Tianyi (Zero) Zhang Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Communicated remotely with a NASA client weekly, discussing the purpose of the project
• Understood the problem by listening to the client and asking prompting questions
• Finalized the problem to be detecting fault in faulty battery dataset (8034 observations) based on healthy battery dataset of 98530 observations
• Developed time series models to serve the above goal when collaborating with two peers

Ithaca, New York Area

• Detect candidates’ fitted job categories based on their skill sets, leveraging machine learning strategies
• Selected 5 machine learning algorithms to build the forecasting system: Naïve Bayes, Tree models (including simple classification tree, bagging tree, and random forest trees), and K-Nearest-Neighbor
• Represented each word as a token, and visualized top 10 keywords for top 3 job categories

• Guided 25 mentors toward goal setting/accomplishment, relationship-building and intercultural understanding
• Built products/program/workshops to improve student customers experiences; communicated via storytelling
• Conducted on-going analysis of events and operations; made clear recommendation based on analysis results
• Sent out 20 bi-weekly email reminders to all mentees and mentors, and lead bi-weekly mentor meetings
• Identified problems/needs, and work with International Programs Coordinator (IPC) and peer mentors to resolve issues
• Assisted closely with the IPC for quarterly Mentorship Community events, other large program-wide events, trainings

Santa Cruz, CA

• Tutored over 200 students Statistics, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, and Linear Algebra
• Adapted teaching styles to accommodate different learning levels; grades were raised by one grade generally
• Personalized needs for diverse students; students gained comprehensive understanding of course materials
• Facilitated 4 weekly group sessions (10 students per group), 2 weekly small group tutoring (4 students per group), and study sessions during exam weeks as needed
• Attended a peer tutoring course/training to learn theoretical background and practical learning/teaching strategies essential for planning and implementing effective peer-guided learning

Santa Cruz, CA

• Organized quarterly events for 100 residents, regarding academia, community building, mental health, and social lifestyle
• Addressed and documented suspected violations of UCSC policies or refer violations to Community Safety Officers, Residential Managers, or Police among 852 students
• Created and maintained a supportive system for 100 residents, facilitating the individual’s efforts to fulfill academic goals, establish self-identity and values, and learn to respect the right of neighbors to do the.
• Provide and organize 8 cultural, educational, and social programming throughout the academic year for students in residence per quarter

San Francisco Bay Area

• Estimated the casual effect of alcohol consumption on mortality by a regression discontinuity design
• Created a balance table using a linear regression, ensuring two age groups are comparable besides variable age
• Visualized a quadratic regression on alcohol consumption & age, treating threshold 21 as the binary variable
• Performed an instrumental variable estimate to rescale the effect; obtained the local average treatment effect
• Implemented a regression discontinuity design when treating age 21 as the threshold for the legal drinking age

Santa Cruz, CA

• Evaluated linear and multivariate regressions in experimental data, and conducted significance tests
• Compared experimental & non-experimental data for casual effect of reminders on voting rate
• Recommended one strategy for political campaigns to increase voting rate – remind people to vote via phone

Shanghai, China

1156 High Street

• Participated in a research project in the UCSC Economics Department
• Focused on how exchange rate regime choice can affect country spreads in developing countries using event study framework
• Analyzed data from ten countries from 2001 to 2014 by using Stata code to draw graphs, run regressions, see patterns, and draw conclusions
• Collaborated with a team of five to discuss our findings and contribute to the project progress

Shanghai City, China

• Sold study abroad package for 100 students, for destinations in the U.S, Australia, England, and Europe
• Offered study abroad advice for 200 students, varying from age 7-18, based on their needs
• Collected Visa materials for all applications and assist them to prepare for Visa interview
• Presented information sessions for with the preparation for studying abroad before departure
• Followed up after they comeback, and give recommendations for different experience

Master'S Degree, Applied Statistics

Activities and Societies: Member of American Statistical Association

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Women in Engineering