Prof. Akküçük received his BA from Bilkent University, his M S from Bogaziçi University, and Ph D from Rutgers University. His teaching areas are Linear Programming, Probability and Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Marketing Research, Production and Operations Management. His research areas include Multidimensional Scaling, Nonlinear Optimization and Its Applications in MDS, Multivariate Analyses, Clustering, Tree-Fitting and Network Models Applied to Marketing, Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction. He is fluent in English. He has various publication on his research areas.