• Data scientist & certified machine learning engineer based in Southern California• MS information science; BS psychology; 2nd major linguistics; minor cognitive science• English, Mandarin Chinese, SpanishI am a full-stack machine learning developer with practical experience in every stage of the data lifecycle.After working in bioinformatics at a virology lab, I earned a master's from one of the highest-ranking information schools in the US and traveled to research and write about global airport cities and aerotropolises. To deepen my expertise in data science and artificial intelligence, I completed Springboard's intensive machine learning engineering certification program. Now I work on computer vision applications that reduce workplace injuries and deaths.My experiences in many fields of work and study enable a multifaceted approach to mastering new concepts and solving problems in a variety of contexts:• Formal education provided a solid foundation in academic writing, critical thinking, quantitative methods, and human subjects research.• As a CEO's executive assistant, I practiced creative problem-solving.• Customer service roles cultivated patience.• Self-employment honed my grit and resilience.• Logistics and moving companies taught me how it feels to work with my hands.• Multinational collaboration developed cultural awareness.• Sales and office roles have further nurtured my people skills.Business is about people. People make decisions — not companies. So let's guide our decisions with evidence and data. Hit me up directly and we can talk more: Michael.Chen.0@gmail.com.Outside work, I enjoy cats, k-pop, fitness, martial arts, music, nature, travel, and video games.Keywords:AI, AI/ML, Applied Mathematics, Applied Statistical Models, Artificial Intelligence, AWS, Classification, Clustering, Computer Vision, Data Analysis, Data Cleaning, Data Munging, Data Science, Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Deep Learning, EC2, Experimental Design, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Forecasting, Git, Google Sheets, GPU, Hypothesis Testing, Hyperparameter Optimization, JSON, Jupyter Lab, Jupyter Notebook, Language, Machine Learning, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Model Prototyping, Models, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, NLP, NumPy, Object Detection, Optimisation, Pandas, Predictive Modelling, Python, Python 3, Python3, Random Forest, Regression, Scikit-learn, Seaborn, SQL, Statistical Modeling, Statistics, Supervised Learning, S3, Unsupervised Learning, Visualisation, VSCode, XML
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Senior Generative Ai EngineerAicadiumSan Diego, Ca, Us
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Generative Ai EngineerAicadium Sep 2023 - PresentGlobal technology company dedicated to creating and scaling cross-sector AI solutions:• Apply data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (including GenAI) to deliver value and solve problems for customers.• Keep up to date with recent developments in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.Knowledge extraction for medical device regulation and compliance• Worked in multinational teams of 3–15 on text-processing solutions using LLMs and fuzzy RegEx for text summarization and entity extraction from regulatory corpora for medical devices.• Maintained repositories (~30 PRs), refactored legacy code, designed CI configurations, augmented pipelines, cleaned data, contributed to data design and architectural decisions, wrote scrapers, reviewed pull requests, and liaised with SMEs and interdepartmental stakeholders.• Served as hiring manager and first-round interviewer for data science roles.
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Data ScientistAicadium May 2022 - Nov 2023Buy Now Pay Later micro-credit risk modelling• Queried and explored transactional data from Snowflake (SnowSQL, SnowSight) for ~240 hospitals in the B2B healthcare supply chain.Entity extraction application• Developed a text-processing application with object-oriented architecture to automatically extract key customer information from testing, inspection, and certification reportsPPE compliance CCTV monitor• Brainstormed solutions, sourced and labeled public data (ITAR restrictions), designed labeling schemes and workflows, developed competitor benchmarks, developed data utilities, cleaned data, trained classifiers, evaluated various hand detectorsOther tasks• Assisted with video annotation.• Created slides and presented demos for Scrum ceremonies and to customer liaisons.• Continually update my skills and knowledge with relevant training in visual foundation models, object detection, image classification, large language models (LLMs), and generative AI.
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Executive Assistant To The President航都院 （中国）Aerotropolis Institute China Aug 2017 - May 2022郑州市, 河南省, CnThink tank and consulting firm for research and training in urban economic development of airports and airport cities:• Facilitated the President's key research activities.• Liaised with staff in China and support the multinational Advisory Panel.• Augmented, designed, or created slides for 50+ international presentations on aerotropolis concepts.• Compiled industry research reports and execute fact-finding missions.• Edited videos with Adobe Premiere for multimedia presentations.• Reviewed and backed up past work for archival assessment and e-library curation and development.• Oversaw the President's Twitter feed and schedule new tweets with Hootsuite.• Troubleshot software issues, maintain computing equipment, make purchase recommendations, and provide technical support.• Developed bespoke IT tutorials.• Proofread, transcribed, copyedited, fact-checked, verified citations, and normalized formatting for dozens of manuscripts as well as emails, speeches, reports, and letters.Projects• Established a file-naming convention to enforce version control during editing.• Processed 1,000+ kg of accumulated paper research materials, professorial records, and correspondence for archival donation or disposal.• Catalogued, photographed, and packaged the President's personal library of ~300 books as well as a dozen limited-edition model planes and trucks for Customs processing and overseas donation to headquarter exhibitions.• Organized, inventoried, and photographed thousands of vintage baseball cards and other collectible sports cards for the President's private records. -
Senior Research AssociateAerotropolis Business Concepts Llc Jun 2015 - May 2022Research and consulting firm specializing in airport city and aerotropolis planning and development:• Researched, wrote about, and presented on aerotropolises and airport cities.Conferences• SKYSERVICE | 2019 Apr | Moscow• Airport Design, Construction and Operations | 2020 Oct | MoscowProjects• Co-authored a research report (~85 pages) on the Incheon Aerotropolis.• Created content for ~50% of the cases in Airport City and Aerotropolis Development (forthcoming book).• Contributed to a report (in collaboration with the Canadian Urban Institute) on a potential Toronto East Aerotropolis.• Provided guidance for URL hierarchy and content structure plus best practice guidelines for the Aerotropolis Institute China's website redesign.• Augmented, designed, or created slides for 50+ international presentations on aerotropolis concepts to date.
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Business Operations Records LiaisonU.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs Jun 2017 - Aug 2017Washington, Dc, UsHuman Capital Systems and Services Office of the Veterans Health Administration:• Shadowed web programmers in a C#/.NET agile (Scrum) development environment.• Documented onboarding inefficiencies in the Knowledge Management team.• Consulted federal records control schedules to ascertain proper disposition guidelines for obsolete records during the departmental transition to electronic document management as Records Liaison.• Restructured Excel spreadsheets to streamline the update process for Federal Hiring Freeze reports and the emergency contact information directory.• Developed a standard operating procedure personalized, hyperlinked subsets of the VA Records Control Schedule for the Business Operations team.• Processed ~120 Education Debt Reduction Program applications.• Maintained inventories of ITC hardware.• Participated in over 30 workforce training courses as well as a variety of professional and leadership development activities as part of the Federal Diversity Internship Initiative through the Washington Center and VA's National Diversity Internship Program.• Earned a Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service. -
Graduate Research Assistant: Data ScientistUnc Center For Community Capital Jul 2015 - Aug 2016Chapel Hill, North Carolina, UsMultidisciplinary research center affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences and Center for Urban and Regional Studies:• Planned and executed data validation controls for the public-use dataset of the Community Advantage Panel Study, a longitudinal survey spanning 12 years.• Created scripts in Python for verifying and documenting the completeness and consistency of codebooks, improving data integrity.• Wrote code in SAS and SQL to enforce attribute domain constraints.• Proofread data collection reports and survey specifications. -
Bioinformatics Research AssistantUnc Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Nov 2013 - Jul 2014Chapel Hill, North Carolina, UsVirology laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology researching Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus oncogenesis:• Supported bioinformatics research activities as part of a four-member vironomics team.• Wrote scripts in Python to clean annotation data of trimmed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sequencing reads in bulk, eliminating hours of manual inspection.• Designed primers and probes to ensure targeted DNA/RNA amplification for external quantitative PCR clients.• Performed genome finishing, de novo assemblies, and other high-throughput sequencing techniques to PCR reads with CLC Genomics Workbench.• Maintained lab websites and updated lab wiki.• Conducted literature searches for grant proposals.• Proofread academic journal submissions.
Michael I Chen Education Details
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University Of North Carolina At Chapel HillInformation Science -
SpringboardArtificial Intelligence
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University Of North Carolina At Chapel HillAnd Cognitive Science
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North Carolina State UniversityCalculus
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William G. Enloe Magnet High School Gt/Ib Center For The Humanities, Sciences And The ArtsHigh School/Secondary Diploma Programs
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Michael I Chen attended University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Springboard, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, William G. Enloe Magnet High School Gt/ib Center For The Humanities, Sciences And The Arts.
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