Dursun Delen

Dr. Dursun Delen is the Spears Endowed Chair in Business Administration and Patterson Family Endowed Chair in Business Analytics at Oklahoma State University (OSU). He serves as the Director of Research for the Center for Health Systems Innovation and holds the rank of Regents Professor in the Department of Management Science and Information Systems at the Spears School of Business. His research focuses on business analytics, healthcare systems, machine learning, and data-driven decision-making. With over 30 years of experience, he has published extensively on topics including employee well-being, e-commerce strategies, disaster risk management, and Industry 4.0 adoption. He has contributed to 272 editorial works and serves as Specialty Chief Editor for AI in Business at Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence.

His recent publications highlight interdisciplinary applications of machine learning, from 5G network optimization to nursing home operational efficiency during pandemics. His work bridges academic research with practical business solutions, emphasizing data science's role in strategic decision-making. He leads initiatives in health systems innovation and has pioneered methodologies in ensemble decision-making frameworks.