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Okan
DURU Assistant Professor Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Vice-Chair, IEEE Computational Intelligence for Finance and
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Dr. Duru is a scholar in the shipping
business, forecasting and decision-making fields. His research motivation
comes from emerging debates in the shipping business while developing
original methods in forecasting and decision science. He challenges common
perceptions as well as addressing the Behavioral Economics of Shipping
Business. He received his bachelor
degree from the Department of Maritime Transportation Management Engineering
at Istanbul Technical University (2003). While he was studying the Master of
Engineering degree (Maritime Transportation Engineering) in Istanbul
Technical University, he was working on board chemical tankers from time to
time. He joined to the Istanbul Technical University as a Research Fellow in
2006. He graduated from the Department of Maritime Transportation Engineering
(MEng.) in 2007. In 2007, he was awarded for the
MSc/PhD scholarship at Kobe University by the Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. He moved to Kobe, Japan and
completed his Master of Science degree at the Department of Maritime
Logistics, Kobe University in 2009. Okan Duru completed his Ph.D. at the
Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University. The dissertation title
is the Economic Analysis on the Long term assessment of Dry Bulk Shipping. He has published many journal papers
and conference papers. He reviewed several papers for International Journal
of Forecasting, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation
Review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Maritime Policy and
Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the
Operational Research Society-JORS, Applied Soft Computing, Fuzzy Sets and
Systems, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, among others. Dr. Okan Duru is married to Kazue
Duru (Taguchi) with two sons. EDUCATION PhD Doctor of Philosophy in Maritime
Science & Technology, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe
University, Japan, 2012 Economic analysis on the long-term assessment
of dry bulk shipping Download MSc Maritime Science & Technology,
Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Japan, 2009 Comparative analysis of judgmental
and statistical forecasting for dry bulk freight market MEng. Maritime Transportation Engineering,
Institute of Science, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2007 Turkish coal import shipping
supply-demand analysis BEng. Maritime Transportation Management
Engineering, Maritime College, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 2003 EXPERIENCE 2017-present, Assistant Professor of
Maritime Studies, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. 2015-2016, Assistant Professor of
Maritime Finance and Logistics, Texas A&M University at Galveston
(TAMUG). 2013-2015, Visiting Scholar/
Research Fellow, IMaRC, Kobe University 2013-2015, Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Maritime, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey. 2006-2013, Research Fellow, Faculty
of Maritime, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. 2005-2006, Research Fellow,
Department of Mercantile Marine Transport, Ministry of Transport, Under
secretariat of Maritime Affairs. 2004, Journalist, ‘Dunya’ daily
financial newspaper. 2003-2004, Project Member, Istanbul
Technical University, Turkey (In cooperation with Japan International
Cooperation Agency-JICA and Kobe University). RESEARCH
INTERESTS Computer Intelligence for Finance
and Economics Economic Pluralism in Shipping
Economics Shipping Markets and Freight Rate
Theory Shipping Asset Management Maritime Policy Decision Support Systems (DSS) Forecasting Support Systems (FSS) Fuzzy Time Series (FTS) modeling SOCIETIES American Economic Association (AEA) International Association of
Maritime Economists (IAME) Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) World Conference on Transport
Research Society (WCTRS) Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping
Economics (JSLSE) Korean Association of Shipping and
Logistics (KASL) International Maritime Statistics
Forum (IMSF) GRANTS
& AWARDS Korea Shipowners Association,
Commended Paper Award, Keelung, Taiwan, 2016 Best Student Paper Award
(Co-Author), IAME 2015, Kuala Lumpur EAGLE Prize, International
Association of Maritime Economists, Taipei, 2012 Shortlisted for Ikushi prize of
Emperor of Japan by Kobe University, 2012 Tincel Culture Foundation, Research
Grant, 2012 Japan Society of Logistics &
Shipping Economics, International Exchange Award, 2011 Turkish Academy of Sciences,
Encouragement Award: 2010, 2012 Istanbul Technical University,
Encouragement Award: 2010, 2012 Nobuko UMEKI travel grant, Kobe University:
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Monbusho Scholarship, Japan Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2007 (for five years) SCIENTIFIC
AFFILIATIONS Council Member, the International
Association of Maritime Economists Vice-Chair, IEEE Computational
Intelligence for Finance and Economics Technical Committee Editor-in-Chief, The Maritime
Economist Magazine (ME Mag), IAME (2014-2018) Associate Editor, Maritime Business
Review (Emerald) (2016- ) Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal
of Shipping and Logistics (Elsevier BV) (2013- ) Editorial Board Member, Maritime
Business Review, Emerald (2016- ) Program Co-Chair (with Robert Golan,
Ronald Yager), Computer Intelligence for Finance and Economics IEEE Symposium
Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI) 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii. Session Chair & Organizer (with
Matthew Butler, Amazon Co.), Computer Intelligence for Finance and Economics
IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) 2016,
Vancouver, Canada. Scientific Committee Member, the
Conference of International Association of Maritime Economists, Norfolk VA,
2014/ Kuala Lumpur, 2015/ Hamburg, 2016/ Kyoto, 2017 Organizing Committee Member, the
Conference of International Association of Maritime Economists, Kyoto, 2017 Steering Committee Member, IEEE
CIFEr Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics,
IEEE SSCI 2016, Athens Greece. Guest Editor (with Chin-Shan Lu),
International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics (InderScience) (IAME
2016) Guest Editor (with Theo Notteboom),
Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics (Elsevier BV) (IAME 2016 Special
Issue, March 2017) Guest Editor (with Joan P. Mileski,
Christopher Clott), Maritime Business Review (Emerald) (IAME 2016) Steering Committee Member, the Asian
Logistics Round Table (ALRT) 2015 Conference, Taipei. Steering Committee Member, the
"One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) Conference at RMIT University, 1-2 Dec.
2016, Melbourne Australia. Program Committee Member, the 2015
IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2015), Istanbul. Guest Editor with Wayne Talley, Mary
R. Brooks and Gi-Tae Yeo, Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, Special
Issue December 2014. Assistant Editor, Journal of
Maritime Research, IMaRC, Kobe University Guest Editor with Okan Tuna, Asian
Journal of Shipping and Logistics, KASL & Elsevier BV, Special Issue
August 2013. Conference Organization Committee
Member, WCTR Young Initiative 2013, Rio de Janeiro. Organizing Committee Member, V.
National Maritime Congress, Turkey, 11th November 2013. Commentator, the Conference of
International Association of Maritime Economists, Taipei, 2012. Chair, Contributed session: Fuzzy Forecasting,
International Symposium of Forecasting 2011, Prague. Chairman, World Maritime University
& Kobe University Joint Meeting, Workshop on logistics research, 2010. Reviewer
for Maritime Policy and Management,
Taylor & Francis Transportation Research Part E:
Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier B.V. Transportation Research Part D:
Transport and Environment, Elsevier B.V. Transportation Research Part A:
Policy and Practice, Elsevier B.V. Transportmetrica B: Transport
Dynamics, Taylor & Francis Journal of Statistical Theory and
Practice, Taylor & Francis Transport Journal, Taylor &
Francis Asian Journal of Shipping &
Logistics, Elsevier B.V. & KASL. Ocean Engineering, Elsevier B.V. WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs,
Springer Verlag Eastern European Economics, Taylor
& Francis Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier
B.V. IEEE Transactions on Engineering
Management, IEEE Xplore International Journal of Production
Research, Taylor & Francis Technological Forecasting and Social
Change, Elsevier B.V. Journal of the Operational Research
Society, Palgrave McMillan. European Journal of Operational
Research, Elsevier B.V. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Elsevier
B.V. Complexity, Wiley KMI Ocean Policy Journal Journal of Risk and Reliability,
Taylor & Francis Mathematical Problems in
Engineering, Hindawi International Journal of
Forecasting, Elsevier B.V. International Journal of Production
Research, Taylor & Francis International Journal of Fuzzy
Systems, Taiwan Fuzzy Systems Assoc. Conference of International
Association of Maritime Economists, International Forum on Shipping,
Ports and Airports, among others. Book
Reviews The Shipping Man (A Novel), Matthew McCleery (Author), Marine Money
International, 2nd edition (Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, in
press). Maritime Governance and Policy Making, Michael Roe (Author),
Springer-Verlag, London, 2013, first edition (Asian Journal of Shipping and
Logistics, Vol.29 (3) Dec 2013 Issue). Dynasties of the Sea: The Shipowners and Financiers
Who Expanded the Era of Free Trade, Lori Ann LaRocco (Author), Matthew McCleery
(Epilogue, Preface), Martin Stopford (Afterword), Lawrence Lindsey
(Foreword), Marine Money, Intl.; 1st edition (November 12, 2012) (Asian
Journal of Shipping and Logistics, Vol.29(2) Aug 2013 Issue). |
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Copyright Okan
Duru©2014