Yeliz Karaca

About

Yeliz Karaca is an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics and a Senior Researcher Professor at the Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass), USA as well as a collaborator at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. She has been serving as a teacher of Mathematics and other courses for 24 years at different levels and educational institutions. Dr. Karaca is the founding member and president of the Systems Sciences, Complex Systems and Nonlinear Intelligence Dynamics Institute Academy (http://ssnid.org/) at UMass, USA. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the book series entitled Systems Science & Nonlinear Intelligence Dynamics (https://www.worldscientific.com/series/ssnid) by World Scientific. Dr. Karaca received her Ph.D. degree in Mathematics in 2012 and her Master of Science degree in Theoretical Mathematics in 2008 with Honors. Along with the other awards Dr. Karaca has been conferred, she was granted the Cooperation in Neurological Sciences and Support Award associated with her Ph.D. dissertation by Turkish Neurology Association as the first mathematician in Türkiye. Besides these, she holds a medical card, based on the long-term various medical and clinical-related trainings she has received and been certified, as the only mathematician entitled to it. Furthermore, she received the Outstanding Young Scientist Award in 2012 and Best Paper Awards in her specialized discipline, among the other national and international awards in different categories as well as grants. Another award of hers is Outstanding Reviewer Award (Mathematics Journal, MDPI) (https://l24.im/gqIA9 ) in 2021. As for some publications, Dr. Karaca has the following books: Computational Methods for Data Analysis, De Gruyter (2018) Computational Science and Its Applications– Lecture Notes in Computer Science (ICCSA 2023, with series 1-9), Springer Multi-Chaos, Fractal and Multi-Fractional Artificial Intelligence of Different Complex Systems, Elsevier (2022) Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis: Applications in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision, Elsevier (2024) Mathematical Modeling, Applied Analysis and Computational Methods, Springer (2025) Computational and Mathematical Neuroscience, Biology & Medicine: Clinical and Medical Applications, Wiley-IEEE Press (due for 2025) Dr. Karaca has been acting as an editor, topic editor, guest editor and associate editor in many different issues in SCI indexed journals such as Fractals Journal (WS), IEEE Access Journal; Brain X Journal (Wiley), Electronics Journal (MPDI); International Journal of Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare (IJBDAH) (IGI). In addition, she is the leading editor of several special issues, some of which are outlined as follows: Fractals- Fractional AI-Based Analyses and Applications to Complex Systems (Part IV, III, II, I), Fractals Journal, World Scientific (2020-2024) Advanced fractional calculus, differential equations and neural networks: analysis, modelling and numerical computations", Physica Scripta Journal (2022, 2023) Advanced Fractals and Fractional Calculus with Science and Engineering Applications: Computing, Dynamics and Control in Complex Systems- Part II and I, Applied Mathematics in Science and Engineering Journal, Taylor & Francis (2022-2024) Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems: Fractals-Fractional-Itô-AI-DEs-Based Theories, Analyses and Applications-Part II-I, Fractals Journal (2023-…) Computational Complexity, Mathematical Sciences and Complexity Science: Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems’ Theories and Applications - Part II- I, JEAM, L&H Scientific Publishing (2023-…) Mathematical Complexity Modeling and Artificial Intelligence of Complex Systems and Nonlinear Sciences: Fractal-Fractional, Variational, Stochastic and Quantum Calculus' Analyses and Applications-Part I, NSP Publishing (2024-...) Mathematical Applications and Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Biology, MDPI (2024-…) Dr. Karaca has been acting as a general chair, chair and offered lectures, seminar courses and workshops on mathematics, engineering and applied sciences of international conferences, some of which are as follows: the founding member and the general chair of IWW (https://iww.itu.edu.tr/); the general chair of ICCSA 2025 (https://iccsa.org/); NSC; ICFDA; IETI ICIIP and ICAIM. The research interests of Dr. Karaca mainly focus on complex systems with applications in various terrains, applied mathematics, computational methods, AI applications, computational complexity, fractional calculus, multifractals, multifractional methods, stochastic processes, mathematical systems, complexity sciences, DEs and difference equations, discrete mathematics, wavelet, entropy, solutions of advanced mathematical challenges, mathematical neuroscience and biology as well as advanced data analysis in medicine other related theoretical, computational and applied domains.

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