Professional Service & Activities

Activities involving governance, evaluation, leadership, standards, reviewing, mentoring, editorial work, and institutional service.

Editorial Activities

Co-organized the ASA Alabama�Mississippi Chapter�s hosting of the 2025�2026 ASA Traveling Course, Statistics & AI in Mental Health, held in hybrid format at the University of Mississippi on October 17�18, 2025.
Chair/Organizer, ASA AL-MS Chapter Conferences (2024, 2025)
Organizing Committee, Data Science & AI in Production Agriculture Forum (2025), National Mathematics Symposium, Istanbul (2008)
Deputy Director, SAMSI (2017-2019): Organized PMED, Climate, and Forensics workshops and Organizer and Organizing Committee Member, Modern Math Workshop 2018, October 10-11, 2018,
Co-organizer, Statistics in the Criminal Justice System Workshop, March 24, 2018.
Organizer, 8th World Congress in Probability & Statistics (2012) and Pre-Congress Meeting
Session Organizer: ISI WSC (2013), ERCIM (2010), NEDETAS (2011), ISI (2009)

Scientific Committee Member, multiple national and international conferences (2010-2012) (Please see my CV for the full list of meetings & conferences)
Board Member, IASC-ERS (2012-2016)

Contributor, Sigma Xi �The Lab: Members to Members� Forum (2026�Present). Contributed to interdisciplinary professional discussions on artificial intelligence, including AI reliability, governance, accountability, failure modes, and responsible human-AI interaction.
Contributor, Global Reporting Standard for AI Disclosure in Research (in development), International initiative led by ISC with WCRIF, COPE, STM, and GYA (February 2026).
Provided expert input to the NSF TIP Directorate Workforce Development Roadmap via the NSF Request for Information on Emerging and New Technologies (January 2026).
Invited Expert Assessor, Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge (UK Government Metascience Unit; University of Sussex), 2026.
Expert Reviewer, UNDRR�ISC Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) (2025).
Contributor, UN Scientific Advisory Board Horizon Scanning (January 2025).
Expert Contributor/Reviewer: U.S. FDA Draft Guidance on AI-enabled Systems (April 2025); EU Draft Data Quality Framework (February 2025).
Panelist, TUBITAK (2010-2013); Turkish Statistical Society Council Member

Mentor, MCAA Academy, Marie Curie Alumni Association (2025�Present)
Member, Group of Interest �MCAA: Bridging Continents with Scientific Diplomacy� (2025�Present)
Mentor, INFORMS Mentor Match Program (2024�2025)
Reader, PhD Dissertations

DMS Interim Chair Search Committee (2025)
COSAM representative on Auburn University�s Creative Research & Scholarship Awards Committee
Search, Exam, and Review Committees, Auburn University (multiple years)
Initiator/Organizer, Statistics & Data Science Seminar Series (2020), Math-Sci Seminar Organizer, Koc University (2006-2007)
Proposal Reviewer, COSAM RSP and EPSCoR (2024-2026)
Evaluator, Global Teaching Academy Applications (2025)

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)

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.