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Dr. Abdullah Konak
Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Full-time
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
M.S., Industrial Engineering
Bradley University
B.S., Industrial Engineering
Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
e-mail: auk3@psu.edu
Phone: 610-396-6310
Fax: 610-396-6024
Office: 235 Luerssen Building
Profile:
Dr. Abdullah Konak is an Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State Berks. Dr. Konak’s current research has been concentrated on two main areas, network reliability analysis and applied optimization. His network reliability research primarily focuses on developing efficient techniques to evaluate reliability/performability of large-scale networks. His optimization research interest is in the application of traditional optimization approaches such as linear and integer programming, and meta-heuristic approaches such as evolutionary computing, tabu search, and neural networks to complex engineering problems, including such topics as network optimization, reliability optimization, scheduling, facilities design, and data mining.
Dr. Konak currently teaches courses in Networking/Telecommunications, Information Assurance and Security, and Business Process Modeling. He has also taught courses in Operations Research, Reliability, Production Planning, and Probability.
Most Recent Publications:
Coit, D.W. and A. Konak (2006). "Multiple Weighted Objectives Heuristic for the Redundancy Allocation Problem," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 55(3), 551-558.
Konak, A., S. Kulturel-Konak, B. A. Norman and A. E. Smith (2006). "A new mixed integer programming formulation for facility layout design using flexible bays," Operations Research Letters, 34 (6), 660-672.