Tan Gürpinar
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Info Systems
Tan Gürpinar
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Info Systems
Dr. Gürpinar is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Information Systems at Quinnipiac University's School of Business, with a focus on the impact of emerging technologies, particularly blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, on organizations, people, and society. He also serves as a Faculty Fellow in Residence and Advisor to the Living Learning Experience Leadership Council at Quinnipiac University, where he mentors students and fosters leadership development within the campus community.
Dr. Gürpinar holds an affiliation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, Dortmund, Germany, where blockchain research findings are transferred into practice to empower decentralized data ecosystems in various industries. He is an Editorial Board Member at the Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Journal and a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Before his current role as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Gürpinar led the 360° Initiative at Blockchain Europe and the Blockchain Team at Dortmund University of Technology, where he co-founded a pioneering research group and industry meetup focused on distributed ledger technologies. His expertise lies in blockchain governance and in deploying interdisciplinary approaches to seamlessly integrate technological innovations into enterprise networks.
Dr. Gürpinar holds an affiliation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, Dortmund, Germany, where blockchain research findings are transferred into practice to empower decentralized data ecosystems in various industries. He is an Editorial Board Member at the Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Journal and a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Before his current role as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Gürpinar led the 360° Initiative at Blockchain Europe and the Blockchain Team at Dortmund University of Technology, where he co-founded a pioneering research group and industry meetup focused on distributed ledger technologies. His expertise lies in blockchain governance and in deploying interdisciplinary approaches to seamlessly integrate technological innovations into enterprise networks.
Education
- PHD, Technische Universitat Dortmund
Areas of Expertise
- Technology & Innovation Management
- Computer Information Systems
- Supply Chain Management
- Organizational Leadership
Organization
- Business Analytics and Information Systems
Office Location
- The Dome
Mail Drop
- SB-DNF
Quinnipiac Today
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal
From Cryptocurrencies to Collaborative Risk Management: A Review of Decentralized AI Approaches
Gürpinar, T., Gulum, M. A, Martinelli, M.
4(4) FinTech 74 (2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Building Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains: A Distributed Ledger-Based Learning Feedback Loop
Gürpinar, T.; Gulum, M. A.
17(20) Sustainability 9023 (2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Convenience Beats Trust: The Reality of Cryptocurrency Consumer Behavior
Fomin, V.; Kerulis, U.; Gramatins, R.; Gürpinar, T.
Information & Media (2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
A Framework for the Profitable Integration of Distributed Ledger Technologies in Enterprise Networks
Gürpinar, T.; Henke, M.; Düdder, B.
10 Ledger (2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Towards Web 4.0: Frameworks for Autonomous AI Agents and Decentralized Enterprise Coordination. Frontiers in Blockchain
Gürpinar, T.
8 Frontiers in Blockchain 1591907 (2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Blockchain Education: Evaluating Programs, Curricula, and Integration with Emerging Technologies in Higher Education
Gürpinar, T.; Verma, A.; Leonard, L. N. K.; Jones, K.; Ceccucci, W.
23(5) Information Systems Education Journal 20-29 (2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
AI-Powered Learning Support: A Study of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Chatbot Effectiveness in an Online Course
Lang, G.; Gürpinar, T.
23(2) Information System Education Journal 4-13 (2025)
Non-Peer Reviewed Journal
Expert’s Corner: Why business leaders need to pay attention to blockchain technology
Gürpinar, T.
Hartford Business (2025)
Development of Executive Education Courses "Business Value of Blockchain Technology" and "Blockchain Foundations for Business Innovations"
Gürpinar, T.
Quinnipiac University (2025)
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Journal
Gürpinar, T.
(2025)
Editorial: Distributed ledger solutions in web 4.0 and their impact on enterprises and society
Gürpinar, T.; Henke, M.
(2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Guidelines for Integrating Distributed Ledger Technologies in Automotive Supply Chains
Gürpinar, T.; Erdmann, N.; Schulte, A. T.; Henke, M.
3(1) Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Journal 75-81 (2025)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Bridging Traditional and Tokenized Assets: Price Alignment, Volatility, and Portfolio Performance in Gold Markets
Ashfaq, M.; Pfeifer, M.; Gürpinar, T.
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (B2C) Conference, Innsbruck, Austria (2025)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Towards A Framework to Assess Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence Applications Addressing Global Justice
Gürpinar, T.; Pogge, T.
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (B2C) Conference, Innsbruck, Austria (2025)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Towards a Typology of Federated Learning Architectures: Degrees of Decentralization and Implications for Ethical AI Development
Ashraf, R.; Gürpinar, T.; Gulum A.M.
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (B2C) Conference, Innsbruck, Austria (2025)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Integrating AI-Driven Negotiation into Experiential Supply Chain Education
Yin, Y., Kim, A., Awudu, I., Gürpinar, T.
ISCAP Conference, Louisville, Kentucky (2025)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Virtual, Augmented, and Extended Reality in Higher Education: Trends, Applications, Impacts
Gürpinar, T., Quadri, S., Jia, S. J., Sa-Couto, L., Lang, G.
ISCAP Conference., Louisville, Kentucky (2025)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Automating Curriculum Intelligence: Scalable Extraction and Categorization of University Courses Using GenAI
Sa-Couto, L., Gürpinar, T., Jia, S. J., Quadri, S., McKenna, A.
ISCAP Conference, Louisville, Kentucky (2025)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Industrial Metaverse und Extended Reality (XR): Anwendungen in Unternehmensnetzwerken und intelligenter Instandhaltung
King, A.; Gürpinar, T.
Info Instandhaltungsforum 2025, Dortmund, Germany (2025)
Chapter
Tokenizing the Future: A Guide to Web3 and the Metaverse
Küpeli, O.; Grünewald, A.; Gürpinar, T.; Schwarzer, M.; King, A.
The Role of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Industrial Metaverse (Springer 2025)
Blockchain as an Enabler of Trusted AI
De la Roche, M.; Yarger, M.; Vasiliu-Feltes, I.; Gürpinar, T.
SSRN (2025)
Frontiers in Blockchain
Gürpinar, T.
(2025)
Peer Reviewed Journal
An Interdisciplinary Survey on Information Flows in Supply Chains
Pennekamp, J., Matzutt, R., Klinkmüller, C., Bader, L., Serror, M., Wagner, E., Malik, S., Linnartz, M., Rahn, J., Gürpinar, T., Kanhere, S. S., Stich, V., Wehrle, K.
56 (2) ACM Computing Surveys 1-38 February 2024 (2024)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Design of a blockchain technology competence model for interdisciplinary curricula development
Fomin, V., Gürpinar, T., Baleviciene, D.
99 Information and Media 41-62 February 2024 (2024)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Taxonomy for blockchain-based business models in enterprise networks
Grünewald, A., Gürpinar, T., Culotta, C., Guderian, A.
22 Information Systems and e-Business Management 633–665 July 2024 (2024)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
A framework for selecting and integrating blockchain devices into supply chain management
Gürpinar, T., Nguyen, T. T., Austerjost, M.
Scientific Track, Blockchain Autumn School Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany (2024)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
How to identify and estimate cost factors of enterprise blockchain solutions
Nikelowski, L., Brüning, S., Gürpinar, T., Schwarzer, M., Tasler, T.
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference, Tenerife, Spain (2024)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Towards the Integration of Distributed Ledger Technologies in Supply Chain Management – Guidelines from the Automotive Industry
Gürpinar, T., Schulte, A. T., Henke, M.
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference, Tenerife, Spain (2024)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Integrating blockchain technology in supply chain management - a process model with evidence from current implementation projects
Gürpinar, T., Ashraf, R., Henke, M.
57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, US (2024)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Introduction to the Minitrack on Federated Industrial Platform Ecosystems: Technologies, Business Models, and Data-Driven Artifacts
Van der Valk, H., Duparc, E., Grosse, N., Gürpinar, T.
57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, US (2024)
AI and Blockchain Convergence
De La Roche, M., Voloder, E., Schoenberger, D., Kajtazi, L., Giudici, P., Wu, K., Dell’Accio, D., Buderis, F., Khattak, J., Gürpinar, T.
International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications Report (2024)
Exploring Global Trends in Industrial Blockchain Projects
Becker, S., Rajan, I.B., von Alten, C., Arribas, I., Avram, N., Bausch, A., Beckert, M., Collett, D., Dahlborn, A., Dunayev, I., Engel, S., Faraldi, M., Gürpinar, T., et al.
International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications Report (2024)
Exploring the Future of the Metaverse Through “A Holistic Introduction of Virtual Worlds for Policy Makers”
Karamitsos, I., User, E., Al-Qadi, S., Attias, S., Belling, A., Grant, J., Gürpinar, T., et al.
International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications Report (2024)
Report on Trends, Changes, and Challenges for the Supply Chain of the Future
Gürpinar, T., Saorski, N., Küpeli, O., Kamphues, J., Fornasiero, R., Zangiacomi, A, Betto, F., Martinez de Yuso, A., Zimmermann, R., Pereira, P., Senna, P., Freije, I., De la Calle, A.
SSRN (2024)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
A Review of Blockchain Technology Programs in Higher Education
Gürpinar, T., Jones, K., Ceccucci, W.
Information Systems & Computing Academic Professionals, Baltimore, US (2024)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Use of a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Chatbot in an Online R Programming Course
Lang, G., Gürpinar, T.
Information Systems & Computing Academic Professionals, Baltimore, US (2024)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
The Convergence of Blockchain & AI - How to Utilize Decentralized Federated Learning for a More Equitable World
Gürpinar, T.
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference, Tenerife, Spain (2024)
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency (B2C) Journal
Gürpinar, T.
(2024)
Frontiers in Blockchain Journal
Gürpinar, T.
(2024)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Towards the Integration of Distributed Ledger Technologies in Supply Chain Management
Gürpinar, T.
The Business of Blockchain Technology Conference, Miami, US (2024)
Panelist - Centering the Human: New technologies as facilitators of peace and human rights, at World Peace Summit
Gürpinar, T.
(2024)
Panelist - International Faculty Panel and Networking, at Quinnipiac University
Gürpinar, Tan
(2024)
CIS371 Introduction to Blockchain Technology in Business
Tan Gürpinar
Quinnipiac University (2024)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Blockchain-Geschäftsmodelle - Ein Leitfaden zur Entwicklung Blockchain-basierter Geschäftsmodelle
Alexander Grünewald; Maik Hausmann; Tan Gürpinar; Tobias Wappner; Nils Saorski
5 (1) Blockchain Navigator 1-56 August (2023)
Peer Reviewed Journal
A Taxonomy for the Formation of Enterprise Blockchain Consortia
Dominik Bons; Patrick Keitzl; Holger Schulz; Patrick Stuckmann-Blumenstein; Tan Gürpinar; Sebastian Brüning
1 (1) Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Journal 18-35 September (2023)
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
Towards a definition of the industrial metaverse applied in context of the blockchain and web3 ecosystem
Orhan Küpeli; Tan Gürpinar
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference, Corfu, Greece (2023)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
The Rise of the Industrial Metaverse
Tan Gürpinar
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference, Corfu, Greece (2023)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
The Right Time for Enterprise Blockchains
Tan Gürpinar
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference, Corfu, Greece (2023)
BAN671 Fundamentals of Blockchain Technology
Tan Gürpinar
Quinnipiac University (2023)
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (B2C) Journal
Tan Gürpinar
(2023)
