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Erman COSKUN, PhD

EDUCATION
 
          Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute     Troy, NY     1996-2001
                    Ph.D.  Engineering Science (Major Subject: Information Systems)
                    Thesis Topic:   "Complexity and Its Impacts In Embedded Intelligent Real-Time Systems"
                    Advisor: Dr. Martha Grabowski

                    Master of Engineering,   Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems Department
                    Concentration:  Industrial and Management Engineering
                    Graduation Date:  August 2001.

          Pace University      New York, NY       1994-1996
                    MBA  Lubin School of Business
                    Concentration:  Management Science and Quantitative Methods

           Istanbul University   Istanbul, Turkey   1988-1993
                    MS in Accounting and Auditing (Thesis uncompleted) (1992-1993)
                    BBA  Faculty of Business Administration (1988-1992)

    Teaching Interests
                     
 
                    - Management Information Systems
                    - System Analysis and Design

                    - Database Management Systems (Design and Implementation)

    - Information Systems Evaluation

                    - Quantitative  Decision Making

                    - Decision Support Systems

                    - Human-Computer Interaction

                    - Management Science and Operations Research

                    - Risk Management

                    - E-commerce

 

     Research Interests

 

                       -Information Systems Evaluation

                       -Information Systems Applications in Tourism and Logistics 

                       -E-government, e-municipality
                       -Software Complexity Measurement and Metrics
                       -Complexity Impacts on Operator and System Performances
                       -Large-Scale Safety-Critical Systems and Risk Management
                       -Human-Computer Interaction in Large-scale Safety-critical Systems
                       -Management Science Applications

                      - Risk Assessment for Waterways
                      - Operations Research and Applications

                      - Information Systems Applications and Risk Management in Large-scale Safety-critical Systems

                      - Teaching Information Systems in Business Schools and IS Curriculum Development

                      - Emergency reponse and Crisis Management

                      - Supply Chain Management

EXPERIENCE

        a)  Teaching Experience (August 2001- current )   

 

     Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business Administration (2007-    )

             Business Department and Information Systems Program, Le Moyne College   Syracuse, NY

     Assistant Professor of Information Systems  (2001-2007)

             Business Department and Information Systems Program, Le Moyne College   Syracuse, NY

              Associate Professor of Information Systems (2006-       )

                                    Sakarya University Business  Department 

              Assistant Professor of Information Systems (2004-2006)

                                    Sakarya University Business  Department 

              Associate Professor of Information Systems (2006-       ) and

              Assistant Professor of Information Systems (2004-2006)

                                    Istanbul University Business Administration Faculty and

                                    Istanbul University Business Economics Institute Business Informatics Program 

 

         b) Research and Project Experience (1997-2001)              

   Research Assistant

                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   Troy, NY
                 
                      1- Washington State Ferry System Risk Assessment Project    6/1998 - 5/1999


                      2- US Navy The Ship of the Future (Smartship) Project     1/1998 - 6/1998

 

                      3- Development, Test and Evaluation of SMARTBRIDGE and Navigational and Piloting

                             Expert System  6/1997-5/2001

 

                     4- Risk Evaluation of Passenger Ship Traffic in the Houston Port  5/1997 – 9/1997

 

          c) Industry Experience


                      1-    Onur Airlines  Istanbul, Turkey    1993                                 

                      2-    Arkas Shipping and Transport  Izmir, Turkey 

                      3-    Erdem Special Education Center  Istanbul, Turkey  1988-1992 (part-time)

                                  

PUBLICATIONS
                     PHD THESIS

                              Complexity and Its Impacts in Embedded Intelligent Real-Time Systems Rensselaer 

                              Polytechnic Institute   Troy, NY  June 2001.


Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

“Analyzing Digital Divide Within and Between Member & Candidate Countries of European Union”, with C. Cilan, B. Bolat, Government Information Quarterly, accepted, forthcoming (2008).

 

“Digital Divide between Turkey and  Turkic States: Multidimensional Scaling Analysis”  with C. Cilan,  accepted, forthcoming. Journal of Social Sciences Institute of Sakarya University. In Turkish  (2008).

 

 “An Exploratory Study of Information Technology Utilization and Its Influence on Business Performance of Upscale Hotel Industry in Turkey” with C. Cilan, E. Balaban, and D. Sharma,  International Journal of Business Strategy, Volume VII, Number 2, 206-214 (2007).

 

“Software Complexity and Its Impacts In Safety-Critical Human-Computer Systems,” with M. Grabowski, Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 78, Issue 2, 128-145, 2005.

 

“Impacts of User Interface Complexity on User Acceptance in Safety-Critical Systems,” with M. Grabowski, JHSEM : Journal of  Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, Article 3, 2005.

 

Book Chapter

 

“ Information System Applications in Supply Chain Management” with D. Ozceylan, Contemporary  Management and Organizational Issues. Editors: Adnan Ozyilmaz and Ferit Olcer. Publisher Seckin Publishing, Ankara Turkey.  December 2007. In Turkish

 

Peer Reviewed Scholarly Conference Contributions:

 

"Evaluation of MBA and E-MBA Programs and Student Profiles in Turkey by Using Log-Lineer Models”   with C. Cilan and D. Ozceylan,  Future-Learning2008 International Conference (March 27-29, 2008 Istanbul-TURKEY) accepted for presentation.

 

“Critical Success Factors  and Information Systems Support for National Emergency Response  and Crisis Management Model” with D. Ozceylan,  submitted to  ISCRAM 2008 Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Washington DC May 2008.

 

“Analysis of Data Prior To Multivariate Statistical Analysis: An Application”  (2007) with C. Cilan, C. and    T. Bayrak,  Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting  November 17-20 Phoenix Arizona

 

 “An Exploratory Study of Information Technology Utilization and its Influence on Business Performance  of Upscale Hotel Industry in Turkey” with Cilan, C., Balaban, E., and Sharma, D.  IABE-2007  International Academy of Business and Economics Annual Conference   Las Vegas, October 14-17, 2007

 

“Classification of IT and Systems Used in Logistics Sector and Identification of New Needs in This Area,” with D. Ozceylan and E. Giray, 4th  International Logistics and Supply Chain Congress,  Izmir Economy University, Izmir, Turkey, 2006.

 

“Factors To Consider For Outsourcing Decisions In Supply Chain Management,” with A. Kuzu, 4th International Logistics and Supply Chain CongressIzmir Economy University, Izmir, Turkey, 2006.

 

“Information Technology Utilization Profile of Turkish Upscale Hotel Industry and Impacts of Information Technology Utilization on Business Performance,” with C. Cilan and E. Balaban, HITA 2006 Hospitality Information Technology Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006.

 

“Analysis of Industry Needs and Current MIS Curriculum in Developing Countries: the Case of Turkey,” with M. Timor and S. Sipahi, MCDM 2006 The 18th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Chania, Greece, 2006.

 

“Emergency Management and Decision Support Systems in Turkey,” with C. Cilan and E. Balaban, 4th Informatics at Buildings and Urban Development Congress, Ankara Turkey, 2006.

 

“E-municipality and Utilization of Municipal Webpage Statistics for Managerial Purposes,” with C. Cilan and E. Balaban, 4th Informatics at Buildings and Urban Development Congress, Ankara Turkey, 2006.

 

“Decision Support Systems in Crisis Response and Emergency Management: A Proposal For Turkish Emergency Management and Crisis Response System,” with D. Ozceylan, and Aricigil C. Cilan, IMS 2006: 5th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Agents and Virtual Worlds, Sakarya, Turkey, 2006.

 

“Impacts of E-commerce on Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Countries,” with A. Serhateri, International Entrepreneurship Conference, Krygzstan-Türkiye Manas University, Biskek, Krgyzstan, 2006.

 

“How Entrepreneurship Can Be Accelerated With Minimization of Burocracy Via Online Venture Start-up Applications: A Comparative Study,” with T. Saruc and H. Yildiz, International Entrepreneurship Conference, Krygzstan-Türkiye Manas University, Biþkek, Kirgyzstan, 2006.

 

“Evaluating Site Selection Factors for a Main Cargo Distribution Center Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP),” with S. Sipahi and M. Timor, 3rd International Logistics and Supply Chain Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.

 

“Selections of Software Quality Attributes: A Joint Optimization Model For Customer Needs And Producer’s Software Quality,” with M. Baydar, AMCIS 2005 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Omaha, Nebraska, 2005.

 

“Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi Ýçin Çok Amaçlý Karar Modeli,” with D. Ozceylan, The 25th Operational Research / Industrial Engineering (OR/IE) National Congress of Turkey YA/EM 2005, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.

 

“Contents of Information Systems Curriculum For Business Schools in Developing Countries : How Much Information Systems And Information Technology A Business Student Needs?,” 3rd International Social Sciences Conference Social Sciences in Turkish World: Theory, Method and Practice, Celalabat, Kyrgyzstan, 2005.

 

“The Proliferating Role of Information System in Tax Authority: An Assessment of Turkish Tax Automation Systems,” with T. Saruc and H. Yildiz, 3rd International Social Sciences Conference Social Sciences in Turkish World: Theory, Method and Practice, Celalabat, Kyrgyzstan, 2005.

 

“Ýstanbul Boðazý Gemi Geçiþ Trafiði ve Kaza Raporlama Ýstatistiklerinin Kaza Riskini Azaltmada Daha Etkili Kullanýmý Ýçin Bir Veritabaný, Mimarisi Ve Dizayn Detaylarý,” with M. Baydar, 4th National Statistics Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 2005.

 

“Web Useful Mining and an Application,” with M. Alsan and B. Topal, 4th National Statistics Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 2005.

 

“Airport Security Complexity: Problems with the Information System Components,” with J. Hoey, International Conference on  Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ISCRAM 05. Brussels, Belgium, 2005.

 

“Risk Management in Istanbul Strait: What Role Should Information Systems and Intelligent Systems Play?,” IMS 2004: 4th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Decision Support Systems: Computing with Words (CWW) and Computing with Perceptions CWP), Sakarya, Turkey, 2004.

 

“Impacts of User Interface Complexity on User Acceptance in Safety-Critical Systems,” with M. Grabowski, 10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, 2004.

 

“User Interface Complexity Impacts in Safety-critical Systems: Results of an Empirical Study,” with M. Grabowski, IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC -2003) Managing Technologically Driven Organizations: "The Human Side of Innovation and Change, Albany, New York, 2003.

 

“Complexity in Embedded Intelligent Real-Time Systems,” with M. Grabowski, ECIS The Xth European Conference on Information Systems, Gdansk, Poland, 2002.

 

“Intelligence Complexity in Embedded Intelligent Real-Time Systems,” with M. Grabowski, FSSCI-MIE 2002 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computational Intelligence in Management and Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2002.

 

Editorial Board Positions in Journals

 

      Area Editor: Informatics, Information Systems and Complexity Theory  European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (June 2007-         )

 

      Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Information Systems  Education (JISE) 2007-

 

 

Reviewer for

JISE Journal of Information Systems Education 

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics  Part A 

JHSEM Journal of  Homeland Security and Emergency Management

 

                    SERVICE TO COLLEGE  (Le Moyne College) Fall 2001- Current

  First year student advisor 2006-2007

  First year student advisor 2007-2008

                          Faculty Member of Committee on Information Technology (Fall 2001-Current)

                          Member of  Committee on Academic Relations, Policies, and Procedures (Fall 2002-   )

                          Faculty Advisor and Founder of  Le Moyne Information Systems Club (Fall 2002-     )

                          Member at Large,  Le Moyne College Curriculum Committee (Fall 2003-    ) 

                          Faculty Advisor: 17 undergraduate students

   

                      SERVICE TO MANAGEMENT DIVISION  Spring 2002-

 

Faculty member in Student Committee for AACSB candidacy self-evaluation. 

Co-organizer of Management Division Faculty Research Seminars (with Dr. Salwa Ammar).

Member of Information Systems faculty search committee

 

                       SUPERVISED STUDENT THESIS AND THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

                             

                            Masters:

 

1-       Volkan Kursun  “Database applications in Human Resources Management”,  Sakarya University Social Sciences Institute, Information Ssystems and Production

        Management masters program, completed and defended June 2006

 

 

 Membership in Professional Organizations

 

       

       Member of Turkish Informatics Society  2004-present 

       Associate Member of  IEEE and Engineering Management Society 2001-present

       Student Member of Association for Information Systems 1999- 2001

       Member of Association for Information Systems  2001-present

       Member of Decision Sciences Institute  2001-present

 

 

RESEARCH and TEACHING LINKS | MY SON BURAK and MY DAUGHTER GULIN |

You can contact me via  email: coskune@lemoyne.edu or erman_coskun@hotmail.com

                                                                

Last updated:   02/24/2008

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