Rasit Abay
Staff Data Scientist
Canberra, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRasit Abay is a Staff Data Scientist based in Canberra with 9 years of experience applying AI and search technologies to real-world products. At Algolia he leads global AI initiatives bridging research and productization, after progressing from Senior Data Scientist roles across search-focused companies. He is also a serial founder—leading FuturifAI and HortiAI—bringing entrepreneurial pragmatism to applied ML solutions in industry and agriculture. His background includes astrodynamics and a PhD-level engineering research foundation, giving him a rare combination of rigorous scientific training and production ML expertise. Known for pioneering next-generation AI search on GitHub, Rasit excels at turning complex models into scalable search experiences. He blends domain depth, startup grit, and cross-disciplinary leadership to deliver high-impact, production-ready AI systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Astrodynamics, Master's degree Astrodynamics at U.S. Air Force Institute of TechnologyUNSW Sydney
English, Turkish
Github Skills (9)
keras8
object-detection6
mask6
segmentation6
tensorflow5
deep-learning4
faster-rcnn3
mask-rcnn3
instance-segmentation3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rasitabay/blog
Apr 2020 - May 2020
This repository is for fastpages blogging.
Contributions:97 commits, 1 PR, 94 pushes in 25 days
fastpagesblogging
rasitabay/lastmile_challenge
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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