Mehmet Bayram YILDIRIM 

 Center for Applied Optimization
Office:  (352) 392 - 9959    Home:  (352) 846-5232

 ybayram@cao.ise.ufl.edu 

 http://www.ise.ufl.edu/ybayram

Home Address

  322 UVS  7

  Gainesville,   FL   32603


EDUCATION  

 

August 96 – Present

 

 

 

 

 

Ph.D. Program, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida, FL

Coursework: Stochastic Processes,  Nonlinear Programming, Linear Programming  Extensions,  Global Optimization, Simulation, Advanced  Engineering  Economy, Numerical Techniques, Advanced Production Planning, Database Management, System Analysis and Design.

o         Research  Interests: Combinatorial Network Optimization &  Design and its applications  in  Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Production-Inventory Control, Logistics, and Communication Network Design, Inverse Optimization

o         Expected Graduation: December 2000

 

 

1994 –1996

MASTER OF SCIENCE in Industrial Engineering

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Coursework: Linear Programming, Advanced Linear Programming, Probability,  Theory of Complexity,  Stochastic  Processes,  Metric Spaces, Location Theory,  Methodology of Operations Research

 

 

September 1995

SUMMER COURSE  on  Design of Experiments                                           

Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

 

1990 - 1994

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

Coursework: Statistics, Graphical Data Analysis, Quality Control, System Simulation,

 Engineering Economy, Operations Research, Fuzzy Logic, Production Planning, Computer Methods in OR, Computer  Integrated Manufacturing, Dynamic Event Simulation, Mathematical Modeling,  Ergonomics

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

 

University of  Florida

Gainesville, FL

August 97- Present

August 96 – May 97

Research & Teaching Assistant: Deterministic Methods of Operations Research, Traffic Network Equilibrium Problem, Toll Pricing Theory

 

 

Bilkent University

Ankara, Turkey

1994 - 1996

Research Assistant: Total Weighted  Tardiness Problem: New Dominance Rule and its Effect on the Lower and Upper Bounds

 

                           

PUBLICATIONS

 

Hearn, D. W. and Yildirim, M. B., “A Toll Pricing Framework for Traffic Assignment Problems,” Submitted to Edited Volume “Current Trends in Transportation and Network Analysis, Papers in Honor of Michael Florian,” 1999. ( PS File, 376 KB) (PDF File, 213 KB)

 

Yildirim, M. B., “Anita Schobel, Locating Lines and Hyperplanes: Theory and Algorithms, in Applied Optimization, Vol. 25,” to appear in Optimization Methods and Software

 

Akturk, S. and Yildirim, M. B.,  “A New Lower Bounding Scheme for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” Computers and Operations Research, 25 (4), 1998, 265-278 ( PS File, 280 KB) ( PDF File, 235 KB)

 

Akturk, S. and Yildirim, M. B., “A New Dominance Rule for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” Production Planning & Control, 10 (2), 1999, 138-149.( PS File, 291 KB) ( PDF File, 166 KB)

 

Thesis : “Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,”  July 1996

 

Yildirim, M. B., Aksen, D. and Aksu, M.,  “Scheduling Traffic Lights In A Capacitated Junction,” Turkish Industrial Engineering  Journal,  January 1995

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“A Decomposition Method for Congestion Toll Pricing,” (with D.W. Hearn and M. V. Ramana) presented at the Spring INFORMS National Conference,  Montreal, Canada, May 1998

 

“Scheduling Traffic Lights In A Capacitated Junction,” (with D. Aksen and M. Aksu) presented at the Turkish Industrial Engineering  Conference,   1995

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH

Title:

Toll Pricing for Variable Demand Traffic Assignment Models

Dissertation Chair

D.W. Hearn

Committee Members

Panos Pardalos, Selcuk Erenguc, Joe Geunes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CSX Transportation

Internship, Operations Research Department, Jacksonville, FL

May -  August 97

·         Developed A Decision Support System For Rail Car Management

·         Simulation Study on the Effect of Optimization on Rail Car Distribution Planning

·         Virtual Pool Concept in Strategic Rail  Car Distribution Planning

 

 

Orjin Corp.

Internship, Software Engineering Department, Diyarbakir, Turkey

June-September 94

August-September 93

Marketing, Database Design, System Analysis and Program Development                  

 

 

Ford  Motor Corp.

Internship, Production Planning Department, Istanbul, Turkey

June-August 93

 

Production Planning, Inventory Control, System and Organization, Total Quality Control, Motion and Time Study, Just-In-Time

 

 

Escort  Computer

Internship, Data Processing Group, Istanbul , Turkey

June 92

C Programming,  Dbase, Data Processing, VAX/VMS, Silicon Graphics

                                               

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems

UNIX, Windows 98/NT, DOS, MOS, VAX/VMS

Optimization

Cplex, Minos, Gams, AMPL, Lindo, Lingo, Matlab

Programming

C, C++, Pascal, Fortran, Siman, Arena, Promodel, Dbase, Access, Stella, FilemakerPro

General

Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Lotus,  MFG/PRO, SPSS, Systat, SPCExpert

 

PROJECTS

·       Statistical Data Analysis In Pasabahce, 1993  

·         Ergonomics Study At Ford  Corp., Istanbul, 1993

·         Automation Study In  Arcelik, Istanbul, 1994

·         Simulation of Water  Problem In Istanbul, 1994

·         Scheduling the Traffic Lights In Mecidiyekoy, Istanbul, 1994

·         MRP II Project  Using MfgPro 7.0, 1994

·         Implementation of Total Quality Management In Bilkent Radio, 1995

·         Simulation of the Production Process  In Embil Pharmatecuials, 1996

·         A Decision Support System For Car Management and Distribution, 1997

·         Simulation of the Sand Markets on the CSX Railroad Network, 1997

·         Toll Pricing  Methodologies and Decomposition Algorithms For Traffic Network Equilibrium Models,  1997-99

·         Advanced Online Travel Reservation System Design, 1999

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Ranked in the top 0.01% in the Nationwide University Admission Exam, Turkey, 1990

Scholarships From Turkish Educational Association, Bogazici University Alumni  Association and National Culture Association, 1990-1994

Honor Degree from Bogazici University, Turkey, 1994

First Prize In  National Industrial Engineering Conference, 1994

INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium, 1998

 

 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

·         Member of Turkish Environmental Protection Society, 1994-96

·         Member of Bosphorus University Operations Research Club, 1990-94

·         Quality Manager in Bilkent Radio, 1995-96

·         Member of Turkish Student Association, University of Florida, 1996-99

·         Member of INFORMS, 1997-99

·         Treasurer, Turkish Student Association, University of Florida, 1997-98