Sheng(Nick) Yun
Data Scientist
New York,NY
Summary
Results-driven Data Scientist with forward-thinking approach centered on company success and competitive growth. Demonstrated record of success in accomplish projects individually and leading the team
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Documentation Analyst/IT Support
Steelcraft Inc
Kitchener, Canada
07.2020 - 07.2022
- Designed and Implemented the File System and the Interface of the dashboard individually for the company's inner domain, presented the Interface and the system to the board team, analyzed and discussed the pros and cons, and made instructions for the users
- Solved IT difficulties for users in the company and helped users in the company domain daily, and wrote several scripts (Python, Excel VBA, Bash, Power Shell, etc.) to accelerate users' routine work significantly (saved one day in a week for one of the users in the finance payable).
- Mapped out process and documents inventories flow in each functional department and developed an efficient solution to reorganize the massive history record database for electronic smart storage, new classification, retention, and disposal of information files and documents, by working and negotiating with the leaders of each plant
Head of Human Resources
Waterloo Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Waterloo, Ontario
09.2017 - 12.2019
- Scripted, organized, and performed in stage shows each year, major New year events in the KW area.
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for over 100 members.
- Streamlined HR efficiencies, coordinated new hire orientations, and provided onboarding and training for over 200 new members.
- The organizer of the UW hackathon (“!Singlehack”) to develop a dating APP. Contributed to looking for sponsors, managing the event, and evaluating the participants’ product from a software engineering perspective
Website Developer Intern
Linkage Internet Technology Co., Ltd
Lanzhou, Gansu
07.2016 - 09.2016
- Used HTML and CSS to design the website interfaces, and attracted more users by enhancing the layouts of the home site contents and the appearance of the application
- Improved website functionality by redesigning, updating and implementing SQL codes, plug ins and extensions.
- Used SQL in building and maintaining the database and wrote queries for team to better accomplish the goal
- Prepared and submitted reports and other documentation to assist development team members.
Founder
A Professional Music Label
Toronto, ON
03.2020 - Current
- Organizing PR, performance, collaboration, distribution planner, marketing analysis, music production, songwritting & Video Production
- Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base and solidify market presence.
Education
Master of Data Science - Data Science
Fordham University
New York, NY 09.2022 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Mathematics - Computational Mathematics & Statistics
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON, Canada 09.2016 - 08.2020
Skills
Python and popular Machine Learning Pkgs
C and R programing
SQL& Hadoop
SAS Advanced programing
Communication and Interpersonal Skills, team player and Leadership
Excel VBA
HTML and JaveScript
Tableau
Additional Information
- Currently cooperating on a study about Federated Learning and Heterogeneity with Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan ( (Highly-Cited Researcher, by Clarivate/WoS)
- Familiar and finished projects with Panda, Numpy, Scikit-learn, PyCaret, Pytorch, Tensorflow, etc.
- Recieved good grades on Data mining, Classification, Clustering, Regressions, Neural Network, Reinforcement Learning, Approximation Functions, Data Visualization, Computational Inference, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Bayesian estimation, EM algorithm, Estimating hidden Markov models, Sampling Inference, graph theory, linear programing, etc.
Accomplishments
Research Experience
- Yun, S., Li, X., Zhou, W., Sun, X., & Lysy, M
- (2020) “Single-molecule Fluorescence Energy Transfer using
- Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Model” (Unpublished) - Final project of STAT 440/840/CM 761
- Used modified smFRET to model the dynamics between two particles by monitoring the photons number exchanged in each time interval, simulate the Brownian motion-like free diffusion with poisson photon exchange model and use Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process to estimate it
- Yun, S., Fang, Z., & Schonlau, M
- (2020) “Predicting Life Satisfaction” - In Class Kaggle Competition – Final project of STAT 441/841/CM 763
- Analyzed a given data set by Classification, feature selecting, model selecting (Light GBM + CatBoost), and parameter tuning processes to train a fitting model that can predict future outcomes
- Study of the financial data in NBA and NHL” - The Economics of Sports
- Studied the relationship among payroll, player stats, and winning percentages, and a balanced plan for Minnesota
- Wild (NHL) using weighted linear regression, gradient descent, etc.
Timeline
Master of Data Science - Data Science
Fordham University
09.2022 - 01.2024
Documentation Analyst/IT Support
Steelcraft Inc
07.2020 - 07.2022
Founder
A Professional Music Label
03.2020 - Current
Head of Human Resources
Waterloo Chinese Students and Scholars Association
09.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Mathematics - Computational Mathematics & Statistics
University of Waterloo
09.2016 - 08.2020
Website Developer Intern
Linkage Internet Technology Co., Ltd
07.2016 - 09.2016