Dr. Fikret Er received his BSc in Statistics from Anadolu University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He completed his PhD in Statistics at the University of Leeds, England, between 1995 and 1999, under the supervision of Prof. John T. Kent and Patrick D.L. Constable. Dr. Er worked as a research assistant and assistant professor at Anadolu University, Faculty of Science, Department of Statistics, between 1993 and 2013. He began working as an Associate Professor at the Open Education Faculty in 2013 and was appointed Professor in 2018.

He teaches Statistics, Data Mining, R Programming, and Graphical Data Analysis. Dr. Er become Professor of Quantitative Decision Methods in the Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 2025. He also serves as the Head of Anadolu University’s Institutional Data Management and Analytics Office.

Dr. Ali Ozdemir is a Professor at Anadolu University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Quantitative Methods. Dr. Ali Ozdemir completed his Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods at Anadolu University. His research interests include "Statistical Analysis", "Multi-Criteria Decision Making". He conducts statistics, operations research and data analysis courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.
 

Dr. Sinan AYDIN is an Associate Professor of Open and Distance Education at Open Education Faculty, Anadolu University. Dr. Aydin, who completed his bachelors and masters education in Industrial Engineering gained his Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods at January, 2008. He has been teaching database management systems, computer programming and business analytics courses. He is working on applications of AI and ML in open education system. 
 

Seyda Urfalıoğlu Sahin is a research assistant at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Anadolu University. After completing her bachelor's  and master's degrees in econometrics, she pursued a PhD in the field of quantitative methods. She works in the fields of Econometrics, Panel Data Econometrics, Statistics, Multi Criteria Decision Making

Dr. Aylin Öztürk is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University, and an Assistant Professor at Anadolu University. She specializes in learning analytics, AI-driven feedback systems, and machine learning applications in education. Dr. Öztürk earned her Ph.D. in Distance Education from Anadolu University, focusing on predicting academic performance and developing AI-based feedback mechanisms. She has contributed to learning analytics, data-driven interventions, and AI-enhanced educational technologies. 

Dr. Erdener Özçetin is a faculty member in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Hitit University. His expertise lies in decision support systems, group support systems, high-performance computing, machine learning algorithms, optimization and bioinformatics. Dr. Özçetin has contributed significantly to GPU‑based optimization with meta-heuristic algorithms, machine and deep learning-supported applications. His work spans both theoretical optimization and practical domains such as health and real industry applications. 


 

Şenol Çelik was born in 1969 in the Ilgın district of Konya. He began his studies in 1988 at the Department of Statistics in the Faculty of Science and Letters at Anadolu University and graduated in 1992. During the 1991–1992 academic year, he completed the Teacher Certification Program (Pedagogical Training) at the Faculty of Education at the same university.

He served as a civil servant from June 1997 to January 2014. During his tenure as a civil servant, he completed in-service statistics training at the Turkish Statistical Institute in Ankara from 1997 to 1998, graduating first in his class.

Between 2001 and 2003, he completed a non-thesis master’s degree in the Department of Statistics at the Institute of Natural Sciences, Ankara University, and between 2004 and 2006, he completed a thesis-based master’s degree in the same department.

Between 2008 and 2013, he completed his Ph.D. in the Biometrics and Genetics Branch of the Department of Animal Science at the Institute of Natural Sciences, Ankara University. He received his Ph.D. in 2013. His dissertation, titled “Time Series Analysis and Its Application to Traffic Accident Data,” was announced as the dissertation with the highest publication score and was awarded a prize.

In January 2014, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bingöl University. In March 2020, he was promoted to Associate Professor in the Biometrics and Genetics Division of the Animal Science Department, and in September 2025, he was promoted to Professor.

According to research conducted by Stanford University in the United States in 2023, 2024, and 2026, he was included in the “World’s Most Influential Scientists” ranking and was placed within the top 2 percent of that list.

Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Quantitative Decision Methods, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Geographical Information Systems

Dr. Bülent Batmaz has been serving as a lecturer at Anadolu University’s Open Education Faculty within the Economic and Administrative Programs since 1995. Dr. Batmaz earned his bachelor's degree in 1993 from the Department of Statistics at Anadolu University’s Faculty of Science and Letters. He completed his master’s degree in 2002 in the Department of Quantitative Methods in Education at Anadolu University’s Institute of Social Sciences. In 2018, he was awarded a doctoral degree from Eskişehir Osmangazi University’s Institute of Science in the Department of Statistical Information Systems.

Dr. Batmaz has taught various undergraduate and graduate-level courses, including but not limited to Fundamental Statistics, Business Statistics, Operations Research, Research Methods, Big Data, Data Mining, and Social Network Analysis.
 

Şenol Çelik was born in 1969 in the Ilgın district of Konya. He began his studies in 1988 at the Department of Statistics in the Faculty of Science and Letters at Anadolu University and graduated in 1992. During the 1991–1992 academic year, he completed the Teacher Certification Program (Pedagogical Training) at the Faculty of Education at the same university.

He served as a civil servant from June 1997 to January 2014. During his tenure as a civil servant, he completed in-service statistics training at the Turkish Statistical Institute in Ankara from 1997 to 1998, graduating first in his class.

Between 2001 and 2003, he completed a non-thesis master’s degree in the Department of Statistics at the Institute of Natural Sciences, Ankara University, and between 2004 and 2006, he completed a thesis-based master’s degree in the same department.

Between 2008 and 2013, he completed his Ph.D. in the Biometrics and Genetics Branch of the Department of Animal Science at the Institute of Natural Sciences, Ankara University. He received his Ph.D. in 2013. His dissertation, titled “Time Series Analysis and Its Application to Traffic Accident Data,” was announced as the dissertation with the highest publication score and was awarded a prize.

In January 2014, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bingöl University. In March 2020, he was promoted to Associate Professor in the Biometrics and Genetics Division of the Animal Science Department, and in September 2025, he was promoted to Professor.

According to research conducted by Stanford University in the United States in 2023, 2024, and 2026, he was included in the “World’s Most Influential Scientists” ranking and was placed within the top 2 percent of that list.

He graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He completed his master's and doctorate studies at Anadolu University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He works as an assistant professor in Eskişehir Technical University, Vocational School of Transporatation, Rail Systems Electric-Electronics Program. He also works in the Graduate Education Institute, Rail Systems Engineering and Electrical-Electronics Engineering Departments.

Tooba Saleem is currently serving as Lecturer at Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad. She has worked in different research projects with renowned national and international research organizations like USAID, UNESCO, DFID, UNICEF and GFA in different capacities (tool developer, data analyst, data collector, academic tutor and report writer). She has teaching experience in formal and non-formal higher education institutions.She is currently working on exploring the problems of Online Learning Management System and Learners' motivation to use it as tool of communication. In this regard basically, Secondary data base and qualitative data are found to be more useful tools to get information.

Hasan TÜRE completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of Statistics at the Faculty of Science, Selçuk University, from 1998 to 2002. He earned a master's degree in the Department of Statistics at the Faculty of Science, Ankara University, from 2002 to 2005, and another master's degree in the Department of Econometrics at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gazi University, from 2003 to 2006. His Ph.D. in Econometrics was also obtained from the same faculty at Gazi University, where he studied from 2006 to 2013. In 2020, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor. His research interests include artificial neural networks, multi-criteria decision-making techniques, fuzzy logic, and time series analysis.

Arzdar Kiracı completed her undergraduate education at METU Faculty of Engineering-Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and his master's and doctorate at İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University. Working in the fields of Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Operations Research, Business Statistics, Arzdar Kiracı currently continues her academic career at Siirt University.

Eğitimde ölçme ve değerlendirme alanında araştırmacıdır. Araştırmalarının odak noktasını ölçme araçlarının geliştirilmesi, eğitsel değerlendirmeler, elektronik ortamlarda değerlendirme süreçleri ve üst düzey düşünme becerilerinin değerlendirilmesi oluşturmaktadır. Karabük Üniversitesi Eğitimde Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Anabilim Dalı Başkanı olan Kurnaz, birçok kuruma (üniversiteler, MEB Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Merkezleri, özel okullar, özel ve kamu sektörlerindeki özel işletmeler) erken çocukluk dönemi değerlendirmesi, test ve madde oluşturma, ölçme araçlarının geliştirilmesinde yöntem ve istatistik, araştırma yöntemleri ve istatistik konularında eğitim ve seminerler vermiştir. 2014 yılından bu yana lisans düzeyinde eğitsel değerlendirme ve gelişim psikolojisi, yüksek lisans ve doktora düzeyinde ise araştırma yöntemleri dersleri vermektedir. Yüksek lisans ve doktora düzeyinde tez çalışmalarına danışmanlık yapmıştır.
 

N. Selin Copgeven is a research assistant at the Faculty of Open Education at Anadolu University. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Computer Education and Instructional Technologies at Anadolu University. After completing her bachelor's, she earned a Master's degree in Distance Education from Anadolu University, focusing on learning analytics, data visualization, and dashboards. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Distance Education and conducting academic research on AI-based gamification.