CURRICULUM VITAE
I. GENERAL PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name : Ismail Erdem
Date of Birth : June 30, 1945 Place of Birth : Yozgat/TURKEY
Address (home) : Tomurcuk Sokak 14/6 Asagi Ayranci, Ankara 06541
(job) : Baskent University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ankara 06530, Turkey
Nationality : Turkish Republic Marital Status : Married, (with two sons)
e-mail address : iserdem@baskent.edu.tr
II. EDUCATION
1983 Ph.D., Statistics and Operations Research (double major): North Carolina State University at Raleigh, NC, USA
1971 MS. , Statistics (minor: Computer Science): Utah State University, Logan, Utah USA.
1965 BS, Mathematics (minor: astronomy) :Ankara University, Ankara/Turkey. 1961 High school Diploma, Kayseri Lycee, Kayseri/Turkey.
III. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
1997 award of scientific reserach paper, by Milli Reasürans A.Ş., of Turkey, in the area of insurance related studies.
1994- 1995 Middle East technical University, Recipient of the Best Educator award of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Education and Research Foundation of Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
1982-1983 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Scholarship, (for the completion of Ph.D. studies at North Carolina State University)
1976-1979 Ministry of National Education for Ph.D. studies at North Carolina State University
1969-1971 AID Scholarship for MS studies at Utah State University.
1961-1964 State Institute of Statistics scholarship for BS in Mathematics at Ankara University
1955-1961 Ministry of National Education scholarship for High school students at Kayseri Lycee.
IV. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
i. POSITIONS HELD
- Dean of Faculty of Science and Letters, Baskent University, Since January 7, 1999
- Professor of Quantitative Methods, Baskent University, Department of Management, Since August 10, 1998.
- Assistant Director, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Baskent University, Since November 1998.
- Assistant Director, Graduate School of Social Sciences, METU, November 1993-August 1998.
- Assistant chairman of the Department of Statistics of METU, between 1986 and 1991.
- Memeber of administrative Board of the Faculty of Economic and Administartive Sciences of METU, 1993-1998.
- Memeber of administrative Board of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of METU, between 1991 and 1993
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. : Middle East Technical University, Department of Management, January 28, 1993-August 1998.
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. : Middle East Technical University, Department of Statistics, November 1988- January 28 1993
- Assistant Prof. Dr. : Middle East Technical University, Department of Statistics, September 1986- November 1988.
- Assistant Prof. Dr. : North Carolina Central University, Durham North Carolina, 27707, USA, 1981-1986.
- Teaching Assistant : North Carolina State University, Dept. of Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (1978-1979).
- Instructor: Department of Applied Statistics, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, METU, Ankara, 1974-1976.
- Instructor: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, METU, Ankara, 1972-1974.
- Assistant Director of Industrial Statistics Department, State Institute of Statistics, Ankara, 1971-1972.
- Turkish Naval Forces (Lieutenant), Turkish Navy High school, Heybeliada, Istanbul, 1966-1968 (for compulsory military service).
- Statistician (state employee), State Institute of Statistics, Ankara, 1965-1966.
ii. MEMBERSHIP
American Statistical Association
Operations Research/ Industrial Engineering Society of Turkey Society of Turkish Statisticians
OR Society
V. COURSES TAUGHT:
COURSE TITLE LEVEL Elementary Statistics I and II Undergraduate
Mathematical Statistics I and II Undergraduate and Graduate Managerial Statistics Undergraduate
Managerial Decisions Undergraduate Production and Systems Control Undergraduate Calculus Undergraduate Advanced Calculus Undergraduate
Optimization Theory Undergraduate and Graduate Nonparametric Statistics Undergraduate
Theory of Statistics Undergraduate and Graduate Statistical Inference Undergraduate and Graduate Operations Management Undergraduate
Linear Algebra Undergraduate
Operations Research Undergraduate and Graduate Forecasting Undergraduate
VI. RESEARCH AREAS:
Statistical Estimation, Stochastic Processes, Optimization,
Approximation for Variance Computations, Fuzzy Sets Theory,
Forecasting
VII. OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE:
- FORTRAN, COBOL, and BASIC programming languages.
- SAS, SPSS, MINITAB, STATISTICA, LOTUS 1-2-3, STATGRAPH, MATHCAD, and some of the Word processing packages.
VIII. PUBLICATIONS:
Erdem,I. (1983) Three Phase Sampling For Misclassified Binary Data, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA.[PhD thesis]
Erdem, I. (1971) The Behaviour of Variance Approximation for Products and Ratios, Utah State University, Logan Utah, USA. [MS thesis.]
Erdem, I, Belovicz, M. (1985), Queuing Model as a Tool for Assessing Quality of day Care, The Proceedings of SE. TIMS( the Institute of Management Science), pp. 218-220.
Dingiloglu, H., E. Sungur, I. Erdem (1987), Stochastic Modelling and Statistical Inferences on Computer Software Reliability, Proceedings of Second International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, pp.: 532-548, October 19-21 1987, Bosphorus University, Istanbul.
Erdem, I.(1987) Some Computational Considerations in Three Phase Sampling, The Frontiers of Statistical Scientific Theory & Industrial Applications, Vol. II of Proceedings of ICOSCO-I, (The First International Conference on Statistical Computing), pp.: 321-324, 1991. Erdem, I. (1987) Three Phase Sampling for Numerical and Binary Data.
Communications La Faculte' Des Science De L'Universite D'Ankara Series A2, Vol. 36 No. 2 pp. 70-82.
Erdem, I. (1988) Variance Approximations and Optimum Sample Size Determination in Three Phase Sampling, First International Conference-Workshop on Optimal Design and Analysis of Experiments, 25-28 July, Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Erdem, I., O.L. Gebizlioglu, A.E. Sungur (1988), An Approach to Parameter Point Estimation Using Fuzzy Information. First Islamic Conference on Statistical Sciences, August 27-31, 1988, Lahore, Proceedings, Vol. III, pp. 371-389.
Erdem, I., A Fuzzy Approach to Project Network Problems: POSS-PERT, YA/EM '90 (Operations Research and Industrial Engineering) XIII. National Conference, June 21-22, 1990, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Abstract, page: 30
. Proctor, C.H., Erdem, I., Three Phase Sampling for Quantitative and for Binary Measurements, Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics 1991, Volume 53, Series B, Pt. 2, pp. 244- 256.
Erdem I., A Goal Programming Model for Funds Allocation, Turkish Republic, State Institute of Statistics, Turkish Mathematics and Statistics Society, Research Symposium, 1991, 25-27 November, proceedings, pp. 1-14.
Kuklan, H., Erdem, I., Project Planning and Control: an enhanced PERT Network, International Journal of Project Management, vol. 11 No. 2, May 1993, pp. 87-92.
Wakaar, A., Erdem, I., Weak Form of Efficiency in the Thinly Traded Pakistani Stock Market, METU Studies in Development, Vol. 23, Number 3, pp. 313-327,1996.
Erdem, I., Yapar, G., Sağlık Sigortaları Risk Modellemesi, 1997, awarded with the second prize for the scientific resarches in the area of insurance (awarded by Milli Reasürans A.Ş. of Turkey),Milli Reasürans T.A.Ş. , Sigortacılık Sektörü Bilimsel ÇALIŞMA Yarişmasi, 59-76, 1997.
Erdem, I., Yapar, G., Constructing Mortality Tables by Using Data on Policyholders, presrented in the 3rd National Conference on Population Studies in Turkey, 2-5 December 1998, Ankara –Turkey (to bepublished in the proceedings of the conference.)
Çolak, M., Erdem, I., An Enumerative Inferential Procedure in the Measurement Error, the 52nd Session of International Sstatistical Institute (ISI), Helsinki-Finland, August 10-18, 1999 ( To be published in the Proceedings of the Conference).
Arslan, G. Erdem, İ , Genetik Algoritma ve Nelder-Mead Algoritması ile Hibrid Optimizasyon, 4. İstatistik Kongresi, Belek-Antalya/Türkiye, 4-12 Mayıs 2005.
Yeloğlu, H.O., Erdem, İ, İMKB Endeksinin Analizi ve Zaman Serileri Yöntemler ile Karşılaştırılmasına Yönelik Bir Çlaışma, 4.İstatistik Kongresi, Belek-Antalya/Türkiye, 4-12 Mayıs 2005.
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
1-TRT-GAP RADYO-TELEVİZYON YAYINLARI İZLENME VE EĞİLİM BELİRLEME KAMUOYU ARAŞTIRMASI, HAZİRAN 2000, ANKARA. (ISBN:975-7655-29-5). (in Turkish)
2-TRT-INT, TÜRKİYE’NİN SESİ, TRT-FM RADYO-TELEVİZYON YAYINLARI İZLENME VE EĞİLİM BELİRLEME ALMANYA KAMUOYU ARAŞTIRMASI, ANKARA, 2000. (ISBN:975-7655-31-7). (in Turkish)
3-TRT MEINUNSUMFRAGE ZUM ZUSCHAUER-UND ZUHÖRERVERHALTEN DER KONSUMENTEN VON TRT-INT SOWİE DEN RADİOSENDERN, STİMME DER TÜRKEİ UND TRT-FM , DEUTSCHLAND. ANKARA, 2000. (ISBN:975-7655-32-5). ( in German)
4- REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH), SECOND HEALTH PROJECT , ( A study of the National Burden of Disease and Cos-Effectiveness of Essential Helath Services) ,2002-2003, [on going project]
5- REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION PROJECT, INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF TURKEY, 2002, [on going project]
6- REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION PROJECT, ANALYSIS OF COST PER STUDENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF TURKEY, 2002, [on going project]
7- TREASURY OF REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT, [ a for-year World Bank Supported Project, to be completed in 2005]
8- TELEVİZYON YAYAINLARI KAMUOYU ARAŞTIRMASI, HAZİRAN 2004 ANKARA (ISBN: 975-76-54-6) ( in Turkish)
IX. SUPERVISED THESES:
1.- Ozmert, M.N., A Fuzzy Approach to Project Network Problems, (MS thesis, METU Industrial Engineering Department, 1988).
2.- Gunduz, H. A., Use of Log linear Models in Social Sciences: An Application to Social Mobility in Turkey, (MS thesis, METU Department of Statistics, 1989)
3.- Unal, C., A Double Sampling Procedure for Estimating from Dependent Binary Data, (MS thesis, METU Department of Statistics, 1990)
4.- Yuksel N., A Statistical Approach to Quality Control in Service Industries (MS Thesis, METU Department of Statistics, 1991).
5.- Naser, I., The Economic Design of Control Charts, (MS Thesis, METU Department of Statistics, 1991).
6. Colak, M., An Enumerative Inferential Procedure in the Presence of Measurement Error, (MS Thesis, METU Department of Statistics, 1994) 7. Ahmad, W., The Analysis of Stock Market Efficiency in Pakistan, (MBA
Thesis, METU Department of Management , 1995)
8 Besler, B., Forecasting the Istanbul Stock Exchange Composite Index, (MBA thesis, METU, Department of Management, 1995)
9. Saltik, E., A Markowitz Efficient Portfolio Optimization Process, MBA Thesis, Department of Management , 1996)
10. Yuncu, O. M., A Study on Predictability of Istanbul Stock Exchange Prices Using Advanced Forecasting Models. ( MBA Term Project, Department of Management, 1997).
11 . Şatır, U. M. 203 mm Topçu Mühimmatının Tugay Kolordu Ordu ve K.K. Lojistik Komutanlığı Stok Seviyelerinin Tespiti, ( MS thesis , Kara Harp Okulu Savunma
Bilimleri Enstitüsü , 2003)
12 . Köse, E. Türk Sialhlı Kuvvetleri Garnizon Derecelendirme Sistemine Yönelik Bir Model Önerisi ( MS thesis , Kara Harp Okulu Savunma Bilimleri Enstitüsü , 2003)
13 . Yıldızçelik, M. Milli Savunma Bakanlığı Bütçe Payının Belirlenmesine Esasa Teşkil Eden Kriterlerin Zaman Serileri Analizleri Kullanılarak Modellenmesi, (MBA thesis, Başkent Univ., Institute of Social Sciences, 2003)
