Education

• University of Rome Sapienza

  MSc in Data Science

  GPA: 110/110. Honor Student.

  from 2022

  to 2024

• Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Double BSc in Econometrics & Economics

  GPA: 7.7/10.

  from 2018

  to 2022

• Robert College of Istanbul

  High School Diploma

  from 2013

  to 2018

Experience

• PhD in Data Science

  Doctoral research in Data Science at University of Rome Sapienza.

  from Nov. 2025

  to Present

• Data Science Researcher

  

  Game Theory models for online ad auctions under Prof. Stefano Leonardi.

  View Project

  from Oct. 2024

  to Jan. 2025

• Teaching Assistant @ Erasmus University Rotterdam

  

  TA for the courses Combinatorial Optimization and Stochastic Simulation.

  from Sep. 2021

  to Aug. 2022

Projects

• 123offerte.it

  

  Website built with a custom AI research algorithm that extracts structured subscription plans from unstructured data.

  Visit Website

  Jul. 2025

• MLX-OCR Library

  

  Deep learning Python library that uses Apple's MLX for image to text conversion.

  View on GitHub

  Feb. 2025

• Master's Thesis in Neural Network Merging

  

  Enhanced linear merging methods with improved the SoTA accuracy up to 7%.

  Sep. 2024

• Multiplex Network Analysis Toolkit

  

  Python library for multiplex graph network analysis including new measures for multiplex networks.

  View on PyPI

  May. 2024

• Neural Image Geolocation

  

  Multimodal transformer for predicting coordinates of street level images with novel contrastive learning and PEFT.

  Feb. 2024

• Bayesian Vector Error Correction Model

  

  Bayesian Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) estimator using Gibbs Sampling to predict stock market returns.

  Jul. 2023

• Bachelor's Thesis on Hierarchical Cluster Analysis

  

  Novel class of model multi-layered Gaussian Mixture Models with constrained covariance structure.

  View in PDF

  Jul. 2022

• Spatial Implications of Sectoral Changes in Netherlands

  

  Time series and fixed effects models to estimate the economic sectoral developments and its spatial consequences.

  View on dev.to

  Apr. 2021

Tools & Skills

Tools:

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

MLX

Transformers

Pandas

NumPy

OpenCV

statsmodels

NetworkX

Streamlit

Java

R

MATLAB

QGIS

Nuxt.js

Cloudflare

Skills:

Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Time Series Analysis, Econometrics, Data Mining

Languages:

Native in English and Turkish; professional proficiency in Italian