CURRICULUM VITAE

1.     Name                         : Ulaş Akküçük

2.     Date of birth             : 22 September 1975

3.     Title                            : Assistant Professor

4.     Education                 :

5.     Academic Titles

6.     Graduate Theses Supervised

6.1 M.Sc. Thesis Supervised

6.2 PhD Thesis Supervised

7.     Publications

7.1 Articles published in SCI/SSCI/SCI Expanded/SSCI Expanded Journals

U. Akküçük, J. D. Carroll, “PARAMAP vs. Isomap: A Comparison of Two Nonlinear   Mapping Algorithms,” Journal of Classification, 23, 221-254 (2006). (SSCI, SCIe)

7.2 Articles published in peer reviewed international journals

U. Akküçük, S. Küçükkancabaş, “Analyzing the Perceptions of Turkish Universities Using Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) Analysis,” Boğaziçi Journal, 21, 125-141. (2007)

7.3 Papers delivered in international conferences and printed as proceedings

U. Akküçük, T. Bakırtaş, “Ulusal Mekansal Veri Altyapısı (UMVA) Oluştutulması ve Yönetimi,” 5. International  Knowledge, Economy and Management Congress, 3-5 November, Kocaeli, Turkey. Proceedings Volume No 2.  (Ed. İbrahim G. Yumuşak), 736-749, 2006.

U. Akküçük, T. Bakırtaş, “Bölgesel CBS Verilerinin Standardize Edilmesi Ve Paylaşılması: New Jersey Meadowlands Komisyonu Bölgesi’nde Bir Çalışma,” 5. 5. International  Knowledge, Economy and Management Congress , 3-5 November, Kocaeli, Turkey. Proceedings Volume No 2. (Ed. İbrahim G. Yumuşak), 750-763, 2006.

      7.4 Books and chapters in books published internationally

U. Akküçük, J. D. Carroll, “Nonlinear Mapping Using a Hybrid of PARAMAP and Isomap Approaches.” Hermann Locarek-Junge and Claus Weihs (Eds), Classification as a Tool for Research (pp-pp). Springer: Berlin-Heidelberg-New York (2010). (in press)

       7.5 Articles published in peer reviewed national journals

U. Akküçük, “İş Etiğinde Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Yasasının Etkisi ve Toplam Kalite Yönetimi Uygulamalarında Yansımaları,” İş Ahlakı Dergisi, 2(3), 7-17 (2009).

U. Akküçük, “Bir Çok Boyutlu Ölçekleme Tekniği Olarak Torgersen Ölçekleme Yöntemi ve Temel Bileşenler Analizi ile Karşılaştırması,” Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 25, 311-322 (2009).

       7.6 Papers delivered at national conferences and printed as proceedings

       7.7 Books and chapters in books published nationally

U. Akküçük, “Toplam Kalite Yönetimi ve Pazarlama.” İnci Varinli ve Kahraman Çatı (Editörler), Güncel Pazarlama Yaklaşımlarından Seçmeler (391-405). Detay Yayıncılık: Ankara (2008).

       7.8 Other publications (Periodical or non-periodical)

S. France, J. D. Carroll, U. Akküçük, Paper presented during 3rd International Conference on Business Management and Economics “Analyzing The United States Supreme Court Justice Decisions Using Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) And Parametric Mapping (PARAMAP)”, 13-17 June 2007, Çeşme, İzmir-Turkey. [CD-ROM]

U. Akküçük, J. D. Carroll,  Paper Presented During American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM)  “Parametric Mapping (PARAMAP): An Approach to Nonlinear Mapping,” 6-10 August 2006, Seattle, US. [CD-ROM pages 1980-1986]

U. Akküçük, J. D. Carroll, Paper Presented During CARME (Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods) “Nonlinear Mapping Using the Modified PARAMAP Approach,” 25-27 June 2007, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 

U. Akküçük, J. D. Carroll, Paper Presented During Classification Society of North America (CSNA) annual meeting “Dimension Reduction Using a Hybrid of PARAMAP and Isomap Procedures,” 7-10 June 2007, University of Illinois, Urbana, IN, US.

U. Akküçük, J. D. Carroll, Paper Presented During Classification Society of North America (CSNA) annual meeting “Dimension Reduction Problem: A Version of PARAMAP Extended to Deal With Large Data Sets,” 10-13 May 2006, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, US.

S. Winsberg, U. Akküçük, J. D. Carroll, Paper Presented During DIMACS Working Group on Algorithms for Multidimensional Scaling held jointly with the annual meeting of CSNA “Evaluating the Performance of EXSCAL Under Different Missing Data Scenarios,” 11-12 June 2003, Tallahassee, Florida, US.

U. Akkucuk, “Nonlinear Mapping: Approaches Based on Optimizing an Index of Continuity and Applying Classical Metric MDS to Revised Distances.” Doctoral Thesis, Rutgers Universsity, NJ, US. (University Microfilms No. AAT 3148774)

U. Akkucuk. Review of the book Spanning Trees and Optimization Problems printed by Chapman & Hall/CRC authors Wu, Bang Ye, Chao, Kun-Mao. Interfaces, 36(3), 277-278.

8.     Projects directed and participated

9.     Administrative designations

Boğaziçi University Management Department Vice Chair:                     2009-ongoing

Boğaziçi University Computer Services Executive Committee:               2005-ongoing

Boğaziçi University Lifelong Education Center (BÜYEM)

Executive Committee Member                                                      2008-ongoing

Boğaziçi University Management Department Exchange Commission     2005-2009

Boğaziçi University Management Department Publicity Commission       2005-ongoing

Boğaziçi University Management Department MBA Commission            2006-ongoing

10. Membership in scholarly institutions

INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Science)   2004-ongoing

CSNA (Classification Society of North America)                                    2003-ongoing

American Marketing Association (AMA)                                               2003-2004

11. Honors and Awards

Chikio Hayashi Award granted by the International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS)(March 2009)

Granted by State University of New Jersey, Rutgers:

- Graduate Center fellowship between 2000-2004

- Summer Research Grant given by Research Resources Committee during 2003 Summer Term

12. Courses Taught