Professor Dr. Selçuk Burak Haşıloğlu, whose area of expertise is marketing information systems, has been conducting academic studies since 1993. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and two master's degrees in business and computer engineering, and completed his doctorate in 2006 at Gazi University's Department of General Business. The focus of both his master's and doctoral theses is on e-commerce and marketing information systems, with their research being among the first of its kind in the country.In 2009, he successfully completed his postdoctoral studies, which he conducted for a period of one year at the Henley Business School Informatics Research Centre at the University of Reading in England. During this period, he was awarded the Science Award by the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade of the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey.He has received six scholarships/awards to date, and has authored over 10 books on digital marketing, business and marketing information systems.He has conducted over 100 scientific studies, and played an active role in over 20 projects, including three TUBITAK and two ministry projects. He was awarded associate professorship in marketing science in 2011 and became a professor in 2017.His research is focused on marketing research, marketing analytics, data science and mining, decision analysis, decision sciences and digital marketing.He has served as president of the Marketing and Marketing Research Association and the Chess Clubs Federation, and has participated in numerous social responsibility projects. He has been serving as the general secretary at Pamukkale University since 1995, and has held administrative positions such as faculty management and faculty board memberships, technopark board memberships, department heads, university commission memberships. Haşıloğlu is a consultant in the private sector, specialising in blockchain, game world, mathematical economy and dynamics, big data analysis and analytics, marketing research, business intelligence and information systems management. He is currently employed at the Pamukkale University Department of Management Information Systems, which he established.

Bilgin Metin began his academic journey with a B.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and furthered his education with an M.Sc. and PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bogazici University. During his graduate studies, he consulted for private-sector companies, focusing on computer networks and cybersecurity projects.
In 2007, he started his academic career at Bogazici University's Management Information Systems Department as an assistant professor, rising to Associate Professor in 2014 and Professor in 2021. His research covers cybersecurity, IT and privacy governance, and information and communication system design. Prof. Metin has authored over 125 publications in international journals and conferences with a notable h-index of 26 and has organized numerous conferences. He holds key roles in the ISACA Istanbul Chapter and the Turkish Information Systems Association.
He serves on the editorial boards of prestigious journals, including his role as Associate Editor for EDPACS (EDP Audit, Control, and Security Newsletter, Taylor & Francis) and as a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Organizational Cybersecurity Journal: Practice, Process, and People (Emerald).
Prof. Metin has earned prestigious certifications such as OSCP (Of-Sec Certified Professional), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), CDPSE (Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer)
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.
Since 2017, he has led the Bogazici University MIS Cybersecurity Center, and since 2022, he has been head of Bogazici University’s Management Information Systems Department. His work extends to national and international projects, providing training and consultancy to various institutions.
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