CURRICULUM  VITAE___________________________________

 

Dr Ugur Bilge

 

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS________________________________________________________________

 

Mar. 2010 -                Modelling Expert / Consultant – IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

                                    Design and development of a multi-agent global trade network simulator for Finland

 

Oct. 2009 -                  Senior Research Associate – Complexity Group, London School of Economics

                                    Research in Complex Social Systems, Organisational Complexity

 

March 2007, and        Tutor – Taught Course for Researchers on Complexity Science at LSE

March 2006, July2006           Lectured researchers on Complex Systems, Chaos, Agent Based Modelling with real world applications at London School of Economics.

 

May 2003 -                 Lecturer / Assistant Professor - Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey

Teaching Undergraduate, MSc and PhD students: Data Mining, Complex Systems and Simulation, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Nets, Java Programming Language.

Wrote an Agent Based Simulation in Java for managing COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

 

Sep. 98 –                     Director / Consultant - SimWorld Ltd

Oil World Simulator: A coarse grain simulation of worldwide oil reserves, production, imports, exports, linked to economic growth, demonstrated at Kenos Circle meeting in Vienna, in April 2006

Integration of Complex Social Systems (ICoSS) Project: Modelling Expert for the EPSRC funded project at London School of Economics, investigating Organisational Forms, modelling and simulating patterns of Connectivity in the Work Place

                                    Container World Project: Designed and developed prototype simulator for the EPSRC funded Container World UK Project for Imperial College, London

CommodiCast Inc: Upgrading, testing and fine-tuning SimFolio, a portfolio risk optimisation simulator for global asset allocation and stock selection, for CommodiCast Inc, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US

 

Jun. 94 – Sep. 98        Consultant - Innovation Centre, J. Sainsbury plc, Stamford Street, London

                                    Responsible for designing and developing state of the art systems for Forecasting, Optimisation, Data Mining and Decision Support

                                    SimStore Project: Designed and developed a simulator for customer movements in a supermarket as an application of Complex Adaptive Systems, investigated patterns in customer shopping times, and simulated shopping agents

Weather Impact on Sales:  Applied Neural Nets for forecasting the impact of weather on sales, extracted Fuzzy Rules linking external events and sales

Transport Optimisation Project: Designed and developed a bespoke optimisation algorithm for Planning and Scheduling of J. Sainsbury trucks.

SABRE Space Optimisation Project: Designed and developed the Shelf Space Optimisation algorithm, using Genetic Algorithms

 

Jan. 94 - Jun. 94         Research Fellow - Department of Computer Science, UCL, London

Worked in the European funded RENEGADE project in the research and development of Parallel Genetic Algorithms and their applications

 

Jun. 93 - Jan. 94         Consultant - Econostat Limited, Hennerton House, Wargrave, Bucks.

                                    Developed tools for Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management in the Global Bond Markets


Mar. 90 - Jun. 93       Research Assistant - Department of Computer Science, UCL, London

ESPRIT II PYGMALION and GALATEA Projects: Worked on the research and development for the first European Neural Computer

Department of Anatomy, UCL: Worked in developing algorithms for clustering Neural Spikes from the rat’s Hippocampus.

DTI/SERC Neural Networks for Financial Services Project: Investigated the applicability of Neural Nets for financial forecasting

 

Aug. 88 - Mar. 89       Consultant Programmer - Hallite Seals International, Middlesex

                                    Developed a Finite Element Method program in Fortran 77 to predict the deflected shapes, forces and stresses on plastic seals

 

Dec. 84 - Nov. 85       Analyst Programmer -The Computer Centre, Bosphorus University, Istanbul

                                    Designed a system for registration and maintenance of students' records using Dbase II, Cobol, Fortran, Basic and Pascal

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS_______________________________________________________

 

Mar. 89 - Dec. 93       PhD in Computer Science

                                    University College London (UCL), Thesis Title: “Analysis, Representation and

Mapping of Neural Networks onto Parallel Hardware”

Research work included: Financial Forecasting, Pattern Recognition, Data Clustering and parallel simulations of Neural Networks using C/C++, TCP/IP

 

Sep. 87 - Mar. 89       MSc in Robotics and Computer Integrated Engineering

                                    Middlesex University, MSc awarded with Distinction by CNAA.

                                    Thesis work: Finite Element Method simulations in Turbo Pascal and Fortran 77

                                   

Sep. 74 - Feb. 81        BSc in Electronics and Telecommunications

                                    Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

                                    Learned Systems Theory, Control Systems, Fortran IV and Cobol

                                    (Also studied at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for 2.5 years)

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE_______________________________________________________________

 

In 2006 and 2007, at LSE Taught Course for Researchers on Complexity Science, Teaching Research Students and Consultants: Complex Systems, Chaos, and Agent Based Modelling

 

Since 2003, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Dept of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Teaching Undergraduate Medical Students: Medical Informatics, Problem Based Education modules, Medical English and Journal Clubs, Teaching  MSc and PhD students:  Data Mining, Complex Systems and Simulation, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Nets, Intelligent Systems in Medicine, Java Programming Language

 

MSc Theses supervised:

 

Development of Internet Based Clinical Guidelines for supporting Intensive Care Decision Making Processes in Patient Admissions, Diagnosis and Treatment, Deniz Ozel, 2010

 

Analysis of Otolaryngology Discharge Notes using Text Mining Techniques, Basak Oguz, 2009

 

A Clinical Information System Example with Object Oriented Approach: Pediatric Endocrinology, Mehmet Kemal Samur, 2008

 

Development of Administration, Educational and Academic Medical Informatics Portal, Y K Yuce, 2006


 

PUBLICATIONS__________________________________________________________________________

 

Murat Canpolat, Tuba Denkceken, Seyda Karaveli, Elif Pestereli, Gülgün Erdoğan, Deniz Özel, Uğur Bilge, and Tayup Simsek, Detection of precancerous cervical conditions using elastic light single-scattering spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE 7573, 75730V (2010)

 

Gulkesen KH, Koksal IT, Bilge U, Saka O, Comparison of methods for prediction of prostate cancer in Turkish men with PSA levels of 0–10 ng/mL, J BUON; Jul-Sep 2010; vol 15, no 3, p537-542

 

Ugur Bilge, Utku Senol, Osman Saka, Informal Social Networks amongst Administrative Staff at a University Hospital, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2009, 150, p282-286

 

Cenker Eken, Ugur Bilge, Mutlu Kartal, Oktay Eray, Artificial neural network, genetic algorithm, and logistic regression applications for predicting renal colic in emergency settings, International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 03.09.2009, vol 2, no 2, p99-105

 

Y.K. Yuce, U. Bilge, O. Saka, MAMAS: Mobile Asthma Monitoring and Assessment System, Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare 2007 5(4): 229-238 

 

Bilge U, Saka O, Agent based simulations in healthcare, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2006, 124, p699-704

 

Bozcuk H, Bilge U, Koyuncu E, Gülkesen H, An application of Genetic Algorithm in conjunction with other data mining methods for estimating outcome after hospitalization in cancer patients, Medical Science Monitor, 2004, 10(6), CR246-251

 

U. Bilge and F. Franca, Computing with Neural Networks, International Industrial Biotechnology vol. 9, no. 4, July 1989

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS_________________________________________________

 

Samur M.K., Bilge U., Samur A.A., Tosun O. Application of Artificial Neural Network and Logistic Regressions on the Data Obtained from Pediatric Endocrinology Information System to Predict Familial Short Stature, 19th International Conference on Computational Statistics, 22-27 August 2010, Paris, France

 

Oguz B., Bilge U., Samur M.K., Isleyen F. Association Rules Extraction from the Otolaryngology Discharge Notes, 19th International Conference on Computational Statistics, 22-27 August 2010, Paris, France

 

Bilge Ugur, Senol Utku. Investigating Informal Social Networks Amongst Administrative Staff at a University Hospital, Informatica 2009, Informatica Trabajos.pdf p.667, Havana, Cuba, February 2009

 

Alimoglu M Kemal, Bilge Ugur. An E-Learning Module to Improve Language Related Communications Skills in Healthcare (E-LANCOM), Informatica 2009, Informatica Trabajos.pdf p.676, Havana, Cuba, February 2009

 

Oguz Basak, Bilge Ugur, Samur M Kemal. Transforming Unstructured Otolaryngology Discharge Notes into a Structured Form, Informatica 2009, Informatica Trabajos.pdf p.674, Havana, Cuba, February 2009

 

Ozbek Fatih, Senol Utku, Bilge Ugur. A Clinical Decision Support System for Clinicians for Determining Appropriate Radiological Imaging Examination, Informatica 2009, Informatica Trabajos.pdf p.674, Havana, Cuba, February 2009

 

Samur Mehmet Kemal, Bilge Ugur, Tosun Ozgur, Turkkahraman Doga, Bircan Iffet. Software for Patient Record and Oxological Evaluation in Pediatric Endocrinology, Informatica 2009, Informatica Trabajos.pdf p.671, Havana, Cuba, February 2009

 

Ozel Deniz, Bilge Ugur, Saka Osman. Clinical Practice Guidelines in Intensive Care Unit: Preferences and Attitudes of ICU Physicians in a University Hospital, Informatica 2009, Informatica Trabajos.pdf p.672, Havana, Cuba, February 2009

 

Y.K. Yüce, U. Bilge, O. Saka, MAMAS: Mobile Asthma Monitoring and Assessment System, 5th ICICTH International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Health, 5-7 July Samos 2007, pp.218-225 

 

Y.K. Yüce, E. Sümen, A. Aktaş, S. Bozkurt, N. Zayim, U. Bilge, Attitudes of the patients of Akdeniz University Hospital Towards a Short-Message Service Based Appointment Reminder System, 5th ICICTH International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Health,5-7 July Samos 2007, pp.38-43 

 

K. Hakan Gülkesen, Uğur Bilge, I. Türker Köksal, Osman Saka Use of Genetic Algorithm for Prediction of Prostate Cancer, HIBIT07, International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics 2007, Antalya

 

Ugur Bilge, Alasdair Honeyman and Osman Saka, Agent Based Simulations for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Second Middle East Conference on Healthcare Informatics, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 9-10 April 2005

 

Ugur Bilge, Hakan S. Bozcuk, Osman Saka, K. Hakan Gulkesen and Emine Koyuncu, An Application of Genetic Algorithms for Estimating Oncology Patients Chance of Survival, Proceedings of Euromise 2004, Prague, 12-16 April 2004, p42

 

Yılmaz Yüce, Ugur Bilge, Osman Saka, An experimental medical operations broadcast system for educational medicine, Proceedings of Euromise 2004, Prague, 12-16 April 2004, p117

 

Ozgur Tosun, Ugur Bilge, Osman Saka, A Web based decision support software for selecting hypothesis test, Proceedings of Euromise 2004, Prague, 12-16 April 2004, p37

 

U. Bilge, A. N. Refenes, C. Diamond and J. Shadbolt, Application of Sensitivity Analysis Techniques to Neural Network Bond Forecasting, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Neural Networks in Capital Markets, London Business School, November 1993 

 

A. N. Refenes and U. Bilge, Self-Organising Maps in Pre-Processing Datasets for Decision Support in Histopathalogy, Proceedings of the North Sea Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Nov 1990

 

 

RECENT SEMINARS DELIVERED_________________________________________________________

 

Global Trade World Simulator, IIASA Laxenburg, Austria, 22nd November 2010

 

Agent Based Modelling in the Real World, Centre for Economic Agents and Finance, University of Essex, 23rd March 2010

 

Agent Based Modelling - Simulation Environments – a Practical Workshop, London School of Economics, 10th February 2010

 

Agent Based Modelling in the Real World, LSE Complexity Seminar, London School of Economics, 30th November 2009

 

Agent Based Modelling in the Real World, IIASA Laxenburg, Austria, 20th November 2009

 

Oil World Simulator, Kenos Circle, Vienna, April 2006