About Me

I am a faculty member in Sabancı University, MSIE Program since 2004. After receiving my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Turkey, I stayed in US for almost three years for my Ph.D. study. Right before Sabanci University, I worked as a post-doctorate research fellow in Holland for two years. If you have spare time to kill, here is my CV.

I am married to Pınar Yolum. We have two kids, Poyraz (born 2007) and Güneş (born 2010). When they allow, I try to look into some of the problems coming out of the list below.

General Research Interests

Computational operations research
Algorithm development for optimization problems
Nonlinear programming and convex analysis
Stochastic global optimization methods
Parallel programming

Current Research

Multi-agent global optimization
Airline revenue management
Parallel nonlinear optimization
Large-scale linear programs with column-dependent-rows
Primal-dual approaches to set-covering problems
Combination of exact methods with heuristics for combinatorial optimization
Airline crew scheduling
Bilevel models for sustainable urban transportation