1. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Full name: Serkan Turkeli Phone: 0090 505 488 84 45
Born: January 25, 1982, Igdir, Turkey E-mail: sturkeli@itu.edu.tr
Status: Married, one child Academia: http://tinyurl.com/mky6qgj
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Lecturer, Istanbul Technical University, Informatics Institute (February 2010 – today)
Guest Lecturer, Isik University, Department of Biomedical Engineering (January 2014-today)
Guest Lecturer, Bahcesehir University, Management Information Systems and Computer Engineering
MSc Program (January 2013-today)
Visiting Scholar, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), School of Industrial Engineering (March
2011- September 2011)
Lecturer, Acibadem University, Department of Healthcare Management (February 2009 –August 2011)
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Eight years of experience in healthcare domain (Consultancy, Academician and Project Manager)
Six years of experience in strategy development and business analysis in diverse industries including
healthcare, IT, financial services and education.
Five years of experience in management by information systems, business intelligence, business analytics.
Five years of experience in software/information system development and software project management.
Ten years of experience in professional training and seven years of experience in academic training.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2008-2012)
M.Sc. in Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2004-2006)
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, University of Bahcesehir (2000-2004)
RESEARCH PROJECTS, GRANTS
Project Name: Creating an IOT That Notifies Concerned People for the Falls of Geriatric Patients
Funded by: Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Projects Unit, 39841
Position: Project Leader
Project Name: Internet of Things (IoT) in Medicine: Tesodev Baby News Project
Funded by: Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Projects Unit, 39025
Position: Project Leader
Project Name: Measuring Technology’s Effects on Healthcare Processes
Funded by: Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Projects Unit, 37182
Position: Project Leader, (Completed in 2013)
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Project Name: Spread of Management Fashions in Peripheral Business Systems: The Role of Turkish
Groups in Consuming, Adopting and Diffusing Six Sigma
Funded by: TUBITAK, 108K577,
Position: Researcher, (Completed in 2009)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Enterprise
Architecture
Courses
Lecturer Business Process Management (BLU 505E, ISL 5071), for MBA students in
Management Information System, Bahcesehir University (2013- present), for Applied
Informatics Master students, Istanbul Technical University(2015-present)
Lecturer Knowledge Management (SEN5416), for Master students in Software
Engineering Management, Bahcesehir University (2013- 2014)
Lecturer Management Information Systems (MHN 517), for Master students in IT in
Construction Management, Istanbul Technical University (2012- 2013)
Lecturer TOGAF 9.1 Fundamental, TOGAF 9.1 Foundation, eTOM, ITIL, COBIT
Biomedical
Engineering
Courses
Lecturer and course leader BioDesign: Methods for Innovation in Biomedical
Engineering (BYM 513E), for Master students in Biomedical Engineering, Istanbul
Technical University, for Bachelor students Işık University (2014- 2016)
Lecturer and course leader Medical Informatics -Strategic Healthcare Information
System (BYM 516E) for Master students in Biomedical Engineering, Istanbul
Technical University, for Bachelor students Işık University (2014- 2016)
Lecturer and course leader Research Methods in Biomedical Informatics (BYM
513E), for Master students in Biomedical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
(2013- 2016)
Lecturer Biomedical Sensors and Transducers, Healthcare Information Systems
Analysis & Design, Business Intelligence in Healthcare, Biomedical Computing,
Medical Device Prototyping, Microcontroller Systems in Medicine, Intelligent
Algorithms in Biomedical, Biomedical Computing and Visualization
Software
Engineering
Courses
Lecturer Object Oriented Modelling Design (SEN 5103), for MSE students in
Software Engineering, Bahcesehir University (2014- present)
Lecturer System Analysis and Design (ISL 5072), for MBA students in Management
Information System and MSE students in Software Engineering, Bahcesehir
University (2013- present)
Lecturer Analysis and Design of Information Systems (IYB 554E), for master
students in IT in Construction Management, Istanbul Technical University (2014-
present)
Lecturer Project Management for Engineer (BLG448E), for Bachelor Students in
Computer, Control, Electronic and Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical
University (2011- present)
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Programming
Courses
Lecturer Introduction to Data Structure (IYB 553E), for master students in IT in
Construction Management, Istanbul Technical University (2014- present)
Lecturer Object Oriented Programming (BLG 252E), for Bachelor Students in
Computer, Electronic Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2013- present)
Lecturer Introduction to Scientific and Engineering Computing (C) (BIL 105E,
104E), for Bachelor Students in Electronic, Computer, Industrial Engineering,
Istanbul Technical University (2010- present)
Computing
Courses
Lecturer Data Analysis and Decision Making (ISL 5317), for MBA students in
Management Information System, Bahcesehir University (2013- present)
Lecturer Quantitative Research Methods (ISL 5303), for MBA students in
Management Information System, Bahcesehir University (2013- present)
Lecturer Introduction to Optimization Methods- Operations Research (BLG 368E),
for Bachelor Students in Computer, Electronic Engineering, Istanbul Technical
University (2011- present)
Lecturer Industrial Data Communication (KON 435E), for Bachelor Students in
Computer, Control, Electronic and Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical
University (2015- present)
Management
Courses
Lecturer Philosophy of Management Science (SBY 103), for Bachelor Students in
Healthcare Management (HCM), Acibadem University (2008-2010)
Lecturer Management and Organization (SBY 104), for Bachelor Students in
Healthcare Management (HCM), Acibadem University (2008-2010)
Lecturer Introduction to Healthcare Management (SBY 106), for Bachelor Students
in Medical Documentation and Secretarial, Acibadem University (2008-2010)
AWARDS & HONORS
Keynote Speaker – VI. International Congress of Molecular Medicine (2017)
Keynote Speaker –IEEE NOMS (2016)
Keynote Speaker – VI. Big Data Congress (Arab Health) (2016)
Keynote Speaker – V. International Congress of Molecular Medicine (2015)
Keynote Speaker- III. International Health Informatics Summit (2015)
Bronze Winner- Horizon Interactive Awards (2014)
Academic Excellence Award- First student in ITU (240 years) history whom completed master program in
one year (2008)
High Honors (Academic Excellence Award), Bahcesehir University, ITU, 2000-2009
Best Paper- Conference on Healthcare Management (2008)
Team Member of Technology Award Project-MKK (2008)
Team Member of First CMMI Level 3 Certification in Turkey, Havelsan (2003)
PATENTS
Fruit Inspector TPE Patent # 2015/05920
Baby News (Regional and international application was made)
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DEVELOPED PRODUCTS
ITU Rover, Only and First Team from Turkey (Mars Society)
Fall Detector
Wrist Pulse Oximeter for Continuous Neonatal Monitoring
Smart Dermascope
Fruit Inspector
Bluetooth Supported Car Park System
Text to Braille Convertor
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Academic Board Member– Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, ITU, 2013-2015
Leader of the Medical Informatics Network Cluster Information Systems Group, Istanbul Technical
University, 2014-present (www.min.itu.edu.tr )
Coordinator – Medical Informatics Seminar Series, ITU, Biomedical Engineering, 2013-2014
Member of the Healthcare Research Cluster Information Systems Group, Information Systems Group,
School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2010 – 2011
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
Reviewer, International Journal of Medical Informatics 2012-present
Reviewer, Systemic Practice and Action Research 2011-present
MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) Board Member
European Federation for Medical Informatics
Turk Medical Informatics
MEMBERSHIP OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTEES
Supervisor of ITU Rover Team 2017
Organizing Committee Member of Fuzz IEEE 2015
Organizer ITU Robotics Olympics 2012-2015
Chair of “IoT New Near Future” Panel 2015- Chair of “Robotics in Medicine” Panel 2014
Organizing Committee Member and Chair of
Session (S04): Information and Visualization- Session (S08): Improving Healthcare Delivery 2
25th European Medical Informatics Conference – MIE’2014, Istanbul, Aug. 2014
Organizing Committee Member, GenoFuture Conference –, Istanbul, Mar. 2014
Chair and organizer, of session “Business Intelligence in Health Care” YIRCoBS’12 (Yeditepe
International Research Conference on Business Strategies), Istanbul, Jun. 2012
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research primarily focuses on the intersections of five topics:
(1) Biomedical Informatics
(2) New Product Development
(3) Data Science and Business Analytics
(4) Management Information System
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(5) Strategic Healthcare Management
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Business Intelligence/ Project Management: Oracle BI, Qlikview /MS Project, MS Visio, Mindjet
Programming: C, C++, C#, SQL
Business Process Management: BizAgi, Oracle BPM, SAP BPM
Database Development: Oracle, SQL Server
Software Engineering: Enterprise Architect, TOAD, JIRA
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
6. Turkeli, S., Elmas, F., Kurt, K.K., Sonmez, R.Y., Atay, H.T (2017). “A Hybrid Algorithm for Fall
Detection.”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 237:163 - 168 (DOI: 10.3233/978-
1-61499-761-0-163)
5. Kayhan, FT., Kaya, H., Koç, AK., Yegin, Y., Turkeli, S., Sayin, I (2016). “Multilevel combined
surgery with Transoral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome” Journal Of
Cranıofacıal Surgery Vol.27(4),p.1044-1048 (DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002608)
4. Purwadi, N, S., Kurt, K.K., Atay, H.T, Turkeli, S (2016). “Assessment of Content-Based Image
Retrieval Approaches for Mammography Based on Breast Density Patterns” . Studies in Health
Technology and Informatics, 224,105-107 (DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-653-8-105)
3. Turkeli, S., Kurt, K.K., Çatamak, A., Sonmez, R.Y., Atay, H.T(2016). “Creating an IOT That Notifies
Concerned People for the Falls of Geriatric Patients” .” Studies in Health Technology and
informatics, 228:727 - 731 (DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-678-1-727)
2. Çalimli, O., Turkeli, S., Eken, E. G., & Gönen, H. E. (2014). “Mining Level of Control
in Medical Organizations.” Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 205,328-332
(DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-432-9-328)
1. Turkeli, S.,Ercek M. (2010) “Designing a Capability-Focused Strategic Management
Model for a Turkish Public Hospital: Learning from Failure” Systemic Practice
and Action Research, Vol.23(5),p.353-370 (DOI: 10.1007/s11213-009-9163-7)
NATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS
3. Turkeli, S. (2015) “Standart Belge İle Farklılaşma Mümkün Mü? Akreditasyon
Söylem Analizi”, İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimleri Dergisi Vol 14 (27), p.111-131
2. Turkeli, S. (2013) “A Model Proposal for Evaluating the Performance of Technology
Supported Surgery” Praxis of Otorhinolaryngology Vol.(3): 112-116 (DOI:
10.5606/kbbu.2013.19483)
1. Kilic, G. Kacar, S. Pekpostalci,O. *Turkeli, S. (2011) “Physiotherapy and
Rehabilitation as A Profession: The Composition of the Profession and Defining
Specializations For The Future of Profession” Turkish Journal of Physiotherapy
and Rehabilitation, Vol.22(2), p.134
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PAPERS UNDER PEER REVIEW
1. Turkeli, S. and Zoroglu C. “Fuzzy Expert System for Severity Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Hypopnea Syndrome”, Nature Scientific Reports (Under Review)
2. Turkeli, S., Güleş, O. and Akkoca, B. “Bridging the Gap Between Business Intelligence System and
Decision Making Levels” Decision Support Systems (Under Review)
3. Turkeli, S, Akkoca B “Finding Similar Radiology Reports using BoW and Fuzzy Clustering”
Computer Science and Information Systems (Under Review)
PAPERS UNDER PEER REVIEW (NATIONAL)
1. Turkeli, S. “Çevresel Değişimlere Uyum ve Liderlik Özellikleri” Uluslararası İktisadi ve İdari
İncelemeler Dergisi (Under Review)
2. Turkeli, S. “Sağlık Sektöründe Karar Destek Sistemi Olarak İş Zekası” Bilişim Teknolojileri Dergisi
(Under Review)
PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS WITH PROCEEDINGS
(Paper presented at international congress, conference and published as full text in proceedings)
14. Turkeli, S., Elmas, F., Kurt, K.K., Atay, H.T “Creating an IOT Device to Monitor Vital Signs of
Infants” 6th
International Congress of Molecular Medicine Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
13. Türkeli, S. and Bayat, B. “Molecular Information Processing: Data Mining Techniques to Detect
Cancer with Odor Analysis”, 6th
International Congress of Molecular Medicine Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
12. Turkeli, S. and Aydın, T. “Large-scale Hospital IT Service Desk Operation Success Analysis”,
Informatics for Health Congress, Manchester, UK, 2017
11. Turkeli, S., Oguz, MS., Abay, SB., Kumbasar, T. and Atay, HT. “A Smart Dermoscope Design Using
Artificial Neural Network”, 4th
IEEE CODIT, Barcelona, Spain, 2017
10. Turkeli, S., Gazioglu, BSA.,Kurt KA., Atay, HT. and Gorur, Y. “Mining similar radiology reports
using BoW and Fuzzy C-means clustering” 4th
IEEE CODIT, Barcelona, Spain, 2017
9. Turkeli, S and Ercek, M. “Of robots, surgeons and careers: The role of professional work in creating
the robotic surgery career field in Turkey” 32nd
EGOS Colloquium, Naples, Italy, 2016
8. Turkeli, S “Human Body as a (Big) Data Source” 5th
International Congress of
Molecular Medicine, İzmir, 2015
7. Calimli, O., Gönen, H.E., Eken, E.G. Turkeli, S. “Mining Level of Control in Medical
Organizations” 25th
European Medical Informatics Conference, Istanbul, 2014
6. Turkeli, S., Kayhan F.T., Dirican C., Kaya, H. “Measuring Technology’s Effects on
Healthcare Processes” the paper presented at the annual meeting of The 13th International Special
Topic Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI),Prag, 2013
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5. Turkeli, S., Tepe, M., Kaplan, K. “What Makes an Organization Intelligent?”, the
paper presented at the annual meeting of 12th
YirCoBS, Istanbul, 2012
4. Turkeli, S.,Şahin H. “Sustainable Competitive Advantage In Health Tourism : Bursa
Case”, the paper presented at the annual meeting of 4th
, International Congress on Health
Tourism, Istanbul, 2011
3. Kan Z., Şahin H. *Turkeli, S., “A Model Proposal for Measuring the Performance Of
Nurses In The Specialized Nursing System”, the paper presented at the annual meeting of 2nd
International Congress on Quality and Performance in Healthcare, Antalya, 2010, p.3-11
2. Turkeli, S., Sahin H. “How Can We Improve the Communication Quality between
Doctor and Foreign Patient?” the paper presented at the annual meeting of 22nd
EFMI(European
Federation for Medical Informatics)Antalya, 2009 p.170-181
1. Turkeli, S. “Distance Learning System, Using Scarce Resources More Efficiently” the
paper presented at the annual meeting of Biltek (Science and Technology) International Informatics
Congress, Proceedings CD, June 12-14, 2005, Eskişehir
(Paper presented at national congress, conference or symposium, and published as full text in proceedings)
9. Turkeli, S., Özçelik G. “Brand Community as a Strategy: Case Study Harley
Owners Group HOG”, 19th
Management and Organization Congress, Canakkale, 2011
8. Turkeli, S. “Organizational Quality Measurement: War Or/And Peace Of General
and Special To Organization Indicators”, 9th
Health Management Congress Cyprus, 2011
7. Turkeli, S., Ölmez, F and Saatçioğlu, B. “Analysis of Turkey Current Medical Tourism
Strategy”, 9th
Health Management Congress Cyprus, 2011
6.Turkeli, S., Kilic, G., Kacar, S., Pekpostalci, O. “Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation as
A Profession: The Composition of the Profession and Defining Specializations for the Future of
Profession” 3rd
Physiotherapy Congress, Istanbul, 2011
5. Turkeli, S. “Leadership Skills: Do we need them for Dynamic capability?”,
18th
Management and Organization Congress, Adana, 2010, p.490-499
4. Turkeli, S. “Does JCI Accreditation a Management Fashion?”,
8th
Health Management Congress, Muğla, 2010, p.62-73
3. Turkeli S. “The Accreditation Claim Building of the JCI Accredited Hospitals:
Discourse analysis of Turkish Health Sector” 7th
Health Management Congress, Cyprus, 2009, p.
274-83
2. Turkeli, S. “Proposal for Business Intelligence as Decision Support System in
Healthcare Organizations” 6th
TurkMIA (Turk Medical Informatics) Congress, Antalya, 2008,p.7-
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1. Turkeli, S.,Ozalp, H., Bas, S., Akal, U. “Developing Strategic Management Model
Based On Balanced Scorecard And An Application To Vakif Gureba Hospital: Action Research”,
6th
Health Management Congress, Bodrum, 2008, p. 79-95
BOOK PUBLISHED AT NATIONAL LEVEL
1. Turkeli, S., “Flash MX 2004”, Pcworld Turkey, 2003
Contributions to national or local written or visual media
6. “A Story and A method”, 5. “Explorer and Alternatives”, 4. “How Hackers Hack Bank Accounts”,
3. “Popular Hacking Methods” , 2. “Can Microsoft Listen You?”, 1. “Suse 10.0” PcWorld Turkey
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STUDENT ADVISING
Undergraduate (Thesis Advisor):
1. At ITU: The Bachelor’s thesis of 21 students from Computer Engineering, Management
Engineering and Control Engineering. 120 of students graded with AA and one with BA
2. At Işık University: Bachelor’s thesis of Volkan Öztop, Melike Şahiner and Semih İnaz
(Undergraduate Thesis Biomedical Engineering, 2015 ). This thesis won IoT and Robotics Award
in national level competitions.
Masters:
1. At ITU:
The master thesis “Design of wrist pulse oximeter for continuous neonatal monitoring” of Olgu
Calimli Gules
The master thesis “A Framework for a Nation-Wide Electronic Health Vault with a Secure Multi-
Cloud Hybrid Model” of Halil Emre Gönen
The master thesis “A Contribution Towards Content-Based Image Retrieval Issue: Comparison
between GLCM, 2DPCA, and SURF in CBIR for Screening Mammography Analysis” of Nabila
Sabatini Purwadi
The master thesis “Fuzzy Expert System for Severity Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Hypopnea Syndrome” of Can Zoroglu
2. At Bahcesehir University :
The master thesis “Big data and strategic management” of Eray Karaca
The master thesis “IFRS Dashboard Design by using Oracle Hyperion” of Duygu Becermen
The master thesis “Designing behavioral scorecards that measure the risk of corporate customers”
of Selin Bayraktar
MinMBA COURSES
Business Process Management
Data Analysis and Reporting in Excel
QlikView Business Intelligence
Practical UML
TOGAF
eTOM
ITIL
Software Project Management Methodologies (Agile Scrum)
Introduction to Database Systems and Design
Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
Decision Support Systems Design
Operations Research Applications and Algorithms by Using Excel,
Intermediate Excel, Advanced Excel, Data Analysis by Using Excel,
Presentation Skill Development,
Strategic Management,
Business Intelligence and IT Supported Strategic Management
Taught professionals from Turkey's top 500 companies (238 of them)
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PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
TESODEV, Istanbul, Turkey
Founder
Technology Solutions Development (TESODEV) is an information technology and consulting
cooperation. Tesodev products include biomedical hardware, IoT and web/application software.
We are developing solutions for the future:
• Biomedical and IoT (Tesodev developed device products for personal health)
• CMS and Internet Solutions (Tesodev Admin panel is easy to use for the average person)
• Congress and exhibition (Online Payment Systems, Web Sites, Brochure, Logo, Conference
Submission System etc.)
• MinMBA is an establishment of Tesodev (Check www.minmba.com)
INNOVA (Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Turkey 2006, 2007 Winner), Istanbul, Turkey
Business Intelligence Solutions Consultant
• Conducted strategic management projects by using Oracle BI, Hyperion, Essbase
• Formulated the vision, mission, short and long-term strategic objectives for consumers
• Developed a strategic management model for healthcare domain and presented at 6th TurkMIA
(Turk Medical Informatics) Congress by using Oracle BI
Software used: TOAD, Oracle 10g, Oracle BI (Siebel Analytics)
MKK (Central Registry Agency Inc.), Istanbul, Turkey
System Development Consultant
• Designed and developed balanced scorecard for business performance improvement projects
• Designed business intelligence reports from the datawarehouse and tested by using TOAD
• Completed portal project
• Team member of Technology Award Project
Software used: Microstrategy, Cognos, Hyperion, Oracle BI, Liferay, Oracle 10g, Liferay
Vakif Gureba Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
System Development Consultant
• Integrated the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach into a more conventional strategic
management process
• Formulated the vision, mission, strategic audit and basic strategies within collective sessions
• Determined appropriate performance measure of performance control for each strategy and
scorecard cluster with hospital staff
Software used: Oracle BI, TOAD
Calik Holding, Istanbul, Turkey
System Development Analyst and Consultant
• Prepared strategic plans and action plans
• Analyzed current state and defined KPI, objectives and strategies
• Developed balanced scorecard for business performance improvement projects by using SAP-
CPM(Corporate Performance Management)
Software used: TOAD, SAP CPM
Armagan Kimya, Istanbul, Turkey
Management and Reengineering Consultant
• Documented specific functional requirements
• Performed configuration and maintained documentation of the NETSIS / ERP implementation.
• Developed strategic roadmap to achieve transformation
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Software used: TOAD, Oracle, Mindjet
PcWorld Magazine, Istanbul, Turkey
Freelance Writer
• Published a book and 6 articles
• Created and managed pcworld.com.tr
Software used: Dreamweaver, ASP
Havelsan, Ankara, Turkey
Software Engineer
• Modeled UML diagrams using Rational Rose and Developed Application using Java, Oracle
• Team Member of First CMMI Level 3 Certification in Turkey
Software used: C, Java, Oracle, Rational Rose
REFERENCES
Ergül Akçakaya
Rector, Isik University,
ergul.akcakaya@isikun.edu.tr
Uzay Kaymak
Professor of Information Systems in the Healthcare, Eindhoven Technology University
u.kaymak@tue.nl
Hajo A. Reijers
Full professor in Business Informatics, Eindhoven Technology University
h.a.reijers@tue.nl
İnci Çilesiz
Full professor in Biomedical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
cilesiz@itu.edu.tr
Pieter Van Gorp
Assistant professor in Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven Technology University
pieter@pietervangorp.com