Sona Mardikyan

Prof. Dr. Sona Mardikyan is a faculty member at Bogazici University, specializing in quantitative methods and information systems. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Control and Computer Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, an M.A. in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Quantitative Techniques) from Istanbul University. She teaches courses such as Statistics, Data Mining, Multivariate Statistical Methods, and Information Systems Technologies.

Her research focuses on Information Systems, Multivariate Statistics, Data Mining, and e-Learning. She investigates technology adoption patterns, social media analytics, educational technology impacts, and e-commerce optimization, often using advanced statistical modeling and AI techniques.

Her publications emphasize emerging technological trends, including AI-driven customer analytics, social media metrics, IoT scientometrics, and digital transformation in education and business. A consistent focus on empirical validation and real-world applications characterizes her work.

Awards:

• Best Paper Award at the 5th International Management Information Systems Conference (2018) for research on call center efficiency using text mining.

She actively mentors academic projects and contributes to international conferences, though specific student advisees and grants are not detailed in the source material.