Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Deniz Ünal Özpalamutcu, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Ünal Özpalamutcu
I.2 - Name
Deniz
I.3 - Degrees
Professor 2021-Assoc Prof. 2012-Assistant Prof. 2008--PhD.2006,-M.Sc 2002- BSc-1998
I.4 - Year of birth
16.011976
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius Univversity
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Odbojárov 10, 820 05 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
denizunal@uniba.sk
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Mathematics, Risk Analysis
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-3039

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
B. Sc, MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Education Faculty-
II.b - Year
1993-1998
II.c - Study field and programme
Teaching of Mathematics- Department of Education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Master, İHSAN DOĞRAMACI BİLKENT UNIVERSITY,
II.b - Year
2000-2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Science Facuty- Mathematics Department
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
PhD, ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY,
II.b - Year
2003-2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Science Faculty- Statistic Department
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Çukurova University
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Statistics
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Çukurova University
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Statistics
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
PhD, ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY,
II.b - Year
2003-2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Science Faculty- Statistic Department

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Professor Comenius University-Management Faculty 2024-
Professor Çukurova University Science Faculty 2021-2023
Associative Prof. Çukurova University Science Faculty 2012-2021
Assistant Prof. Çukurova University Science Faculty 2008-2012
Research Assistant Çukurova University Science Faculty 2004-2008
Research Assistant Bilkent University -Science Faculty Math. 2000-2003

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Mathematics I Comenius University-Management Faculty
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
33
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
17
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
15
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1
Comparison of Data Mining Classification Algorithms Determining the Default Risk

Scientific Programming

2019 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1155/2019/8706505

WOSUID: WOS:000459098200001

Contributors: Cigsar, Begum; Unal, Deniz


URL

http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000459098200001&KeyUID=WOS:000459098200001

2
Accelerating the premiums for annuities, life annuities and life insurance


Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

2019-06-03 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2018.1564329

Part of ISSN: 0361-0926

Part of ISSN: 1532-415X


URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2018.1564329

3
The Effect of Gender and Gender-Dependent Factors on the Default Risk


Revista De Cercetare Si Interventie Sociala

2018 | Journal article

WOSUID:Contributors: Cigsar, Begum; Unal, Deniz


URL

http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000457127100002&KeyUID=WOS:000457127100002

4
Comparison of the iterative stein-rule and the usual estimators of the disturbance variance under the pitman nearness criterion in a linear regression model with proxy variables


Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

2013 | Journal article

DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2011.593287

EID: 2-s2.0-84877939575

Contributors: Ünal, D.; Yüksel, G.


URL

http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877939575&partnerID=MN8TOARS



5

Çığşar, B., Ünal, D., Boulou, A. H. B., & Alshahaby, B. (2024) Logistic and CSG Growth Models for Predicting Life Expectancy. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 29(2), 503-513.



URL:

https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/yyufbed/issue/86882/1432156


VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Çığşar, B., Ünal, D., Boulou, A. H. B., & Alshahaby, B. (2024) Logistic and CSG Growth Models for Predicting Life Expectancy. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 29(2), 503-513.

2


Alpman Burcu, Ünal Deniz (2019). ACCELERATING THE PREMIUMS FOR ANNUITIES, LIFE ANNUITIES AND LIFE INSURANCE. Communication in Statistics Theory and Methods (  No: 4652387)

3

Boga, S., Çığşar, B., & Ünal, D. (2023). Determining Consumer Default Risk with Data Mining Techniques: An Empirical Analysis on Turkey. International Journal of Contemporary Economics and Administrative Sciences, 13(1), 084-100

4

Ünal, D., Çığşar, B., Alam, D., Atalar, Ş. E., Gümüş, S. İ., & Çakıtlı, A. (2023). Reading The World With Statistical Literacy: Results of An Emprical Study. Bilge International Journal of Science and Technology Research, 7(2), 198-203.

5

Çığşar Begüm, Ünal Deniz (2019). Comparison of Data Mining Classification Algorithms Determining the Default Risk. Scientific Programming, 2019, 1-8., Doi: 10.1155/2019/8706505 (  No: 4819935)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1
Comparison of data mining classification algorithms determining the default risk

Çığşar , Ünal  - Scientific Programming, 2019 - Wiley Online Library

Big data and its analysis have become a widespread practice in recent times, applicable to

multiple industries. Data mining is a technique that is based on statistical applications. This…

Save Quote Number of times cited: 86 Related articles All 6 versions


URL for Citations:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=12005128613583877244&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=tr




2
Gompertz, logistic and brody functions to model the growth of fish species Siganus rivulatus

Ü Deniz , H YELDAN , GÜL Eylem … - Acta Biologica …, 2017 - actabiologicaturcica.com

The purpose of this study is to apply the Gompertz, Logistic and Brody models, which are

mostly used in literature because of having good capacities to describe growth, thanks to the …

Save Quote Number of times cited: 9 Related articles All 4 versions 


URL for Citations:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=9190130477323943037&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=tr

3
The effects of the proxy information on the iterative Stein-rule estimator of the disturbance variance

Ünal  - Statistical Papers, 2010 - Springer

In a regression model with proxy variables, we consider the iterative estimator of the

disturbance variance to obtain more precise estimates. In the formula of the estimator of the …

Save Quote Number of times cited: 7 Related articles All 12 versions


URL for Citations:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=10564685144316121335&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=tr

4
Mixture distribution approach in financial risk analysis

K Kocak, N Calis , Unal  - Journal of Business Economics and …, 2013 - haberpark.org.tr

In recent years, major changes occurred in the prices of stock exchange and appeared the necessity

of measuring the financial risk. Nowadays, Value-atRisk (VaR) is often used to calculate …

Save Quote Number of times cited: 4 Related articles 


URL for Citations:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=4493567003910943471&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=tr

5
[PDF] Comparison of the iterative Stein-rule and the usual estimators of the error variance under the Pitman nearness criterion

Ünal , G Yüksel  - Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 2009 - haberpark.org.tr

… Deniz Ünal ∗ and Güzin Yüksel∗† … Unal [10] compared this estimator with the OLS

estimator with respect to the MSE criterion in a regression model with proxy variables. The aim of…

Save Quote Number of times cited: 2 Related articles All 3 versions 


URL for Citations:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=3858014727875091827&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=tr


VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Data Mining Classification Algorithms in Credit Risks, scientific research project supported by Higher Education Institutions,


Supported by the Higher Education Institution

2

Comparison of the Iterative Stein rule and the Usual Estimators of the Disturbance Variance under the Pitman Nearness Criterion in a Linear Regression Model with Proxy Variables


Supported by the Higher Education Institution

3

Examining the Conditions that will strengthen the Success of the Iterative SteinRule Estimator of The Disturbance Variance in Proxy Model


Supported by the Higher Education Institution

4

The Types of Annuities with Flexible Payment Premium


APPROACHES TO GROWTH MODELS AND NEW GROWTH MODELS,


Supported by the Higher Education Institution

5

DISCOVER LIFE WITH MATHEMATICS- Statistical literacy, DENİZ ÜNAL&KAMURAN TARIM,


Supported by the TÜBİTAK

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Prof. Dr. Çukurova University 2021-2023
Assoc. Prof. Çukurova University 2008-2021
Assitant Prof. Çukurova University 2006-2008
Research Assistant Çukurova University 2003-2006
Research Assistant Bilkent University 2000-2002

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts