Mr Mustafa Aslan
(he/him)
Teams and roles for Mustafa Aslan
Graduate Tutor
Research student
Overview
I am a second-year PhD student in the Data Lab for Social Good Research Group at Cardiff University, UK. My research focuses on reducing delays and inefficiencies in hospital discharge processes and patient flow. Specifically, I work to improve discharge care coordination and operational effectiveness, including workforce planning and patient care delivery. To achieve this, I develop decision-making frameworks that integrate probabilistic machine learning and forecasting models with sequential optimization techniques. My work also leverages machine-learning-based causal inference methods to provide actionable insights for healthcare providers and administrators on the factors contributing to discharge delays and inefficiencies. In addition to my PhD work, I lead research seminars within the Data Lab for Social Good Research Group.
I am passionate about mathematical modeling and uncertany quantification, with a focus on developing probabilistic forecasting models and tailored machine learning solutions to address complex healthcare challenges under uncertainty. I particularly enjoy building these models from scratch in Python as reusable packages, with applications in healthcare operations and patient care delivery.
Supervision team
- Lead: Prof. Bahman Rostami-Tabar, Professor of Analytics and Decision Sciences, Data Lab for Social Good Research Group, Cardiff Business School, UK
- Co: Dr. Jeremy Dixon, Reader in Social Work at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), Cardiff University, UK
Funder
Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS)
Research
Research Themes
- Data-driven decision making in healhcare services under uncertainy
- Healthcare analytics
- Statistical learning and machine learning
- Reinforcement learning and stochastic optimization
- Time series forecasting
- Probabilistic forecasting
Teaching
Graduate Tutor – Cardiff University
Training sessions with Data Lab for Social Good Research Group
I designed and delievered following training workshops:
- Mar 2025 - Introduction to Python and Quarto on Visual Studio Code
- May 2025- Introduction to Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning
Biography
Education
- 2024 - Current: Ph.D., Business Studies, Cardiff University, UK.
- 2017 - 2021: M.Sc., Financial Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
- 2011 - 2015: B.Sc., Business Administration, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Honours and awards
- 2024-2028 - Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Studentship Award
- June 2024 - The Best Presentation Award at the 5th Welsh Postgraduate Research Cluster Workshop
- Marct 2025 - NATCOR Bursaries / EURO Funding for Stochastic Modelling Workshop
Academic positions
Graduate tutor in Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
Professional memberships
- Research seminer lead of Data Lab for Social Good Research Group
- Student Member - The Operational Research Society (The OR Society)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Time Series Forecasting
- Machine learning
- Stochastic Optimization
- Reinforcement learning
- Causal Machine Learning