Professional Experience
Professor of Industrial Engineering, Koç University, 2008-
Dean, College of Engineering, Koç University, 2013-2019
Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Koç University, 2010-2013
Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, 2008-09
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Koç University, 2003-2008
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Koç University, 2002-2003
Assistant/Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, Ecole Centrale de Paris
Postdoctoral Researcher, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), 1997-1999
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tilburg University, 1997
Education
PhD, Industrial Engineering (Operations Research), Northeastern University, 1996
MS, Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 1992
BS, Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1990
Selected Publications
Canyakmaz C., S. Ozekici and F. Karaesmen, Risk Management through Financial Hedging in Inventory Systems with Stochastic Price Processes, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 270, 2024
Manou A., P.G. Canbolat and F. Karaesmen, Strategic Heterogeneous Customers in a Transportation Station: Information and Pricing, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Vol. 54. pp. 113-124, 2023
Neghab D.P. , S. Khayyati and F. Karaesmen, An Integrated Data-Driven Method Using Deep Learning for a Newsvendor Problem with Unobservable Features, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 302, pp. 482-496, 2022
Vercraene S., J.P. Gayon and F. Karaesmen, Effects of system parameters on the optimal cost and policy in a class of multi-dimensional queueing control problems, Operations Research, Vol. 66, pp. 150-162, 2018. Online Appendix.
Turgay Z.Z., F. Karaesmen, E. L. Ormeci, Structural Properties of Class of Robust Queueing and Inventory Control Problems, Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 65, pp. 699-716, 2018.
Manou A., P.G. Canbolat, F. Karaesmen, Pricing in a Transportation Station with Strategic Customers, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 26, pp. 1632-1645, 2017.
Okyay H.K., F. Karaesmen, S. Özekici, Hedging Demand and Supply Risks in the Newsvendor Model, OR Spectrum, Vol. 37, pp. 475-501, 2015.
Aksin O.Z., Cakan N., F. Karaesmen and. E.L. Ormeci, Flexibility Structure and Capacity Design with Human Resource Considerations, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 24, pp. 1086-1100, 2015.
Manou A., A. Economou, F. Karaesmen, Strategic Customers in a Transportation Station: When is it Optimal to Wait?, Operations Research, Vol. 62, pp. 910-925, 2014.
M.S. Aguir, O.Z. Aksin, F. Karaesmen and Y. Dallery, “On the Interaction Between Retrials and Sizing of Call Centers”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 191, pp. 398-408, 2008
Aksin O.Z., F. de Véricourt, and F. Karaesmen, Call Center Outsourcing Contract Design and Choice, Management Science, Vol. 54, pp. 354-368 , 2008.
Professional Activities
Associate editor of IISE Transactions, 2005-present
Associate editor of INFOR, 2019-2021
Associate editor of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2007-2017
Associate Editor of OR Spectrum, 2014-2020
Associate Editor of Management Science, 2009-2014
Associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2004-2009
Editorial Advisory Board Member of OR Spectrum, 2007-2014
Area editor of 4OR (Quarterly Journal of Operational Research) – Springer-Verlag, 2002-2013
First round judge for INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) paper contest, 2006.
Final round judge for INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) paper contest, 2007.
Judge and panelist for Turkish National Science Foundation (TUBITAK)
Judge for MSOM Student Paper Competition, 2014
Judge for MSOM Young Scholar Competition, 2017
Head of Award Commitee MSOM Young Scholar Competition, 2018
Board Member, EURO Working Group on Stochastic Modeling
Honors and awards
Runner-up, William Skinner Award best published paper in Production and Operations Management Journal, 2015.
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management journal, Meritorious Service Award
The project “Estimating Waiting Times in a Multi-Class Call Center” (two patent applications) won the 2003 Innovation Prize of Bouygues Company.
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA), Young Scientist Programme Award, 2007.
TÜBİTAK Teşvik Ödülü (Encouragement Award), 2009.