Research
Research interests:
- Influence maximization, social network analysis, humanitarian logistics, disaster management.
- Modeling, analysis and computational studies of network systems optimization problems.
- Applications in marketing, computer science, humanitarian logistics and epidemiology/health care.
Research Grants Received:
1.Researcher, Kutu ve Vektör Paketleme Problemlerinin Sanal Makina Yerleştirmede Uygulamaları ve Çözüm Yöntemleri, funded by Tubitak 1001 program, (PI: Ali Ekici), 2025-2028.
2.Researcher, Deprem Sonrası Yol Ağı Enkaz Temizleme Faaliyetlerinin Dinamik Kapsayan Ağaçlar ile Optimizasyonu, funded by Tubitak 1001 program, (PI: Burak Çavdaroğlu), 2021-2023.
3. Principal Investigator (PI), Logistics Optimization in Mobile Aid Provision to En Route Refugees, funded by Tubitak 1001 program, (Researchers: Sibel Salman, Eda Yücel), 2019-2022.
4. Coinvestigator, Post-disaster Logistics Planning for the City of Istanbul, funded by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, (Coinvestigator: Sibel Salman), 2006-2007. http://www.ibb.gov.tr/sites/akom/documents/haberler_haberdetay_0043.html
5. Researcher (M.S. Student), Stochastic Network Optimization Methods with Applications in Disaster Management, funded by Tubitak 3501 program, (PI: Sibel Salman), 2006-2007.
Conference/Workshop Presentations:
Influence Maximization on Social Networks:
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, October 2019.
European Conference on Operational Research (EURO), Dublin, Ireland, June 2019.
Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization, Paris, France, June 2018.
(Poster Presentation – Best Poster Award) Business Analytics Workshop, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2017.
National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (YAEM), Ankara, Turkey, September 2015.
INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2014.
European Conference on Operational Research (EURO), Rome, Italy, July 2013.
International Network Optimization Conference (INOC), Tenerife, Spain, May 2013.
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2011.
Social Network Effects on Product Design and Diffusion:
European Conference on Operational Research (EURO), Glasgow, UK, July 2015.
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2012.
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2011.
3rd Annual Complexity in Business Conference (CCB), Washington DC, October 2011.
(Poster presentation) Workshop on Information in Networks (WIN), Stern School of Business, NYU, September 2011.
2nd Annual Complexity in Business Conference (CCB), Washington DC, November 2010.
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, November 2010.
Disaster Management:
National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (YAEM), Istanbul, Turkey, July 2017.
EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics optimization (VeRoLog), Amsterdam, Holland, July 2017.
(Poster presentation) PhD Colloquium, Information systems for crisis response and management (ISCRAM), Washington DC, May 2008.
European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXII), Prague, Czech Republic, July 2007.
International Network Optimization Conference (INOC), Spa, Belgium, April 2007.
EURO Winter Institute on Location and Logistics, Estoril, Portugal, January-February 2007.
International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters (CDD), Athens, Greece, September 2006.
Sports Scheduling:
UK OR Annual Conference, Canterbury, UK, September 2019.
MathSport International Conference, Athens, Greece, July 2019.
Protecting Computer Terminals from Hackers:
INFORMS Computing Society (ICS), Charleston, South Carolina, January 2009.
Social Network Effects on Fertility:
4. National Population Conference, Ankara, Turkey, November 2015.