Grants, Recognitions & Awards

Major Grants and External Funding

• NSF Award #2319157 (PI)
  ATD: Stochastic Obstacle Scene Problem with Adversarial Agents
  $300,000    (2023–2026)
• ONR Grant #N00014-22-1-2572 (PI)
  Adversarial Risk Analysis for Optimal Obstacle Evasion
  $358,000    (2022–2024)
• Simons Collaboration Grant (MPS-TSM-00855850)
  Graph Theoretic Learning and Spatial Methods
  $42,000    (2021–2026)
• NSF Award DMS-1638521 (Co-PI & Deputy Director, SAMSI)
  Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
  $3,097,333/year    (2017–2020)
• Marie Curie IOF (EU-FP7)
  PRinHDD – Pattern Recognition in High Dimensional Data
  €233,921    (2013–2015)
• TÜBİTAK 1001 Research Grant (PI)
  July 2012 – July 2013
• TÜBİTAK Career Development Grant (PI)
  February 2008 – February 2011

Fellowships and Institutional Awards

• Marguerite Scharnagle Endowed Professorship
  College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University (2024)
• Marie Kraska Award for Excellence in Teaching
  Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University (2024)
• Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award (2024)
• Member, Global Teaching Academy and Phi Beta Delta Honor Society (2024)
• TWAS Young Affiliate Fellow (2012–2016)
• Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (ISI) (since 2011)
• Global Young Academy Member (2013–2018)
• Research Fellow, SAMSI (2013–2014)
• Abel Wolman Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University (2000–2001)
• Harvard–Koç Visiting Scholarship (Summer 2007)

Public Recognition and Media Features

• Featured in Auburn Stories as part of AI Across Campus series for my two AI-integrated teaching contributions to “AI in Teaching and Learning Showcase” with the title "Faculty implementations leading curriculum advancement", Auburn News, June 23, 2025, which was also highlighted in AU Wire.
• Organizing Chair, ASA AL–MS 2025 Annual Meeting
  Featured in MSU News and NewsBreak: MSU News | NewsBreak
• Contributor, Biggio Center AI Showcase (2025)
  Reflections: “Compare Traditional Computational Results to AI-Enhanced Analysis” and “Student Perspectives on AI in Education”
• Featured Article, VerticalNews for Computational Geometry publication (2010)
• Statistician Job of the Week, Statistics2013.org (Oct 2013)
• Featured in: Marie Curie Alumni Association Newsletter (2015), KU Alumni E-Bulletin (2005), and Kule Magazine (2009)
• Marquis Who’s Who listings:
  Who’s Who in the World (2010–2016), Who’s Who in America (2018), Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)

Travel and Conference Awards

• Funded attendance at ISI World Congresses: Durban (2009), Hong Kong (2013), Rio (2015)
• Participant: Global Young Academy Meeting, Santiago, Chile (2014)
• European Science Foundation Scholarship — IASC-ERS Summer School, Pamporovo, Bulgaria (2009)

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