Yasin Karatay is a Senior Research Manager at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology from Iowa State University (ISU), USA. His research focuses on computer-based language testing, conversational AI in language learning and assessment, spoken dialog systems, automated writing evaluation, and test validation. Before joining Cambridge, he taught English language in Turkey and the USA for several years. He also worked as a Postdoc Research Associate at ISU in a Global Online Course project for English language teachers across the world.