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Ibrahim Ozkan

I am teaching at the Department of Economics, Hacettepe University. My research spans Decision Theory, Finance and Quantitative models. My research interest includes, Empirical models, Finance, International Finance, Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy System Modeling, Pattern Recognition and Descriptive Modeling

Academic Positions

  • Present 2014

    Professor

    Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

  • 2014 2008

    Assoc. Professor

    Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

  • 2008 2008

    Postdoc Fellow

    University of Toronto KIS Lab, MIE

  • 2008 2007

    Asst. Professor

    Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

  • 2006 2006

    Postdoc Fellow

    University of Toronto KIS Lab, MIE

  • 2007 2005

    Lecturer

    Hacettepe University, Department of Economics

  • 2005 2003

    Postdoc Fellow

    University of Toronto KIS Lab, MIE

  • 2003 2001

    Researcher

    University of Toronto KIS Lab, MIE

  • 1990 1988

    Research Assistant

    Middle East Technical University, Dept. of Electric and Electronic Eng

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. 2003

    Ph.D. in Economics

    Hacettepe University

  • M.A.1997

    M.A. in Economics

    Hacettepe University

  • B.S.1987

    Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

    Middle East Technical University

Industrial Experience, Awards

  • IIC Fuzzy Corp. 2002-2005
    Senior Researcher, Toronto, Canada
    Projects: Application of the Fuzzy System Modeling to predict creditworthiness of credit card holders of a major Canadian Bank (using Matlab, SPSS & Mathematica); Application of Rule Based Fuzzy System Modelling (RBFSM) to predict the income and wealth of the customers of a major Canadian Bank (using Matlab & SAS); Implementation of Possibilistic C-mean Clustering (PCM) in C++; System level design specification of Data-Mining by using RBFSM; Technical design of Rule Based Fuzzy System Modeling.
  • Ericsson Research 1999-2000
    Design Engineer, Montreal, Canada
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    Research on SS7 based interfaces over IP in General Packet Radio Service (GPRS-GSM 03.60). This research resulted in international patent titled 'Mobile Terminal Handover From a Second Generation Network to a Third Generation IP-Based Netweork'. (WIPO Patent Application WO/2001/031963)
  • Siemens 1991-1996
    R&D Engineer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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    SW Projects: Design and Implementation of CCS No 7 Signaling System for Turkey; Country Adaptation of Small Digital Exchange Software for Turkey and Ex-Soviet countries.
  • Simko 1991-1998
    R&D Engineer, Ankara, Turkey
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    SW Projects: Design and Coding of "CCBS, RCF, CM" software parts for small digital exchange; Implementation of CCS No 7 Signaling System for small digital exchange.
  • Turk Telekom 1990-1991
    Telecom Engineer, Ankara, Turkey
    Worked as Telecom Engineer. Received Best Project Turk-Telecom R&D Award, Concentrator Design Project in 1991
  • Turk Telekom 1987-1988
    Telecom Engineer, Ankara, Turkey
    Worked as Telecom Engineer.

Tubitak Projects

  • 2013-2014
    Researcher, Ankara, Turkey
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    Exchange Rate Pass Through: Time varying nature and its determinants (Project No: 113K389).
  • 2011-2012
    Project Manager, Hacettepe, Turkey
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    International Transfers of Business Cycles: Where is Turkish Economy? (Project No: 110K451). Two papers published: (i) Ozkan, I., & Erden, L. International transmission of business cycles to Turkey. Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, 27(320), 9-34. (2012) and (ii) Erden, L., & Ozkan, I. (2014). Determinants of international transmission of business cycles to Turkish economy. Economic Modelling, 36, 383-390.