IT, ANALYTICS AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Notre Dame, IN

January 2020 – Present

Graduate Research Assistant

• Develop and optimize machine learning algorithms that are tailored to students' learning goals and are practical in solving real-life problems;

• Document codes, create graphics, texts and instructional slides, and review literature for machine learning textbook editing.

DIDI CHUXING, Beijing, China    February – July 2019

Data Scientist Intern

• Designed and drove A/B tests, interpreted experimental results and made strategic recommendations based on findings;

• Extracted data using HiveQL and analyzed driver behavior patterns by metrics; explored and identified reasons behind drivers’ long-term idle period; assisted in implementing customized operation strategies towards different driver segments;

• Clustered riders’ cancel behaviors into different scenarios and developed Tableau dashboards to monitor cancel rates;

• Automated experimental analyses broken down by hours, order requests and supply-demand ratio; output adopted by the team.

ACCENTURE, Xi'an, China    May – December 2018

Business Intelligence Intern

• Identified key metrics and visualized the data and designed web interactions with JavaScript, CSS and various components in SAP Lumira Designer; dashboards highly promoted and used by client’s management board for monthly meeting and monitoring;

• Built a predictive model and handled seasonality by Python to give a reference purchase amount for the client each month; saved 20% purchase expenses and storage costs for client’s logistics department in the next 3 months.

CENTER FOR EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS IN EDUCATION, Xi'an, China    April – September 2018

Research Assistant

• Cleansed 38K rows of raw data collected from the questionnaire about Chinese village clinics with R and Stata;

• Conducted crosstab analysis and regression modeling on how Chinese medicine education background affects prescription behaviors of doctors; the analysis result adopted to lead the following data analysis and suggestions.

ERNST & YOUNG, Shanghai, China    January – February 2018

Assurance Intern

• Utilized Excel to process general ledger data with Excel to complete the cash and cash equivalent workpaper independently;

• Designed key financial indicators and developed Tableau dashboards for team’s report presentation and client’s daily usage.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Notre Dame, IN    Expected: May 2020

Master of Science in Business Analytics (STEM designated)
GPA: 3.917/4.0; Merit-based $25,000 Fellowship Recipient (TOP 1%)

XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY, Xi'an, China    July 2019

Bachelor of Economics in Finance
Siyuan Scholarship Recipient (TOP 30%)

COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL, Copenhagen, Denmark    June – August 2017

International Summer University Program

MENDOZA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Notre Dame, IN   

September 2019 – Present

Student Ambassador

• Delivered informational campus tours to prospective graduate business students and addressed questions and concerns;

• Collaborated with the admission team and 10+ fellow student ambassadors to organize events such as information sessions.

AIESEC IN XI’AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY, Xi'an, China    June 2016 – June 2017

Vice President of incoming Global Talent

• Led a 12-people team to make sales strategies for talent products and have successfully partnered with 10+ local companies;

• Organized regular team building activities and kept the department retention rate over 86% for the whole year.

XI’AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 120TH ANNIVERSARY, Xi'an, China    February – April 2016

Reception Volunteer

• Volunteered to receive 7 teachers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University; helped them settle down and accompanied them during the university anniversary activities; assisted faculty to sort and distribute the volunteer certificates to students.