Ali Emre Özcan

I'm a final-year computer engineering student at İTÜ and a machine learning intern at TAZI, where I build ML models and tool-using agent systems.

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NOW

September 2026

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ABOUT

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EXPERIENCE

Jun 2026 – present

Machine learning intern

TAZI Bilişim Teknolojileri, Istanbul

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2022 – 2027

B.Sc. Computer Engineering

Istanbul Technical University

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PROJECTS

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Python · scikit-learn · XGBoost · SHAP

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Placeholder: Evaluation harness for tool-using agents

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Python · Claude API · pytest

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Rust

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This site

A portfolio a recruiter can skim in 30 seconds and an engineer can drive from a shell prompt.

One file, no framework, English and Turkish, every command works with the keyboard.

HTML · CSS · JavaScript

The command bar is the only unusual thing on the page. Everything it does is also reachable by scrolling and clicking, so nobody is locked out.

All copy lives in one content object at the top of the script. Updating the site means editing that object.

Placeholder: Literature survey on tool use in LLM agents

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LaTeX

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READING

Papers, books and posts, one sentence each on what I took from them. Newest first.

2026-09 paper

Placeholder: Toolformer: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Use Tools · Schick et al.

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2026-08 book

Placeholder: Designing Data-Intensive Applications · Kleppmann

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2026-07 paper

Placeholder: A Unified Approach to Interpreting Model Predictions · Lundberg & Lee

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2026-06 post

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WRITING

2026-08 Placeholder: A note on evaluating agents that call tools

2026-05 Placeholder: What I learned shipping my first model to production

TOOLS

Small utilities I use myself. Each one is a command in the bar; click a usage line to try it.

They run in the command bar, which needs JavaScript.

tokens <text>

Rough token count for a piece of text, using the ~4 characters per token rule.

tr <text>

Turkish characters to ASCII (ç→c, ş→s, ı→i). Handy for slugs and filenames.

cron <expr>

Explains a five-field cron expression in plain words.

ts [n|date]

Unix timestamp to ISO date and back. No argument gives now.

calc <expr>

Arithmetic with + − × ÷ ^ and parentheses. Nothing is evaluated as code.

a | b | c

Unix-style pipes over everything on this page: filter, sort, count, open.

SKILLS

Click a skill to see projects that use it.

Languages: Python, Rust, C++, SQL, JavaScript
Machine learning: scikit-learn, PyTorch, XGBoost, Model evaluation
Agents & LLMs: Tool use, Prompt design, Agent evaluation
Infrastructure & tools: Git, Docker, Linux, PostgreSQL
Human languages: Turkish, native; English, fluent

GUESTBOOK

Leave a line. Entries appear after I read them. Also: echo <message> in the bar.

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CONTACT

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GitHub

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Download CV (PDF)

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Colophon

Built with plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript in a single file, no framework.

Set in IBM Plex Sans and IBM Plex Mono.

The command bar exists because I spend my day in one, and because it lets the page be driven without a mouse.

The small marks next to section titles are Anatolian kilim motifs (su yolu, elibelinde, koçboynuzu, yıldız, pıtrak, göz), drawn on the same pixel grid as the terminal banner.

Last updated 2026-09-14