Dr Ilker Cingillioglu
Senior Lecturer
School of Accounting and Finance
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Ilker is a Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics, leading the development of the Undergraduate Business Analytics program for the new Adelaide University (merger of Uni Adelaide and UniSA). Prior to academia, he was an AIM-recognized education consultant who helped many students fulfil their academic and career aspirations. With 20 years in higher education, including 10 years as a tertiary educator, he has a strong track record of academic excellence as he has created and coordinated numerous undergraduate and graduate courses, co-designed an undergraduate program, and received 4 prestigious Teaching & Innovation Awards from top-tier universities. Ilker uses R, Python, Json, Tableau, IBM Watson and Voiceflow for various data analytics projects and applications including but not limited to AI-led RCTs, ML classification, and AI-based chatbot development and is certified by Harvard University in Data Science and by Oxford University in E-tutoring. He is also a tennis player/coach.
AI, chatbots, RCTs, Information systems, big data analytics
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2025 | Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics | University of Adelaide |
| 2023 - ongoing | Lecturer in Business Analytics | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Award | Innovations in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Award | University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2024 | Award | Innovation in Community Engagement | University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2024 | Award | Educator of the Year | University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| 2023 | Nomination | Dean's Award for Feedback for Teaching (FFT) | University of Sydney | Australia | - |
| 2022 | Teaching Award | Feedback for Teaching (FFT) Award for Teaching, 2022, S2 | University of Sydney | Australia | - |
| 2022 | Nomination | Professional Staff Award | University of Sydney | Australia | - |
| 2021 | Award | Best Paper Award | IEEE | Australia | - |
| 2021 | Nomination | Students' Choice Award | University of Sydney | Australia | - |
| 2021 | Scholarship | Enhanced Business School Scholarship | University of Sydney | Australia | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2024 | University of Sydney | Australia | PhD |
| 2019 - 2021 | University of Melbourne | Australia | Master of Applied Analytics |
| 1999 - 2003 | Bogazici University | Turkey | Bachelor of International Trade |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Certificate in Online Tutoring | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Tutor Development Program - ELITE | University of Sydney | Australia |
| 2020 | Pro Certificate in Data Science | Harvard University | United States |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Cingillioglu, I., & Schoettner, M. (2025). Adapting to AI-mediated workplaces: how STEM trainees navigate new challenges and opportunities. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & PEOPLE, 38(8), 251-275. |
| 2025 | Cingillioglu, I., & Barbieri, W. (2025). From admiration to apprehension: the evolving role of generative AI in learning. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 1-19. |
| 2025 | Cingillioglu, I., Bowles, N., Mitchell, N., & Rinne, M. (2025). A comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for predicting South Australian electricity prices. Journal of Business Analytics, 1-16. |
| 2025 | Cingillioglu, I., & Wellalage, N. (2025). The digital tightrope: balancing value and ethics in hotel transformation. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, 21 pages. |
| 2024 | Cingillioglu, I., Gal, U., & Prokhorov, A. (2024). Running a double-blind true social experiment with a goal oriented adaptive AI-based conversational agent in educational research. International Journal of Educational Research, 124, 102323. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2024 | Cingillioglu, I., Gal, U., & Prokhorov, A. (2024). AI-experiments in education: An AI-driven randomized controlled trial for higher education research. Education and Information Technologies, 29(15), 19649-19677. Scopus18 WoS14 |
| 2024 | Cingillioglu, I. (2024). What impacts matriculation decisions? Identifying students’ university choice factors on a global scale with Artificial Intelligence. Studies in Higher Education, 49(12), 2637-2655. Scopus3 WoS2 |
| 2023 | Cingillioglu, I. (2023). Detecting AI-generated essays: the ChatGPT challenge. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 40(3), 259-268. Scopus102 WoS51 |
| 2023 | Cingillioglu, I., Gal, U., & Prokhorov, A. (2023). Social media marketing for student recruitment: an algorithmically sequenced literature review. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 34(2), 1-23. Scopus15 WoS14 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Cingillioglu, I. (2020). Business Management & Leadership Essentials. |
| 2020 | Cingillioglu, I. (2020). College Mathematics 101 Practice Questions and Answers. Independently Published. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Cingillioglu, I., Gal, U., & Prokhorov, A. (2023). Facebook Engagement and Student Preferences for Universities. In 2022 20th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET) (pp. 10 pages). Antalya, Turkey: IEEE. DOI |
| 2021 | Cingillioglu, I., Gal, U., & Prokhorov, A. (2021). An Analysis of Tweet Relevance, Twitter Activity and Student Preferences for Universities. In 2021 19th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET) (pp. 01-10). IEEE. DOI Scopus2 |
BUSANA_7004: Business Analytics for Managers
BUSANA_7005: Chatbots and Text Analytics for Business
BUSANA_7006: Managing with Big Data Analytics
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