Statistics and Informatics

Academic Staff

Aug. 5, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Avan Safar Elias Al-Saffar
Avan Safar Elias Al-Saffar (PhD)
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Assistant Professor in Applied Statistic

Statistics and Informatics
College of Administration and Economics
University of Duhok
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  • 2018: PhD in Mathematical Biology, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield
  • 2008: MSc in Applied Statistics, College of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Mosul
  • 2005: BSc in Statistics, College of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Mosul

  • Calculus
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Operations researches
  • Time series
  • Sampling
  • Linear algebra
  • differentiation and Integration
  • Regression
  • Matlab
  • SPSS
  • Design and Analysis of Experiments
  • Non-Parametric methods
  • Advanced Mathematical Statistics

Attending Conferences, workshops, and Seminars locally and Internationally. Giving Seminars. Statistical Consultant

Research

  1. Al-Saffar, Avan, and Eun-jin Kim. "Sustainable theory of a logistic model-Fisher Information approach." Mathematical biosciences 285 (2017): 81-91.
  2. Al-Saffar, Avan, and Haithem Taha Mohammed Ali. "Using power transformations in response surface methodology." In 2022 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSASE), pp. 374-379. IEEE, 2022.
  3. Kim, Eun-jin, and Avan Al-Saffar. "Fisher information approach to understand the Gompertz model." Mathematics in Applied Sciences and Engineering 3, no. 4 (2022): 200-279.
  4. Ali, Taha, Avan Al-Saffar, and Sarbast Saeed Ismael. "Using Bayes weights to estimate parameters of a Gamma Regression model." Iraqi Journal of Statistical Sciences 20, no. 1 (2023): 43-54.
  5. Al-Saffar, Avan. "Some new results of a fractional von Bertalanffy model." E-Jurnal Matematika 12, no. 3 (2023): 194-199.
  6. Al-Saffar, A., and Z. Y. Algamal. "Iraqi Journal of Statistical Sciences." Iraqi Journal of Statistical Sciences 21, no. 1 (2024): 102-111.
  7. Al-Saffar, Avan. " Statistical Analysis of the factors affecting autism spectrum disorder (ASD): A case study of the Private and Government Autism Centre in the city of Duhok." University of Kirkuk Journal for Administrative and Economic Science (2024) 14 (3): 392-402.
  8. Al-Saffar, Avan, and Eun-jin Kim. "Fisher Information Approach in Modified Predator–Prey Model." Axioms 14, no. 2 (2025): 144.
  9. Al-Saffar, Avan, and Eun-jin Kim. "Sustainability of a Three-Species Predator–Prey Model in Tumor-Immune Dynamics with Periodic Treatment." Entropy 27, no. 3 (2025): 264.
  10. Al-Saffar, Avan, and Faraj Y. Ishak. "Existence, Uniqueness and Stability Solution for Nonlinear Fractional Four-Species Lotka-Volterra Model". Journal of Fractional Calculus and Applications. (2026) (Accepted not published yet).

  • Non-linear dynamical systems
  • Applied Statistics
  • Information theory
  • Probability
  • Mathematical Biology