About Me

Welcome!

If you’ve managed to stumble across this blog it means you share an interest in all things statistics, data science/analytics, machine learning, deep learning, and software engineering just like I do! I appreciate any and all feedback on any of the content I post. If I’ve made an error or if you have a suggestion, please, do not hesitate to send me an email!

Background & Bio

Hello! I’m Murat, PhD-level educated, bilingual statistician and data scientist, who works to design, develop and implement advanced data-driven predictive methods, powered by machine learning and deep learning algorithms, to provide actionable insights from large volumes of real-world, structured and unstructured data in order to satisfy the business needs / goals for decision making across different industries and roles. I have a deep understanding of best data analytic practices to solve complex problems and I continuously improve myself and learn new emerging technologies, tools, and platforms to add new skills to my skill set.

I completed my Ph.D. dissertation, titled ”Advances and Applications in Deep Learning” under the supervision of Dr. Michel Ballings (mb@utk.edu) at Department of Business Analytics & Statistics of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

I was a Master of Science student at Department of Statistics of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. I received my degree at the same department in the division of Operational Research. I completed my thesis entitled “Support Vector Machines/Regression” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Turhan Menteş.

My passion currently resides in modeling big data using supervised learning and unsupervised learning methods (such as machine learning and deep learning algorithms), Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Transformer-based models on Hugging Face, Large Language Models (LLMs), Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing (NLP) and so on.

You can find my CV below as PDF:

Full Resume (5 pages)

Contact me

If you are interested in collaborating and doing some great work together, please reach out to me via:

Mustafa Murat ARAT (Ph.D.)
Department of Statistics
Faculty of Science
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Turkey 06800

All opinions and views are my own and do not represent my employer(s).

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." - William Hernest Henley