Xiaoyi Ma
Amherst,NY
Summary
Skilled multitasker with superior work ethic and good teamwork, problem-solving and organizational skills. Reliable and dedicated team player with hardworking and resourceful approach.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Teaching Assistant
University At Buffalo, SUNY
09.2022 - 05.2023
- TA for master level course Data Mining I & II.
- Graded assignments, reports and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
- Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
- Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
Teaching Assistant
University At Buffalo, SUNY
09.2021 - 05.2022
- TA for bachelor level Statistical Methods.
- Taught recitations.
- Graded assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
- Provided instructional support to students unable to attend regular classes.
- Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
Intern
Tconnex, inc
12.2020 - 06.2021
- Performed software testing on statistical methods using R.
- Implemented statistical methods and machine learning technique to the software.
- Created user manual and supporting audio/video files.
Research Assistant
George Washington University
05.2020 - 05.2021
- Advised by Professor Hua Liang;
- Researched on high dimensional data analysis by minimum conditional variance, and on PCA, MPC, CMV approaches;
- Worked on optimizing the algorithm for determining the most optimal method for solving collinearity problems on high dimensional data by using R
Intern at IT Department
Thermo Fisher Scientific (China) Co., Ltd
07.2019 - 08.2019
- Used Python to achieve automatization of the financial system;
- Automatized the process of data importing and operating on existing invoices;
- Prepared project presentations and reports to assist senior staff.
Research Assistant
Xi’an Jiaotong University
05.2019 - 07.2019
- Advised by Professor Chunxia Zhang from School of Mathematics and Statistics;
- Performed variable selection in high-dimensional regression models using R.
- Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
Research Assistant
Xi'an Jiaotong University
07.2018 - 08.2018
- Advised by Professor Chunxia Zhang from school of Mathematics and Statistics;
- Researched on multivariate statistical analysis, application of deep learning in text classification, word embedding techniques, and convolutional neural networks.
- Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis.
- Reviewed documents and data to identify trends and patterns.
Intern
China Development Bank
07.2016 - 08.2016
- Performed bank operation procedures such as inputting the credit system;
- Prepared daily business spreadsheets of clients’ information;
- Collected and sorted out financial statements.
Education
Ph.D. - Biostatistics
State University of New York
Buffalo, NY05.2026
Master of Science - Statistics
George Washington University
D.C.05.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, CO12.2019
Skills
- R (Programming Language)
- Python (Programming Language)
- SAS (Programming Language)
- Statistical Methods
- Visualization Techniques
- Bayesian Inference
- Data Mining
Publication
Bao Guo, Chunxia Zhang, Junmin Liu, Xiaoyi Ma. Improving text classification with weighted word embeddings via a multi-channel TextCNN model. Neurocomputing, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.neucom.2019.07.052
Timeline
Teaching Assistant
University At Buffalo, SUNY
09.2022 - 05.2023
Teaching Assistant
University At Buffalo, SUNY
09.2021 - 05.2022
Intern
Tconnex, inc
12.2020 - 06.2021
Research Assistant
George Washington University
05.2020 - 05.2021
Intern at IT Department
Thermo Fisher Scientific (China) Co., Ltd
07.2019 - 08.2019
Research Assistant
Xi’an Jiaotong University
05.2019 - 07.2019
Research Assistant
Xi'an Jiaotong University
07.2018 - 08.2018
Intern
China Development Bank
07.2016 - 08.2016
Ph.D. - Biostatistics
State University of New York
Master of Science - Statistics
George Washington University
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
University of Colorado At Boulder
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