CV
Currently living in Switzerland.
Education
- Data Science, MSc — ETH Zürich Sep 2025 – Aug 2027 (expected)
- Recent coursework: Reliable and Trustworthy AI, Probabilistic AI, Large Language Models, Large-Scale AI Engineering. TA for Mathematics of Signals, Networks and Learning.
- Exchange Program — University of Tokyo Apr 2023 – Aug 2023
- Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Computing (A).
- Mathematics & Computer Engineering, BSc — Boğaziçi University, Istanbul Sep 2020 – Jun 2025
- Graduation rank 1/62. Bachelor’s thesis published as STAR-GO in Bioinformatics. Managed the software development team of CompecApp, a React Native app for the computer engineering club Compec.
- High School — Valedictorian — ITU GVO High School, Izmir Sep 2016 – Jun 2020
Experience
- Teaching Assistant — ETH Zürich Feb 2026 – Present
- Mathematics of Signals, Networks and Learning. Preparing practical session material and running sessions.
- Software Engineer — Chainway Labs (Remote) Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
- Rust engineer on the Bridge team (Clementine).
- Analyst Intern — Bek Ventures, Istanbul Jun 2024 – Dec 2024
- Company analyses for dealflow, market research, and AI-powered automations for day-to-day workflows. Previously known as Earlybird Digital East Fund.
- Freelance Software Engineer — Toptal (Remote) Aug 2022 – May 2024 (break Apr–Aug 2023 for exchange)
- Electron-based trading terminal; distributed state management with high-throughput IPC communication. Built a Rust prototype with lower-latency properties.
- Full-Stack Engineer (Part-Time) — Vistar Media, Istanbul Nov 2021 – Apr 2023
- Python/Flask REST/WS backend; Go WebSocket backend managing 100K+ IoT devices in production.
- React Native Developer (Contract) — WeBeyondCreative, Istanbul Aug 2021 – Nov 2021
- Redux, React Query, Contacts API.
- Lead Developer — Influera, Istanbul Jan 2021 – Jul 2021
- Sole developer for backend, frontend, and mobile. React / React Native (TS), Firebase, GCP.
- Frontend Developer — JumpCutter (Remote) May 2020 – Mar 2021
- Product landing page and Electron video-editing app. Icon design, UI/UX in Figma. FFmpeg integration.
Publications
Akça, M. E., Uludoğan, G., Özgür, A., & Baytaş, İ. M. (2026). STAR-GO: improving protein function prediction by learning to hierarchically integrate ontology-informed semantic embeddings. Bioinformatics, 42(4), btag146.
Skills
- Areas: AI / Machine Learning (Transformers, Mechanistic Interpretability, Evals, Trustworthy AI); Bioinformatics (Protein Function, Genomics, Metabolomics); Full-Stack Development.
- ML: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers, scikit-learn, wandb, TransformerLens.
- DevOps: Git, Google Cloud, AWS, Docker.
- Programming languages, by proficiency: Rust, TypeScript / JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, C, C++.
Awards
- TÜBİTAK High School Project Competition — 1st place, Provincial Round; Honourable Mention, National Round (Mathematics).
- Nesin Mathematics Village (2018–2020) — Participated in undergraduate / graduate programs: Algebraic Geometry, Abstract Algebra, Model Theory, Differential Geometry.
- Kadir Has Summer School — Selected as TA to Prof. Nihat Berker (Physics) for Quantum Mechanics (2018) and Augmented Mechanics (2019); completed both courses with Outstanding Success.