Academic CV

Education, appointments, funded projects and selected academic outputs.

ACADEMIC PROFILE

Bahadır Yüzbaşı, PhD

Professor of Statistics and Econometrics

Professor of Statistics and Econometrics developing shrinkage, pretest and penalized estimation methods for high-dimensional, spatial and functional data.

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University
İnönü University
Location
Malatya, Türkiye
Profiles
ORCID · Google Scholar · GitHub

Academic appointments

Professor of Statistics

İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye

Research and teaching in statistics, econometrics and data science.

Visiting Professor

Simon Fraser University, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science · Burnaby, Canada

Research on machine learning for functional data.

Sessional Instructor

Simon Fraser University, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science · Burnaby, Canada

  • STAT 475/675

Associate Professor of Statistics

İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye

Visiting Associate Professor

The University of British Columbia, Department of Statistics · Vancouver, Canada

Research on robust penalized estimation.

Assistant Professor of Statistics

İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye

Visiting Assistant Professor

Brock University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics · St. Catharines, Canada

High-dimensional estimation strategies with Professor S. Ejaz Ahmed.

Visiting International Scholar (PhD Research)

Brock University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics · St. Catharines, Canada

Shrinkage and penalized estimation strategies with Professor S. Ejaz Ahmed.

Research Assistant

İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye

Education and academic qualifications

Associate Professorship · Econometrics

Interuniversity Council (ÜAK)

Associate Professorship · Statistics

Interuniversity Council (ÜAK)

PhD, taught in English · Mathematics

İnönü University · Malatya, Türkiye

  • Thesis: Penalty and non-penalty estimation strategies for linear and partially linear models.

MSc · Mathematics

Fırat University · Elazığ, Türkiye

  • Thesis: Generalized Statistical Convergence.

BSc · Mathematics

Fırat University · Elazığ, Türkiye

Projects, fellowships and awards

Modeling Heterogeneity in Big Spatial Data with Explainable and Supervised Machine Learning

TÜBİTAK 1001, 2026-1; accepted; principal investigator; 36 months; TRY 2,979,000 requested in the application.

Machine Learning for Functional Data

TÜBİTAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; principal investigator; Simon Fraser University; USD 31,200.

Investigation of Internal and International Migration in Van Province Using Geographically Weighted Regression

TÜBİTAK 3005, project 122G128; principal investigator; TRY 327,137.

Shrinkage and Penalized Estimation Strategies

TÜBİTAK 2214-A; principal investigator; Brock University; USD 15,600.

Robust Regularization and Gaussian Graphical Models

İnönü University bilateral project SUA-2019-1629; principal investigator; University of British Columbia.

Pretest and Stein-type Estimation in Linear Quantile Regression Models

İnönü University Scientific Research Project SBA-2017-946; principal investigator.

Liu-type Estimation in Linear Regression Models

Necmettin Erbakan University Scientific Research Project 171215001; researcher.

Fields Institute Congress Attendance Grant

The Fields Institute, University of Toronto, Canada.

Software and technical expertise

sglasso

R package for high-dimensional group selection, with high-performance computation in C++ and RcppArmadillo.

rbridge

R package for restricted bridge estimation, developed with C++ and RcppArmadillo.

Python

Statistical computing, machine learning, data preparation and reproducible research workflows.

SPSS

Applied statistical analysis and programming for social science and medical research.

Professional memberships

International Statistical Institute

Elected Member, 2023–present.

Bibliometric summary

AVESIS record

93 publications; 35 Web of Science-indexed and 31 Scopus-indexed publications; 213 Web of Science citations (h-index 10); 440 Scopus citations (h-index 14). Source: AVESIS, July 2026.

Research interests

  • Statistical learning and high-dimensional inference
  • Functional and spatial data analysis
  • Shrinkage, pretest and penalized estimation
  • Reproducible R/C++/Python statistical software