Refik Soyer
Title: Professor of Management Science
Department: Decision Sciences
Address: Funger Hall, Suite 415C
Phone: (202) 994-6445
Email: soyer@gwu.edu
Degrees: D.Sc. in Operations Research, George Washington University, 1985
M.Sc. in Operational Research, Sussex University (England), 1979
B.A. in Economics, Bogazici University (Turkey), 1978
Area of Expertise: Bayesian Statistics, Reliability Analysis, Stochastic Modeling, Time Series Analysis, and Decision Analysis
Editorial Positions: Section Editor: Encyclopedia of Quality and Reliability, 2005 – Present
Associate Editor: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1992 - 1994.
Professional Activities: Vice-President of The International Association for Statistical Computing, 2001 - 2003.
Current Research: Bayesian Mortgage Default Models, Population Utility Estimation, Modeling Call Center Arrivals, Analyzing Pulse Trains, and Modeling Mental Health Data.
Grants: National Science Foundation (1996 – 2000), Dupont Educational Grant (1996-1998)
Other: Soyer’s areas of interests are Bayesian statistics and decision analysis, stochastic modeling, statistical aspects of reliability analysis, and time series analysis. He has published more than 80 papers and directed 8 doctoral dissertations. He has also co-edited a volume titled “Mathematical Reliability: An Expository Perspective.” Soyer’s research in the above areas, focus on modeling and methodology development, and applications of these models and methods to real problems. Some recent examples of such work include Bayesian portfolio selection models, maintenance practices for rail road tracks, modeling call center arrivals, analyzing pulse trains, and modeling mental health data.
He is the director of the Institute for Integrating Statistics in Decision Sciences at GW. He also is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, a fellow of the Turkish Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.