Alp Akcay

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I am an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. I received my Ph.D. in Operations Management and Manufacturing from Carnegie Mellon University. My research uses techniques from operations research, machine learning, and simulation to design and control manufacturing systems, maintenance operations, and supply chains. I am particularly interested in integrating AI into digital twins and simulation models to make simulation-based decision support more accessible, adaptive, and trustworthy. My primary application domains are predictive maintenance, semiconductor manufacturing, and electronics supply chains.

My research has appeared in journals such as Operations Research, IISE Transactions, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, European Journal of Operations Research (EJOR), INFORMS Journal on Computing, and IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. My work has been recognized with honors including the EURO Award for Best EJOR Paper, the IISE Annual Conference Best Track Paper Award, and an IISE Transactions Best Application Paper Honorable Mention. I am a co-chair of the Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Track at the Winter Simulation Conference and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Simulation. Before joining Northeastern in 2025, I was an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.