• M.Sc., Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2023-ongoing.
• B.Sc., Department of Philosophy, Anadolu University, Turkey, 2017-2020.
• Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, U.K. 2004-2007.
• M.Sc., Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2002-2004.
• Minor,: Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2000-2002.
• B.Sc., Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1998-2002.

Recent Academic Posts

• October 2018-current, Professor, Dept. of Statistics, METU
• December 2012-October 2018, Associate Professor, Dept. of Statistics, METU.
• February 2011-current, Affiliated Faculty Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, METU.
• January 2011-current, Affiliated Faculty Member, Informatics Institute, METU.
• November 2010-current, Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute of Applied Mathematics, METU.
• August 2010-December 2012, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Statistics, METU.

Recent Professional Activities

• July 2023-June 2024, Academic Advisor, Huawei Turkey R&D Center.
• Nov.2022-Nov.2023, Associate Editor of BMC Bioinformatics.
• July 2022 - Dec. 2024, Associate Editor of Biometrics.
• 2022-2024, Chair of Award Fund Committee, International Biometric Society (IBS).
• June 2020 - June 2022, Associate Editor of Biometrics.
• 2016 - 2022, Awards Fund Committee Member, International Biometric Society (IBS).
• June 2019 - June 2023, Country Representative, Eastern Mediterranean Region of the International Biometric Society (EMR-IBS).
• June 2019 - current, Chair, Graduate Programme of Biomedical Engineering, METU.
• June 2019 - current, Erasmus Coordinator, Graduate Programme of Biomedical Engineering, METU.
• Dec. 2018- current, Editorial Board of International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operational Research.
• Dec. 2018-current, Advisory Board of the Journal of Data Science and Applications.
• 2010-current, Advisory Board and Regular Referee for Journal of Biostatistics - Turkish Clinics.
• 2013-current, Internship Coordinator, Department of Statistics, METU.
• Nov. 2016 - March 2020, Biomolecular Engineering Track Representative, Department of Biomedical Engineering, METU.

Recent Scholarships and Awards

• 2011 - 2019, 2021: Academic Performance Award, METU
• 2015: Finalist of Sabri Ülker Science Award, Sabri Ülker Food Research Foundation.

(Note: The complete list of scholarships and awards can be found in the attached CV).

Research Interests:

• Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, High Dimensional Data, Neuroscience, Social Statistics.

Recent Projects

• Principal investigator, September 2023 -March 2025, Scientific Research Project (BAP1), METU. Project title: Parameter estimation and model selection in network modeling for circular data. Project no: 11401.
• Co-investigator, January 2020-January 2022, Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK - 1003 Programme). Project title: Development of hardware and software infrastructure for physiological human data for use in human-machine applications. Project no: 117E650.
• Tutorial Lecturer, 18-20 October 2021, Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK - 2237-B Programme). Project title: Project training in engineering (MAPRE).
• Principal investigator, January 2020-January 2022, Scientific Research Project (BAP1), METU. Project title: Approximate stochastic simulation algorithms in protein-protein interaction networks. Project no: BAP-10282.
• Secondary-investigator, May 2016-November 2020, European Community 7th Framework Programme (COST Programme). Project title: European network for statistical network science. Project no: CA15109.

(Note: The complete list of projects can be found in the attached CV.)

Selected Publications:

Books

• Purutçuoğlu, V., Weber, G.W., and Farnoudkia, H. (January 2024) "Operations Research New Paradigms and Emerging Applications, Series II", CRC/Taylor and Francis (In press)
• Purutçuoğlu, V. and Ayyıldız, E. (October 2023) " Statistics in the Field of Bioinformatics (Biyoinformatik Alanında Istatistik-in Turkish) ", Nobel Publisher, 2nd Edition (In press)
• Purutçuoğlu, V., Weber, G.W., and Farnoudkia, H. (November 2022) "Operations Research New Paradigms and Emerging Applications", CRC/Taylor and Francis. ISBN: 9781032349268 (https://www.routledge.com/Operations-Research-New-Paradigms-and-Emerging...).
• Purutçuoğlu, V. and Ayyıldız, E. (December 2014) " Statistics in the Field of Bioinformatics (Biyoinformatik Alanında Istatistik-in Turkish) ", Nobel Publisher. ISBN: 978-605-320-008-6 (http://www.nobelyayin.com/detay.asp?u=4309)
• Wit, E., Vinciotti, V., and Purutçuoğlu, V. (November, 2023) " Statistics for Biological Networks: How to Infer Networks from Data ", Chapman and Hall/CRC. ISBN: 978-439841470 (http://www.amazon.com/Statistics-Biological-Networks-Chapman-Interdiscip...)

Recent Chapters in Books

• Doğan-Dar, E. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2024). "Non-parametric circular network construction via microarray data ", Chapter in: Operations Research: New Paradigms and Emerging Applications, Series II. Editors: V. Purutçuoğlu, G. W. Weber, and H. Farnoudkia, CRC/Taylor and Francis.
• Sarasir, F. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2024). "Imputation of missing value in EMG signaling data ", Chapter in: Operations Research: New Paradigms and Emerging Applications, Series II. Editors: V. Purutçuoğlu, G. W. Weber, and H. Farnoudkia, CRC/Taylor and Francis.
• Atar, G. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2024). "Statistical modeling of social data: a case study from TAYA 2016 survey ", Chapter in: Operations Research: New Paradigms and Emerging Applications, Series II. Editors: V. Purutçuoğlu, G. W. Weber, and H. Farnoudkia, CRC/Taylor and Francis.
• Kalaycı, B., Purutçuoğlu, V. , Weber, G. W., Uğur,  O, and Defterli, Ö. (2024). "Application of various modelling techniques into consumer confidence index ", Chapter in: Operations Research: New Paradigms and Emerging Applications, Series II. Editors: V. Purutçuoğlu, G. W. Weber, and H. Farnoudkia, CRC/Taylor and Francis.
• Bahçivancı, B. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2024). "Selection of threshold in binary graphes of biological networks ", Chapter in: Smart Green Energy Production. Editors: P. Vasant, J.J. Thomas, R.R. Aguilar, and G.W. Weber, De Gruyter.
• Kaygusuz, M. A. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2024). "The bootstrap-based model selection methods for sparse biological network ". Chapter in: Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics V. Editors: A. Pinto and D. Zilberman. Springer.
• Demirbüken, S. and Puruçuoğlu, V. (2024). "Approximate stochastic simulation algorithms ", Chapter in: Smart Green Energy Production. Editors: P. Vasant, J.J. Thomas, R.R. Aguilar, and G.W. Weber, De Gruyter.
• Farnoudkia, H. and Purutçuoğlu, V.(2024). "Inference of time series chain graphical model ". Chapter in: Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics V. Editors: A. Pinto and D. Zilberman. Springer.
• Erkuş, E. C. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2024). "Outlier detection in biomedical data: ECG focused approaches ". Chapter in: Chapter in: Advanced Optimization, Optimal Control and Meta-heuristics for Operational Research, Analytics and Decision-Making in Emerging Markets. Editors: E. Munapo, J. J. Thomas, P. Vasant, G. W. Weber. CRC Taylor and Francis.
• Kaygusuz, M. A. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2024). "Model selection criteria with bootstrap algorithms: applications with biological networks ". Chapter in: Advanced Optimization, Optimal Control and Meta-heuristics for Operational Research, Analytics and Decision-Making in Emerging Markets. Editors: E. Munapo, J. J. Thomas, P. Vasant, G. W. Weber. CRC Taylor and Francis.
• Farnoudkia, H. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2023). "Bayesian inference for undirected network models ", 218-238. Chapter in: Operations Research: New Paradigms and Emerging Applications. Editors: V. Purutçuoğlu, G. W. Weber, and H. Farnoudkia, CRC/Taylor and Francis.
• Arı, F., Akan, E., Aktaş Dinçer, H., Erkuş, E.C., Farzin-Asanjan, M., Gökçay, D., Ileri, F., Purutçuoğlu, V., and Somuncuoğlu, A. N. (2023). "Evaluation of data compression methods for efficient transport and classification of facial EMG signals ", 239-258. Chapter in: Operations Research: New Paradigms and Emerging Applications. Editors: V. Puruçoğlu, G. W. Weber, and H. Farnoudkia, CRC/Taylor and Francis.
• Kalaycı, B., Purutçuoğlu, V., andWeber, G. W. (2023). "Operation research in neuroscience: a recent perspective of operation research application in Finance ", 170-190. Chapter in: Operations Research: New Paradigms and Emerging Applications. Editors: V. Purutçuoğlu, G. W. Weber, and H. Farnoudkia, CRC/Taylor and Francis.
• Demirbüken, S. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2022) "Extension of leap condition in approximate stochastic simulation algorithms of biological networks with 2nd and 3rd order Taylor expansion". 271-290. Chapter in: Mathematical Methods for Engineering Applications. Editors: F. Yilmaz, A. Queiruga-Dios, M.J.S. Sánchez, D. Rasteiro, V.G. Martínez, and J.M. Vaquero. Springer.
• Seçilmiş, D., Ağraz, M. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2022) "Two novel non-parametric models in the construction of biological networks ". 77-100. Chapter in: Bayesian Reasoning and Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning Applications. Editors: K. Hemachandran, S. Tayal, P. M. George, P. Singla, U. Köse. CRC/Taylor and Francis Press.
• Ayyıldız, E. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2022) "Generating various types of graphical models via MARS". 101-110. Chapter in: Bayesian Reasoning and Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning Applications. Editors: K. Hemachandran, S. Tayal, P. M. George, P. Singla, U. Köse. CRC/Taylor and Francis Press.
• Purutçuoğlu, V. and Farnoudkia, H. (2021) "Vine copula and artificial neural network models to analysis breast cancer data". 287-304. Chapter in: Artificial Intelligence for Data-Driven Medical Diagnosis. Editors: D. Gupta, U. Kose, B. L. Nguyen, S. Bhattacharyya. De Gruyter.
• Ağyüz, U., Purutçuoğlu, V., Purutçuoğlu, E. and Ürün, Y. (2021) "Construction of a new model to investigate breast cancer data". 11-29. Chapter in: Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics IV. Editors: A. Pinto and D. Zilberman. Springer.
• Doğan Dar, E., Purutçuoğlu, V. and Purutçuoğlu, E. (2020) "Detection of HIV-1 protease cleavages sites via hidden Markov model and physicochemical properties of aminoacids". 171- 193. Chapter in: Numerical Solutions of Realistic Nonlinear Phenomena. Editors: J. A. T. Machado, N. Ozdemir, D. Baleanu. Springer.

Recent Articles

• Kalaycı, B., Purutçuoğlu, V., and Weber, G.W. (2023). "Optimal model description of finance and human factor indices ". Central European Journal of Operations Research, 1-21(Under review).
• Erkuş, E.C. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2023). "A new collective anomaly detection approach using pitch frequency and dissimilarity: pitchy anomaly detection (PAD)) ". Journal of Computational Science, 72, 102084, 1-31.
• Demirbüken, S. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2022). "Extension of leap condition in approximate stochastic simulation algorithms of biological networks ". Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, 14 (2), 1-10.
• Erkuş, E.C. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2021). "Outlier detection and quasi-periodicity optimization algorithm: Frequency domain based outlier detection (FOD) ". European Journal of Operational Research, 291, 560-574.
• Farnoudkia, H. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2021). "Vine copula graphical models in the construction of biological networks ". Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 50 (4), 11721184.
• Bülbül, G. B. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2021). "Novel model selection criteria for LMARS: MARS designed for biological networks ". Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 91 (9), 17491761.
• Demirbüken, S. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2022) "Extension of leap condition in approximate stochastic simulation algorithms of biological networks", Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, 14 (2), 1-10.
• Bülbül, G. B. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2021) "Novel model selection criteria for LMARS: MARS designed for biological networks". Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 21 (9), 1749-1761.
• Farnoudkia, H. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2021) " Vine copula graphical models in the construction of biological networks". Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 50 (4), 1172–1184.
• Erkuş, E.C. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2021) "Outlier detection and quasi-periodicity optimization algorithm: Frequency domain based outlier detection (FOD)". European Journal of Operational Research, 291, 560-574.
• Ağraz, M. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2020) "Long-tailed graphical model and frequentist inference of the model parameters for biological networks". Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 90 (9), 1591-1605.
• Farnoudkia, H. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2020) "Application of r-vine copula method in Istanbul stock market data: A case study for the construction sector". Journal of Turkish Operations Management, 4 (2), 509-518.
• Ağraz, M. and Purutçuoğlu, V. (2020). "Long-tailed graphical model and frequentist inference of the model parameters for biological networks ". Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 90 (9), 1591-1605.

(Note: The complete list of projects can be found in the attached CV.)