Abdullah Altay
Abdullah is a data scientist with a bachelor's degree in Statistics and a master's degree in Risk Analysis from Eskişehir Osmangazi University. He specializes in machine learning and deep learning, with particular expertise in time series analysis and forecasting. He competes actively on Kaggle and Zindi, and his research on modelling financial and agricultural commodity prices with LSTM and GARCH models has been presented at international conferences.
Experience
Upwork
Freelance Data Scientist Oct 2020 — Present
Upwork is a popular online platform that connects freelancers with clients who need various types of freelance services.
Dry Art
Commandatura Tailor Feb 2025 — Present
DryArt provides environmentally friendly dry cleaning, fabric care, and commandatura services using IFI-certified technologies.
Beg Software
Head of Data Science May 2025 — Present
A technology company specializing in custom software development, cloud solutions, machine learning applications, and digital transformation services to empower businesses in the digital era.
Deneyap Türkiye
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Instructor Nov 2024 — Present
DENEYAP Türkiye is a 36-month applied training project launched in 2018 to raise young individuals competent in technology production. It is carried out in collaboration with four major institutions.
Searcly
Head of Data Science Apr 2023 — Sep 2023
Searcly is an e-commerce solution powered by artificial intelligence and deep learning visual search technology.
Kod-A Bilisim
Data Scientist Jun 2013 — Feb 2023
Kod-A develops software-based technology and products for document scanning, image processing, document archiving and document management.
Education
Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Master’s Degree in Risk Analysis 2023 — 2025
Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics 2016 — 2020
Refik Arslan Öztürk Science High School
High School Diploma 2003 — 2007
Certifications
Cisco
Ethical Hacker Mar 2025
DataCamp
MLOps Fundamentals Oct 2023
Miuul
Machine Learning Oct 2023
IBM
Python for Data Science Dec 2022
IBM
Deep Learning Essentials Dec 2022
IBM
Accelerated Deep Learning with GPU Dec 2022
IBM
Machine Learning with Python Dec 2022
IBM
Deep Learning using TensorFlow Dec 2022
IBM
Deep Learning Dec 2022
Skills
Programming & Tools
Machine Learning & Deep Learning
Statistics & Time Series
Competitions
Teknofest
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Competition
University and Above Level Medical Technologies Category
9th
Kaggle
BTK Akademi Datathon 2024 36th/364 (Top 10%)
Kaggle
Regression with a Mohs Hardness Dataset 52nd/1632 (Top 4%)
Kaggle
AI Village Capture the Flag @ DEFCON31 282nd/1344 (Top 21%)
Kaggle
Türkiye İş Bankası Machine Learning Challenge 5 15th/284 (Top 6%)
Kaggle
Predict Health Outcomes of Horses 174th/1541 (Top 12%)
Kaggle
Regression with a Crab Age Dataset 234th/1429 (Top 17%)
Kaggle
Tabular Playground Series 40th/689 (Top 6%)
Kaggle
BTK Akademi Datathon 2022 22nd/165 (Top 14%)
Kaggle
Türkiye İş Bankası Machine Learning Challenge 2 15th/94 (Top 16%)
Kaggle
OSIC Pulmonary Fibrosis Progression 385th/2097 (Top 19%)
Kaggle
Halite by Two Sigma 261st/1139 (Top 23%)
Zindi
African Credit Scoring Challenge
17th/899 (Top 2%)
Zindi
Telangana Crop Health Challenge
30th/261 (Top 11%)
Publications & Conference Proceedings
Social Links
- Github: https://github.com/abdullahaltay
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdullahaltay