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.
- University
- İnönü University
- Location
- Malatya, Türkiye
- Profiles
- ORCID · Google Scholar · GitHub
Academic appointments
2023 – present
Professor of Statistics
İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye
Research and teaching in statistics, econometrics and data science.
2024-07 – 2025-07
Visiting Professor
Simon Fraser University, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science · Burnaby, Canada
Research on machine learning for functional data.
2025-01 – 2025-05
Sessional Instructor
Simon Fraser University, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science · Burnaby, Canada
- STAT 475/675
2017 – 2023
Associate Professor of Statistics
İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye
2019-02 – 2019-08
Visiting Associate Professor
The University of British Columbia, Department of Statistics · Vancouver, Canada
Research on robust penalized estimation.
2015 – 2017
Assistant Professor of Statistics
İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye
2016-05 – 2016-06
Visiting Assistant Professor
Brock University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics · St. Catharines, Canada
High-dimensional estimation strategies with Professor S. Ejaz Ahmed.
2013 – 2014
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.
2009 – 2014
Research Assistant
İnönü University, Department of Econometrics · Malatya, Türkiye
Education and academic qualifications
2024-03
Associate Professorship · Econometrics
Interuniversity Council (ÜAK)
2017-12
Associate Professorship · Statistics
Interuniversity Council (ÜAK)
2010 – 2014
PhD, taught in English · Mathematics
İnönü University · Malatya, Türkiye
- Thesis: Penalty and non-penalty estimation strategies for linear and partially linear models.
2008 – 2010
MSc · Mathematics
Fırat University · Elazığ, Türkiye
- Thesis: Generalized Statistical Convergence.
2004 – 2008
BSc · Mathematics
Fırat University · Elazığ, Türkiye
Projects, fellowships and awards
2026
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.
2024 – 2025
Machine Learning for Functional Data
TÜBİTAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; principal investigator; Simon Fraser University; USD 31,200.
2022-10 – 2024-04
Investigation of Internal and International Migration in Van Province Using Geographically Weighted Regression
TÜBİTAK 3005, project 122G128; principal investigator; TRY 327,137.
2013 – 2014
Shrinkage and Penalized Estimation Strategies
TÜBİTAK 2214-A; principal investigator; Brock University; USD 15,600.
2019-02 – 2019-08
Robust Regularization and Gaussian Graphical Models
İnönü University bilateral project SUA-2019-1629; principal investigator; University of British Columbia.
2017-12 – 2018-09
Pretest and Stein-type Estimation in Linear Quantile Regression Models
İnönü University Scientific Research Project SBA-2017-946; principal investigator.
2017-03 – 2017-12
Liu-type Estimation in Linear Regression Models
Necmettin Erbakan University Scientific Research Project 171215001; researcher.
2016
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