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Portrait of Dr. Tahir Ekin

Dr. Tahir Ekin

  • Professor - Endowed Chair at Dept of Information Systems & Analytics, McCoy College of Business
  • Program Staff at Center for Analytics & Data Science

Awards

2022

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Steven R. “Steve” Gregg Excellence Endowed Professorship, Texas State University McCoy College of Business. January 1, 2022 - August 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Defense Tech Connect Data/AI Innovation Spotlight, Defense Tech Connect. May 2022 - September 2022

2020

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2020 Texas State University Presidential Distinction Award in Scholar/Creative Activities, Texas State University. 2020
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Texas State University Presidential Excellence in Scholar/Creative Activities, Texas State University. February 2020 - June 2020

2019

  • Award / Honor Recipient: International Statistical Institute Elected Member. 2019 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University Presidential Research Leave Award. September 2019 - May 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: ACT IAC Igniting Innovation Conference and Awards Academic Award. April 2019

2018

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2018 Texas State University Presidential Distinction Award in Scholar/Creative Activities, Texas State University. August 2018
  • Award / Honor Nominee: MITRE Challenge on Eligibility Verification. September 2018 - March 2019
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Texas State University Presidential Excellence in Scholar/Creative Activities, Texas State University. February 2018 - June 2018

2017

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Gary Woods Award, Texas State University McCoy College. August 2017

2016

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2016 y-Bis Best Paper Award, International Society of Industrial and Business Statistics (ISBIS), American Statistical Association and US National Institute of Statistical Sciences. June 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Travel Award, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute & National Science Foundation. March 16, 2016

2015

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Brandon Dee Roberts Excellence Professorship, Texas State University McCoy College. 2015 - 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor for 2015, Alpha Chi Society. November 2015

2013

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Program Excellence in Teaching and Learning Travel Award, Texas State University. May 2013

2007

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Full Merit Scholarship (5 year full tuition waiver, stipends), The George Washington University Business School. August 2007

2003

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Full Merit Scholarship (4 year full tuition waiver, stipends), Bilkent University. September 2003
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Youth Award, Turkiye Is Bankasi. June 2003