# Atabak Mardan, PhD - Portfolio & Blog

> Professional profile, project catalog, publication registry, and contact information for Atabak Mardan, PhD. Specifically structured for Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agents.

## Professional Summary
Senior Data Scientist and Operations Research researcher specializing in Machine Learning, Generative AI agentic workflows, Spatial Analytics, and Traffic Reliability. Holds a PhD in Transportation Systems from George Mason University with dynamic pricing toll roads research focus.

## Core Expertise & Tech Stack
- **AI & Agentic Workflows:** AWS Bedrock, Claude, Claude Code, Gemini API, Prompt Engineering, LLM feature generation.
- **ML & Predictive Modeling:** XGBoost, classification, regression, Bayesian models, Hidden Markov Models, time-series forecasting, Monte Carlo simulation.
- **Data Engineering:** PySpark, SQL, AWS (Glue, Redshift, Lambda), Apache Airflow, ETL, entity resolution.
- **Geospatial Systems:** Python Geospatial (NetworkX, OSMnx, GeoPandas), ArcGIS, QGIS, routing algorithms.
- **Dashboards & BI:** Tableau, Streamlit, Plotly, Chart.js.

## Main Navigation / Pages
- [Home](https://atabak.app/): Main landing page.
- [Resume](https://atabak.app/resume/): Summary of career history and academic milestones.
- [Projects](https://atabak.app/projects/): Portfolio of shipped data products.
- [Games](https://atabak.app/games/): Interactive Three.js/voxel projects.
- [Academia](https://atabak.app/academia/): Research biography, publications, and citations metrics.
- [Insights](https://atabak.app/insights/): Written articles on entity resolution and CLV modeling.
- [Contact](https://atabak.app/contact/): Location and connection channels.

## Personal Projects Showcase
- [SchoolScore](https://atabak.app/projects/SchoolScore/): React, TypeScript, and Tailwind v4 customizable school scorecard for Fairfax County.
- [D.C. Crime Intelligence Portal](https://atabak.app/projects/dc-crime-intelligence-portal/index.html): Leaflet/Chart.js real-time analytics command dashboard.
- [Antigravity Hotel Competitors](https://atabak.app/projects/antigravity-hotel-competitors/index.html): Algorithmic spatial pricing matrix comparison.
- [AI Anchor Console](https://atabak.app/projects/ai-anchor-console/index.html): Automated news scrape and TV script synthesis agent.
- [Traffic Signal Project](https://atabak.app/projects/traffic-signal-project-modern-ui/index.html): Interactive traffic signal and road reliability visualization dashboard.
- [Phantom Purple Command Center](https://atabak.app/projects/phantom-purple-command-center/index.html): Real-time command center interface for the Phantom Purple project.
- [MineGURU](https://atabak.app/projects/MineGURU/index.html): Three.js retro voxel parkour game.
- [Jump Brain](https://atabak.app/projects/jump-brain/index.html): HTML5 Canvas retro runner game.

## Key Publications
- Expressed Toll Lane Pricing Policy (Transportmetrica A, 2026)
- Dynamic Pricing Toll Roads in the US (Case Studies on Transport Policy, 2024)
- Hidden Markov Modeling of Travel Behavior (Transportmetrica A, 2024)
- Generalized Bayesian Traffic Reliability (Transportation Research Part B, 2021)