Armagan Bayram

Ph.D. student in Management Science

Email: abayram@som.umass.edu 
Office: Isenberg 226

 

 

 

 

 

Armagan Bayram is a Ph.D. student in Management Science in the Isenberg School of Management at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

 

She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, which she received in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

 

Armagan's research interests involve stochastic modeling/analysis of resource allocation and investment decisions by organizations. Her advisor is Prof. Senay Solak.

 

 

Honors and Awards

Best Paper Award in Operations Research and Management, 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (2012)

 

Fulbright Opportunity Grant (2010)

 

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Scholarship (2007-2009)

 

High Honor Certificate, Istanbul Technical University (2004 - 2007)

 

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Fellowship (2004 - 2007)

 

Publications

Journal Papers:

"Stochastic Models for Strategic Resource Allocation in Nonprofit Foreclosed Housing Acquisitions," with S. Solak, M. Johnson, European Journal of Operational Research, under revision (2012)

 

"Resource Allocation for Foreclosed Property Acquisition under Availability and Return Uncertainty," with S. Solak, under review (2012)

 

"Predicting the Behavioral Intention to Use Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: An Exploratory Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model," with C. Gumussoy and F. Calisir, Management Research News, 32(7), pp. 597-613 (2009)

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

"Dynamic and Stochastic Knapsack-Type Models for Foreclosed Housing Acquisition and Redevelopment," with S. Solak, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (2012)

 

"Stochastic Dynamic Models for Foreclosed Housing Acquisition and Redevelopment," with S. Solak. Proceedings of the IIE Annual Conference (2011)

 

"Managing Foreclosed Housing Portfolios for Improved Social Outcomes," with S. Solak. Proceedings of the Production and Operations Management Society 22nd Annual Conference, (2011)

 

"Understanding the Behavioral Intention to Use ERP Systems: An Extended Technology Acceptance Model," with C. Gumussoy and F. Calisir. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, pp. 2024-2028 (2007)

 

Working Papers

"Managing Foreclosed Housing Acquisition Portfolios in Societal Response to Foreclosures," with S. Solak

 

"Approximation Based Solution Methods for a Modified Routing-Location-Allocation Problem," with S. Solak

 

"Dynamic Portfolio Management for Surgical Team Allocation in Robotic Surgery," with S. Solak

 

Presentations

"Stochastic Programming Based Resource Allocation Models for Nonprofit Foreclosed Housing Acquisition," INFORMS Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ (2012)

 

"Optimal Foreclosed Housing Bidding Policies for Community Development Corporations", INFORMS Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ (2012)

 

"Dynamic and Stochastic Knapsack-Type Models for Foreclosed Housing Acquisition and Redevelopment," 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Istanbul, Turkey (2012)

 

"Dynamic and Stochastic Knapsack-Type Models for Foreclosed Housing Acquisition and Redevelopment," INFORMS Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC (2011)

 

"Stochastic Dynamic Models for Foreclosed Housing Acquisition and Redevelopment," INFORMS Northeast Regional Conference, Amherst, MA (2011)

 

"Managing Foreclosed Housing Portfolios for Improved Social Outcomes," Production and Operations Management Society 22nd Annual Conference, Reno, NV (2011)

 

"A System Dynamic Approach in Managing the Levels of Neurotransmitter for Patients with Chronic Depression," 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Portugal (2010)

 

Academic/Professional Activities

Session Organizer/Chair: INFORMS Annual Conference 2012; POMS Annual Conference 2011; INFORMS Northeast Regional Conference 2011

 

Journal Reviewer: European Journal of Operational Research

 

Conference Reviewer: 2011 IIE Annual Conference

 

Officer: INFORMS Student Chapter, UMASS Amherst.

 

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, OIM 301: Introduction to Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Teaching Assistant, OIM 310: Introduction to Management Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst