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Ümit Kaan Usta
data, time-series, graph ML, emerging markets
Check out how I automate my investments in the stock market: heynorsa.com
available in TR, US version coming soon
about me
Hi! I'm Umit, I work at Amazon, building optimization & time-series forecasting models for the supply chain. I advise an angel investor on tech matters as a side gig.
Currently working on: Democratizing algotrading, embeddings in time-series forecasting
Learning: Quant fin math, Common Lisp, CUDA
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Exploring dimly lit areas of modeling & of building software, tutorials wish I've had, sometimes opinions on why things are like this.
Work in progress
Other writings:
Steuben & US Army (2018): How Baron von Steuben trained the US Army in its formation, how this legacy was carried on to the War of 1812 and beyond
projects
HiFor: Get hierarchically coherent forecasts without teams bottlenecking each other. SOTA performance vs. alternatives in demand forecasting. [Supported by Amazon Capstone Program]
reddit-detective: Explore reddit via a social network graph, uncover secret influencers, how ideas travel, and many more
Jomini: Simulate historical battles with Lanchester Equations, find out how Byzantines could have won in 1453
More on my GitHub
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