Mr Taylan Akay

Taylan Akay, PhD, currently works at the Department of Defence as a data specialist. He also works at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) as a postdoctoral senior research associate, advancing AI ethics for autonomous weapon systems. Dr Akay’s career spans rigorous analytic roles across the Department of Defence, Social Services, and Home Affairs, where he has crafted scalable machine learning models, driven cloud migration strategies, and implemented enterprise data governance frameworks. Based in Canberra, he earned a PhD in economics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University and a master’s in applied finance at Monash University.