Ozan Ciga is a Senior Data Scientist with 17 years of experience specializing in image and video generation and leading development of large language models. Based in Old Toronto, he combines academic rigor—a PhD in Medical Biophysics and a CS master's from McGill—with hands-on industry work at Getty Images and entrepreneurial experience as a Founder-In-Residence at Entrepreneur First. His background spans research roles and applied machine learning in both startup and corporate settings, bringing models from prototype to production. Notably, he blends signal-processing roots from electrical engineering with modern deep-learning workflows, giving him a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on visual and multimodal AI.
17 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Bilkent University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Medical Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at McGill University
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