CV

CV – Onat Kaya

Academic career

September 2021 - August 2024

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in "Informatics (Computer Science)" from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Focus on Natural Language Processing, Social Computing, Ethical AI. Thesis: Utilization of NLP Methods for Investigating Misinformation Spread on Social Networks.

March 2019 - June 2019

Exchange Semester at the University of Seoul (South Korea), for the 2019 Spring Semester.

September 2016 - June 2020

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in "Computer Science and Engineering" from Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. Thesis: "Design and Development of an FPGA Accelarator for Post-Quantum Homomorphic Encryption Schemes"

Work and project experience

Since August 2025

Computer Scientist at the Chair Political Science with special emphasis on domestic politics and comparative government at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Universität der Bundeswehr Munich.

October 2022 – October 2023

Interdisciplinary Project Student at TUM School of Management Campus Heilbronn (remote), worked on "Evaluating the Price Efficiency in Cryptocurrency Markets Using Machine Learning Models" project.

 November 2022 - December 2022 & May 2023 - August 2023

Research Assistant at Excellence Cluster ORIGINS (Garching bei München, Bavaria, Germany), worked on "Molecular Network Analysis, with applications in Astrochemistry" project.

July 2019 - September 2019

Research Intern at the Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), worked on "Runtime Control in Multi Clouds (RUCON)" project

June 2018 - August 2018

Research Assistant at Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey), for digital humanities project.

February 2018 - May 2018

Teaching Assistant at Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey) for the course "Introduction to Computing"

February 2017 - May 2017

Learning Assistant at Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey), for the course "Calculus I"

Languages

Turkish: Native

English: Fluent

German: B1