Emre Alper Yildirim Assistant Professor Address Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Math Tower 1-107 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600 Phone: (631) 632-8239 Fax: (631) 632-8490 E-mail: yildirim@ams.sunysb.edu Education Ph.D. in Operations Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2001 M.S. in Operations Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2000 B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1997 Previous Appointments Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Past and Present Research Interests Optimization Theory Operations Research Algorithms Support by Funding Agencies and Industry  National Science Foundation Courses Taught AMS 301: Finite Mathematical Structures AMS 544: Discrete and Nonlinear Optimization AMS 641: Special Topics in Mathematical Programming – Semidefinite Programming Honors and Awards 1999 Givens Research Associateship, Argonne National Laboratory 2000 Undergraduate Teaching Award from Cornell University 2003 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award Publications 4 Journal Articles 1 Conference Paper 3 Under review for publication