Muhammet Ucler Cetin
Class of 2028
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- Email: mcetin@andrew.cmu.edu
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- A New Academic Year at MSCF
- Alumni Reflect on the MSCF Program’s 30th Anniversary
- Breaking Barriers, Building Leaders: Women in Quant Finance
- Data Science in Finance
- Financial Engineering Salary
- High Stakes and Fair Values: CMU Students Face Off in the 2026 Market Making Game
- How to Become a Quant
- Introducing the MSCF Quantitative Assessment
- MSCF 30th Anniversary Celebration
- MSCF Advisory Board Member, Roni Israelov receives the 2024 Peter L. Bernstein Award
- MSCF Hosts 2025 Panel for Women in Data Science Pittsburgh
- MSCF Hosts 2nd Annual Datathon: Advancing Experiential Learning and Industry Connections
- MSCF Welcomes Rhonda Khan as Communication and Leadership Instructor and Coach
- MSCF Welcomes Shelli Faber as Associate Director of Career Services
- Quantbot Classroom Naming
- Squarepoint Foundation Deepens Partnership MSCF Through $100K Gift to Support Future Leaders
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Growing up in an economy where uncertainty was part of everyday life pushed me to understand how markets work. That curiosity first led me to quantitative finance: using data, models, and disciplined reasoning to bring structure to noisy markets. Before MSCF, I ranked in the top 0.01% nationally in mathematics and science, then pursued a double major in Industrial Engineering and Computer Engineering. My interests are in quantitative research and systematic trading, especially roles where mathematical modeling and machine learning can support investment decisions. At Mastercard, I built machine learning pipelines for financial applications, working with large-
scale transaction data, feature engineering, embeddings, and XGBoost-based predictive models. I also independently developed a cross-sectional equity selection andback-testing system across 500 stocks, using machine learning, engineered momentum and volatility features, and rolling out-of-sample evaluation to generate probability-ranked trading signals. My experiences at Bain & Company, in FX trading, and in asset management projects also taught me how technical work, attention to detail, and clear communication matter when decisions must be made under ambiguity. I bring a combination of technical training, emerging-market perspective, and practical
experience translating data into financial insight. I am always glad to connect with professionals in quantitative research, systematic investing, and global markets.