E. Ertugrul Karsak, Ph.D., CFA
Professor of Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering Department, Galatasaray University
Ciragan Caddesi 36, Ortakoy, Istanbul 34357, Turkey
Date of Birth: February 1968
Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality: Turkish
Foreign Languages: Fluent in English and French.
EDUCATION:
1991 - 1994 Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, June 1994.
1989 - 1991 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, August 1990; GPA = 3.97 out of 4.0.
Additional Ph.D. program course work is completed from 1990 to 1991.
1985 - 1989 Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, July 1989.
1978 - 1985 Istanbul American Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey
High School Diploma, June 1985.
12/2001 – Present Industrial Engineering Department, Galatasaray University, Istanbul
Professor of Industrial Engineering.
10/1996 – 12/2001 Industrial Engineering Department, Galatasaray University, Istanbul
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering.
11/1996 – 03/1997 Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France
Visiting Scholar at the Institut Finance.
10/1994 – 10/1996 Industrial Engineering Department, Galatasaray University, Istanbul
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering.
05/1992 – 12/1993 Yapi Kredi Bank, Head Office, Istanbul, Turkey
Associate Consultant in the Strategic Planning Group.
01/1990 – 12/1990 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching assistant.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:
04/2015 - Present Rector 02/2015 - 04/2015 Acting Rector 01/2008 – 02/2015 Vice Rector for Academic Affairs 06/2014 – 05/2015 Chair of Industrial Engineering Department
04/2008 – 04/2014 Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology
04/2008 – Present Member of the University Executive Board
01/2009 – Present Chair of the Academic Evaluation and Quality Progress Committee (ADEK) at Galatasaray University
1997 – Present Co-chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing established at Galatasaray University
1994 – Present Member of the University Senate (Academic Council)
1994 – 09/2009 Founding Chair of Industrial Engineering Department
06/1997 – 04/2008 Director of the Institute of Science and Engineering
09/1995 – 09/2000 Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology
COURSES TAUGHT:
- Undergraduate Level
- Operations Research I
- Operations Research II
- Decision Analysis
- Engineering Economy (lectures given in English)
- Financial Management
- Graduate Level
- Linear Programming and Extensions
- Multiple Criteria Decision Making (lectures given in English)
- Mathematical Programming (lectures given in English)
- Applied Operations Research
- Advanced Engineering Economy (lectures given in English)
- Investment Decision Making (lectures given in English)
- Investment Decision Models under Uncertainty (lectures given in English)
- Product Development & Process Management (lectures given in English)
- Managerial Finance (lectures given in English)
- Graduate Seminar
SUPERVISED PH.D. THESES:
Student Name: Melis Almula Karadayi Thesis Title: Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches for Evaluating Health Care Performance of Districts in Istanbul Completion Date: April 2017
Student Name: Mehtap Dursun Usta
Thesis Title: Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches for Supplier Selection
Completion Date: February 2013
Student Name: Zeynep Sener
Thesis Title: Decision Making Approaches for Software Quality Function Deployment
Completion Date: February 2010
Student Name: Cumhur Okan Ozogul
Thesis Title: A Real Options Approach for Valuation of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Implementation of Hospital Information System
Completion Date: February 2008 (co-advisor: Prof. Ethem Tolga)
SUPERVISED MASTER’S THESES:
Student Name: Melis Almula Karadayi
Thesis Title: Evaluating Health-Care Waste Disposal Alternatives for Istanbul Using Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches
Completion Date: June 2009
Student Name: Mehtap Dursun
Thesis Title: Evaluating Solid Waste Management Scenarios Using Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making Approaches
Completion Date: June 2007
Student Name: Ismail Ozgur Baykal
Thesis Title: Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methods to the Personnel Selection Problem
Completion Date: January 2007
Student Name: Zeynep Yilmaz Sener
Thesis Title: Applications of Fuzzy Regression and Fuzzy Optimization to Technology Selection Problems
Completion Date: June 2005
Student Name: Mehmet Hakan Akyuz
Thesis Title: A Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis Approach to the Supplier Selection Problem
Completion Date: June 2005
Student Name: Burcak Ozbayraktar
Thesis Title: Application of Quality Function Deployment in Durable Goods Industry
Completion Date: January 2005
Student Name: Yavuz B. Turkogullari
Thesis Title: A New Fuzzy Multiple Objective Decision Making Procedure for Information System Project Selection
Completion Date: January 2004
Student Name: S. Sebnem Ahiska
Thesis Title: Applications of Imprecise Data Envelopment Analysis
Completion Date: June 2003
Student Name: A. Gokhan Kursun
Thesis Title: Textile Machinery Selection Using Multi-criteria Decision Making Methods
Completion Date: June 2003
Student Name: Pinar Kaymaz
Thesis Title: Alternative Fuzzy Logic Approaches for Quality Function Deployment Applications
Completion Date: June 2003
Student Name: S. Emre Alptekin
Thesis Title: Analytical Approaches in Quality Function Deployment Process
Completion Date: June 2001
Student Name: Sevin Sozer
Thesis Title: The Application of Fuzzy Integral and Fuzzy Measure in Multiple Criteria Decision Making
Completion Date: June 2001
Student Name: Onur Kuzgunkaya
Thesis Title: Selecting a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) Using a Fuzzy Multi-Objective Programming Approach
Completion Date: June 2000
Student Name: Cumhur Okan Ozogul
Thesis Title: An Options Approach to Valuing Flexibility in Flexible Manufacturing Systems Investments
Completion Date: June 2000
Student Name: Tamer Ozyigit
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Relative Socio-Economic Performances of Developing Countries
Completion Date: January 2000
Student Name: Ceyda Kalyoncuoglu
Thesis Title: Inventory Control in a Fluctuating Demand Environment
Completion Date: June 1999
Student Name: Firuzan Iscan
Thesis Title: Performance Management by Data Envelopment Analysis Incorporating Weight Restrictions, Cross Efficiency and Window Analysis
Completion Date: June 1999
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS:
- Applications of Group Decision Making Approach Based on Quality Function Deployment and Fuzzy Weighted Average, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 15.402.002, 2015.
- Fuzzy Decision Making Approach for Health-care Performance Assessment in Istanbul, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 14.402.001, 2014.
- Decision Making Methodology for Evaluating and Selecting Energy Alternatives, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 13.402.007, 2013.
- An Integrated Approach for Supplier Evaluation and Selection using Quality Function Deployment and Data Envelopment Analysis, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 12.402.001, 2012.
- Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approaches for Supplier Selection, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 10.402.018, 2010.
- An Integrated Real Options and Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach for Selecting an Advanced Manufacturing System, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 10.402.014, 2010.
- Evaluating Health-Care Waste Disposal Alternatives Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 09.402.019, 2009.
- A Decision Making Approach Based on Fuzzy Regression and Fuzzy Multiple Objective Programming for Advanced Manufacturing Technology Selection, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 08.402.011, 2008.
- An Integrated Quality Function Deployment and Fuzzy Regression-Based Optimization Framework for Selecting an E-business Software System, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 08.402.003, 2008.
- Valuation of Advanced Manufacturing System Investments Using Real Options Approach, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 07.402.018, 2007.
- A Common-Weight MCDM Framework for Decision Problems with Multiple Inputs and Outputs, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 07.402.006, 2007.
- Evaluating Solid Waste Management Scenarios Using a Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 07.402.001, 2007.
- Personnel Selection Using an MCDM Approach that Integrates Numerical and Linguistic Information, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 06.402.009, 2006.
- A Generalized Fuzzy Optimization Framework for R&D Project Selection Using Real Options Valuation, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 06.402.001, 2006.
- Choquet Integral-based Decision Making Approach for Robot Selection, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 05.402.006, 2005.
- Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach for Transport Projects Evaluation in Istanbul, Principal Investigator, Galatasaray University Research Fund, Grant No. 05.402.002, 2005.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Capital investment decision analysis
- Technology evaluation and selection
- Multiple criteria decision making
- Product development and quality function deployment (QFD)
- Supplier selection
- Waste management
- Real options
- Production economics
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES (Reviewer for the following academic journals):
- International Journal of Production Research
- International Journal of Production Economics
- Fuzzy Sets and Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A
- Computers & Industrial Engineering
- Computers & Operations Research
- Kybernetes
- Applied Mathematical Modelling
- Mathematical and Computer Modelling
- Proc. of the Inst. of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture
- International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (IJCIM)
- International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM)
- Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems
- Production and Operations Management
- Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
- Group Decision and Negotiation
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems
- The Engineering Economist
- Asia Pacific Management Review
- The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
- The Journal of Management & Engineering Integration
- Transactions on Operational Research
- Industrial Engineering Journal (Endustri Muhendisligi)
ACADEMIC HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Academic Achievement Award from the Office for International Students and Scholars of the University of Southern California, 1990.
- Tuition Award from the Graduate School of the University of Southern California, 1990.
- First ranking graduate in the 1988-89 graduating class of the Industrial Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
- Member of the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS)
- KES (Society: Intelligent Systems)
- Member of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
- Cited over 1800 times in publications indexed within Web of Science (Source: ISI Web of Science Core Collection), and cited over 4000 times in publications indexed within Google Scholar.
- Guest Editor, 28th National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering (YA/EM'08) Special Issue, Industrial Engineering Journal (Endustri Muhendisligi), Vol. 20, No.1, 2009.
- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, World Scientific.
- External assessor to review proposals of academy research fellow posts for Academy of Finland, The Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering.
- External assessor to review research proposals for Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
- External assessor to review research proposals for City University of Hong Kong.
- External assessor to review postdoctoral research scholarship applications in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research for Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
- Member of the evaluation committee of applicants for professor, associate/assistant professor and lecturer positions, and examiner for qualifying exams and member of dissertation committee of a number of Ph.D. students.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES: - Organising Chair, The 3rd Annual International Conference on Data Science and Business Analytics (ICDSBA 2019), Istanbul, 11-12 October 2019.
- Conference Committee Member of The International Conference on Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (ICSEEM’17), World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2017), San Francisco, USA, 25-27 October 2017.
- Conference Committee Member of The International Conference on Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (ICSEEM’16), World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2016), San Francisco, USA, 19-21 October 2016.
- Program Committee Member of The 2016 International Conference of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management (ICMEEM′16), World Congress on Engineering 2016 (WCE 2016), London, UK, 29 June-1 July 2016.
- Conference Committee Member of The International Conference on Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (ICSEEM’15), World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2015), San Francisco, USA, 21-23 October 2015.
- Scientific Advisory Board Member, 2nd Global Conference on Engineering & Technology Management (GCETM), Chicago, USA, 6-8 August 2015.
- Program Committee Member of The 2015 International Conference of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management (ICMEEM′15), World Congress on Engineering 2015 (WCE 2015), London, UK, 1-3 July 2015.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 15th National Symposium on Production Research, Izmir, Turkey, 14-16 October 2015.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 14th National Symposium on Production Research, Istanbul, Turkey, 3-5 September 2014.
- Scientific Advisory Board Member, Global Conference on Engineering & Technology Management (GCETM), Istanbul, Turkey, 23-26 June 2014.
- Member of the Organizing Committee, The International IIE Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-28 June 2013.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 13th National Symposium on Production Research, Sakarya, Turkey, 25-27 September 2013.
- Member of the Academic Advisory Board, 32nd National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22 June 2012.
- Chair for "Decision Making in Management and Engineering" track, IEMS 2012 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 26-28 March 2012.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 11th National Symposium on Production Research, Istanbul, Turkey, 23-24 June 2011.
- Chair for "Decision Making in Management and Engineering" track, IEMS 2011 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 28-30 March 2011.
- Member of the Advisory Board, 30th National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 30 June-2 July 2010.
- Chair for "Decision Making in Management and Engineering" track, IEMS 2010 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 8-10 March 2010.
- Member of the Program Committee, 2009 International Conference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering (BIFE'2009), Beijing, China, 24-26 July 2009.
- Member of the Advisory Board, 9th National Symposium on Production Research, Eskisehir, Turkey, 15-17 October 2009.
- Member of the Program Committee, 29th National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Ankara, Turkey, 22-24 June 2009.
- Chair for "Decision Making in Management and Engineering" track, IEMS 2009 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 9-11 March 2009.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 8th National Symposium on Production Research, Istanbul, Turkey, 24-25 October 2008.
- Chair of the Organizing Committee, 28th National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering (YA/EM'08), Istanbul, 30 June - 2 July 2008.
- Chair for "Decision Making in Management and Engineering" track, IEMS 2008 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 10-12 March 2008.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 2nd National Symposium on Quality Function Deployment, Izmir, Turkey, 19-21 March 2008.
- Co-organizer (with D-H. Lee and D-S. Kim) of the Technical Workshop on "Optimization: Theories and Applications (OTA 07)", International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2007), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-29 August 2007.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 7th National Symposium on Production Research, Ankara, Turkey, 15-17 November 2007.
- Member of the Advisory Board, 27th National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Izmir, Turkey, 2-4 July 2007.
- Chair for "Decision Making in Management and Engineering" track, IEMS 2007 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 12-14 March 2007.
- Co-organizer (with D-H. Lee and D-S. Kim) of the Technical Workshop on "Optimization: Theories and Applications (OTA 06)", International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2006), Glasgow, UK, 8-11 May 2006.
- Chair for "Decision Making in Management and Engineering" track, IEMS 2006 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 13-15 March 2006.
- Member of the Advisory Board, 26th National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Kocaeli, Turkey, 3-5 July 2006.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 5th National Symposium on Production Research, Istanbul, Turkey, 25-27 November 2005.
- Member of the Scientific Committee, 35th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineeering (ICC&IE 2005), Istanbul, Turkey, 19-22 June 2005.
- Member of the Advisory Board, 24th National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Adana, Turkey, 15-18 June 2004.
- Chair for "Decision Support Systems" track, IEMS 2003 Conference (International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems), Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 17-19 March 2003.
- Member of the Advisory Board, 23rd National Congress on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 3-5 July 2002.
- Member of the International Advisory Board, 2nd International Conference on Responsive Manufacturing, Gaziantep, Turkey, 26-28 June 2002.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)®. Earning this charter (charter earned in 2000) required to pass three six-hour examinations covering a globally relevant Body of Knowledge set by an international council of investment-industry leaders.
- Listed in Who’s Who in the World, 2003.
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