Metin Cakanyildirim, PhD
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Associate Professor
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Education: |
PhD, Cornell University, 2000 MS, University of Waterloo, 1995 BS, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1993 |
Courses: |
OPRE 6302 Operations Management OPRE 6366 Supply Chain Management OPRE 6377 Demand and Revenue Management MAS 6V08 Managing Energy: Risk, Investment and Technology |
Current / Recent Research: |
Supply Chain (Inventory and Revenue) Management; Transshipments Partial/asymmetric information; Forecasting and capacity planning |
Awards and Recognition: |
2007: Harold W. Kuhn Award from Naval Research Logistics Journal for the paper “A General Strategic Capacity Planning Model under Demand Uncertainty” 2005: Wickham Skinner Early Career Research Award from Production and Operations Management Society 2004: Outstanding Industry Contributor from the Center for Intelligent Supply Networks 2002: Best paper in scheduling and logistics from IIE Transactions Journal for “SeDFAM: Semiconductor demand forecast accuracy model” 2006-2008: ARP grant in applied mathematics by Texas Education Board: “Statistical Updating Methods in Risk and Decision Analysis: Applications to Supply Chains” 2005-2008: NSF grant in applied mathematics: “Inventory Control with Partial Observations and Inspections” 2006: Printed goods industry – Rediform Grant: “Forecasting Demand and Optimal Ordering” 2007: Heating and ventilating industry – Lennox grant: “Study of the Uncertainties in Air Conditioning Demand” 1996-2000: Semiconductor industry – Semiconductor Research Cooperation Grant: “Forecasting and Capacity Planning,” participated as a Ph.D. student Editorial board, International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management Editorial board, Risk and Decision Analysis |
Professional Organizations: |
The Institute For Operations Research and The Management Sciences (INFORMS) Production and Operations Management Society Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Global Association of Risk Professionals |
