Poyraz Bozkurt
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Ph.D. Student Contact
Email: poyraz.bozkurt[AT]duke.edu |
Updates
AUG 2023
Started Ph.D. Program at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.
JUN 2023
Interned at Fidelity Investments AI, Boston.
OCT 2022
Presented Dynamic Bandits at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis.
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Education
Ph.D. Student in Operations Management, Duke University
M.S in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
Research
Reinforcement learning, bandits, experimentation, and causal inference for online platforms.
Teaching
Math Instructor for 2025 Ph.D. Math Bootcamp, Duke University
- Designed and taught foundational mathematics modules including linear algebra, real analysis, and optimization to incoming doctoral students.
- Teaching Evaluation: 4.7 / 5.0
- View Syllabus (PDF)
Work / Internship Experience
Summer Research Intern at Artificial Intelligence Department, Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts, 2023
- Developed a Bandits-Based Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Solver (BALANS)
- ML guided heuristics to solve combinatorial optimization problems
Art, Favorite Books, and Quotes
Art
I enjoy exploring modern art and abstract designs. My favorite artist is Wassily Kandinsky, whose work blends emotion and geometry seamlessly.
Favorite Books
- Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman