CV
Curriculum vitae of Yusuf Hakan Kalaycı.
Contact Information
| Name | Yusuf Hakan Kalaycı |
| Professional Title | IDEAL Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| kalayci@uic.edu |
Professional Summary
Researcher in optimal stopping, combinatorial optimization, and computational social choice, with applications to inference-time optimization for large language models.
Experience
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2026 - present Chicago, Illinois
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
IDEAL Institute
- Hosted by Lev Reyzin and Ian Kash at UIC, and Avrim Blum at TTIC.
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2022 - present Research Advisor
palmate.ai
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2013 - present Judge and Problem Setter
Turkish National Olympiads in Informatics
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2017 - 2019 -
2016 - 2016 Dublin, Ireland
Business Technical Intern
Google
Education
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2019 - 2025 Los Angeles, California
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2013 - 2019 İstanbul, Turkey
B.S.
Boğaziçi University
Computer Engineering and Mathematics
- Graduated with High Honors.
- Worked with Ümit Işlak and Mohan Ravichandran.
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant, CSCI 670: Advanced Analysis of Algorithms, University of Southern California — Spring 2025 (David Kempe), Fall 2022 (David Kempe), and Fall 2021 (Shang-Hua Teng).
- Trainer, Turkish National Olympiad Team in Informatics, TÜBİTAK — 2022–present.
- Trainer, USC ACM-ICPC Teams — 2023–2024.
- Instructor, Algorithmic Competition Summer Camp, inzva — Summer 2018.
Professional Service
- Program Committee Member: AAAI (2026, 2027) and EC (2026).
- Conference Reviewer: ICML (2026).
- Subreviewer: SODA (2027), ESA (2025), STOC (2023, 2024), and IPCO (2023).
Awards
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2013 Gold Medal, International Olympiad in Informatics
International Olympiad in Informatics
Awarded at IOI 2013 in Australia.
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2013 Gold Medal, Balkan Olympiad in Informatics
Balkan Olympiad in Informatics
Awarded at BOI 2013 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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2013 Gold Medal, Turkish National Olympiad in Informatics
Turkish National Olympiad in Informatics