 May, 2000, (in Turkish).

Second Japan-Turkey Workshop, 1998,
Earthquake Disaster Prevention Research in Turkey, February 23-25 1998, I.T.U., Istanbul; “Assessment of the Site-Specific Earthquake Hazard for Cyprus”, G. Birgören, Y. Alpay and M. Erdik.

8th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, SDEE’97,
Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI), Istanbul, Turkey, July 20-24, 1997, “Analysis of the Strong Motion Data of the 1995 Dinar, Turkey Earthquake”, M. Erdik, E. Durukal, Y. Alpay, T. Biro, A. Mert and M. Gül.

General Assembly of International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (IASPEI), 1997,
Thessaloniki, Greece, August 18-28, 1997, Poster Session, “Analysis of the Strong Motion Data of the 1995 Dinar, Turkey Earthquake”, E. Durukal, Y. Alpay, T. Biro, A. Mert and M. Erdik.

General Assembly of International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (IASPEI), 1997,
Thessaloniki, Greece, August 18-28, 1997, Poster Session, “Development of Earthquake Mast Plan for the Municipality of Izmir”, M. Erdik, A. Ansal, N. Aydınoglu, A. Barka, Y. Alpay, G. Birgoren and J.Swift.

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6-10 November 2023, 7th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (7ICEES)

I will be presenting "Magnitude Dependency of Spectral Decay Parameter (κ) in Sivrice-Pütürge Segment Related Events of EAF” in 7ICEES under the Special Session by COSMOS Site Characterization Working Group I” on 9th…

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