Refereed Journal Articles

Fassbender E., Richards D., Bilgin A., Thompson W.F. (2008 submitted) An Investigation of the Role of Background Music in IVWs for Learning. ALT-J Special Issue: Learning and Teaching in Immersive Virtual Worlds.

Coggan S.E., Symythe G.A., Bilgin A. Grant R.S. (2008 submitted) Age and circadian influences on picolinic acid concentrations in human cerebrospinal fluid. Journal of Neurochemistry.

Grant R., Bilgin A., Zeuschner C., Guy T., Pearce R., Hokin B., Ashton J. (2008). The Relative Impact of a Vegetable-Rich Diet on Key Markers of Health in a Cohort of Australian Adolescents. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 17(1):107-115. (C1)

Bilgin A.A.B., Crowe S. (2008) Approaches to Learning in Statistics: Cross Cultural Learning Behaviour among University Students. Asian Social Science, 4(1): 37-43. Online at www.ccsenet.org/journal.html (C1)

Phan, T., Bilgin, A., Eyland, A. and Shaw, P. (2007). Young Adults in Vietnam: a Literacy Atlas. Pacific-Asian Education Journal, 19(1): 6-26.(C1)

Refereed Conference Papers

Bilgin A., (2008 submitted) A Historical Survey of PhD Students in Statistics. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Mathematics & Statistics, Athens, Greece, 16-19 June. (E1)

Fassbender E., Richards D., Thompson B., Bilgin A., Taylor A. (2008) The effect of Music on Learning in Virtual Environments - Initial Results. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Auditory Display, Paris, France, June 24-27, 2008 Online at http://www.icad.org/Proceedings/2008/FassbenderRichards2008.pdf  (E1)

Bilgin A.A.B., Fraser S. (2007). Empowering students to be the judges of their own performance through peer assessment. Proceedings of the IASE Satellite Conference on Assessing Student Learning In Statistics, IASE, Guimarães, Portugal, 19-22 August. Online at http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lss/statistics/IASE/CD_Assessment/papers/IASE_SAT_07_Bilgin_Fraser.pdf (E1)

Bilgin A.A.B., Luo K., Middledorp, J. (2007). Web-based Student Learning of Statistics. in Enhancing Higher Education, Theory and Scholarship, Proceedings of the 30th HERDSA Annual Conference [CD-ROM], Adelaide, Australia, 8-11 July. (E1)

Bilgin, A. and Petocz, P. (2006). LAMS and statistics pedagogy. In R. Philip, A. Voerman and J. Dalziel (eds.), Proceedings of the First International LAMS Conference 2006: Designing the Future of Learning, The LAMS Foundation, Sydney, 15-24 (ISBN: 1 74138 228 9). Online at http://lamsfoundation.org/lams2006/pdfs/Bilgin_and_Petocz_LAMS06.pdf (E1)

Bilgin, A.A.B. (2005). Estimating potential reductions in tonsillectomy rates. Proceedings of the 2004 Workshop on Research Methods: Statistics and Finance (pp. 55-65) University of Wollongong School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, ISBN 1 74128 107 5 (E1)

Conference Posters

Fassbender, Eric; Richards, Debbie; Thompson, William Forde; Bilgin, Ayse; Taylor, Alan. (2008 accepted) VirSchool - Investigations of tempo and pitch manipulations on the way to finding an ideal soundtrack for learning in virtual realities and educational 3d games. ICMPC10: The 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sapporo, Japan, 25-29 August 2008.

Grant R., Bilgin A., Zeuschner C., Guy T., Pearce R., Low A., Ashton J. (2007) Regular Nut Consumption Linked To Lower BMI in a Cohort of Australian Adolescents. Functional Foods Conference, (presented as a poster November 2007), Malaysia. 

Grant, R, Bilgin, A, Zeuschner, C, Guy, T, Ashton, J, Brown, S. (2006). The relative impact of a vegetarian diet on key markers of metabolic syndrome in a selected group of Australian adolescents, 10th International Congress on Obesity, (presented as a poster September 2006) Sydney.

Conference Presentations

Luo K., Vemulpad S., Bilgin A. (2008) Statistical Learning: Making it easy for non-statisticians. OZCOTS 2008 - 6th Australian Conference on Teaching Statistics, Melbourne, Australia, 3-4 July, 2008 (http://silmaril.math.sci.qut.edu.au/ozcots2008/papers/OZCOTS_Bilgin%20et%20al.pdf).

Bilgin, A. and Petocz, P. (2006). LAMS and statistics pedagogy. The First International LAMS Conference 2006: Designing the Future of Learning, The LAMS Foundation, Sydney. Online at (power point: http://saturn.melcoe.mq.edu.au/presentations/ABilginLAMS.ppt; http://saturn.melcoe.mq.edu.au/presentations/7_12_06_1_46_PM_Ayse_Bilgin.mp3)

Bilgin A.A.B. & McNeil D. (2004). Mapping correlations between socio-economic determinants and hospital outcomes. Presented at the IBC2004 Satellite Workshop: Epidemiological Methods and Clinical Trials for Preventive Health. Macquarie University, Sydney.

Bilgin, A.A.B. (2004). Estimating potential reductions in tonsillectomy rates. Presented at the Workshop on Research Methods: Statistics and Finance, Wollongong University, Wollongong.

Bilgin, A.A.B. (1997).  A Statistical Review of Clinical Indicators for Hysterectomy, Master of Quality Improvement Students from Indonesia, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.

Bilgin, A.A.B. (1994). Statistical Process Control in Hospitals, Young Statisticians Workshop, Contemporary Developments and Opportunities in Statistics, 28-30 September 1994 - Sydney Harbour National Park Conference Centre, Australia.

Other Publications

Phan, T., Bilgin, A., Eyland, A., Shaw, P. (2004). Literacy in Vietnam - an atlas: Report, Atlas, Methodology, Tables, in Macquarie Statistics Research Papers Vol. 2004; Volume 1; pages 1-34, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, ISSN 174 138 086 3. (C3)

Bilgin. A.A.B. (2004). Estimating potential reductions in tonsillectomy rates, in Macquarie Statistics Research Papers Vol. 2004; Volume 1; pages 1-9, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, ISSN 174 138 074X. (C3)

Bilgin. A. A. B. (Dec 2004). The study of the variation in utilisation rates between areas in NSW for 231 procedures, 1989 – 1996, PhD Thesis, School of Medical Practice and Population Health, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Bilgin. A. A. B. (Dec 1997). Utilisation Rates in NSW Hospitals from 1988/89 to 1995/96 (three volumes), Health Services Research Group, Research Paper, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Bilgin. A. A. B. (Mar 1997). A Statistical Review of Clinical Indicators for Hysterectomy, 1991/92 –1993/94, M. Maths (Statistics) Thesis, Department of Statistics, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Bombaci A.A. (Sep 1990). Market Time Series Analysis for the Asynchronous Motor Control Units. Ms.Sc. Thesis, Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey.

Bombaci A.A. (Jul 1988). Hydraulic Fracturing. Bs.Sc. Thesis. Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey.

Successful Grant Applications

Bilgin A.  2008. EFS Learning Excellence and Development Grant, Learning in Statistics: Does it get deeper or shallower over the years? $3,000.

Bilgin A., 2007, Macquarie University Competitive Grants Learning and Teaching, Analysis of PhD Completion Performance in EFS 1982 to 2007. $10,480.

Bilgin A., 2007, Macquarie University New Staff Grant, Peer Assessment in Statistics, $ 9,810.

Bilgin A., Crowe S., 2006, EFS Learning Excellence and Development Grant, Approaches to Learning in Statistics: Cross Cultural Learning Behaviour Among University Students, $3,000.

Middledorp J., McNeil D., Karpin A., Owens L, Luo K, Bilgin A., 2006, EFS Learning Excellence and Development Grant, WebSTAT use for online quizzes in a first year statistics course, $3,000.

Bilgin A., Luo K., Wong F., McNeil D., Hudson M., Wood G., 2006, EFS Flagship Grant, Web-Based Statistical Program Development, $22,000.

Petocz P, Bilgin A, 2005, Macquarie University Teaching Development Grant, LAMS and Statistics Pedagogy: Strategies and Materials, $8,000.