Education:

• Ph. D. (Statistics), 1989, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• M. Sc. (Statistics), 1972, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Academic and Professional Experience:

• Professor, 2016 – to date, Statistics Department, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• Professor, 2010 – 2016, Economics Department, Cankaya University, Turkey
• Associate Professor, 2005 – 2010, Economics Department, Cankaya University, Turkey
• Assistant Professor, 1999 – 2005, Economics Department, Cankaya University, Turkey
• Assistant Professor., 1989 – 1999, Statistics Department, Middle East Tech. University, Turkey
• Instructor, 1986 – 1989, Statistics Department, Middle East Tech. University, Turkey
• Teaching Assistant., 1983 – 1986, Statistics Department, Middle East Tech. University, Turkey
• Assistant Professor, 1981 – 1983, Statistics Department, Gomal University, Pakistan
• Lecturer, 1974 – 1981, Statistics Department, Gomal University, Pakistan
• Lecturer, 1973 – 1974, Statistics Department, Karachi University, Pakistan
• Research Assistant, 1972 – 1973, Statistics Department, Karachi University, Pakistan

Research Interests:

• Statistical Inference,
• Robust Statistical Methods,
• Nonparametric Methods,
• Multivariate Analysis,
• Regression Analysis,
• Design and Analysis of Experiments,
• Econometrics

Selected Publications:

• Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Multivariate Linear Regression Models Under Non-normality, M. Qamarul Islam, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, (posted online, August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2016.1183789).
• Estimation in multivariate nonnormal distributions with stochastic variance function, M. Qamarul Islam, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 255, 2014, 698–714
• Inference in multivariate linear regression models with elliptically distributed errors, M. Qamarul Islam, F. Yildirim, M. Yazici, Journal of Applied Statistics, Volume 41, Issue 8, 2014, 1746-1766
• Model Selection Uncertainties and Model Averaging in Autoregressive Time Series Models, M. Qamarul Islam, M. Yazici, Pak. J. Statist., Vol. 28(2), 2012, 239-252