Ali Yalcin

Associate Professor

Collaborative for Research and Education in Aging Technology and Health

University of South Florida

Biography

Ali Yalcin, is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Management Systems in the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida. He is the co-founder of Collaborative for Research & Education in Aging and Technology. Previously he was part of the leadership team who founded the Patel College of Global Sustainability at USF.

His research interests include Data Analytics, Ambient Intelligence, Internet of Things, Time-series Data Mining and Analytics Applications in Healthcare. His research has been funded by federal and state agencies, and private industry.

He has taught courses in the areas of systems modeling, analysis and simulation, information systems, predictive analytics and dynamic systems. He also co-authored, Design of Industrial Information Systems, by Elsevier named the Joint Publishers textbook of the year.

Interests

Data Analytics
Ambient Intelligence
Internet of Things
Time-series Data Mining
Analytics Applications in Healthcare

Education

PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2000

Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1998

Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA
BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1995

Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA

Highlights

Co-founded the interdisciplinary Collaborative for Research and Education in Aging Technology and Health in 2014. The Collaborative currently employs 17 students and manages grants and contracts with total budget over $4 Million.
2018 Erickson Foundation Research Award in Positive Aging reciepient with C VandeWeerd, PhD; M Roberts, MA; E Sappington, MA; J Lowenkron, MD; J. Castaldo, MD; O Kehat, PhD; G Issachar, PhD; Z Peremen, PhD; & A Geva, PhD.
Assisted in establishing the Patel College of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida and was its first Associate Dean between 2012 and 2013.
National Academy of Sciences Faculty Fellow at Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Munitions Directorate, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 2009
Co-authored IIE Joint Publishers 2007 Book-of-the-year award winning textbook Design of Industrial Information Systems.
17 years of online and hybrid teaching experience in a Research I University
International consulting and research experience.
Over $10 Million in research funding.
Over 60 journal and conference proceedings publications.

Projects

CREATE Health Research Collaborative

Our research group working at the intersection of health, aging and technology.

HomeSense - Smart Sensing for Better Health at Home

Using ambient sensors to monitor health changes and adverse events.

The Numerical Methods Guy

Applying data analytics to engineering education with Prof. Autar Kaw.

Courses

Sep 1, 2019

Healthcare Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

Course Title HIM 6655 Healthcare Data Mining and Predictive Analytics Instructor Name: Prof. Ali Yalcin Phone: (813) 974 5590 should be used by appointment only. E-mail: ayalcin@usf.edu is the preferred form of communication. Please allow 3 business days for the instructor to respond. Office Hours Integrated chat tool - by appointment E-mail - anytime. Texbook Dean Abbott. 2014. Applied Predictive Analytics. John Wiley & Sons, Indianapolis, IN

Contact

(813) 974 5590
ENC 2213, University of South Florida, FL, USA