Ekin Olkan
Data Scientist
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolEkin Olkan is a data scientist with a decade of practical experience applying NLP, machine learning, and econometric insight to solve business problems in Turkey’s automotive and industrial sectors. Currently at obase, he progressed from junior to data scientist roles, building churn models, text-mining filters from customer feedback, and automating macroeconomic data collection for demand forecasting. His background combines dual studies in Computer Science & Engineering and Economics at Sabancı University, enabling him to bridge technical model-building with domain-aware feature engineering. Past projects include car price prediction models and an NLP chatbot at Garaj Sepeti, and scraping-driven macroeconomic research for construction equipment forecasts—demonstrating a blend of production-focused ML and hands-on data engineering.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics, 3.1/4, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics, 3.1/4 at Sabancı ÜniversitesiBachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Economics, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Economics at 중앙대학교
Turkish, English, Korean
Github Skills (30)
tournament8
backend7
verify6
discord-bot6
laravel6
discord6
frontend5
minecraft5
fastify4
minesweeper4
docker4
sveltekit3
browser3
typescript3
sqlite2
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
burakdemirelli/Test999
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:30 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 8 days
oralekin/decrypter
Nov 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year
cryptographyencryptionciphersgravity
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