Sumeyra Gurkok was born in 1981 in Ankara, Turkey. She received the B.E. degree in Biology from Ankara University in 2002 and integrated Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey in 2012. During her PhD, she has been in Manchester, UK, as a visiting researcher for a year in Manchester Institute of Biotechnology in 2009 – 2010. In 2013, she joined the Department of Biology, Ataturk University, as a Dr Research Assistant. Since 2013, she has been with the Department of Biology, Ataturk University, where she became Assistant Professor in 2018 and Associate Professor in 2023.

She is working as an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Department, Marmara University. She completed her Ph.D. study in Computer Engineering Department, Boğaziçi University in 2017. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) between Nov. 2019 - Oct. 2020. Her research interests are Computer Architecture, Multicore Systems, High-Performance Computing, Fault Tolerance, Reliability, and Parallel Programming.

Semih Özel, Marmara Üniversitesi Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü'nde Dr. Öğretim Üyesi olarak çalışmaktadır. Doktora derecesini 2015 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü'nden almıştır. Süreç yönetimi, KOBİ performans değerlendirmesi, teknoloji yönetimi, çok kriterli karar verme ve yapay sinir ağları ile tahminleme, pyton ile programlama alanlarında çalışmaktadır. IGDAŞ, TUSAŞ gibi önemli kurumlar ile işbirliği içinde bulunmuş ve çeşitli projelerde araştırmacı ve danışman olarak yer almıştır. 2008-2009 yılları arasında Bükreş Politeknik Üniversitesi'nde Avrupa Birliği FP6 Marie Cruie Yurt Dışı Araştırma Projesi kapsamında araştırmacı ve 2009 - 2010 yılları arasında Cardiff Üniversitesi'nde misafir araştırmacı olarak bulunmuştur.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap Tepe – Academic, Consultant, and Trainer

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap Tepe serves as a faculty member at the University of Health Sciences in Türkiye and holds doctoral degrees in both Industrial Engineering and Occupational Health and Safety. Combining extensive professional experience in the private sector with her academic expertise, she provides both scientific and practice-oriented contributions to the field of occupational health and safety. Her research and professional interests include Risk Assessment, Psychosocial Risks, Occupational Health and Safety, and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods. As a certified Class A Occupational Safety Specialist, Dr. Tepe not only conducts academic research and teaching but also serves as the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator at her institution. In addition to her academic responsibilities, Dr. Tepe provides consultancy services, corporate risk management solutions, and professional training programs to organizations. She actively supports companies in achieving compliance with occupational health and safety regulations, enhancing risk assessment practices, and promoting employee well-being. She is also a certified Internal Auditor for Integrated Management Systems (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018) and serves as an expert witness at both national and international levels. By integrating her academic knowledge with field expertise, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serap Tepe contributes as a consultant, trainer, and subject-matter expert, adding value to organizations in Türkiye and across international platforms in the domain of occupational health and safety.

Associate Professor Meral Özomay has a PhD degree in Marmara University, Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Textile Education. She currently works as an Associate Professor at Marmara University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Textile Engineering. She is currently the Head of the Ready-Made Clothing Department. She founded the laboratory named "Textile and Manuscripts Conservation and Restoration R&D Center", which was opened in 2018 and supported by many scientific projects, and continues to serve as the laboratory manager. She advises undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies. Her areas of interest are ready-made clothing, textile finishing, natural dyeing, multi-criteria decision-making methods, textile materials analysis, conservation and restoration.

Yeliz Karaca is an associate professor of mathematics, and a senior research professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMASS), USA; collaborator at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. She received her Ph.D. degree in Mathematics with the dissertation entitled “Constituting an Optimum Mathematical Model for the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis” from Marmara University, Türkiye in 2012. Among the other awards she has been given, she was also granted the “Cooperation in Neurological Sciences and Support Award” by Turkish Neurology Association as the first mathematician in Türkiye. She also holds a "medical card" as the only mathematician entitled that sort of card. She also holds a medical card as the only mathematician entitled for it. Furthermore, she received the Outstanding Young Scientist Award in 2012 and Best Paper Awards in her specialized discipline in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 as well as 2023, among the other awards in different categories. Another award of hers is Outstanding Reviewer Award (Mathematics Journal, MDPI) in 2021.

As for some publications, Dr. Karaca has a book entitled "Computational Methods for Data Analysis" published in 2018 by De Gruyter. Another publication is an edited book named "Computational Science and Its Applications" – Lecture Notes in Computer Science (ICCSA 2020, with series 1-7) by Springer. Her edited book is entitled "Multi-Chaos, Fractal and Multi-Fractional Artificial Intelligence of Different Complex Systems", published by Elsevier in 2022. Another work is entitled Computational Science and Its Applications – Lecture Notes in Computer Science (ICCSA 2023, with series I-9) by Springer. Another book is entitled "Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis: Applications in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision", published by Elsevier in 2024. Besides these, another publication under publication process is a single-authored book, named "Computational and Mathematical Neuroscience, Biology & Medicine: Clinical and Medical Applications" by Wiley-IEEE Press.

She is the Editor-in-Chief of the book series named “Systems Science & Nonlinear Intelligence Dynamics” (https://www.worldscientific.com/series/ssnid) by World Scientific. She has been acting as an editor, guest editor and associate editor in many different issues in SCI indexed journals such as IEEE Access; Electronics, MPDI; International Journal of Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare (IJBDAH); ICCSA2020-Lecture Notes- Springer; Fractal AI-Based Analyses and Applications to Complex Systems, Fractals- World Scientific among others. In addition, she is the leading guest editor of several special issues, one of which is "Fractal-Fractional AI-Based Analyses and Applications to Complex Systems" (Part I, II, III, IV) at Fractals Journal, World Scientific. Some of the other special issues she has been running are as follows: “Advanced fractional calculus, differential equations and neural networks: analysis, modelling and numerical computations", at the Physica Scripta Journal – IOP science; “Advanced Fractals and Fractional Calculus with Science and Engineering Applications: Computing, Dynamics and Control in Complex Systems" (Part I, II) at the Applied Mathematics in Science and Engineering Journal, Taylor&Francis and "Dynamic Diseases: Mathematical Informed Expert and Knowledge Computing Technology-based Computational Medicine in Complex Systems", at Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark.

Dr. Karaca has also been acting as a chair, co-chair, member of Advisory Scientific Committee and special session organizer of international conferences some of which are as follows: Image Processing, Wavelet and Applications (IWW), International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA), International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity (ICNSC), The International Conference on Fractional Differentiation and Its Applications (ICFDA), International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing (IETI ICIIP ) and International Conference on Applied and Industrial Mathematics (ICAIM).

Among her affiliated organizations in which she has active scientific roles and involvement with projects are Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD); Complex Human Adaptive Organizations and Systems (CHAOS)- University of Perugia, Italy; International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, senior member). She is also a member of many associations and charities. She also has one charity she established herself and she is acting as the co-founder and project manager at Yönetim Araştırmaları Derneği (YÖNAD), which is a charity for Management Research, conducting scientific and industry-related projects, seminars, academic work and conferences.

Her research interests include complex systems sciences with applications in various terrains, applied mathematics, advanced computational methods, AI applications, computational (-algorithmic) complexity, fractional calculus, fractals and multifractals, stochastic processes, different kinds of differential and difference equations, discrete mathematics, algebraic complexity, complexity science, wavelet and entropy, solutions of advanced mathematical challenges, mathematical neuroscience and biology as well as well as advanced data analysis in medicine and other related theoretical, computational and applied domains.

17 years of research experience in the field of Environmental Biotechnology with focus on the water treatment and water quality monitoring including biosensors, toxicity detection, biodegradation of toxic compounds in water and mathematical modeling/optimization of technological processes. In recent years my scientific interests are mainly in the field of microbial electrochemistry and application of this natural phenomena as biotechnological tool.

NAYDENOVA Stela Ivanova

University “Prof. d-r Assen Zlatarov”, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of "Ecology and Environmental Protection". Оffice: 328IB
Tel +359898671061
stela.naydenova.eooc@gmail.com 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

February 1998 – June 1999    Scientific researcher, University “Prof. d-r Assen Zlatarov”, Burgas

June 1999 – now    Teacher and Scientific researcher, University “Prof. d-r Assen Zlatarov”, Burgas

2018 – now    Environmental expert, Association Black Sea Institute, Burgas (https://www.blacksea.bg/)

2020 - now    Environmental expert, Green Balkans - Stara Zagora NGO (https://greenbalkans.org/)

EDUCATION:

September 1992 - August 1997    Master's Degree in Industrial Ecology, Chemical Engineer, University “Prof. d-r Assen Zlatarov”, Burgas

November 2023 - now    Doctoral student, University “Prof. d-r Assen Zlatarov”, Burgas

LANGUAGES: Bulgarian, English, French, Russian

COMPUTER SKILLS: Windows, Android, Linux, MS Office, EON-XR Reality’s Platform,

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES: Member of the organizing and scientific committee: