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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Designed and optimized machine learning solutions at the Canadian Red Cross by:
• Building a machine learning model for the Canadian Red Cross to refine donor engagement by predicting donor behaviors through advanced propensity modeling.
• Developing a bilingual chatbot that streamlined information retrieval for staff, enabling quick access to clear answers and relevant hyperlinks in both English and French.
• Building and optimizing scalable, production-ready ML pipelines for predictive modeling by developing high-performance algorithms.
• Automating testing, deployment, and monitoring to ensure reliability and efficiency in production environments.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Refined and enhanced ALS GoldSpot Discoveries' machine learning platform and SaaS products by:
• Designing, developing, and optimizing ML models and feature engineering pipelines to boost accuracy and efficiency in prospectivity analyses across SaaS offerings.
• Creating and maintaining robust backend API components to streamline geoscientists' workflows and integrate ML insights into SaaS solutions.
• Debugging and modifying systems to resolve issues and add new features, maintaining the cutting-edge functionality of both the platform and SaaS products.
• Developing an automated unsupervised clustering tool using Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) to generate detailed geological maps, enhancing precision in lithology exploration.
• Designing an API that improves the resolution of GeoTIFF images using Adapted Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), while keeping the original content and intricate details intact.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Managed and successfully executed over 15+ consulting projects within the mineral exploration domain, delivering comprehensive results to stakeholders.
• Designed a data transformation product that enhances signal strength and reduces noise levels by analyzing raster stacks in a thematic manner.
• Design and guide experiments/analysis to measure impact and drive product improvements.
• Initiate, develop, and maintain data pipelines with outstanding craftsmanship.
• Conduct deep dives to help solve complex problems to drive impact and achieve ALS GoldSpot Discoveries' strategic business objectives.
• Assisting in enhancing Goldspot's exclusive machine learning workflows.

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

• Implemented and deployed machine learning solutions to enhance the efficiency, speed, and accessibility of lung cancer screening.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• My goal is to compare two D dimensional samples: the SM simulated events (background to BSM searches), and the real data, and to check if the two are drawn from the same probability density distribution. Lead to two.
• Cross-fertilising extra gauge boson searches at the LHC, JHEP 11 (2021) 014
• Electron and muon magnetic moments and implications for dark matter and model characterisation in non-universal U(1)′ supersymmetric models, JHEP 10 (2021) 063

Montreal, Canada Area

Montreal, Canada Area

• TAed for 8 physics courses. Graded assignments and wrote solutions, lead office hours and tutorial sessions:
• PHYS 204 Mechanics (Tutor, 2020 Summer)
• PHYS 273: Energy and Environment (2020 Winter)
• PHYS 284: Introduction to Astronomy (2019 Fall)
• PHYS 204 Mechanics (Tutor, 2019 Summer)
• PHYS 367 Modern Physics and Relativity (Tutor, 2019 Winter)

Southampton, United Kingdom

• The project has been supported by MITACS Globalink Research Award. Lead to two scientific publications.
• Leptophobic Z′ bosons in the secluded UMSSM - Phys.Rev.D 102 (2020) 11, 115025
• E6​ motivated UMSSM confronts experimental data - JHEP 05 (2020) 123Talks:1) Higgs Couplings Workshop, Oxford, UK. 30 September - 4 October, 2019 Title: Mass spectrum and Higgs profile in B−L symmetric SSM2) University.

Izmir, Turkey

• Studied muon anomalous magnetic moment and yukawa quasi-unification in supersymmetric models. Lead to one scientific publication:
• Muon g−2 in an alternative quasi-Yukawa unification with a less fine-tuned seesaw mechanism - Phys. Rev. D 97, 055007 (2018)

Istanbul, Turkey

Mechanical Characterization LabProject title: Vibration modeling in nanowire resonators with mechanical couplingUnder the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Erdem Alaca

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physics, 3.57/4.0

Activities and Societies:Studied the phenomenology of new physics beyond the Standard Model: signals of dark matter and new gauge bosons.

Inter-University Transfer Student, Physics

Took two graduate courses: √ Physics 610 Quantum Field Theory I given by Prof. Simon Caron-Huot √ Physics 673 Quantum Field Theory II.

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics, 3.5/4.0

Studied the Higgs boson and right-handed neutrinos in supersymmetric models. Lead to a scientific publication: √ Mass spectrum and Higgs.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics, 3Rd Ranked

√ Winter School on Computer Applications in Accelerator and Particle Physics (Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey - 2014, February.