Xuchen(Frank) Wang
Chicago,IL
Summary
Applied Data Scientist and Visual Analytics Engineer with 5+ years of enterprise software engineering experience and hands-on ownership of data pipelines, ML models, and analytics dashboards. Currently building production-ready visual decision-support systems at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL). Strong at translating complex data into actionable insights by combining data engineering, machine learning, and human-centered visualization.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Assistant
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
Chicago, USA
10.2024 - Current
- Designed and delivered interactive visual analytics dashboards supporting clinical decision-making, focused on patient discharge readiness and care-stage comprehension.
- Built a decision-support system that extracts and visualizes risk signals from unstructured clinical notes, enabling faster comparison across care phases.
- Collaborated with clinicians to iteratively refine workflows and visual encodings, improving interpretability and trust in high-stakes healthcare settings.
- Applied human-in-the-loop AI evaluation to ensure reliability, usability, and deployment readiness.
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2018 - 11.2023
- Engineered backend services for enterprise data platforms using Python and Java, supporting 5k+ daily requests and mission-critical batch processing workflows.
- Developed RESTful APIs with Spring Boot, improving system reliability by 30% while integrating with complex customer data systems.
- Optimized SQL-based ETL pipelines, reducing average job runtimes by 30% while maintaining 95%+ data accuracy across cross-functional reports.
- Designed and deployed automated data quality frameworks, eliminating 90% of recurring validation failures through schema enforcement and dynamic rule-based checks.
- Built internal monitoring dashboards using SQL, Power BI, and Angular to visualize system health, transaction volumes, and data quality metrics for stakeholders.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
05.2026
Bachelor of Science - Math and Computer Science
University of Illinois At Chicago
01.2018
Skills
- Visual analytics
- D3js
- JavaScript
- Power BI/ Tableau
- Matplotlib
- Interactive dashboard design
- Python
- SQL
- Rest APIs
- Git
- Agile
- Scrum
- Machine learning
- Shap
- LLM-assisted analytics
Websites
Projects
AI-Enabled All-Health Team Data Fabric (Clinical Visual Analytics)
University of Illinois Chicago · Oct 2025 – Present
- Built a visual decision-support system that helps clinicians assess patient discharge readiness by surfacing risks from unstructured clinical notes.
- Designed interactive visualizations to support rapid comparison across care phases, highlighting gaps in social support and follow-up planning.
- Developed through iterative feedback with clinical experts, aligning system design with real hospital workflows.
Ethereum Blockchain Transaction Analysis (Visual Analytics & ML)
University of Illinois Chicago · Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
- Analyzed Ethereum transactions to detect gas-fee anomalies and behavior patterns using clustering and anomaly detection.
- Built an interactive dashboard for exploring trends by gas fees, block numbers, and transaction types.
Predicting Student Stress Levels Using Classification Models (Explainable AI)
University of Illinois Chicago · Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
- Trained and evaluated Logistic Regression, SVM, Random Forest, and XGBoost models on psychological and academic datasets.
- Applied SHAP to interpret model outputs, identifying anxiety and self-esteem as key stress predictors.
Dragon Boat Rhythm (AI Game & Interactive Systems)
University of Illinois Chicago · Jan 2025 – May 2025
- Developed a rhythm-based racing game featuring AI-controlled opponents navigating a dynamic environment.
- Implemented A pathfinding and FSM-based AI behaviors* for real-time decision-making and adaptive gameplay.
Personal Information
Title: Applied Data Scientist | Visual Analytics Engineer
Timeline
Research Assistant
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
10.2024 - Current
Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2018 - 11.2023
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelor of Science - Math and Computer Science
University of Illinois At Chicago