Denizalp Goktas
Founder, CEO at Simulacrum
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDenizalp Goktas is a founder and researcher blending deep academic rigor with hands-on startup leadership, currently leading Simulacrum after launching as a Runway Startup Founder at Cornell Tech. With a PhD in Computer Science from Brown focused on algorithmic game theory and a postdoc role at Cornell Tech, he brings a decade of experience turning theoretical insights into practical products. He has research and industry experience at DeepMind, J.P. Morgan, and the Simons Institute, navigating both cutting-edge ML research and applied financial/industry problems. Educated also at Columbia and Sciences Po, Denizalp pairs technical breadth in CS and statistics with a nuanced understanding of policy and economics—an uncommon mix that informs his approach to building trustworthy, scalable AI systems.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science Algorithmic Game Theory, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science Algorithmic Game Theory at Brown UniversityBachelor’s Degree Political Science Economics, Bachelor’s Degree Political Science Economics at Sciences PoHigh School, High School at Tabor AcademyBachelor’s Degree Statistics Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Statistics Computer Science at Columbia University
Turkish, French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
convex2
modeling1
optimization1
convex-optimization1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
denizalp/glamor
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:19 pushes in 1 year 11 months
denizalp/fisher
May 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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