About
AT A GLANCE:
Principal Data Scientist, Payla
RESEARCH AREAS:
- Data Science & Intelligence: Intersection of advanced machine learning and
Intelligence - High-Stakes Decision Intelligence: AI-driven frameworks for complex, high-consequence environments, including human-in-the-loop systems that bridge the gap between technical output and strategic action
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Egemen Bezci is a Principal Data Scientist and Intelligence Scholar specializing
in the design of AI systems for fraud prevention, risk management, and high-stakes
decision-making. He currently serves as a Principal Data Scientist at a European Fintech
company in Germany, where he leads the strategic development of advanced machine learning
architectures. Parallel to his industry leadership, he is a faculty member at Die
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, teaching in the D-A-CH region’s inaugural Master’s
program dedicated to Counter-Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), and Intelligence.
A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), Dr. Bezci’s career spans academia
and industry across Europe, Asia and North America. He was notably recognized as a
finalist in NATO’s 2021 Innovation Challenge on Cognitive Warfare for his work on
AI-driven analytic solutions. He holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham and
has a proven track record of bridging the gap between complex data science and national
security strategy.
PUBLICATIONS:
Monograph:
Turkish Intelligence and the Cold War: The Turkish Secret Service, the US and the
UK (2019) (By analyzing the asymmetric secret intelligence cooperation between Turkey,
the UK, and the US from 1945 to 1960, this monograph challenges binary Cold War narratives
to reveal how "intelligence diplomacy" enables weaker states to exercise strategic
agency and protect national interests within a major poweralliance.).
Selected Book Chapters:
• Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention (2025)
• Intelligence Agencies, Technology and Knowledge Production (2022)
• Neutral Countries as Clandestine Battlegrounds (2020)
CONNECT / FOLLOW:
Linkedin: Egeman.Bezci.PhD.|Linkedin