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Dr. Derya Ipek Eroglu, PHD

Assistant Professor: (585) 395-2196
deroglu@brockport.edu
Office: Brown Building 112
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Office Hours:
10 am-2 pm on W or by appointment

Bio

Dr. Derya Ipek Eroglu is an Assistant Professor of Computing Sciences at SUNY Brockport, specializing in Computer Information Systems. Her research explores the interactions between digital platforms and society, with a particular focus on social media. Using data and text analysis methods informed by social science theories, she approaches these topics from an interdisciplinary perspective. Dr. Eroglu holds a Ph.D. in Business Information Technology from Virginia Tech and has a background in Industrial Engineering, bringing a unique, cross-disciplinary approach to her teaching and research.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Business Information Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2023

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2019

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2015

Areas of Specialty

Text Analytics, Social Media Analysis, Information Processing Theories, Persuasion, Network Optimization, Clustering

Courses Taught

SUNY Brockport

CSC 120 - Introduction to Computing (Beginner Java)
CIS 102 - Fundamentals of Information Systems
CIS 117 - Introduction to Web Development (HTML, CSS)
CIS 427/527 - Project Management & Practice (Waterfall, Agile)
CIS 422 - Design and Implementation of Databases (ER, EER, SQL)

Virginia Tech

BIT 2406 – Business Statistics, Analytics & Modeling

Middle East Technical University

IE251 - Linear Programming
IE206 - Scientific Computing for Industrial Engineering
IE323 - Production and Service Operations Planning
IE4903 - Special Topics in IE: Introduction to Data Mining

Provost Faculty Fellowship for Project-Based Learning, SUNY Brockport, 2025
Outstanding Reviewer Award, 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2022
Summer Research Grant, Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech, May-August 2019, 2020, and 2022
Pathways Grant for Program Assessment and Data Review, Virginia Tech, 2022
Research Grant, SBE-RCUK: The Geopolitical Orientations of People in Borderland States (Principal Investigator: Gerard Toal), National Science Foundation, May 2021 – July 2021
Summer Project Grant with Dr. Viswanath Venkatesh, Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech, May-August 2021
Research Grant, Exploring Social Media Misinformation and the COVID-19 Vaccine in Southwest Virginia (Investigators: Dr. Onur Seref and Dr. Michelle Seref), National Science Foundation, December 2020 – February 2021
Future Professoriate Certificate, Virginia Tech, Spring 2021
Social and Behavioral Research Certificate, CITI, Virginia Tech, Spring 2021
2015-2016 Academic Year Graduate Courses Performance Award, METU, 2017
Graduate Student Scholarship, METU, Fall 2015 – Spring 2018
Dean’s High Honor and Honor List, METU, 2011 – 2015

Eroglu, D.I., Kamal, M., Green, M. (2026). Generative AI for Microenterprises: A Process Model for Growth, IADIS 2026, Zagreb, Croatia.

Eroglu, D.I., Pamukcu, D. (2025). An Evolutionary AI Approach for Hub-Location Decisions: Leveraging Genetic Algorithms for Sustainable Supply Chains, AMCIS 2025, Montreal, CA.

Toal, G. O., Eroglu, D. I. (2025). The Many Semantic Lives of Geopolitics: Evidence from the New York Times Archive 1900-2023, Geopolitics, https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2024.2411331

Eroglu, D. I., Seref, O., & Seref, M. M.H. (2021). Changing Views: Pre-suasion in a Reddit Discussion Community. AMCIS 2021 Proceedings, 15. Won AMCIS 2021 ERF Top 25% Papers Award.

Szczyrba, L., Zhang, Y., Pamukcu, D., & Eroglu, D.I. (2021). Quantifying The Role Of
Vulnerability In Hurricane Damage Via A Machine Learning Case Study. Natural Hazards Review, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000460

Eroglu, D.I., Pamukcu, D., Szczyrba, L., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Analyzing and contextualizing social vulnerability to natural disasters in Puerto Rico. ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings–17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Virtual.

Szczyrba, L., Zhang, Y., & Pamukcu, D., Eroglu, D.I. (2020). A Machine Learning Method to Quantify the Role of Vulnerability in Hurricane Damage. ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings– 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Virtual.

Eroglu, D.I., Kamal, M., Green, M. (2026). Generative AI for Microenterprises: A Process Model for Growth, IADIS 2026, Zagreb, Croatia, March, 7-9, Virtual.

Eroglu, D.I., Pamukcu, D. (2025). An Evolutionary AI Approach for Hub-Location Decisions: Leveraging Genetic Algorithms for Sustainable Supply Chains, AMCIS 2025, Montreal, CA, August, 14-16, Virtual.

Eroglu, D.I., Seref, O., Seref, M.M.H. (2021). Digital Platforms and Echo Chambers: A
Comparison of News Platforms and Social Media, 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA, October 24-27.

Seref, O., Seref, M.M.H., Eroglu, D. I. (2021). An Analysis Of Social Media Posts On Covid-19 Vaccine Using Context Maps, 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA, October 24-27.

Eroglu, D.I., Seref, O., Seref, M.M.H. (2021). Changing Views: Pre-suasion in a Reddit Discussion Community, 2021 AMCIS (Amerıcas Conference on Informatıon Systems), Virtual.

Eroglu, D.I., Seref, O., Seref, M.M.H. (2020) “I Agree, But”: A Study On Persuasion In Online Debate Platforms, 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Virtual.

Eroglu, D.I., Seref, O., Seref, M.M.H. (2020) Bridging Classification and Visualization for Persuasion Detection on an Online Discussion Platform, INFORMS Data Science Workshop, 2020.

Eroglu, D.I., Seref, O. (2019) A Simulation-Based Framework to Study Opinion Dynamics in Social Networks. 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, October 20-23.

Iyigun, C., Eroglu, D. I. (2018) Soft Clustering Problems on Networks. 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, November 4-7.

Eroglu, D. I., Pamukcu, D., Iyigun, C. (2018) Genetic Algorithm for Capacitated Single Allocation Hub Location Problem. 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, November 4-7.

Eroglu, D. I., Pamukcu, D. (2016) A Stochastic Program for Debris Collection Problem. 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, USA, November 13-16.

Pamukcu, D., Eroglu, D. I., Iyigun, C., (2017) A Stochastic Program for Debris Collection Problem. 37th National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, July 5-7.

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