Emre Alper YILDIRIM
Reader in Operational Research
School of Mathematics
The University of Edinburgh
Current PhD Students
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Yuzhou Qiu, PhD in Optimization and Operational Research, The University of Edinburgh, August 2024 (expected). Thesis Title:
TBD.
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Haobang Zhao, PhD in Optimization and Operational Research, The University of Edinburgh, August 2027 (expected). Thesis Title:
TBD. (Co-supervised with Akshay Gupte)
Former PhD Students
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Yakup Gorkem Gokmen, PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Koc University, December 2019. Thesis Title:
On Outer Approximations of Copositive Formulations of Various Nonconvex Optimization Problems.
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Nermin Elif Kurt Sahin, PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Koc University, June 2019. Thesis Title:
Market Clearing Models in European Day Ahead
Electricity Markets. (Co-advised with Prof. Lerzan Ormeci, Koc University)
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Gizem Sagol, PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Koc University, August 2016. Thesis Title:
On Polyhedral Approximations of Copositive Formulations of Certain Quadratic Optimization Problems.
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Xiaofei Fan-Orzechowski, PhD in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, December 2005. Thesis Title:
Applications of Lovasz’s Theta and Lagrangian Functions to
Certain Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization Problems.
(Co-advised with Prof. Eugene Feinberg, Stony Brook University; Recipient of the 2006
Woo Jong Kim Dissertation Award at Stony Brook University)
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Elizabeth John, PhD in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, August 2005. Thesis Title:
Implementation of Warm-Start Strategies in Interior-Point Methods for Linear Programming.
Former Master's Students (2-Year Programme with Thesis)
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Muge Yalcinkaya, MS in Industrial Engineering, Koc University, July 2019. Thesis Title:
An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Algorithm for
the Carrier-Vehicle Traveling Salesman Problem. (Co-advised with Prof. Gunes Erdogan, University of Bath)
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Ozge Soyogul, MS in Industrial Engineering, Koc University, February 2016. Thesis Title:
A Simulation-Optimization Approach to the Storage Location Assignment Problem.
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Ali Hassanzadeh Kalshani, MS in Industrial Engineering, Koc University, July 2015. Thesis Title:
Optimization Based Heuristics for the Graph
Partitioning Problem.
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Ali Yesilcimen, MS in Industrial Engineering, Koc University, February 2015. Thesis Title:
Alternative Optimization Models for Reviewer Allocation
in Peer Review Systems.
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Senem Sancar, MS in Industrial Engineering, Koc University, July 2014. Thesis Title:
Simultaneous Berth Allocation and Crane Assignment
Problem. (Co-advised with Prof. Deniz Ozdemir, Yasar University)
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Onur Uzunlar, MS in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, July 2011. Thesis Title:
Joint Routing, Gateway Selection, Scheduling and Power
Management Optimization in Wireless Mesh Networks. (Co-advised with Prof. Kagan Gokbayrak, Bilkent
University)
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Selva Selfun, MS in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, July 2011. Thesis Title:
Outer Approximation Algorithms for the Congested p-Median Problem. (Co-advised with Prof. Hande Yaman, Bilkent University)
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Ahmed Burak Pac, MS in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, September 2010. Thesis Title:
Row Generation Techniques for Approximate Solution
of Linear Programming Problems.
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Esra Koca, MS in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, July 2010. Thesis Title:
A Two-Stage Solution Approach to Spare Parts Distribution
under a Special Cost Structure.
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Utku Guruscu, MS in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, July 2010. Thesis Title:
Implementation of a Specialized Algorithm for Clustering
Using Minimum Enclosing Balls.
Co-Authors
- S. Damla Ahipasaoglu, University of Southampton
- Immanuel M. Bomze, University of Vienna
- Gunes Erdogan, University of Bath
- Xiaofei Fan-Orzechowski
- Kagan Gokbayrak, Hacettepe University
- Y. Gorkem Gokmen
- Stefan Gollowitzer
- Jacek Gondzio, University of Edinburgh
- Elizabeth John
- Refail Kasimbeyli, Eskisehir Technical University
- Mustafa Kilic
- Esra Koca, Sabanci University
- Piyush Kumar, Florida State University
- Emre Mengi, Koc University
- Joseph S. B. Mitchell, Stony Brook University
- Yuzhou Qiu, University of Edinburgh
- Bo Peng, University of Vienna
- Gizem Sagol, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Michael J. Todd, Cornell University (emeritus)
- Stephen J. Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ali Yesilcimen