Bulent Soykan
Scholar

Bulent Soykan

Google Scholar ID: UJgZURsAAAAJ
University of Central Florida, Research Scientist
Operations ResearchModeling & SimulationDigital TwinsReinforcement Learning
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
103
 
H-index
5
 
i10-index
3
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
6
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Papers accepted by Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) Conference 2025, Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) 2025, 5th Annual IEEE International Conference on Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence (DTPI) 2025, and more. Awarded NATO grant to lead an AI-powered disaster management program.
Research Experience
  • Currently a research scientist at IST, working at the intersection of OR, Data Science, Systems Science, and Computational Science to improve sequential decision making under uncertainty. Presented at multiple international conferences such as Winter Simulation Conference, Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, etc.
Education
  • No specific educational background information provided.
Background
  • Research interests: AI for decision-making, optimization, reinforcement learning, simulation modeling, generative AI models. Professional field: statistical analysis, operations research (OR), modeling and simulation (M&S), artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), strategic planning, streamlining business policies and processes. Profile: With over 27 years of experience, PMP certified, skilled at turning coffee into manuscripts, Jupyter notebooks, code, and all kinds of models.
Miscellany
  • Personal interest in writing software that helps humans make better decisions.