Yusuf Buyukdag

Yusuf Buyukdag has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Yusuf currently works as a Machine Learning Engineer at O'Reilly Media, where they design and builds deep learning models, specifically recommender systems, to provide users with personalized product recommendations. Yusuf also develops and enhances data processing pipelines for critical and user-facing products. Prior to this, Yusuf worked at the University of Minnesota as a Researcher, Teaching Assistant, and Mentor. During their time there, they published five articles in a top international peer-reviewed journal and presented their research at three prestigious conferences. Additionally, they coached collaborative problem-solving groups for various physics courses. Yusuf gained experience as a Summer Student at CERN, a Summer Research Intern at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), and as a Summer Intern at FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş.

Yusuf Buyukdag earned their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Theoretical Particle Physics from the University of Minnesota, where they attended from 2012 to 2020. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi/Middle East Technical University from 2008 to 2012. Additionally, they attended Izmir Fen Lisesi from 2004 to 2007, although no specific degree or field of study was mentioned.

In terms of additional certifications, Yusuf Buyukdag obtained the TensorFlow Developer Certificate from the TensorFlow Certificate Program in May 2021. Yusuf also received the DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer certification from Coursera in April 2021. Furthermore, they completed various Coursera courses, including "Applied Machine Learning in Python" in June 2020, "Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python" in May 2020, "Introduction to Data Science in Python" in April 2020, and the "Accelerated Computer Science Fundamentals Specialization" in January 2020.