Tolga İzdaş

İstanbul, Türkiye

About Me

Projects

COSMOS LLM Evaluation Tool

  • Developed a tool to evaluate large language models such as GPT, BERT, and LLAMA on a variety of tasks with support for few-shot learning.
  • Implemented custom evaluation metrics for accuracy and perplexity, enhancing the tool's functionality and user experience.

Occupation Prediction from Twitter Data

  • Developed a project to predict occupations from Turkish tweets under the supervision of Prof. Banu Diri.
  • Applied machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing techniques to analyze and classify Twitter data.

Coursework

Big Data Processing and Analytics

  • Gained hands-on experience with distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and recommender systems.
  • Completed a project that evaluated the performance of Apache Hadoop in processing large datasets by applying various statistical functions.

Artificial Intelligence

  • Studied fundamental AI concepts, including search algorithms, optimization methods, gradient descent, and stochastic processes.
  • Implemented various projects using Genetic Algorithms and Q-Learning techniques to solve complex problems and enhance decision-making in AI systems.

Image Processing

  • Explored core image processing techniques such as filtering, segmentation, and edge detection.
  • Implemented algorithms for image recognition, classification, and enhancement, and engaged in various related projects.

Awards & Honors

STAR Intern Researcher Scholarship

Jul 2024 |TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye)
  • Awarded a scholarship as a research intern in the project titled 'New Approaches for Text Representation and Text Generation with Neural Language Models' conducted by Prof. Mehmet Fatih Amasyalı at Yıldız Technical University Computer Engineering Department.

Publications

Accepted Publications

  • T. Izdas, H. Iskifoglu, and B. Diri (2024). Occupation Prediction from Twitter Data. Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Engineering Journal of Science and Engineering (DEU FMD). (Accepted, pending publication)

Certifications

Red Hat System Administration I & II - RH124 & RH134

Dec 2024 |Red Hat

    Red Hat OpenShift I: Containers & Kubernetes - DO180

    Dec 2024 |Red Hat