Burcu Sayin
CTO at Stealth AI Startup
Trentino – Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
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Top SchoolBurcu Sayin is a CTO and applied research scientist with 11 years of experience and a PhD (Cum Laude) in Information and Communication Technology, specializing in hybrid human–machine intelligence, NLP, and conversational AI. She has led AI R&D and product engineering from academia to a stealth startup, translating cutting-edge research into scalable, reliable production systems. Her work on EU-funded projects like TANGO and postdoctoral research in medical decision-making demonstrate a track record of interdisciplinary collaboration and high-impact applied research. As a technical leader she focuses on methodological rigor, testing and validation practices, and shaping architecture and delivery to ensure robust releases. She is passionate about human-centered, trustworthy AI that augments decision-making and conversational experiences. Uncommonly for a CTO, she maintains active research engagement—bridging hands-on hybrid-intelligence experiments with product strategy.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering at Izmir Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information and Communication Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information and Communication Technology at Università di TrentoInformatics, Informatics at Technische Hochschule MittelhessenMaster of Science (MSc), Internetworked Electronic Systems, Master of Science (MSc), Internetworked Electronic Systems at University of West Attica
Turkish, İngilizce, İtalyanca
Github Skills (10)
openai-api7
information-retrieval7
chatgpt6
llm5
ai5
gpt5
retrieval-augmented-generation5
language-model4
llama4
function-calling4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
burcusyn/eVoting
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 10 pushes in 19 days
burcusayin/ActiveLearningOverCrowdsourcedData
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:1 commit, 80 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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