Fatih Demirkale

Fatih Demirkale, PhD, is a Staff Applied Machine Learning Scientist at StackAdapt, specializing in designing bid optimization algorithms that leverage advanced techniques in programmatic advertising. Previously, Fatih served as a lead and senior research scientist at Afiniti, where they focused on developing a real-time pairing and recommendation system. With experience as an Associate Professor at Yildiz Technical University, Fatih contributed to multiple research projects and publications while advising graduate students and organizing academic workshops. They earned a PhD in Combinatorial Mathematics from The University of Queensland and have a strong background in mathematics education, having taught at various prestigious institutions.