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Yi Hsiang Teng

Birmingham

Summary

Results-driven professional with a strong background in data analysis and project management, demonstrated at UAB, where I enhanced student performance through effective assessment strategies. Proficient in Python programming and machine learning, I successfully co-founded a venture that achieved a 160% ROI by optimizing purchasing processes and establishing strategic partnerships.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Teaching Assistance

UAB, Probability
01.2025 - Current
  • Developed and graded assignments, quizzes, and exams that assessed students' understanding of statistical concepts, with an increase in student performance
  • Rendered one-on-one support to students, yielding an excellent satisfaction rate with teaching assistance
  • Boosted quiz scores by 25% and received 95% teaching satisfaction rate.

Co-Founder

UP
05.2022 - 03.2023
  • Negotiated vendor terms and managed purchasing cycles to reduce unit cost by 20% and achieve 160% ROI
  • Tracked inventory levels and monitored event material flow, minimizing loss and over-purchasing
  • Developed cost and supply SOPs for event execution, ensuring process standardization across campaigns
  • Initiated partnerships that generated new revenue channels, while maintaining cost discipline
  • PROJECTS
  • Nonlinear Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Volatility of the U.S
  • Financial Markets
  • Conducted a pioneering research study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S
  • Stock market, exploring the effects of global confirmed cases and deaths on market volatility
  • Java Object-Oriented Project: Snake Game
  • Designed a fully functional Snake Game utilizing object-oriented programming (OOP) principles, featuring player controls, random apple generation, scoring system, and collision detection
  • Quantitative Analysis of Wine Quality: A Linear Regression Approach (Python and Excel)
  • Applied a linear regression model to a wine quality dataset, analyzing the impact of key chemical components (pH level, volatile acidity, chlorides, and total sulfur) on wine quality, identifying the most significant factors influencing final wine quality ratings
  • Quantitative Analysis of Cancer Risk: A Logistic Regression Approach (Python and Excel)
  • Developed a logistic regression model utilizing 5 tumor markers (AFP, CEA, CA125, CA199, and CA50) to analyze their impact on cancer risk, identifying key biomarkers that significantly influence cancer probability
  • Employed statistical evaluation criteria, including Chi-Square tests, Residual Deviance, and P-values, to assess the significance of each tumor marker
  • Optimal Flight Selection: Evaluating Transit Delays and Best Route Choice for Passengers
  • Built an optimal flight selection model, analyzing 6 flight options with varying departure times, durations, and transit stops, to determine the best route with the shortest total travel time and minimum layover duration
  • Simulated 10,000 randomized travel scenarios to estimate delay probabilities for each flight option, with data-driven insights for passengers to make flight choices and minimize travel disruptions due to delays
  • Association Rule Mining Using WEKA and Apriori Algorithm
  • Utilized WEKA and the Apriori Algorithm to perform Association Rule Mining on large transaction datasets, analyzing customer purchasing behavior and identifying relationships between products to inform Market Basket Analysis
  • Extracted valuable insights from transaction data, uncovering patterns and correlations between products, enabling retailers to optimize product placement, enhance cross-selling strategies, and improve customer shopping experience
  • Building a Backend Database and User Behavior Monitoring System Using AWS
  • Built a cloud-based backend system using AWS to simulate real-time user behavior tracking and data reporting, mimicking supply chain visibility systems
  • Integrated automated data submission and unified messaging, demonstrating early-stage capabilities in supply chain digitalization and alert notification frameworks
  • Implemented a real-time notification broadcasting system, utilizing AWS's data analysis capabilities to send unified messages to all logged-in users
  • Enhancing SMS Spam Detection with Machine Learning
  • Carried out a comparative analysis of machine learning classification algorithms (Naive Bayes, Random Forest, SVM) for SMS spam detection, achieving a maximum F1 score of 0.91 and recall of 0.83 with Random Forest
  • Developed an optimized SMS spam classification system using Random Forest and text preprocessing techniques (tokenization, stop-word removal, lemmatization, TF-IDF vectorization), addressing class imbalance challenges and improving digital communication security via automated spam filtering.

Education

Master’s Degree - Data Science

University of Alabama
Birmingham
08.2025

Bachelor’s Degree - Banking and Finance

Tamkang University
Taiwan
05.2022

Skills

  • Data analysis
  • Machine learning
  • Statistical modeling
  • Project management
  • Python programming
  • Cloud computing
  • Quantitative finance
  • Small business finance

Certification

SQL | Tableau | Power BI | Excel | AWS | Python | Java | R | Data Warehousing | ETL | SAS | JMP | Data Modeling | Database Management | Business Analytics | Data Storytelling | Quantitative Analysis | Machine Learning | Data Analysis | Business Intelligence | Data Visualization | Reporting | Data Mining | Predictive Analytics | Statistical Analysis | Data Governance | Business Process Improvement | Strategic Planning | Performance Metrics Development Supply Chain Process Mapping | Inventory Governance | MOQ/MPQ Optimization | E&O Mitigation | Supply Chain Digitalization | Cross-Site Coordination, Securities Firm Sales Specialist License (Taiwan) Financial Market Fundamentals and Professional Ethics Certification (Taiwan) Startup Talent Training Program Microsoft Office Excel 2016 Specialist Expert Certifications

Languages

  • English / Mandarin
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Additional Information

  • Applied a nonlinear analytical approach using Smooth Transition Regression (STR) models to capture the complex relationships between pandemic data and stock market fluctuations as a project. Provided actionable insights for investors to inform investment strategies and mitigate risks associated with market volatility during the pandemic. Contributed to understanding pandemic-induced market volatility via a project, offering valuable research findings to support more informed decision-making in financial markets. Built a predictive model using WEKA's Logistic Regression to forecast loan default probabilities with an accuracy rate of 89%, by leveraging a dataset of customer attributes and financial indicators. Developed a deep learning-based image recognition model using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to classify playing cards, with a classification accuracy of 63.77% on the Kaggle Playing Cards Dataset. Investigated the integration of Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) with CNNs to enhance computational efficiency, demonstrating a sixfold reduction in training time (from 157.52s to 28s) while maintaining a competitive classification accuracy of 49.43%. Identified key factors influencing loan default risks through the predictive model project, providing insights for financial institutions to enhance risk assessment strategies, optimize lending decisions, and minimize potential losses.

Languages

English
Full Professional
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Teaching Assistance

UAB, Probability
01.2025 - Current

Co-Founder

UP
05.2022 - 03.2023

Master’s Degree - Data Science

University of Alabama

Bachelor’s Degree - Banking and Finance

Tamkang University