Summary
Samet Tenekeci is a Lecturer and applied AI scientist with a PhD in Computer Engineering and eight years of experience bridging academic research and industry software engineering. He develops machine learning models focused on computational biology and software engineering, translating theoretical methods into practical tooling and experiments. After several years as a research assistant at İzmir Institute of Technology and İzmir Üniversitesi, he moved into teaching while maintaining hands-on engineering experience from roles at AirTies and startups. Based in İzmir, Türkiye, he combines rigorous PhD-level methodology with product-minded implementation, often working at the intersection of biology and code. An uncommon strength is his dual background in both long-term academic research and short-cycle industry delivery, enabling rapid prototyping of research ideas into reproducible software.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at İzmir Üniversitesi
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Collegium Witelona
English, Turkish