CURRICULUM VITAE

1.      Name Surname         Aydın Ulucan

2.      Date of Birth               April, 19 1968

3.      Title                              Associate Prof.

4.      Education:

5.           Academic Titles

Date on which Associate  Professorship is received        2005

6.      Graduate Theses Supervised

6.1  Master Theses

·  Barış Atıcı, “Development of a Decision Support System for Energy Industry” (B.S. Hacettepe

University, Business), ongoing

·  Deniz Tosun, "Portfolio Analysis with Robust Optimization: An Application to the ISE", (B.S.

Bilkent, Industrial Engineering), ongoing.

·  Hazım Tokuçcu, “DEA and Mean-Variance Analysis Based Portfolio Allocation Methodology”,

(B.S. METU, Electronics Engineering), 2007.

·  Volkan Haskılıç, "Mean Variance Portfolio Optimization with Various Risk Measurements: An ISE

Application", (B.S. METU, Industrial Engineering), 2006.

·  Özgür İcan, "An Application of Stochastic Programming in Energy Industry", (B.S. Hacettepe

University, Business), 2006.

·  İnan Can,, "A DSS for Multicriteria Decision Making and Application in Defence Industry", (B.S.

METU, Industrial Engineering), 2006.

·  Emrah Özkaya, "Planning and Scheduling of Public Transportation Systems using Linear

Programming ", (B.S. Gazi, Industrial Engineering), 2006

·  Çiğdem Şenöz, "An Application of Integrated Fleet Assignment and Crew Pairing Models for

Small Scaled Airlines in Aviation Sector", (B.S. Gazi, Industrial Engineering), 2005

·  Selen Çimen, "An Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process and Mixed Integer Programming to

the Choice of Internet Access Technology Process in Rural Areas", (B.S. Gazi, Industrial

Engineering), 2005

·  Onur Ülker, "Advertisement Scheduling in Television Channels: An Application of Mixed Integer

Programming", (B.S. Hacettepe, Industrial Engineering), 2005

·  Nilgün Çanakgöz, "Business Failure Prediction Using Rough Sets: An Application to the Turkish

Financial Market", (B.S. METU, Statistics), 2004

·  Kamer Korkmaz, "Management of Multi Projects: An Application in Telecommunication

Industry”, (B.S. Gazi, Industrial Engineering), 2004.

·  Serkan Yıldız, "Resource Leveling and Earned Value Analysis in Project Management: An

Application in Construction Industry", (B.S. Turkish Military School), 2001.

6.2 Doctorate Theses

·  Mehmet Eryiğit, "Design and Implementation of a Decision Support System for Fleet

Assignment Problem", (B.S. Hacettepe University, Business), 2005

·  Mutluay Doğan, "Chaos Theory: An Istanbul Stock Exchange and International Petroleum

Markets Applications", (B.S. METU, Mechanical Engineering), 2002

·  Mehmet Çolak, “Multi-DEA based Data Mining: An Analysis in Tukish Forestry Industry”,

ongoing.

·  Süleyman Cengiz, “Risk Management in Deregulated Electricity Industry”, ongoing.

7.      Publications

7.1  Articles published in peer reviewed international journals

·    “The Political Instability, Investment Profile and the Macroeconomic Performance of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Region”, M. Umur Tosun, M. Cahit Güran, Aydın Ulucan, Problems and Perspectives in Management, Vol. 6-2, 31-38, 2008

·          “An Analysis of Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection with Varying Holding Periods”, Aydin Ulucan, Applied Economics, Vol: 39, Nr: 11, pp: 1399-1407, 2007.

·         “Financial Efficiency of the Turkish Textile and Clothing Industry before the 2005 Trade Liberalization”, Necmiddin Bagdadioglu and Aydin Ulucan, Eurasian Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.1-4, 1-11, 2005,

7.2  Papers delivered in international conferences and printed as proceedings

• “Efficiency Evaluation with Multi-DEA Analysis: An Application in a World Bank Supported Project”, Aydın Ulucan, 4^th Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control, September 26-28, 2007, Nice, France.
• “Political Stability, Investment Profile and Macroeconomic Performance”, M.Umur Tosun, M.Cahit Guran, Aydın Ulucan, Sixth International Conference of the MEEA, 14-16 March 2007, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE.
• “Financial efficiency of the Turkish textile industry before the 2005 trade liberalization” Necmiddin BAĞDADİOĞLU and Aydın ULUCAN, Twelfth Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, July 2-7, 2005, Athens, Greece.
• “Effectiveness of Mean-Variance Model as a Portfolio Selection Instrument: Evidence From Istanbul And Athens Stock Exchanges” Aydın ULUCAN, Twelfth Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, July 2-7, 2005, Athens, Greece.

7.3  Books  and sections in books published internationally

7.4  Articles published in peer reviewed national journals

·         “Advertisement Scheduling in TV Channels: An Application of MIP”, Aydın Ulucan and Onur Ülker, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Vol.23-2, pp.221-233, 2005.

·         “An Application of the Operations Research Methods in Airline Flight Operations Planning” Aydin Ulucan and Mehmet Eryiğit, Review of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, Vol. 59-4, pp.227-248, 2004.

·         “An Application of the Markowitz Quadratic Programming Portfolio Selection Model: Determination of the Portfolio which has the Same Risk-Return Structure with the ISE-30 Indice”, Aydın Ulucan, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Vol.20, pp.141-153, 2002.

·         “A Comparative Analysis of ISE Technical Efficiency with European Countries”, Aydın Ulucan and Argun Karacabey, Ankara European Studies Journal, Vol. 2-3, pp. 101-111, 2002.

·         “Data Envelopment Analysis Approach in Effciency Measurement of ISO500 Companies: Evaluations Using Different Input Output Components and Different Returns To Scale”, Aydın Ulucan, Review of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, Vol. 57-2, pp. 185-202, 2002.

·         “A Mathematical Programming Model for the Synchronized Development of Nonstationary Inventory and Distribution Schedules”, Armağan Tarım and Aydın Ulucan, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gazi University, Vol. 2-3, pp.53-62, 2000.

·         “Data Envelopment Analysis Approach in Performance Measurement of Companies: General and Sectoral Evaluations” , Aydın Ulucan, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Vol.18-1, pp.405-418, 2000.

·         “An Empirical Investigation of the Planning Horizon in Markowitz’s Quadratic Programming Portfolio Selection Model: An Application at the İstanbul Stock Exchange”, Armağan Tarım and Aydın Ulucan, Review of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, Vol. 55-2, pp.143-160, 2000.

·         “Cost Minimisation in Seaborne Transportation of Petroleum Products: A Mixed Integer Programming Application for the Petrol Ofisi”, Armagan Tarim and Aydin Ulucan, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Vol.15, pp.190-197, 1997.

·         “Network Analysis Approach in Problem Solving”, Aydın Ulucan, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Vol. 11, pp. 95-114, 1993.

7.5  Papers delivered at national conferences and printed as proceedings

7.6  Other publications

Books

·  “Operations Research”, Aydın Ulucan, Hacettepe University IIBF Publication Nr. 29, 2004. (republished by Siyasal publishing house, September 2004, ISBN 975-6325-11-9).

·  “Portfolio Optimization”, Aydın Ulucan, Hacettepe University İİBF Publication Nr. 28, 2004. (republished by Siyasal publishing house, September 2004, ISBN 975-6325-09-7)

·  “Analytic Hierarchy Process”, Aydın Ulucan, Hacettepe University İİBF Publication Nr. 34, 2004.

8.           Projects directed and participated

Research Projects

2006       Research Grant, TUBITAK (Turkey)

Evaluation and Analysis of Financial Risk of Small and Medium Business and Consumer Loans In Turkey. (Project Team Member/Researcher)

2004       Research Grant, Hacettepe University Scientific Researches Division

An Application of DEA approach for the company performance evaluation and development of DEA software. (Principal Investigator)

Other Projects

2004       World Bank - Social Solidarity Fund

Midterm Evaluation of World Bank supported “Social Risk Mitigation Project – SRMP” in Turkey.

2004       Hacettepe University

Establishment of Hacettepe University Financial Research Center

1994-1995         UNICEF

Participant of a project prepared for UNICEF in Water Supply – Sanitation and Hygiene guidelines in TURKEY.

1992-1993         Turkish Petroleum Office

Development of the schedule of petrol products shipment from refineries to intermediate coastal stocking points with minimum cost. A mixed-integer mathematical model and a simulation model was developed an solved.

9.      Administrative designations

2006                 Vice Chairman Hacettepe University, Department of Business Administration

2005                 Head of Quantitative Methods Division Hacettepe University

1997-2004          Executive Board Member Hacettepe University Financial Research Center , HUFAM

10.  Membership in scholarly institutions

Operations Research Society of Turkey,

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science, INFORMS.

11.  Awards and grants

2005         Encouragement Award in METU Prof. Muhan Soysal Innovation in Management Education. Subject: BUS 304 Operations Research Term Book

2004         Encouragement Award in METU Prof. Muhan Soysal Innovation in Management Education. Subject: We are Anatolia

12.  Fill the table below for the courses you have taught over the last two academic years