Hincal Topcuoglu
Principal Data Scientist - Researcher (Self-Employed)
Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolHincal Topcuoglu is a Principal Data Scientist and researcher with 14+ years of experience applying probabilistic modeling and forecasting to revenue, risk, pricing, and optimization problems across aviation, banking, telecom and e‑commerce. Holding a PhD in Statistics, he builds production-grade models that prioritize decision impact, stability, and operational reliability—evidenced by a 356-day flight-level revenue forecast that enabled double-digit cost savings for Turkish Airlines. He combines deep statistical rigor with practical ML and LLM tooling when appropriate, and specializes in translating uncertain predictions into actionable decision support for stakeholders. Equally at home in cohort-based default modeling for banks as in domain-specific LLM systems, he favors the right model for the decision over needless complexity. Based in Turkey, he brings a rare mix of academic depth and hands-on delivery across cross-functional teams.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistics at Yıldız Teknik ÜniversitesiBachelor's degree Statistics, Bachelor's degree Statistics at Ege University
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Github contributions (5)
hincaltopcuoglu/CNN_Papers
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
hincaltopcuoglu/Analysis
May 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:71 commits, 64 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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