Aycan Gamache, Phd Email & Phone Number

Senior Analyst, Political Scientist | Data Modeling

Secured a top 5 ranking among 37 teams in a rigorous month-long machine learning bootcamp focused on Python; collaborated with PhDs in astrophysics and mathematics to analyze the gaming preferences of 8,700 users via SteamAPI; developed a game recommender system using matrix factorization techniques, effectively predicting new game choices based on users'.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Winner of CMU's Generative AI Innovation Incubator Hackathon with a collaborative large language model-powered application on analyzing corporate sustainability documents, SustainableInvestorAI.
• Supervised one undergraduate and one graduate-level quantitative social science theses that included data collection, preparation, and analysis in Excel and R.
• Designed and taught courses to 30+ students on Foundations of Political Economy and US-Europe Transatlantic Relations.

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

• Produced research on Turkish foreign investment attitudes using a conjoint experiment framework powered by Qualtrics, analyzed data in R.
• Presented research results to technical and non-technical audiences at 10+ conferences.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Designed and taught 3+ courses on globalization and economic integration.
• Led discussion sections for 60 students, graded exams, supervised research papers as a teaching assistant.
• Supervised a group of researchers in data collection and visualization efforts of a multi-university collaboration on COVID-19 economic policy responses.

Virginia, United States

Instructor of Record, PLIR 3500 Political Economy of Globalization

• Directed the development of an Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) data dictionary to train Interos machine learning models to identify risk events; presented the framework to the research team.
• Assessed and enhanced existing metrics by providing recommendations on identifying and integrating novel data sources into risk factor modeling, resulting in a white paper.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Offered consultations in support of data science, applied statistics and scientific computing using R and Python at UVA Library.
• Created and instructed a hands-on workshop on UNIX - Introduction to the Command LineTaught how to use commands to perform basic operations in the terminal — creating or navigating directories, listing and displaying.
• Worked as a research assistant to the Public Presidency project and UVA Wifi Data analysis.

Istanbul, Turkey

TESEV is Turkey's leading independent, non-governmental think-tank that analyzes social, political, and economic issues in Turkey. As a program assistant, I was responsible for organizing conferences that included academics, journalists, ex-ministers, and other government officials, editing articles, and scheduling research trips.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Specialized on the Accounts Receivable Department, carried out tasks as an accountant
• Maintained close contact with pharmaceutical warehouses to carry out tasks like billing, stock level control, credit limit control, help concerning the product’s sale and shipping
• Created demand forecasts, calculated billing information as a result of the campaign
• Calculated the VAT percentage for the report to the government

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Major: International Relations Minor: Political Methodology, 3.99/4

Activities and Societies: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Council - Politics Representative, Organizer of the International Relations.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), European Interdisciplinary Studies, 15/20

Activities and Societies: College of Europe Choir National Model United Nations, New York• Produced research on foreign direct investment.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.73/4

Activities and Societies: Yearbook Club• Coursework: Operations Research, Operations Management, Management Information Systems, Bank.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And International Relations, 3,73/4

Activities and Societies: Yearbook Club, Undergraduate Teaching AssistantGraduated with Dean's High Honor Degree

Junior Year Abroad, Political Science