ERMAN COŞKUN
Sakarya University Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty
and

Le Moyne College Division of Management

Email: ermanc@sakarya.edu.tr  veya coskune@lemoyne.edu

Webpage: http://www.sakarya.edu.tr/~ermanc

Education

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

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

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

       Istanbul University   Istanbul, Turkey    1988-1993
                    MS Accounting and Auditing (Thesis incomplete) (1992-1993)
                    BBA  Istanbul Business School (1988-1992)
Teaching Interests                   
                      - Management Information Systems
                      - System Analysis and Design
                      - Database Management Systems (Design and Implementation)
                      - Information Systems Evaluation
                      - Management Science and Operations Research
                      - Risk Management
                      - Quantitative  Decision Making and Business Math
                      - Decision Support Systems
                      - Human-Computer Interaction
                      - E-commerce
                      - Supply Chain Management and Logistics

Research Interests

                  
                        -Information Systems Evaluation
                        -Software Complexity Measurement and Metrics
                        -Complexity Impacts on Operator and System Performances
                        -Large-Scale Safety-Critical Systems and Risk Management and Information Systems
                        -Human-Computer Interaction in Large-scale Safety-critical Systems
                        -Management Science Applications
                        -Risk Assessment for Waterways
                        -Operations Research and Applications
                        -Teaching Information Systems in Business Schools and IS Curriculum Development

 Experience

a)       Teaching Experience

            Assistant Professor  (October 2004-                )

            Sakarya University  Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty

 

            Adjunct Assistant Professor  (February 2005-     )

            İstanbul University Business Administration Faculty

 
            Adjunct Assistant Professor  (October 2005-     )

            İstanbul University Business Administration Faculty
            Institute of Business Administration
            Business Informatics masters program

 

            Assistant Professor of Information Systems (August 2001-Current)

            Business Department Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY

            Taught Introduction to Management Information Systems, Information Systems, 

<>                     Database  Management Systems, Systems Analysis and Design courses to undergrads and   MBAs 

         b)      Research and Project Experience 
                       1997-2000               Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   Troy, NY
                        Research Assistant

                 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
                        1993   Onur Airlines  Istanbul, Turkey   Internal Auditor

                        1992  Arkas Shipping and Transport  Izmir, Turkey  Import and Export Manager Training Program

                        1988-1992  Erdem Special Education Center  Istanbul, Turkey  Computer Operator and Data Analyst

      

Publications

PHD THESIS

 

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

                          Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY   June 2001.

 

JOURNAL PAPERS

 

1.       Coskun, E. & Grabowski. M. (2005)  “Software Complexity and Its Impacts In
Safety-Critical Human-Computer Systems”,  Journal of  Systems and Software,
Volume 78, Issue 2 , November 2005, Pages 128-145


2.    Coskun, E.  & Grabowski, M.  (2005) Impacts of User Interface Complexity on  User 

                                  Acceptance in Safety-Critical Systems, JHSEM : Journal of  Homeland Security and                               

                                  Emergency Management. Vol.2: No:1, Article3.

 

3.       Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., (2001) "An Interdisciplinary Model of Complexity in

        Embedded  Intelligent Real-Time Systems", Information and Software Technology,   

        Volume 43, Issue 9, August 2001, Pages 527-537.

   

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 
                      1.  Sipahi S. ,Timor M., Coskun E.  (2005) “Evaluating Site Selection Factors for a Main
                           Cargo Distribution Center Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), submitted and  
                           accepted for presentation in International Logistics and Supply Chain Congress 2005,
                           23-24 November 2005 İstanbul Turkey

 
                     2. Coskun E. and Baydar, M. (2005) “Selections of Software Quality Attributes: A Joint

Optimization Model For Customer  Needs And Producer’s Software Quality”

                           Proceedings of AMCIS 2005 Americas Conference on  Information Systems Omaha,

                           Nebraska USA, August 11-14.

                     3.  Özceylan, D. ve Coşkun, E (2005) “Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi İçin Çok Amaçlı Karar

                          Modeli”  The 25th Operational Research / Industrial Engineering (OR/IE) National Congress
                          of Turkey YA/EM 2005 ( Yöneylem Araştırması ENdüstri Mühendisliği XXV. Ulusal Kongresi)
                          Kongresi . 4-6 Temmuz, 2005, Koç Üniversitesi, Istanbul

                      4. Coskun E.  (2005) “A Proposal For Information Systems  Curriculum In Business Schools  

                           in Developing Countries : How Much Information Systems And Information Technology

                           A Business Student Needs?”, Proceedings of III. International Social Sciences Conference

                           Social Sciences in Turkish World: Theory, Method and Practice, Celalabat, Kyrgyzstan

                           05-09 June 2005 , pp. 1148-1155

                                       

                      5. Coskun E., Yıldız H., Saruç, T. (2005)  “Tax Audits in Developing Countries: The Role of  

                           Information Systems” Proceedings of III. International Social Sciences Conference Social

                           Sciences in Turkish World: Theory, Method and Practice, Celalabat, Kyrgyzstan

                           05-09 June 2005 pp. 487-498

                     6.  Coskun, E. and Baydar, M. (2005) “İstanbul Boğazı Gemi Geçiş Trafiği ve Kaza
                         Raporlama İstatistiklerinin Kaza Riskini Azaltmada Daha Etkili Kullanımı İçin Bir
                         Veritabanı Mimarisi Ve Dizayn Detayları”, 4. Statistics Congress Proceedings, pg.
                         166, May 2005 Belek, Antalya, Türkiye 
  
                    7.  Alsan M. , Coskun, E., Topal, B.  (2005) “Web Useful Mining and An Application”, 4.
                         Statistics Congress Proceedings, pg. 232,  May 2005 Belek, Antalya, Türkiye  <>
                   

  <>                  8.  Coskun, E.  and Hoey,  J.,  (2005)  “Airport Security Complexity : Problems with the

                          Information System Components”,  Proceedings of Second International Information

                          Systems for Crisis Response and Management Conference ISCRAM 05. April 18-20,

                          2005. Brussels Belgium.  pp. 61-66. ISBN: 9076971099 Editors: Van de Walle, B. and

                          Carle, B.

 
                     9. Coskun, E. (2004) “Risk Management in Istanbul Strait: What Role  Should   

 Information Systems and Intelligent  Systems Play?”, Proceedings of  IMS'2004: 4th

 International  Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems  Decision Support

 Systems : Computing with Words (CWW) and Computing with Perceptions

 (CWP) September 6-8, 2004. Sakarya, Turkey. Pp.654-662

 

                    10.  Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., (2004) “Impacts of User Interface Complexity on  User 
                            Acceptance in Safety-Critical Systems”,  Proceedings of Americas Conference on
                     Information Systems  AMCIS 2004 NY, USA.  August 05-08 2004.  Emergency    
                            Response  Systems  minitrack. Pp.3433-3443

  

                    11. Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., (2003) “User Interface Complexity Impacts in Safety-

                           critical Systems : Results of an Empirical Study”,  Proceedings of  2003 IEEE

                           International Engineering Management  Conference  (IEMC -2003)  Managing

                           Technologically Driven Organizations: "The Human Side of Innovation and Change"

                           Albany , New York USA. 2-4 November 2003.

 

                    12. Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., (2002) “Complexity in Embedded Intelligent Real-Time  

                           Systems,”  Proceedings of ECIS 2002 The Xth European Conference on Information

                           Systems Gdansk, Poland,  June 6-8, 2002.   

 

                    13. Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., (2002) “Intelligence Complexity in Embedded

                           Intelligent Real-Time   Systems,” Proceedings of FSSCI-MIE’2002 International

                           Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Soft  Computational Intelligence in Management and

                           Industrial Engineering, pp. 230-236,  May 29-31, 2002,   Istanbul Technical University

                           Istanbul, Turkey.

 

                    14.  Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., (2000)  "Software Complexity in Embedded Intelligent

                           Real-Time Systems", Proceedings of International Conference on Complexity and

                           Complex Systems In Industry, Warwick, U.K., 19-20 September 2000.

 

                    15. Coskun, E. and Grabowski, M.R. (1999) “Complexity in Embedded Intelligent Real-Time

                           Systems”, Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems, Charlotte,

                           NC, December 1999. pp. 434-439

 

 

CITATIONS BY OTHERS

 

Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., "An Interdisciplinary Model of Complexity in Embedded  Intelligent Real-Time Systems", Information and Software Technology, Volume 43, Issue 9, August 2001, Pages 527-537.

1-       Karwowski, W.   (2002)  Achieving compatibility in human-computer interface design  and evaluation  in The human-computer interaction handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies and emerging applications  Pages: 1226 – 1238, Year of Publication: 2002 ISBN:0-8058-3838-4 Publisher Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.   Mahwah, NJ, USA

2-       National Patient Safety Foundation NPSF Bibliography Website: http://www.npsf.org/biblio/alphaCop.htm 

3-       Sammarco, John,  Normal Accident Theory-based Complexity Assessment Methodology for Safety-related Embedded Computer Systems, Lane Department of Computer and Electronic Engineering, West Virginia University 2003.

 

Coskun, E. & Grabowski, M.R., Impacts of User Interface Complexity on  User     Acceptance in Safety-Critical Systems,  Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems  AMCIS 2004 NY, USA.  August 05-08 2004.  Emergency Response  Systems  minitrack.

1-     Hannestad, S.E. (2005) Incident Command System: A Developing  National Standard of

       Incident Management in the U.S., ,  Proceedings of Second International Information

                              Systems for Crisis Response and Management Conference ISCRAM 05. April 18-20,

                              2005. Brussels Belgium.  pp. 19-28. ISBN: 9076971099 Editors: Van de Walle, B. and  Carle, B.

   

 

OTHER PUBLICAIONS

 

 Project Reports

 

1.     Harrald. J.R., van Dorp, J.R., Mazzucchi, T.A., Grabowski, M.R., Merrick, J., Tanali, I.,

       Shreshta, S., Ghani, N.A. Coskun, E., Hamzah, R., Kwong, C., Yesiloglu. M., Mohan,

       R., Park, C., and Yu. H. The Washington State Ferries Risk Assessment Final Report, 

       July 1, 1999. Prepared For: Blue  Ribbon Panel on Washington State Ferry Safety  and

       Washington State Transportation  Commission Olympia, Washington

 

2.      Mohan, R., Lo, C., Kwong, C., Lo, M., Coskun, E., Hamzah, R., Lin, B., Bahsin, S.,                             

       Yesiloglu, M. & Grabowski, M. Washington State Ferries Risk Assessment Project,                                 

       Puget Sound Accident-Incident Database Requirements and Design Document Olympia,  

       Washington: Blue Ribbon Panel on Washington State Ferries Safety, Washington State

                               Transportation Commission, December 1998.

 Service in Conferences and Journals

1.        Reviewer: JISE Journal of Information Systems Education 1 paper  August, 2005 

        ‘Teaching ASP.NET in an Information Systems Curriculum’

 

2.        Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics  Part A  1 paper 

April 2005  ‘Applying Evolutionary Computing to Complex Systems Design’

             

3.        Reviewer: WMSCI 2005 The 9th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 1 paper  April 2005  ‘A Comparison of the Relational and Object-Oriented Implementation on a Biometric Database’

 

4.        Reviewer: JISE Journal of Information Systems Education 1 paper  March 2005 

        ‘Are Cooperative Learning Techniques Fragile in Information Systems?  An

        Examination in the Context of a Database Management Course’

 

5.        Reviewer:  AMCIS 2005  March 2005  (7 papers)

        Track : DSS Design, Use and Impact 2 papers

        Track : Information Technology in Education 2 papers

        Track : Interface Design, Evaluation, and Impact  2 papers

        Track : Emergency Response Systems 1 paper

 

6.   Reviewer:  International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control

       Technologies: CCCT'05 March 2005 ‘MDA Profile for Configuration Management in

       Embedded Distributed Systems’

 

7.  Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics  Part A  1 paper 

      December 2004  ‘Applying Evolutionary Computing to Complex Systems Design’

 

8.  Reviewer : The 9th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 

     WMSCI 2005  1 paper December 2004  ‘Knowledge Acquisition and Modeling in a

     Technical Knowledge Domain’

 

9.  Reviewer: JISE Journal of Information Systems Education 1 paper  November 2004 

    ‘Introducing E-Learning for Human Learning Process in a Developing Country:

     Bangladesh Case Study’

 
                       10. Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics  Part A  1 paper 

      October 2004  ‘Minimum Jerk Control of Power Assisting Robot Based on  

      Human Arm Behavior Characteristic’

 

                       11.  Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics  Part A  1 article  August 

                             2004  ‘Self-Generated Complexity and Human-Machine Interaction’  ikinci kademe  review  

         

                       12.  Reviewer:  International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control

     Technologies: CCCT'04  1 paper June 2004  ‘A New Medical Information System  

     For Medical Process Management’

 

                       13.  Reviewer: The 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 

      WMSCI 2004  May 2004,  1 paper ‘A Frame-based Object-oriented Expert Database  

      System for RTAF Transportation Management’

 

                       14. Reviewer:  International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control

     Technologies: CCCT'04  1 paper May 2004  ‘Developing Intellectual Bridge Skills for  

     Information Systems Development’

 

                       15. Reviewer:  International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control

     Technologies: CCCT'04  1 paper April 2004  ‘Infrared Photoelectronic Sensors   

                            On The Porous Silicon And Cadmium-Mercury-Telluride (CMT) Based Heterostructures’ 
           
                       16. Reviewer: JISE Journal of Information Systems Education 1 paper  March 2004 ‘Teaching

     Model-Driven Decision SupportSystems with Dicodess’

 

                       17. Reviewer:  AMCIS 2004  March 2004  (12 papers)

                              a)  1 paper : Decision Support Systems and Technologies Track

                              b)  3 papers : Emergency Response Systems Track

                              c)  2 papers : Human-Computer Interaction Track

                              d)  2 papers : IS and Technology Issues in Developing Countries  Track

                              e)  1 paper : IS Evaluation  Track

                              f)  2 papers :IT in Education Track

                              g) 1 paper : Systemic Thinking in Information Systems Track

 

                      18. Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics  Part A  1 paper  January                          
                            2004  ‘Self-Generated Complexity and Human-Machine Interaction’

 

      19.  Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics  Part A  1 paper

             July  2003  ‘Network Performance Impacts on Operators in Safety-Critical Systems

 

                      20. Reviewer: The 7th World Multi-Conference on  Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 

                            SCI 2003 Orlando , Florida (USA )

 

                      21.  Session Chair:  FSSCIMIE'2002 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Soft  

                             Computational Intelligence  in  Management and Industrial Engineering   May 29-31,

                             2002,  Istanbul Technical University,  Istanbul, Turkey.

 

                      22. Reviewer: Americas Conference on Information Systems AMCIS 2002

 

                      23. Reviewer: European Conference on Information Systems ECIS 2002

 

      24. Reviewer:  Americas Conference on Information System AMCIS 2001
Book Review

1.        Database Design, Application Development and Administration by Michael Mannino.

       2nd Edition (March 2004)
Work in Progress                      1.     "Software Complexity Impacts in Safety-Critical Environments"
                     2.     "Architectural/Structural Complexity in Embedded Intelligent Real-Time Systems" 
                     3-      A Multidisciplinary Study for Assessment of  Vessel Traffic Risk in stanbul Strait:
                              Past-Present-Future  Conference Paper  
                     4-      Evaluation of Vessel Traffic Management System in Istanbul Strait: Success or Failure?

Funded Research

                     1-       Le Moyne College Faculty Summer Support ($2500),  Summer 2002
                    2-       Le Moyne College Research and Development Grant ($5000)   May 2003 –September 2003 :
                            NPES Navigation and Piloting Expert System
                    3-       Complexity of Navigational and Piloting Expert System (supported by various government agencies and
                            companies)  1997-1999
Advisement and Thesis Committee Memberships
       1-  PhD  Thesis Committee Memberships (Sakarya University)
                        1-  Cemalettin Hatipoğlu : Sakarya University  Social Sciences Institute
                        2-  Barış Kantoğlu : Sakarya University  Social Sciences Institute
 
      2- Masters Degree Thesis Committee Memberships (Sakarya University)   
                       1-       Kamil Taşkın  Sakarya University Social Sciences Institute June  2005
                       2-       İlknur Ayhan : Sakarya University Social Sciences Institute June  2005
                       3-       Tolga     : Sakarya University Thesis Committee Memberships June 2005
                       4-       Özgür Altuntaş : Sakarya University Thesis Committee Memberships June 2005
                       5-    Mert Alsan   Web Veri Madenciliği ve Bir Uygulama, Sakarya University Industrial Engineering Department  
                                December 2004 

     3- Undergraduate Honors Degree (LeMoyne College)
                       1-  Jessica Hoey  “Airport Security as a Large-scale Safety-critical System”    Management
                            Division Honor’s Paper. Spring 2003. This study  was partially funded by Le Moyne
                            College Scholars Program Committee as an undergraduate student research.

Membership in Professional Organizations

 

 
  •       Member  ISCRAM,  Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management  Community 2004-
  •        Üye  Türk Bilişim Derneği  2004-
  •        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
Services <>                    
                  SERVICE TO COLLEGE  (Le Moyne College) Fall 2001- Summer 2004
                           1.  Faculty Member of Committee on Information Technology (Fall 2001-Current)
  <>                        2.  Member of  Committee on Academic Relations, Policies, and Procedures (Fall 2002-   )
                          3.  Faculty Advisor and Founder of  Le Moyne Information Systems Club (Fall 2002-     )
                          4.  Member at Large,  Le Moyne College Curriculum Committee (Fall 2003-    )  
                           5. Faculty Advisor: 17 undergraduate students
   
                  SERVICE TO MANAGEMENT DIVISION  Spring 2002-Summer 2004