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Dr Burak Cavdaroglu

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Dr. Cavdaroglu is an Assistant Professor in Business Analytics at the Department of Marketing, Operations, and Systems, having joined the faculty in 2023. He earned his Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA. With over a decade of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Cavdaroglu previously held faculty positions in Industrial Engineering in Turkey and served as a Senior Lecturer at Teesside University Business School.

Dr. Cavdaroglu's research interests encompass a broad spectrum, including combinatorial optimization, network modeling, metaheuristics, and timetabling. He leverages his expertise to tackle real-world problems in areas such as disaster management—focusing on infrastructure restoration—and sports management, specifically tournament scheduling. His work has been published in prestigious journals, including the European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, and Operations Research Letters.

Dr. Cavdaroglu is dedicated to bridging the gap between theory and practice, utilizing both mathematical and empirical methods to develop and analyze management problems. He actively seeks industry collaborations to formulate research questions with practical applications. His teaching portfolio includes courses such as Business Statistics and Data Analytics, Analytics for Competitive Advantage, Research Methods and Analytics for Business Practice, Business Information Management, Operations Research, Decision Analysis, Statistics and Probability, Statistical Quality Control, Network Flows, Supply Chain Management, Facility Layout and Design, Systems Simulation.

Burak Cavdaroglu

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Graph-based heuristics for rest difference minimisation, Atan, T., Yavuz, T., Çavdaroğlu, B. 20 Aug 2024, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society
  • Round-robin scheduling with regard to rest differences, Tuffaha, T., Çavdaroğlu, B., Atan, T. 1 Jul 2023, In: TOP
  • Integrated break and carryover effect minimization, Çavdaroğlu, B., Atan, T. 1 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Scheduling
  • Determining matchdays in sports league schedules to minimize rest differences, Çavdaroğlu, B., Atan, T. 1 May 2020, In: Operations Research Letters
  • Detection of Click Spamming in Mobile Advertising, Kaya, S., Çavdaroğlu, B., Şensoy, K. 25 Jul 2019, Advances in Operational Research in the Balkans, Springer
  • Minimization of rest mismatches in round robin tournaments, Atan, T., Çavdaroğlu, B. Nov 2018, In: Computers and Operations Research
  • Interdependent network restoration: On the value of information-sharing, Sharkey, T., Cavdaroglu, B., Nguyen, H., Holman, J., Mitchell, J., Wallace, W. 1 Jul 2015, In: European Journal of Operational Research
  • Integrating restoration and scheduling decisions for disrupted interdependent infrastructure systems, Cavdaroglu, B., Hammel, E., Mitchell, J., Sharkey, T., Wallace, W. Mar 2013, In: Annals of Operations Research
  • MUNICIPAL: A decision technology for the restoration of critical infrastructures, Loggins, R., Wallace, W., Cavdaroglu, B. 2013, IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013
  • Restoring infrastructure systems: An integrated network design and scheduling (INDS) problem, Nurre, S., Cavdaroglu, B., Mitchell, J., Sharkey, T., Wallace, W. 16 Dec 2012, In: European Journal of Operational Research

  • PhD August 15 2012
  • MSc July 31 2007
  • BSc May 31 2005


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