Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Optimization and modelling
- Decision Support Systems
- Infectious disease modelling
- Public health optimization
- Social networks
- Machine learning on public health
- Network optimization
Biography
Melissa Zeynep Ertem’s expertise is in data analytics in healthcare systems, epidemic disease modelling, network optimization, discrete optimization, social networks and health systems optimization. Prior to joining Binghamton University, she was an adjunct professor in the Department of Data Sciences and Operations at Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California. She also served as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Data Science and Statistics. She completed her PhD in industrial and systems engineering at Texas A&M University after obtaining her BS degree in industrial engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, with a minor in mathematics. Her recent papers were published in high-impact journals such as PLOS Computational Biology, Social Networks, the Journal of Global Optimization, and also highlighted by several U.S. news outlets.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Texas A&M University
Bachelor, Middle East Technical University
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Researcher Selected Keywords
- Optimization and modelling
- Decision Support Systems
- Infectious disease modelling
- Public health optimization
- Social networks
- Machine learning on public health
- Network optimization
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Large language models enhance reinforcement learning for public health resource allocation
Yang, H., Zhang, C., Yang, F., Ertem, M. Z., Zhang, X., Wang, Q., Guan, W. & Wang, H., Jun 2026, In: Applied Soft Computing Journal. 195, 115047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preface
Cherifi, H., M. Rocha, L., Cherifi, C. & Ertem, M. Z., 2026, In: Studies in Computational Intelligence. 1264 SCI, p. v-viResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Preface
Cherifi, H., Rocha, L. M., Cherifi, C. & Ertem, Z., 2026, In: Studies in Computational Intelligence. 1266 SCI, p. v-viResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Preface
Cherifi, H., Rocha, L. M., Cherifi, C. & Ertem, M. Z., 2026, In: Studies in Computational Intelligence. 1263 SCI, p. v-viResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Preface
Cherifi, H., M. Rocha, L., Cherifi, C. & Ertem, M. Z., 2026, In: Studies in Computational Intelligence. 1265 SCI, p. v-viResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editorial