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BANU SOYLU CONTACT INFO Address: Industrial Engineering Department Erciyes University 38039 Kayseri-Turkey Phone: +90-(352)-437-4901 ext: 32456 Fax: +90-(352)-437-5784 e-mail: bsoylu-at-erciyes.edu.tr Homepage: http://endustri.erciyes.edu.tr/bsoylu EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Jan. 2007 Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey Dissertation Title: An Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiple Criteria Problems Supervisor: Prof. Murat KÖKSALAN MSc. in Industrial Engineering, Jan. 2002 Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey Thesis Title: A Mixed Model Flow Line Sequencing Problem with Makespan Minimization Supervisor: Prof. Ömer KIRCA Co-Supervisor: Prof. Meral AZĠZOĞLU BSc. in Industrial Engineering, 1998 Erciyes University, Kayseri-Turkey ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor: July 2007-ongoing Industrial Engineering Department, Erciyes University, Kayseri-Turkey Visiting Assistant Professor: Sept. 2011-Sept. 2012 Department of Mathematical Sciences Clemson University, SC, US Teaching and Research Assistant: April 1999- January 2007 Industrial Engineering Department Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey

AWARDS & HONORS 2011 (for a year) The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research Studies at Clemson University (SC-USA). 2007 (6 months) The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research Studies at Arizona State University (USA). 1999-2007 Awarded research assistantships during graduate study. 1998 High Honor Student in the graduates list of Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University. 1998 Ranked 1 st in GPA in the graduates list of Industrial Engineering Department, Erciyes University. RESEARCH INTERESTS Multiple criteria decision making, Multi-objective optimization problems, Combinatorial optimization, Evolutionary algorithms, Metaheuristics, Scheduling. PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles (SCI) Soylu B., B. Kayhan, and M. Köksalan. An Interactive Sorting Method and Its Application to Sorting Business Sectors. (Under Review) Soylu B., and S. Kapan Ulusoy. A Preference-ordered Classification for a Multi-objective Max-min Redundancy Allocation Problem. Computers and Operations Research 2011; 38(12); 1855-1866. Soylu B. A multi-criteria sorting procedure with Tchebycheff utility function. Computers and Operations Research 2011; 38(8); 1091-1102. Soylu B. Integrating Promethee II with the Tchebycheff Function for Multi Criteria Decision Making. International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making 2010; 9(4); 525-545. Soylu B., and M. Köksalan. Favorable Weight Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiple Criteria Problems. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 2010; 14(2); 191-205. Köksalan M. and B. Soylu, Bicriteria p-hub Location Problem and Evolutionary Algorithms. INFORMS Journal on Computing 2010; 22(4); 528-542. Soylu, B., Ö. Kırca and M. Azizoğlu. Flow Shop Sequencing with Synchronous Transfers and Makespan Minimization. International Journal of Production Research 2007; 45(15); 3311-3331. Book Chapters Soylu, B. and Köksalan, M., An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Multi-objective Multiple Knapsack Problem, Cutting-Edge Research Topics on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, MCDM 2009 China, Y.Shi et al. (eds.), ISBN: 9783642022982, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1, 1-8, 2009.

Other Journal Articles Gökalp, B. and B. Soylu (2011) Supplier Selection Problem with the Aim of Improving Supplier s Processes Endüstri Mühendisliği Dergisi (accepted) (in Turkish). Bulut, K. and B. Soylu (2009) An Analytic Network Model to Evaluate the Workload of Academic Staff: An Application in Engineering Faculty Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology of Erciyes University, Vol. 25, No.1-2, pp.150-167 (in Turkish). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Soylu, B. and G.B. Yıldız, A New Decomposition Approach to Determine Efficient Units in Big DEA Models, INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, US, Nov. 2011. Akyol, B., G.B. Yıldız and B. Soylu, A New Approach to Sort Inventory Items and An Application, INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, US, Nov. 2011 (Poster presentation). Soylu, B., Kayhan B. and M. Köksalan (2011), An Interactive Sorting Method and its Application to Sorting Sectors, 21 st International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Jyvaskyla-Finland, June 2011. Soylu, B. and S. Kapan Ulusoy (2010), A Bi-objective Max-Min Redundancy Allocation Problem and the Preference-ordered Classification, XXIV. Mini Euro Conference MEC-EurOpt 2010, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey, June 2010. Gökalp B. and B. Soylu. Supplier Selection Problem with the Aim of Improving Supplier's Processes, 30 th National Meeting on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2010 (in Turkish). Soylu, B. and M. Ekinci (2009), A Warehouse Space Allocation Problem in a Carpet Factory Considering Multiple Criteria, 23 th European Conference on Operational Research, Bonn, Germany, 5-8 July 2009. Köksalan, M. and B. Soylu (2009), An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Multi-objective Multiple Knapsack Problem, 20 th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, China, July 2009. Soylu, B. (2009) A Tchebycheff Utility Function Based Approach for Multiple Criteria Sorting Problems, 29 th National Meeting on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, June 2009 (in Turkish). Soylu, B. (2008) A Multiple Criteria Sorting Approach with Tchebycheff Utility Function INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington-DC, USA, October 2008. Soylu, B. (2008) A Tchebycheff Scalarization Based Approach for Multiple Criteria ABC Inventory Classification Problem, Proceedings of 28 th National Meeting on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2008 (in Turkish). Soylu, B. (2008) "Multiple Criteria Inventory Classification Problem", HDM 2008 International Conference on Multivariate Statistical Modeling and High Dimensional Data Mining, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, June 2008.

Bulut, K. and B. Soylu An Analytic Network Model to Evaluate the Workload of Academic Staff: An Application in Engineering Faculty, 13 th National Ergonomics Congress, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, December 2007 (in Turkish). Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, A Bi-criteria Hub Location Problem, Euro XXII 22 nd European Conference on Operational Research, Prague, Czech Republic, 8-11 July 2007. Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, A Bi-criteria p-hub Location Problem and Evolutionary Algorithms, 27 th National Meeting on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, July 2007 (in Turkish). Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, A Multi-Criteria Evolutionary Algorithm for Generating the Efficient Frontier, INFORMS 2006 International Conference, Hong Kong, June 2006. Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, Evolutionary Search for Efficient Solutions in Multiple Criteria Combinatorial Optimization, 18 th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Chania, Greece, June 2006. Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, A Favorable Weight Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiobjective Optimization Problems, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, November 2005. Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, An Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization, XI ELAVIO Latin American Summer Workshop on Operations Research, Bogota, Colombia, July 2005. Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, An Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiobjective Combinatorial Problems, 25 th National Meeting on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2005 (in Turkish). Soylu, B. and M. Köksalan, An Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization Problems, 35 th International Conference of Computers & Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2005. Soylu, B. A Genetic Local Search Algorithm for Sequencing Problem on a Synchronous Flow Line, Proceedings of 24 th National Meeting on Operational Research and Industrial Engineering, Gaziantep - Adana, Turkey, June 2004. Soylu, B. Application of a Genetic Local Search Algorithm for Sequencing Problem on a Synchronous Flow Line, Euro XX 20 th European Conference on Operational Research, 4-7 July 2004, Rhodes-Greece. Soylu, B., Ö. Kırca and M. Azizoğlu, A Mixed Model Line Sequencing Problem with Makespan Minimization, EURO/INFORMS International Meeting, Istanbul-Turkey, July 2003. Soylu, B., Ö. Kırca and M. Azizoğlu, A Mixed Model Line Sequencing Problem with Makespan Minimization, 23 th Operations Research and Industrial Engineering National Conference, Yeditepe University, Istanbul- Turkey, July 2002.

SEMINARS & INVITED TALKS September 2011 Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-Objective Optimization Problems, Department of Math. Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, US. January 2010 Multiple Criteria ABC Analysis and Stock Area Partition Problem, Department Seminar, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. January 2007 An Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiple Criteria Problems, PhD Defense Seminar, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. April 2006 An Evolutionary Algorithm for Multiple Criteria Problems, Industrial Engineering Deparment Seminar, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING Gazi Bilal Yıldız (expected 2012) Analyzing Big DEA Models and New Approaches. Betül Kayhan (June 2011) Sectoral Sorting Problem and An Application, MSc. Thesis, Dept. of Industrial Eng., Erciyes Univ., Kayseri-Turkey. Bahar Akyol (August 2011) A New Approach to Sort Inventory Items and An Application, MSc. Thesis, Dept. of Industrial Eng., Erciyes Univ., Kayseri-Turkey. Burcu Gökalp (July 2010) "Supplier Selection Problem with the Aim of Improving Supplier's Processes", MSc. Thesis, Dept. of Industrial Eng., Erciyes Univ., Kayseri-Turkey. Kezban Bulut (August 2009) "Multiple Criteria Evaluation of Transportation Modes Used in Turkey", MSc. Thesis, Dept. of Industrial Eng., Erciyes Univ., Kayseri-Turkey. RESEARCH PROJECTS TUBITAK Career Project 109M577 "Sectoral Sorting Problem and an Application for KOSGEB Incentives" 04/2010-10/2011. FBY-09-1006 "Supplier Selection Problem and an Application in a Furniture Factory" 03/2009-09/2009, Erciyes University Foundation. FBY-09-1049 "Multiple Criteria Evaluation of Transportation Modes Used in Turkey" 03/2009-01/2010, Erciyes University Foundation. FBY-11-3457 A New Approach for Multiple Criteria ABC Inventory Classification Problem 04/2011-12/2012, Erciyes University Foundation. OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS BOTAġ A.ġ. Norm Kadro OluĢturma Projesi (Determination of descriptive list of permanent positions and required number of personals in BOTAġ A.ġ.), June 2003-September 2003. Project Team: Prof. Ö. Saatçioğlu, Assoc.Prof. T. ġen, F. Ökmen, T. Altekin, B. Balçık, B. Soylu, S. Sözer, D. Türsel Eliiyi, N. Zeylan.

MEMBERSHIPS 2004 to date International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making 2005 - to date INFORMS, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 1999 to date ORST, Operational Research Society, Turkey 2010 to date INFORMS-MCDM Section PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Program Committee Member, IWACI 2010, Suzhou-China. Organizing Committee Member, 13th National Ergonomics Congress, Kayseri-Turkey 2008. Journal Manuscript Reviewer European Journal of Operational Research IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making Networks Computers & Industrial Engineering Annals of Operations Research Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology of Erciyes University Endüstri Mühendisliği Dergisi TEACHING Courses Taught at Erciyes University ENM 107 Industrial Engineering Orientation Fall 2007, 2010 ENM 109 Computer I Fall 2007, 2008, 2009 ENM 110 C Programming Spring 2008 ENM 214 Production and Service Systems Fall 2007 ENM 427 Project Management and Network Analysis Spring 2009, 2010, 2011 ENM 453 Optimization Methods in Engineering Fall 2008, 2009 ENM 456 Scheduling Spring 2008 ENM 503 Engineering Optimization Fall 2007, 2008 ENM 526 Multiple Criteria Decision Making Spring 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Courses Assisted at Middle East Technical University IE 333 Work Systems Analysis & Design : Fall 2006 IE 372 Simulation : Spring 2006 IE 361 Operations Research III : Fall 2005 IE 322 Production Planning : Spring 2005 IE 266 Engineering Statistics II : Fall 2004 IE 265 Engineering Statistics I : Spring 2004 IE 454 Network Flows and Project Management : Fall 2003 IE 453 Topics in Optimization : Spring 2003 ES 303 Statistical Methods for Engineers : Spring 2002 IE 424 Scheduling : Spring 2001 IE 404 Management for Engineers : Fall 2003, Fall 2002, Fall 2000, Fall 1999 IE 102 Industrial Engineering Orientation : Spring 2002, Spring 2000 IE 428 Systems Design : Spring 2000, Spring 2001

ADMINISTRATIVE WORK 2011 - Chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Industrial Engineering Department, Erciyes University, Kayseri 2007 - Member of the Student Course Equivalence Committee, Industrial Engineering Department, Erciyes University, Kayseri 2003 2006 Member of Engineering Management Certificate Program Committee, Industrial Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 2002 2004 Member of TOR Journal Committee (Editorial Assistant of Transactions on Operational Research Journal), Industrial Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 2001 2003 Member of IE 428 Systems Design Committee, Industrial Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 1999-2003 Member of ORST (Operational Research Society, Turkey) Committee, Industrial Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara SKILLS AND INTERESTS Proficient in the use of C/C++, MS Office. IE related softwares: Cplex, Gurobi, GLPK, AIMMS, Lindo/Lingo, Gams, Matlab, Minitab, Mathematica, Arena.