Fatma Kılınç-Karzan
Associate Professor of Operations Research
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- Georgia Institute of Technology - Ph D (Industrial and Systems Engineering) - 2011
- Middle East Technical University - MS (Industrial Engineering) - 2005
- Middle East Technical University - BS (Industrial Engineering) - 2003
Research
Theory and algorithms for mathematical programming; Large-scale optimization and applications in machine learning, structured recovery, and statistics; Decision making under uncertainty; Operations research applications.
Publications
- Distributionally robust chance-constrained programs with right-hand side uncertainty under Wasserstein ambiguity
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Simge Küçükyavuz, Dabeen Lee)
Mathematical Programming, 2021 - On the tightness of SDP relaxations of QCQPs
(author(s): Alex L. Wang, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
Mathematical Programming, 2021 - Dynamic data-driven estimation of non-parametric choice models
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
Operations Research, 2021 - On convex hulls of epigraphs of QCQPs
(author(s): A. L. Wang, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
In Proceedings of the 21st Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO) Workshop, 2020; 419-432 - The generalized trust region subproblem: solution complexity and convex hull results
(author(s): Alex L. Wang, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
Mathematical Programming, 2020 - Faster algorithms for extensive-form game solving via improved smoothing functions
(author(s): Christian Kroer, Kevin Waugh, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Tuomas Sandholm)
Mathematical Programming, 179(1-2), 2020; 385-417 - Exploiting problem structure in optimization under uncertainty via online convex optimization
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
Mathematical Programming 177(1-2), 2019; 113-147 - On intersection of two mixing sets with applications to joint chance-constrained programs
(author(s): Xiao Liu, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Simge Küçükyavuz)
Mathematical Programming 175(1-2), 2019; 29-68 - Online first-order framework for robust convex optimization
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
Operations Research 66(6), 2018; 1670-1692 - Primal-dual algorithms for convex optimization via regret minimization
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
IEEE Control Systems Letters 2(2), 2018; 284-289 - Performance evaluation of iterative methods for solving robust convex quadratic problems
(author(s): Christian Kroer, Hung Ho-Nguyen, George Lu, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)Proceedings of the Optimization for Machine Learning Workshop (NIPS 2017) 8, 2017
- Theoretical and practical advances on smoothing for extensive-form games
(author(s): Christian Kroer, Kevin Waugh, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Tuomas Sandholm)
Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation 2017 (EC'17), 22, 2017 - A second-order cone based approach for solving the trust region subproblem and its variants
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
SIAM Journal on Optimization 27(3), 2017; 1485-1512 - How to convexify the intersection of a second-order cone and a nonconvex quadratic
(author(s): Samuel Burer, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
Mathematical Programming 162(1), 2017; 393-429 - On minimal inequalities for mixed integer conic programs
Mathematics of Operations Research 41(2), 2016; 477 - 510
- On sublinear inequalities for mixed integer conic programs
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Daniel Steffy)
Mathematical Programming 159(1), 2016; 585-605 - Disjunctive conic sets, conic minimal inequalities, and cut-generating functions
INFORMS Optimization Society Newsletter, 2016 - Faster first-order methods for extensive-form game solving
(author(s): Christian Kroer, Kevin Waugh, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Tuomas Sandholm)
Proceedings of 16th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC), 2015; 817-834 - Two-term disjunctions on the second-order cone
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Sercan Yildiz)
Mathematical Programming 154(1), 2015; 463-491 - Saddle points and accelerated Perceptron algorithms
(author(s): Adams Yu, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Jaime Carbonell)
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 32, 2014; 1827 - 1835 - Two-term disjunctions for conic sets
Lecture Notes in Computer Science(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Sercan Yildiz)
17th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO) 8494, 2014; 345-356 - Business analytics assists transitioning traditional medicine to telemedicine at Virtual Radiologic
(author(s): Ersin Korpeoglu, Zachary Kurtz, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Sunder Kekre, Pat Basu)
Interfaces 44(4), 2014; 393 - 410 - A unified view of nullspace type conditions for recoveries associated with general sparsity structures
(author(s): Anatoli Juditsky, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Arkadi Nemirovski)
Linear Algebra and Its Applications 441, 2014; 124-151 - Randomized first order algorithms with applications to ℓ1 minimization
(author(s): Anatoli Juditsky, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Arkadi Nemirovski)
Mathematical Programming 142(1-2), 2013; 269-310 - Accuracy guarantees for ℓ1-recovery of block-sparse signals
(author(s): Anatoli Juditsky, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Arkadi Nemirovski, Boris Polyak)
Annals of Statistics 40(6), 2013; 3077 - 3107 - On the accuracy of ℓ1-filtering of signals with block-sparse structure
(author(s): Anatoli Juditsky, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Arkadi Nemirovski, Boris Polyak)
Proceedings of the 24th Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Conference, 2011; 1260-1268 - Verifiable conditions of ℓ1-recovery for sparse signals with sign restrictions
(author(s): Anatoli Juditsky, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Arkadi Nemirovski)
Mathematical Programming 127(1), 2011; 89-122 - On low rank matrix approximations with applications to synthesis problem in compressed sensing
(author(s): Anatoli Juditsky, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Arkadi Nemirovski)
SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications 32, 2011; 1019-1029 - Approximating the stability region for binary mixed-integer programs
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Alejandro Toriello, Shabbir Ahmed, George Nemhauser, Martin Savelsbergh)
Operations Research Letters 37(4), 2009; 250-254 - Information based branching rules for binary mixed-integer programs
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, George Nemhauser, Martin Savelsbergh)
Mathematical Programming Computation 1(4), 2009; 249-293 - The tool transporter movements problem in flexible manufacturing systems
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Meral Azizoglu)
International Journal of Production Research 46, 2008; 3059-3084
Working Papers
- Rebounding bandits for modeling satiation effects
(author(s): Liu Leqi, Fatma Kilinc-Karzan, Zachary C. Lipton, Alan L. Montgomery) - Conic mixed-binary sets: convex hull characterizations and applications
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Simge Küçükyavuz, Dabeen Lee) - A Geometric View of SDP Exactness in QCQPs and its Applications
(author(s): Alex L. Wang, Fatma Kilinc-Karzan) - Online convex optimization perspective for learning from dynamically revealed preferences
(author(s): Violet Xinying Chen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan) - Necessary and sufficient conditions for rank-one generated cones
(author(s): C.J. Argue, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Alex L. Wang) - Strong formulations for distributionally robust chance-constrained programs with left-hand side uncertainty under Wasserstein ambiguity
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Simge Küçükyavuz, Dabeen Lee) - Joint chance-constrained programs and the intersection of mixing sets through a submodularity lens
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Simge Küçükyavuz, Dabeen Lee)
- Risk guarantees for end-to-end prediction and optimization processes
(author(s): Nam Ho-Nguyen, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
- Low-complexity relaxations and convex hulls of disjunctions on the positive semidefinite cone and general regular cones
(author(s): Sercan Yildiz, Fatma Kılınç-Karzan)
- Sufficient conditions and necessary conditions for the sufficiency of cut-generating functions
(author(s): Fatma Kılınç-Karzan, Boshi Yang)
Awards and Honors
- Frank A. and Helen E. Risch Faculty Development Chair, Tepper School of Business (2020-2021)
- Advisor to the paper that was awarded a honorable mention in the 2018 INFORMS Optimization Society Best Student Paper Award Competition (2018)
- Advisor to the paper that was a runner up in the 2017 INFORMS Computing Society Best Student Paper Award Competition (2017)
- INFORMS - 2015 INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researcher Prize (2015)
- National Science Foundation - NSF CAREER Award (2015)
- INFORMS - 1st prize for 2014 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Best Paper Award Competition (2014)
- Advisor to the paper that was a finalist for the INFORMS Data Mining Best Student Paper Award Competition (2014)
- Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - BP Junior Faculty Chair (2014)
- Carnegie Mellon University - Berkman Grant Awardee (2013)
- INFORMS - 3rd Prize Winner in INFORMS Case Competition for the case "Redesigning Pittsburgh Port Authority’s Bus Transit System" (2013)
- Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - Faculty Giving Chair (2012)
- CMU Eberly Center of Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation - Wimmer Faculty Fellow (2012)
University Service
- Masters Educational Affairs Committee, Committee Member (2020 - )
- CMU INFORMS Student Chapter, Student Org Advisor (Professional Org) (2013 - )
- Women in Academia Panel organized by INFORMS CMU Chapter, Panelist (2020)
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Tepper Committee on Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Committee Member (2019 - 2020)
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Master's Academic Actions Committee, Committee Member (2018 - 2020)
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CMU Department of Mathematics, Finance/Operations Research Faculty Recruiting Committee, Committee Member (2019 - 2020)
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Women in Academia Panel organized by Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) CMU Chapter, Panelist (2019)
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Balas Student Paper Award Committee, Committee Member (2019)
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INFORMS CMU YinzOR Conference Poster Competition for PhD students, Judge at Poster Competition (2018)
- Operations Research Faculty Recruiting Committee, Committee Member (2017 - 2018)
- Undergraduate Business Administration Educational Affairs Committee, Committee Member (2014 - 2017 )
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Women in Academia Tea Gathering organized by INFORMS CMU Chapter, Panelist (2017)
- Tepper School Strategic Planning (Research) Committee, Committee Member (2016 - 2017)
- Master's Academic Actions Committee, Committee Member (2016 - 2017)
- Operations Research Faculty Recruiting Committee, Committee Member (2016 - 2017)
- MBA Business Analytics Capstone Project at Industrial Scientific Corporation, Track Coordinator, MBA Business Analytics Capstone Project at Industrial Scientific Corporation (2015 - 2016)
- MBA Business Analytics Capstone Project at PNC Center, Track Coordinator, MBA Business Analytics Capstone Project at PNC Center (2015 - 2016)
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Operations Research Seminars, Organizer (2011 - 2015)
- "Data Analytics to Improve Service and Expand the Market for Intercity Rail" Systems Project, Advisory Board Member for Systems Project at CMU Heinz School (2015 - 2015)
- Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee, Committee Member (2013 - 2014)
- "Putting Intelligent Transportation Systems to Work in the New Fiscal Reality: Port Authority System Analysis and Market Plan" Systems Project, Advisory Board Member for Systems Project at CMU Heinz School (2013 - 2013)
- MBA Business Analytics Capstone Project at United Oil Refining Company and Crossett Inc., Track Coordinator, MBA Business Analytics Capstone Project at United Oil Refining Company and Crossett Inc. (2012 - 2013)
- Egon Balas Award (2013), Committee Member (2012 - 2013)
- Thompson Dissertation Award (2012), Committee Member (2011 - 2012)
Consulting
- National Science Foundation (2014 - 2016)
- Industrial Scientific Corporation (January 2016 - May 2016)
- PNC Bank (January 2016 - May 2016)
- Crossett Inc. (January 2013 - June 2013)
- United Refining Company (January 2013 - June 2013)
- Virtual Radiologic (August 2012 - December 2012)
Professional Activities
- Associate Editor, Operations Research (2021 - )
- Board of Directors, INFORMS Computing Society (2021 - )
- Committee Chair, INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition (2021 - )
- Editorial Review Board Member, MOS/SIAM Optimization Classics Book Series (2021 - )
- Associate Editor, INFORMS Journal on Computing (2020 - )
- Program Committee Member, International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT) 2022 (2020 - )
- Associate Editor, Optimization Methods and Software (2020 - )
- Associate Editor, Optimization and Engineering (2020 - )
- Member, MOS – Mathematical Optimization Society (previously named as MPS) (2007 - )
- Member, INFORMS – Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (2006 - )
- Member, SIAM – Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2006 - )
- Member, EUROPT – The Continuous Optimization Working Group of EURO (2005 - )
- Committee Member, INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition (2019 - 2020)
- Committee Chair, INFORMS Optimization Society Best Student Paper Prize (2020)
- Committee Member, INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Prize (2019 - 2020)
- Committee Member, INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Best Paper Prize (2019)
- Program Committee Member, CRM-DIMACS Workshop on MINLP (2017 – 2019)
- Committee Member, INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Prize (2018 - 2019)
- Co-Chairperson, INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Best Paper Prize (2018)
- Committee Member, INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researchers Prize (2018)
- Workshop Organizer, Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) Workshop 2017 (April 2016 - August 2017)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF) (2016)
- Committee Member, INFORMS Optimization Society Meeting, Program Committee (2015 - 2016)
- Committee Member, Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) Workshop 2016, Program Committee (April 2015 - August 2016)
- Committee Member, INFORMS Optimization Society Best Student Paper Prize (2015)
- Committee Member, Publicity Chair, Local Organizing Committee for the International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP) 2015, (2012 - 2015)
- Co-Chairperson, Cluster Co-chair (Conic Programming), International Symposium on Mathematical Programming 2015, (2014 - 2015)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF) (2014)
- Grant Proposal Reviewer, FONDECYT National Research Funding Competition of Chile (2011)
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annals of Statistics
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Discrete Optimization
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Electronic Journal of Statistics
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, INFORMS Journal on Computing
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO) Conference
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Management Science
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM)
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Mathematical Programming
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Mathematical Programming Computation
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Mathematics of Operations Research
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Conference
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Operations Research
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Optimization Letters
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Optimization Research Letters
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, SIAM Journal on Optimization
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science