Dr Burak Cavdaroglu

Assistant Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

Dr. Cavdaroglu is an Assistant Professor in Business Analytics at the Department of Marketing, Operations, and Systems, having joined the faculty in 2023. He earned his Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA. With over a decade of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Cavdaroglu previously held faculty positions in Industrial Engineering in Turkey and served as a Senior Lecturer at Teesside University Business School.

Dr. Cavdaroglu's research interests encompass a broad spectrum, including combinatorial optimization, network modeling, metaheuristics, and timetabling. He leverages his expertise to tackle real-world problems in areas such as disaster management—focusing on infrastructure restoration—and sports management, specifically tournament scheduling. His work has been published in prestigious journals, including the European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, and Operations Research Letters.

Dr. Cavdaroglu is dedicated to bridging the gap between theory and practice, utilizing both mathematical and empirical methods to develop and analyze management problems. He actively seeks industry collaborations to formulate research questions with practical applications. His teaching portfolio includes courses such as Business Statistics and Data Analytics, Analytics for Competitive Advantage, Research Methods and Analytics for Business Practice, Business Information Management, Operations Research, Decision Analysis, Statistics and Probability, Statistical Quality Control, Network Flows, Supply Chain Management, Facility Layout and Design, Systems Simulation.

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Key Publications

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Stochastic referee assignment in sports tournaments, Canakoglu, E., Atan, T., Cavdaroglu, B., Ozcan, Z. 13 Apr 2026, In: Annals of Operations Research
Graph-based heuristics for rest difference minimisation, Atan, T., Yavuz, T., Çavdaroğlu, B. 3 Apr 2025, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Round-robin scheduling with regard to rest differences, Tuffaha, T., Çavdaroğlu, B., Atan, T. 1 Jul 2023, In: TOP
Integrated break and carryover effect minimization, Çavdaroğlu, B., Atan, T. 1 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Scheduling
Determining matchdays in sports league schedules to minimize rest differences, Çavdaroğlu, B., Atan, T. 1 May 2020, In: Operations Research Letters
Detection of Click Spamming in Mobile Advertising, Kaya, S., Çavdaroğlu, B., Şensoy, K. 25 Jul 2019, Advances in Operational Research in the Balkans, Springer
Minimization of rest mismatches in round robin tournaments, Atan, T., Çavdaroğlu, B. Nov 2018, In: Computers and Operations Research
Interdependent network restoration: On the value of information-sharing, Sharkey, T., Cavdaroglu, B., Nguyen, H., Holman, J., Mitchell, J., Wallace, W. 1 Jul 2015, In: European Journal of Operational Research
Integrating restoration and scheduling decisions for disrupted interdependent infrastructure systems, Cavdaroglu, B., Hammel, E., Mitchell, J., Sharkey, T., Wallace, W. Mar 2013, In: Annals of Operations Research
MUNICIPAL: A decision technology for the restoration of critical infrastructures, Loggins, R., Wallace, W., Cavdaroglu, B. 2013, IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013