Dr. Aydın holds a BSc. degree in Management Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, as well as MSc. and PhD. degrees in Mathematical Finance from the Institute of Applied Mathematics at Middle East Technical University. He carried out his doctoral thesis studies as part of the Financial Signal Processing (FSP) Lab at Imperial College London. During his graduate studies, Dr. Aydın was also granted research fellowships at Heidelberg and Ulm Universities. Between 2011 and 2016, he worked as a senior researcher at an international organization, carrying out multi-stakeholder projects including the World Bank and various UN institutions, with a particular focus on financial sector development. Prior to joining Istinye University, Dr. Aydın also taught at the Department of Industrial Engineering at TED University in Ankara and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designated by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He also acts as reviewer and guest editor in a number of international journals. His research interests lie in quantitative finance, mathematical optimization, financial signal processing, and machine/reinforcement learning.