Yeliz Karaca

Yeliz Karaca is an Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, and a researcher at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Chan Medical School, Worcester, USA. She received her Ph.D. degree in Mathematics in 2012. Along with the other awards she hs been conferred, she was granted the Cooperation in Neurological Sciences and Support Award by Turkish Neurology Association as the first mathematician in Turkey. She also holds a medical card as the only mathematician entitled for 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) in 2021. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the book series named Systems Science & Nonlinear Intelligence Dynamics by World Scientific. Dr. Karaca has been acting as the lead editor, editor and associate editor in many different SCI indexed journals. She also has active involvement with diverse projects, some of which are Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, as senior member), Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD); Complex Human Adaptive Organizations and Systems (CHAOS)- University of Perugia, Italy; International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI, as the member of Board of Director). Her research interests include complex systems sciences with applications in various terrains, applied mathematics, advanced computational methods, AI applications, computational complexity, fractional calculus, fractals and multifractals, stochastic processes, different kinds of differential and difference equations, discrete mathematics, algebraic complexity, complexity science, wavelet and entropy, solutions of advanced mathematical challenges, mathematical neuroscience and biology as well as advanced data analysis in medicine and other related theoretical, computational and applied domains.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Researcher, University of Massachusetts (UMass) Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA