Elvan Ceyhan^* (pronounced: Jay-han)

Marguerite Scharnagle Endowed Professor
President of AL-MS Chapter of American Statistical Association (ASA)
Co-Developer, Collaborative Data Science Initiative at Auburn University
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University

* Fun fact: “elvan” is also a Cornish mining term for certain granitic dyke rocks in Cornwall (unrelated to my name); see mindat.

Contact Information

Office: 203 Extension Hall
Phone: (334) 844-3613
Email: ceyhan[at]auburn[dot]edu
Mailing Address: 221 Parker Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/elvan-ceyhan

Academic Portfolio

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Resume Short & Long
Google Scholar & Bio
PKP Merit Page: https://meritpages.com/elvanceyhan

Research Interests

Machine Learning & Data Science, Network Traversal & Obstruction, Spatial Pattern & Data Analysis, Proximity Catch Digraphs (PCDs), Statistical Methods for Medical Data & Image Analysis.

Resources & Quick Links

Selected Publications

E. Ceyhan, J.C. Wierman, and P. Xiang. "Law of large numbers for a two-dimensional class cover problem." ESAIM: Probability and Statistics, 25:376-407, 2021.
S. Bahadır and E. Ceyhan. "On the number of weakly connected subdigraphs in random kNN digraphs." Discrete & Computational Geometry, 65(1): 116-142, 2021.
A. Manukyan and E. Ceyhan. "Classification using proximity catch digraphs." Machine Learning, 109(4): 761-811, 2020.
A. Manukyan and E. Ceyhan. Classification of imbalanced data with a geometric digraph family. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(189):1-40, 2016.
E. Ceyhan, "Segregation indices for disease clustering." Statistics in Medicine, 33(10):1662-1684, May 2014.
V. Aksakalli and E. Ceyhan. "Optimal obstacle placement with disambiguations." Annals of Applied Statistics, 6(4):1730-1774, 2012.
E. Ceyhan, M. Hosakere, T. Nishino, et al. "Statistical analysis of cortical morphometrics using pooled distances based on labeled cortical distance maps." Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 40(1): 20-35, 2011.
E. Ceyhan. "Extension of one-dimensional proximity regions to higher dimensions." Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, 43(9):721-748, November 2010 [also featured at VerticalNews service of NewsRx.com].
E. Ceyhan. "Overall and pairwise segregation tests based on nearest neighbor contingency tables." Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 53(8):2786-2808, June 2009.
E. Ceyhan. "The distribution of the domination number of class cover catch digraphs for non-uniform one-dimensional data." Discrete Mathematics, 308(23):5376-5393, December 2008.
E. Ceyhan, C. E. Priebe and D. J. Marchette. "A new family of random graphs for testing spatial segregation." Canadian Journal of Statistics, 35(1):27-50, February 2007.

For a full list of preprints and publications, visit the Publications Page or download my CV.