Professional Service & Activities

Editorial Activities

• Editorial Board Member, Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives (2023-Present)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Probability and Statistical Sciences (2007-2013, 2021-Present)
• Associate Editor, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (2008-2016)
• Editorial Board Member, Model Assisted Statistics and Applications (2007-2012)

Conference & Program Organization

• Chair/Organizer, ASA AL-MS Chapter Conferences (2024, 2025)
• Organizing Committee, Data Science & AI in Production Agriculture Forum (2025)
• Deputy Director, SAMSI (2017-2019); Organized PMED, Climate, and Forensics workshops
• Organizer, 8th World Congress in Probability & Statistics (2012) and Pre-Congress Meeting
• Session Organizer: ISI WSC (2013), ERCIM (2010), NEDETAS (2011), ISI (2009)

Scientific Committees

• Scientific Committee Member, multiple international conferences (2010-2012) (Please see my CV for the full list of meetings & conferences)
• Organizing Committee, National Mathematics Symposium, Istanbul (2008)A
• Math-Sci Seminar Organizer, Koc University (2006-2007)
• Board Member, IASC-ERS (2012-2016)

Department & University Service

• COSAM representative on Auburn University’s Creative Research & Scholarship Awards Committee
• Search, Exam, and Review Committees, Auburn University (multiple years)
• Initiator, Statistics & Data Science Seminar Series
• Proposal Reviewer, COSAM RSP and EPSCoR (2024-2025)
• Evaluator, Global Teaching Academy Applications (2025)
• Panelist, TUBITAK (2010-2013); Turkish Statistical Society Council Member

Refereeing & Review Activities

• Peer Reviewer, 40+ journals including: Risk Analysis, TEST, Pattern Recognition, and CSDA (Please see my CV for the full list of journals).
• Mathematical Reviews: 17 articles, 1 chapter, 2 books (2008-2017)

Professional Memberships

• American Statistical Association (ASA) (1999-2004, and 2017--Present)
• Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) (2003--Present)
• International Statistical Institute (ISI), Elected Member (2007--Present)
• INFORMS (2024--Present), The Classification Society (2022--Present), TIES (2019--Present), ICoRSA (2015--Present), IAENG (2010--Present)
• Marie Curie Alumni Association (2014--Present), Global Young Academy 2013-2018 (Alumnus), WAYS (2015--Present)
• Please see my CV for the full list of professional societies of which I am or was a member,

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