Murat Perit Çakır is an Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Türkiye, and he is currently serving as the head of the METU TAF Modelling & Simulation R&D Center. Before joining METU, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University. His main research interests are human-computer interaction, human-machine teaming, computer-supported collaborative learning, neuroergonomics, and ocular & neural correlates of learning and social interaction. He received his PhD in Information Science & Technology from Drexel University and a dual MS degree in Computer & Information Science and Computer & Information Technology from the University of Pennsylvania.