Work Experience

Teaching Assistant
Artificial Intelligence 08/2025 - Present
Professor: Dr. Michael Hahsler

• Assisting in teaching core AI topics including Agentic AI, machine learning, and decision-making models.
• Guiding students on implementing AI solutions using Python, R, and SQL, with emphasis on model evaluation and deployment.
• Mentoring students on AI-driven projects, from conceptual design to debugging and optimization.

Skills Developed:

Artificial Intelligence (Agentic AI, Decision Models) Machine Learning Deep Learning Model Evaluation Data-Driven Problem Solving Programming Mentoring & Academic Support
Teaching Assistant
Algorithm Engineering 08/2025 - Present
Professor: Dr. Nurcan Yuruk

• Supporting students in analyzing algorithm complexity, dynamic programming, and graph-based problem-solving.
• Assisting in debugging and optimizing Python/R implementations of advanced algorithms.
• Helping design and grade assignments focused on data structures, search/sort strategies, and optimization techniques.

Skills Developed:

Algorithm Design and Optimization Data Structure and Complexity Analysis Problem Solving and Debugging Programming Mentoring Communication
Research Assistant - ChatSSRN
Employer: Southern Methodist University 08/2025 - 12/2025
Professor: Dr.Jane Tan

• Maintained and enhanced ChatSSRN, a GenAI-powered research assistant leveraging HPC and NLP to efficiently index and retrieve research abstracts.
• Integrated 2024–2025 datasets, improving model accuracy, freshness, and relevance of academic literature recommendations.

Skills Developed:

Data Analysis NLP Research Analysis SQL Python Data Visualization Website Maintenance and Updates
Student Library Assistant
Southern Methodist University 01/2025 - 08/2025

• Supported circulation desk operations by checking out and returning materials, managing user accounts, and maintaining accurate digital records in the library system.
• Gained experience in data entry, information organization, and process accuracy while assisting patrons and ensuring smooth workflow.
• Developed skills in data organization, information retrieval, and maintaining structured systems that support efficient information management.

Skills Developed:

Data management Information systems Digital records Data entry Workflow efficiency Hardware troubleshooting Technical support
Food Service Assistant
Aramark Corporation 09/2024 - 04/2025

• Collaborated with team members to ensure smooth daily operations, strengthening teamwork, adaptability, and process efficiency.
• Maintained reliability through effective time management while meeting strict service deadlines and handling tasks under pressure.
• Delivered customer-focused service by addressing needs quickly, applying strong communication skills, and practicing user-centric problem-solving.

Skills Developed:

Teamwork and collaboration Time management and Reliability Problem Solving under Presssure Communication skills Customer Service and User-centric Thinking
Data Science Intern
Maxgen Technologies 10/2023 - 04/2024

• Developed Python scripts for data analysis, automating workflows and reducing manual effort by 30%, ensuring timely and accurate project deliverables.
• Applied NLP techniques and data science methods (topic modeling, sentiment analysis) to analyze unstructured text data, improving insight extraction efficiency by 40%.
• Built and deployed a machine learning model using Streamlit, creating an interactive web app that enabled non-technical stakeholders to access real-time recommendations.

Skills Developed:

Machine Learning Recommender System Natural Language Processing Collaborative Filtering Content Based Filtering Python Pandas Numpy Scikit-learn Data Preprocessing Feature Engineering EDA Model Evaluation Streamlit
Data Science Intern
Fingertips: A Data Intelligence Solutions 02/2023 - 04/2023

• Worked on two machine learning projects: Red Wine Quality Prediction using SVM, achieving ~85% accuracy on a dataset of 4,800+ samples, and Cardiac Arrest Analysis using Clustering, uncovering 3–4 distinct patient risk groups from 1,500+ records.
• Applied data cleaning, feature engineering, and evaluation metrics to improve model reliability by 15-20%.
• Strengthened skills in classification, clustering, and data-driven analysis across diverse datasets.

Skills Developed:

Python Machine Learning Deep Learning Statistics and Probability SQL Tableau Microsoft PowerBI BigData(Hadoop and Apache Spark)