Taner Giray Sönmez

I am an incoming MSc student in Computer Science at the Columbia University, New York City. I chose the Machine Learning track and I am taking courses in this direction. As of Fall 2024, the courses I am currently taking at Columbia University are Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Machine Learning, and Analysis of Algorithms.

I graduated in June 2024 from Sabanci University with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering. For two semesters, I worked as a Learning Assistant for the course Computational Approaches to Problem Solving.

I also completed my Erasmus exchange program in Computer Science and Engineering at Uppsala University in Sweden.

In my final year at Sabanci University, I started to work on my graduation project centered on habit formation, employing causal inference and machine learning techniques to investigate factors influencing the establishment of consistent exercise habits.

During my university years, I worked in the industry as a Data Scientist at Mars Athletic Club.

Interests

• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Causal Inference