Dr. Dursun Delen
Associate Professor

dursun.delen@okstate.edu
Personal Website

378 North Hall, OSU-Tulsa

918-594-8283 (office)
405-744-3551 (department)
405-744-5180 (fax)

Academic, Military, and Professional Positions

Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor, July 1 2007
Independent Consultant, Solution Developer, August 1 2001
Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor, August 1 2001 - June 30 2007
Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., Research Scientist, January 1 1997 - August 1 2001
Oklahoma State University, Research Associate, August 15 1994 - December 31 1996
Oklahoma State University, Teaching Assistant / Instructor, August 10 1996 - December 15 1996
Ars-Kom Computer Consulting Co., Istanbul, Turkey, System Analyst , December 16 1989 - July 21 1991
Turkish Navy, Istanbul, Turkey, System Analyst and Computer System Controller, August 1 1988 - December 15 1989
AKSAY Maritime Shipping Co., Istanbul, Turkey, System Analyst and COBOL Programmer, February 15 1987 - July 31 1988

Awards and Honors

Outstanding student evaluations (2006)
Outstanding student evaluations (2005)
Technology innovator in teaching (2005)
Certified by the Teaching Effectiveness Training Program at Oklahoma State University (1996)
Elected member of Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society). (1993)

Education

Ph D, Oklahoma State University, Industrial Engineering and Management, 1996
MS, Yildiz University, Istanbul, Turkey, Industrial Engineering, 1988
BS, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, Industrial Engineering, 1986

Courses Taught

MSIS 5653
- Advanced Systems Development (Spring 2009)
MSIS 5633
- Business Intelligence Tools and Techniques (Fall 2008)
MSIS 5653
- Advanced Systems Development (Spring 2008)
MSIS 5123
- Enterprise Resource Planning (Fall 2007)
MSIS 5653
- Advanced Systems Development (Spring 2007)
MSIS 5633
- Decision Support and Expert Systems (Fall 2006)
MSIS 5653
- Advanced Systems Development (Spring 2006)
MSIS 5633
- DEC SUPP & EXPRT SYS (Fall 2005)

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Development of a DAC Expertise Transfer System Using Knowledge Harvesting
Defense Ammunitions Center
April 2007 - July 2008

Presidential Challenge Grant
Oklahoma State University President's Office
July 1 2003 - July 1 2006

Publications

Dursun Delen, "Predicting Student Attrition with Data Mining Methods," Journal of College Student Retention

Dursun Delen, Christie Fuller, C. Mccann, Deepa Ray, "Analysis of Health Care Coverage: A Data Mining Approach," Expert Systems with Applications

Dursun Delen, Ramesh Sharda, "Predicting the Financial Success of Hollywood Movies Using an Informative Fusion Approach," OR/IE Conference

Dursun Delen, 2008, "Seeding the survey and analysis of research literature with text mining," Expert Systems with Applications, 34 (3), 1707-1720.

Dursun Delen, "Analysis of Cancer Data: A Data Mining Approach," Expert Systems

Dursun Delen, 2008, "Advanced Data Mining Techniques," Springer Publishing

Dursun Delen, "A Holistic Approach to Manufacturing Systems Modeling," International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling

Dursun Delen, Ramesh Sharda, 2008, "Artificial Neural Networks in Decision Support Systems," Springer-Verlag

Christie Fuller, David Biros, Dursun Delen, 2008, "Exploration of Feature Selection and Advanced Classification Models for High-Stakes Deception Detection," Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Dursun Delen, "A Holistic Framework for Knowledge Management," Communications of the ACM

Dursun Delen, W. Hardgrave, Ramesh Sharda, 2007, "RFID for Better Supply-Chain Management through Enhanced Information Visibility," Productions and Operations Management Journal, 16 (5), 316-324.

M. Henry, Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, 2007, "Using Neural Networks to Forecast Box Office Success," 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems

Dursun Delen, Nikunj Dalal, 2007, "“Successful Business Process Transformation at J.D. Edwards,” in L. Markus & V. Grover (eds.), Business Process Transformation, Advances in Management Information Systems Research Monographs," M.E. Sharpe Publishing, 237-251.

Dursun Delen, Ramesh Sharda, P. Kumar, 2007, "Movie Forecast Guru: A Web-Based DSS for Hollywood Managers," Decision Support Systems, 43 (4), 1151-1170.

Dursun Delen, D. B. Pratt, 2006, "An Integrated and Intelligent DSS for Manufacturing Systems," Expert Systems with Applications, 30

Dursun Delen, E. Sirakaya, 2006, "Determining the Efficacy of Data Mining Methods in Predicting Gaming Ballot Outcomes," Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 30 (3), 313-332.

Dursun Delen, Ramesh Sharda, M. Bessonov, 2006, "Identifying Significant Predictors of Injury Severity in Traffic Accidents Using a Series of Artificial Neural Networks," Accident Analysis & Prevention, 38 (3), 434-444.

Dursun Delen, N. Patil, 2006, "Knowledge Extraction from Prostate Cancer Data," Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, 2006, "Predicting Box-Office Success of Motion Pictures with Neural Networks," Expert Systems with Applications, 30, 243-254.

Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, 2006, "How to Predict a Movie’s Success at the Box Office," FORESIGHT: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, 5, 32-36.

Dursun Delen, Meg Kletke, J. H. Lim, 2005, "A Scalable Classification Algorithm for Very Large Datasets," Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 4 (2), 83-94.

Dursun Delen, 2005, "A Structured View to Manufacturing Systems Modeling: An IDEFØ Perspective," Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, 147-152.

E. Sirakaya, Dursun Delen, H. Choi, 2005, "Forecasting Gaming Referenda," Annals of Tourism Research, 32 (1), 127-149.

Dursun Delen, Nikunj Dalal, P. C. Benjamin, 2005, "Integrated Modeling: The Key to Holistic Understanding of the Enterprise," Communications of the ACM, 48 (4), 107-112.

S. Ramachandran, Dursun Delen, 2005, "Performance Analysis of Kitting Process in Stochastic Assembly Systems," Computers and Operations Research, 32, 449-463.

Meg Kletke, Dursun Delen, 2005, "Quality in Very Large, Multiple-Source, Secondary Datasets for Data Mining Applications," Proceedings of the America’s Conference on Information Systems, 1512-1516.

Meg Kletke, Dursun Delen, Jin-hwa Kim, 2004, "An Approach to Improve Classification Accuracy in Very Large Datasets," Proceedings of the America’s Conference on Information Systems

Dursun Delen, G. Walker, A. Kadam, 2004, "Predicting Breast Cancer Survivability: A Comparison of Three Data Mining Methods," Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 34 (2), 113-127.

Dursun Delen, S. Ramachandran, 2003, "A Hybrid Approach to Knowledge Discovery from Military Health Systems," Journal of Neural, Parallel & Scientific Computations, 11, 161-183.

Dursun Delen, D. Pratt, 2003, "IDSS-MS: An Intelligent DSS for Manufacturing Systems Manager," Proceedings of Pre-ICIS Workshop on Decision Support Systems

Dursun Delen, P. Benjamin, 2003, "Towards a Truly Integrated Enterprise Modeling and Analysis Environment," Computers in Industry, 51, 257-268.

Dursun Delen, M. Erraguntla, P. Benjamin, 2003, "Agent-Based Planning, Monitoring, and Re-planning System," Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Business Information Systems

Dursun Delen, 2003, "Oklahoma State University Students Uncover, Explain and Predict with Statistical Data Miner," DM Review (February 2003), 63.

P. Benjamin, Dursun Delen, S. Ramachandran, M. Erraguntla, 2002, "Towards a Knowledge Discovery Framework," Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering, 234-243.

Dursun Delen, 2001, "Enabling Multi-Use, Multi-Tool Models of Manufacturing Systems through an Experimental Frame Expert System," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 12 (3), 247-255.

Presentations Given

Real-world Knowledge Discovery with Data and Text Mining
Graduate Seminar Series at OSU
American Society for Quality
Stillwater, Oklahoma - February 19 2009

Data Mining Techniques for Prediction of Box Office Receipts
International Conference on Sensors, Security, Software and Intelligent Systems
Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Coimbatore, India - January 8 2009

Predicting the Financial Success of Hollywood Movies Using an Information Fusion Approach
28th Annual Conference on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Operations Research Society
Istanbul, Turkey - July 2 2008

Real-world Knowledge Discovery with Data and Text Mining
The 4th National Conference on Computing and Information Technology
King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand - May 23 2008

Exploration of Feature Selection and Advanced Classification Models for High-Stakes Deception Detection
41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
University of Hawaii
Big Island, Hawaii - January 6 2008

Knowledge Discovery with Data and Text Mining
Knowledge and Process Management Symposium
Knowledge and Process Management Society
Tulsa, Oklahoma - October 3 2007

Analysis of Research Literature with Text Mining
Data Mining Conference (M2007)
SAS Institute
Las Vegas, Nevada - October 1 2007

Forecasting the Financial Success of Movies using Data Mining Techniques
Data Mining Conference (M2007)
SAS Institute
Las Vegas, Nevada - October 1 2007

Using Neural Networks to Forecast Box-Office Success
America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
Association for Information Systems
Keystone, Colorado - August 9 2007

Knowledge Extraction from Prostate Cancer Data
39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Kauai, HI - January 2006

Quality in Very Large, Multiple-Source, Secondary Datasets for Data Mining Applications
America’s Conference on Information Systems
Omaha, Nebraska - August 2005

A Structured View to Manufacturing Systems Modeling: An IDEFØ Perspective
35th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering
Istanbul, Turkey - June 2005

Knowledge Discovery with Data Mining
Workshop on Knowledge Management Implementation and Technology
Society of Knowledge Management
Tulsa, Oklahoma - February 2005

An Approach to Improve Classification Accuracy in Very Large Datasets
America’s Conference on Information Systems
New York, NY - August 2004

Movie Forecast Guru
Data Mining Workshop
Tulsa, Oklahoma - February 2004

IDSS-MS: An Intelligent DSS for Manufacturing Systems Managers
Pre-ICIS Workshop on Decision Support Systems
ICIS
Seattle, WA - 2003

Content manipulation in an Internet-based Travel Support System
International Conference
INFORMS
Istanbul, Turkey - July 2003

Intelligent Knowledge Discovery from Military Health Systems
International Conference
INFORMS
Istanbul, Turkey - July 2003

Agent-based Planning, Monitoring, and Re-planning System
6th International Conference on Business Information Systems
Colorado Springs, CO - June 2003