Portfolio

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Master Thesis

• Developed an analytical approach to highlight the detrimental effects of gerrymandering on electoral fairness.
• Utilized advanced technologies, including CPLEX Java API, R, and QGIS, to support modeling and analysis.
• A Mixed-Integer Mathematical Model developed and solved optimally for relatively small cases.
• Designed and implemented a tabu search algorithm for efficient solutions to large-scale cases.

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Machine Learning Project for Analyzing a Financial Dataset

• Applied several machine learning techniques
• Feature engineering
• Dimensionality reduction and visualization of a high dimensional dataset

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Descriptive Data Analytics of an E-commerce Dataset

• A descriptive analysis on an e-commerce website dataset
• Applied a funnel analysis

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Recognizing Handwritten Digits by using Artificial Neural Network

• Matlab Implementation of a Feed Forward Neural Network on MNIST Dataset

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Gibbs Sampling & EM Algorithm Implementation

• Mandatory course project for Simulation Methods for Statistical Inference
• Applied Gibbs sampling and Expectation-Maximization algorithm on the Iris dataset

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Stock Control System

• The user interface developed on MS Access allows users to effortlessly enter, delete, and retrieve information from the database

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Political Districting Problem

• Demonstrating the detrimental effects of gerrymandering with mathematical programming
• The model is implemented by using CPLEX Java API

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About Me

Work Experience

• Freelance Data Scientist (2022-Present)
• Data Scientist, Afiniti (2021-2022)
• Teaching Assistant, Sabanci University (2016-2021)
• Research Assistant, Sabanci University (2017)
• Intern, Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (2016)
• Intern, Tempo Uno Kft. (2015)
• Intern, BTA/TAV Airports (2014)

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Education

• Industrial Engineering, PhD, Sabanci University (2019-2021 Dropout)
• Engineering and Policy Management, MSc, Delft University of Technology (Erasmus+ 2017)
• Industrial Engineering, MSc, Sabanci University (2016-2019)
• Industrial Engineering, BSc, TOBB University of Economics and Technology (2011-2016)
• Natural Sciences, High School, Isparta Süleyman Demirel Science High School (2007-2011)

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Achievements

• Full Scholarship, Sabanci University, PhD
• Honor Degree, Sabanci University
• Full Scholarship, Sabanci University, MSc
• High Honor Degree, TOBB University of Economics and Technology
• Full Scholarship, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, BSc
• in top 0.2%, National University Entrance Exam

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