Professional Activities

  • Secretary and treasurer, EURO Working Group on the Operational Research in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine, 2006-present.
  • Advisor, MAG (Engineering Research Group), TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), August 2006-April 2009.
  • Guest editor for Journal of Scheduling, 2008.
  • Working Group member for INFORMS Hong Kong International Chapter, January 2003-September 2004.
  • Program Committee member, CIPLS 2013, IEEE Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Production and Logistics Systems, Singapore, 16-19 April 2013.
  • Program Committee member, LOGMS 2012, International Conference on Logistics and Maritime Systems. Bremen, Germany, 22-24 August 2012.
  • Program Committee member, ICORES 2012, 1st International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, Algarve, Portugal, 4-6 February 2012.
  • Program Committee member, IFORS 2011, 19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Melbourne, Australia, 10-15 July 2011.
  • Program Committee member, CIPLS 2011, IEEE Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Production and Logistics Systems, Paris, France, 11-15 April 2011.
  • Program Committee member, LOGMS 2010, First International Conference on Logistics and Maritime Systems. Busan, Korea, 15-17 September 2010.
  • Program Committee member, The 4th Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2009), Dublin, Ireland, 10-12 August 2009.
  • Advisory Board member, 29th National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Congress (YAEM 2009), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 22-24 June 2009.
  • Program Committee member, Mini EURO Conference on Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine, Rome, Italy, 15-17 September 2008.
  • Program Committee member, The 3rd Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory and Applications, Paris, 28-31 August 2007.
  • Program Committee member, EURO-CBBM Workshop on OR in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 8 July 2007.
  • Program Committee member, 8th Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems, İstanbul, Turkey, 2-6 July 2007.
  • Organizing Committee chair, 8th Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems, İstanbul, Turkey, 2-6 July 2007.
  • Program Committee member, 18th Mini EURO Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search, Tenerife, Spain, 23-25 November 2005.
  • Organizing Committee member, 25th Operational Research/Industrial Engineering (OR/IE) National Congress of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-6 July 2005.
  • Organizing Committee member, Symposium on E-business: Promises and Limitations, Hong Kong SAR, October, 2002.
  • Organizing Committee member, National Operations Research Conference XII, Ankara, Turkey, June 1989.
  • Stream organizer (invited), EURO XXV – 25th European Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, Lithuania, 8-11 July 2012.
  • Stream organizer (invited), ECCO XXV – 25th Conference of European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization, Antalya, Turkey, 26-28 April 2012.
  • Stream organizer (invited), IFORS 2011 – 19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Melbourne, Australia, 10-15 July 2011.
  • Stream chair (invited), EURO XXIV – 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-14 July 2010.
  • Session organizer (invited) and chair, EURO XXIII – 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Bonn, Germany, 5-8 July 2009.
  • Session chair, 9th Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems, Abbey Rolduc, The Netherlands, 29 June-3 July 2009.
  • Panel member, Workshop on Women in Industrial Engineering Academia Ankara, Turkey, 7-11 July 2008.
  • Session chair, EURO XXII – 22nd European Conference on Operational Research, Prague, Czech Republic, 8-11 July, 2007.
  • Session chair, EURO XXI – 21st European Conference on Operational Research, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2-5 July, 2006.
  • Session chair, Seventh Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems, Siena, Italy, June 2005.
  • Session chair, Ninth International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling, Nancy, France, April 2004.
  • Cluster chair (invited), EURO/INFORMS Joint International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2003.
  • Session chair, Sixth Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems, Aussois, France, April 2003.
  • Session organizer (invited), INFORMS International Conference, Hawaii, U.S.A., June 2001.
  • Session chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Processing Systems, Beijing, P.R.C., October 1997.
  • Session chair, 21st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S.A., March 1997.

Committee and Service Activities

  • Track Advisor for Supply Chain and Logistics in Industrial Engineering program (2007-present).
  • Coordinator of IEOM Graduate Program (August 2008-2011).
  • Member of IEOM Graduate Program Admissions Committee (June 2007-2011).
  • Member of the Library Advisory Board (September 2006-2011).
  • Coordinator and Member of IEOM Ph.D. Qualification Committee (2005-2010).
  • Member of the Engineering Faculty Administrative Committee (October 2008-2010).
  • Member of the Public Relations Steering Committee (October 2008-2010).
  • Member of the Engineering Faculty Board (2006-2010).
  • Member of the University Disciplinary Committee (October 2006-February 2009).
  • Introducing Industrial Engineering to high school students (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008).
  • Coordinator of INDR590 seminar course for IEOM Graduate Program (2005-2007).
  • Elected Member of Board of Faculty of Business (2003-2004).
  • Award Co-ordinator of MSc in Management (Operations Management) (2001-2004).
  • Programme Committee member of MSc in Strategic Purchasing and Supply Management (2003-2004).
  • Programme Committee member of BSc (hons) in Surveying and Geo-Informatics (2000-2004).
  • Member of the Working Group on Restructuring of Faculty of Business and Information Systems (2001-2003).
  • Elected Member of Board of Faculty of Business and Information Systems (1999-2003).
  • Programme Committee member of BA (Hons) in Management (1996-2003).
  • Timetabling Officer, and then Co-ordinator (1996-2003).
  • Departmental representative of 65th Anniversary Celebration of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2001-2002).
  • Member and elected chairperson of the Task Force for Rationalization of Programmes in Faculty of Business and Information Systems (1999-2000).
  • Extra-departmental examiner for different departments (1996-2000).
  • Award Co-ordinator of BAM(Honors)-with a specialism in Operations (1999-2000).
  • Course Leader for BA(Honors) in Operations Management (1997-1999)
  • Deputy Course Leader for BA(Honors) in Operations Management (1996-1997).