Tevfik Aytekin
Associate Professor Of Computer Science
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolTevfik Aytekin is an associate professor of computer science at Bahcesehir University with roughly two decades of academic and industry experience focused on machine learning, data mining, and recommender systems. He combines rigorous research (PhD in Cognitive Science) with practical consultancy, helping companies design and implement ML projects through his firm Verikare. Tevfik maintains a hands-on GitHub repository of minimal working implementations of data science algorithms to demystify methods for practitioners and students. His background spans international research (visiting scholar at UIUC), university teaching, and software project management, giving him a rare blend of theoretical depth and production-oriented engineering. Based in Istanbul, he emphasizes clear, educational code and applied solutions that bridge academic insight with real-world business impact.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Hacettepe ÜniversitesiBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Bilkent UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitive Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitive Science at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
Turkish, English
Github Skills (7)
statistics10
machine-learning10
python10
data-analysis10
data-science9
scikit-learn9
scikit9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
tevfikaytekin/data_science
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Contributions:184 commits, 326 pushes, 1 comment in 4 years 2 months
tevfikaytekin/hello-world
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 3 branches in 1 day
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