Ozan Yıldız

Ozan Yıldız is a quantitative researcher. Per his own blog (ozan-yildiz.com/about) he was previously a PhD student at EPFL, Lausanne, working on non-convex and geodesically convex optimization under Prof. Nisheeth K. Vishnoi; before that he earned bachelors in Mathematics and Computer Engineering and a masters in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, advised by Prof. Fatoş T. Yarman-Vural. He has published on the Brascamp-Lieb constant (APPROX-RANDOM 2018) and on neural-network architectures. His LinkedIn profile (index-derived) lists a quantitative-researcher role and past employment at Jump Trading LLC.

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• Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. Identity of the EPFL/METU researcher is well-supported by his self-authored blog, which cross-links the exact LinkedIn (ozanyildiz93) that carries the 'Quantative Researcher at Jump Trading LLC' headline. Both candidate employers are genuine quantitative firms: Jump Trading LLC is a proprietary/algorithmic trading firm, and the ADG corporate group includes ADG Market Making LLP. However, the only evidence of an actual role is index-derived LinkedIn data (headline plus a no-dates past-employer entry) and a FINRA BrokerCheck record that matches 'Ozan Yildiz' at Jump Trading LLC by name only; no self-authored or primary source confirms this specific person's role, dates, or employment, and no internship/student-program distinction can be drawn. Employment therefore cannot be confirmed to primary-source standard; flag as UNRESOLVED rather than CONFIRMED.
• Identity anchor: ozanyildiz93 (linkedin.com/in/ozanyildiz93) is a person who received bachelors in Mathematics and Computer Engineering and a masters in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (under Prof. Fatos T. Yarman-Vural), then a PhD at EPFL Lausanne studying non-convex/geodesically convex optimization under Prof. Nisheeth K. Vishnoi; his personal blog ozan-yildiz.com/about states this and links github.com/ozanyildiz93 and the same LinkedIn.
• LinkedIn (index-derived) headline reads 'Quantative Researcher at Jump Trading LLC' and current title 'Quantative Researcher', company 'ADG HOLDINGS LLP' (adgholdings.co), location United Kingdom; index-only, not primary-source confirmation.
• FINRA BrokerCheck lists an 'Ozan Yildiz' (CRD# 7427724) as a registered broker at JUMP TRADING, LLC; a primary regulatory record independent of the LinkedIn index, but matched to our subject by name only, with no dates or role detail captured.
• ADG Holdings LLP (Companies House OC317034) sits alongside a same-group entity ADG Market Making LLP (OC317033); the market-making sibling is the concrete sign that the ADG corporate group operates in quantitative trading, which supports classifying the index-listed 'ADG Holdings' role as quant-adjacent, though the specific role is still index-only.
• His publications page lists the Brascamp-Lieb geodesic-convexity paper (APPROX-RANDOM 2018, with Suvrit Sra and Nisheeth Vishnoi, arXiv 1804.04051) and two neural-network papers (ICASSP 2018, SIU 2017) from the METU computer-vision group, so the move from METU computer vision to EPFL optimization theory to quantitative research is documented by name and venue rather than inferred.
• The blog says he was 'previously a PhD student at EPFL', which reads as a departure before completing the doctorate; no completed PhD is claimed anywhere, so the EPFL degree should not be recorded as conferred.
• The IMO 2010 contestant page for Ozan Yıldız of Türkiye (rank 151, 20 points, Bronze) matches our subject by name only; nothing on the page or on his own profiles links that olympiad record to the EPFL/METU person, so the Olympiad identity remains unverified.