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Education Ph.D.Candidate, Decision, Risk & Operations, Columbia Business School, 2002-present M.Phil., Columbia Business School, 2006 B.Sc., Industrial Engineering, METU, Turkey, 2001 Research Interests · Revenue Management · Quantitative Pricing · Strategic Pricing · Product Differentiation · Robust Optimization · Nonparametric Estimation · Limited Information in Operations Research, Marketing and Economics Models Research Papers S. Eren and C. Maglaras. 2006. “Pricing without Market Information”. Working paper. S. Eren and G. van Ryzin. 2006. “Product Line Positioning without Market Information”. Submitted to Mang. Sc. [PDF] S. Eren and C. Maglaras. 2006. “Revenue Management Heuristics under Limited Market Information: A Maximum Entropy Approach”. Working paper. Teaching Experience · Managerial Statistics, (MBA core course: Spring 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2006) · Pricing Strategies, (MBA Marketing elective course: Spring 2006, for both MBA & Executive MBA sections) · Pricing and Revenue Optimization, (MBA elective course: Spring 2006) Professional Experience · Ford Motor Co., Management Trainee, Turkey, 2001-2002 · Argon International Consultancy & Engineering, Part-time Business Analyst, Turkey, 2000-2001 · Restructuring Project at CHP (Largest Liberal Political Party in Turkey), Volunteer Work as Consultant, Turkey, 2001 · I-Bimsa IBM Turkey, Summer Intern, Turkey, 2000 · Mercedes-Benz Turk, Summer Intern, Turkey, 1999 Presentations Pricing without Market Information, Informs Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2006 Product Positioning without Market Information, Informs Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2006 Revenue Management Heuristics under Limited Market Information: A Maximum Entropy Approach, Informs Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2006 Pricing and Product Positioning without Market Information, M&SOM Conference, Atlanta, 2006 Revenue Management Heuristics under Limited Market Information: A Maximum Entropy Approach, Informs Revenue Management and Pricing Section Conference, New York, 2006 Pricing and Product Positioning without Market Information, Informs Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2005 Robust Controls for Revenue Management Problems, Informs Annual Meeting, Denver,, 2004 Coursework Overview Stochastic Modeling Stochastic Processes, Foundations of Stochastic Modeling, Advanced Stochastic Modeling, Queuing Theory & Applications, Queuing Networks Optimization Foundations of Optimization, Linear Programming, Network Flows, Dynamic Programming, Integer Programming, Advanced Topics in Optimization Economics, Pricing and Revenue Management Microeconomic Analysis I & II, Game Theory, Pricing and Revenue Management, Pricing Strategies Operations and Marketing Seminars in Operations Management, Logistics & Distribution Management, Marketing Models Awards and Honors · Informs Future Academician Colloquium, 2006 · Columbia Business School Graduate Fellowship covering tuition, plus stipend, 2002-2007 · High Honor List of METU University, 1996-2001 · METU University Undergraduate Fellowship covering tuition, plus stipend, 1996-2001 · Ranked 34th among 1.5 million at the national university entrance examination in Turkey, 1996 · Ranked 1st at graduation from the top-rated high school, Izmir Science High School, in Turkey, 1996 · Member of the team that ranked 1st among 198 teams in a city-wide high school science competition, 1995 Personal Interests Amateur photographer, portfolio at http://seren.photosite.com/ Soccer fan, played in school teams for ten years, regularly follow European Champions League |
