Yusuf İlker Topcu

Prof. Yusuf İlker Topcu is a full Professor at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), holding dual affiliations with the Department of Industrial Engineering and the Department of Business Administration. He has held visiting professor roles at the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. His academic career spans over 25 years, including roles as Faculty Board Member (2014-2017) and Member of the Faculty Board of Directors (2007-2011) at ITU.

Education: PhD in Engineering Management from ITU (2000), MSc in Engineering Management (1995), and BSc in Industrial Engineering (1993) from ITU.

Research focuses on Decision Science and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), with applications in healthcare, transportation, environmental policy, and supply chain management. Recent work addresses peer-review processes, electric vehicle policy, resilient blood supply chains, and healthcare infrastructure optimization. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to major journals like European Journal of Operational Research and Transportation Policy.

His projects include decision support systems for border crossings, automotive industry risk management, and policy analyses for renewable energy adoption. He is a Board Member of the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) since 2015.

Notable collaborations include simulations for Istanbul's transportation systems and financial credit rating models using social media data. He leads research teams in optimization algorithms (e.g., Tabu Search, Particle Swarm Optimization) and cognitive mapping techniques.