Marmara University- Industrial Engineering

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.

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.