Inci Batmaz

Inci Batmaz is a Professor of Statistics at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. She holds a dual Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (Ege University, Turkey) and a Dissertation from Carnegie-Mellon University (USA) as a Fulbright Scholar. Her academic career includes roles such as Chair of the Department of Statistics (2012–2015), Graduate Program Coordinator, and membership in various institutional boards. She has been affiliated with the Financial Mathematics Program at METU's Institute of Applied Mathematics since 2003.

Her research focuses on Data Science & Analytics, Data Mining, Computational Statistics, Machine Learning, and Environmental Statistics. She has published extensively in top journals and edited volumes, including Recent Advances in Statistics (2007) and contributed to climate change studies, financial modeling, and simulation metamodeling.

Dr. Batmaz has been recognized with multiple awards, including METU Publication Awards (2007–2016), TÜBİTAK Fellowships, and the Netherlands National Research Foundation Grant (2002). Her work bridges statistical methodology with real-world applications in climate science, finance, and industrial quality improvement.