Dr. Harun Pirim
B.S., Industrial Engineering from Dokuz Eylul University, 2004
M.S., Econometrics (Operations Research focus) from Dokuz Eylul University, 2006
Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering from Mississippi State Universtiy. 2011
Dr. Pirim received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Mississippi State University. His research interests include mathematical programming, network science, and machine learning applications in biological, social, and decision sciences. In relation to machine learning, graph theory, and discrete optimization, his recent work focuses on social media network analysis to distinguish individuals with certain traits, machine learning and deep learning to predict functions of hypothetical proteins, and multilayer network analysis of power grids. He has published several papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings, has written several book chapters, and edited two books on data analytics. He founded the CELL (Connect, Elicit, Learn Lab) at NDSU. Beyond his academic pursuits, he is also fond of science, philosophy, and metaphysics.