Moore Accuracy Lab
Research, 09/2022— Present, Berkeley, CA
Assessing the accuracy and calibration of human judgements.
CV
For a summary, please reference my resume.
Education
- UC Berkeley, B.A. Computer Science, Economics, and ORMS, expected Spring 2023
- Coursework: Functional Programming, Algorithms & Data Structures, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Information Devices and Systems, Discrete Mathematics, Theory of Computation, Computer Architecture, Statistics, Probability, and Inference, Analysis, Nonlinear Optimization, Micro/Macroeconomics, Behavioral Economics (for Public Policy), Principles of Business
- Activities: Voyager Consulting, The Debate Society of Berkeley, Computer Science Mentors, The Daily Californian, Berkeley Economic Review, Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Skills
👍 - Python, Data Science (pandas, sklearn, etc.), NLP (huggingface, pytortch), R, Java, Latex, Git/Terminal, VSCode/IntelliJ/Android Studio, Qualtrics
🤏 - C, SQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript/React, Azure/AWS, WordPress, Stata, MATLAB, Typescript
Experiences
Susquehanna International Group
Quantitative Trading, 06/2022—08/2022, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Practiced decison science for fast-paced markets and built NLP model.
Berkeley AI Research
Research, 12/2021— Present, Berkeley, CA
Applying language models to social science research.
Uber Eats
Data Science, 09/2021—11/2021, Berkeley, CA
Segmented eaters to design promos and optimize conversion and retention.
Gates Foundation
Consulting, 09/2021—05/2022, Berkeley, CA
Advised landscaping study of substandard and falsified medicines in sub-Saharan Africa.
CS 61A Course Staff
Teaching, 06/2021—11/2021, Berkeley, CA
Taught sections and held office hours for an introductory Python course.
Amazon Web Services
Software Engineering, 06/2021—08/2021, Herndon, VA
Built a versatile, scalable customer notification tool for Route 53 service teams.
Volvo Cars
Consulting, 01/2021—05/2021, Berkeley, CA
Compiled and priced subscription-based car features through surveys and software development.
Center for Effective Global Action
Research, 01/2021—05/2021, Berkeley, CA
Created visualizations and reproduced 5 social science research papers.
Bronx Science
Teaching, 09/2020—04/2021, Bronx, NY
Coached a debate team of 28 and judged at 18 tournaments.
Premier Debate
Product Management, 12/2018—08/2021, Los Angeles, CA
Wrote 42 topic briefings for high school debate and maintained company website.
Projects
Debate Careers
Analysis of high school debater career pathways.
Time Tracking: Summer 2021
New time tracking analysis through June 2021.
Disclosure Quantified
Scraping and analyzing debate cases.
Time Tracking: Winter 2021
Analysis of my time tracking data from September 2020 to January 2021.
Partisanship and COVID
Multivariate regression on public health and voting data.
E-Debate Update
Extended previous analysis to 8 more events/divisons.
E-Debate
Scraped tournament entries and analyzed the effect of COVID-19.
Publications
Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial
Guide and case study for community resilience decision-making software.
Helgeson, J. F., & Zhang, P. J. (2020). Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tutorial: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Case Study. US Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
TPWshiny: An Interactive R/Shiny App to Explore Cell Line Transcriptional Responses to Anti-cancer Drugs
Portable, dynamic application for studying transcriptional pharamcodyanmics.
Zhang, P., Palmisano, A., Kumar, R., Li, M. C., Doroshow, J. H., & Zhao, Y. (2021). TPWshiny: an interactive R/Shiny app to explore cell line transcriptional responses to anti-cancer drugs. Bioinformatics.
Awards
- April 2022: Citadel West Coast Data Open, 3rd Place
- November 2021: Baidu x VSS Case Competition, 3rd Place
- November 2021: DSS x NIB Datathon for Social Good, 1st Place, Submission
- October 2021: Gates Foundation Case Competition, Finalist
- August 2021/2020: UC Berkeley Leadership Award
- April 2021: Mastercard Case Competition, 3rd Place
- October 2020: University of Pennsylvania Tournament, Open Semifinalist
- June 2020: National Speech and Debate Tournament, 11th Place & 6th Speaker in Lincoln-Douglas
- April 2021: Venture Capital Investment Competition, National Finalist
- May 2020: Tournament of Champions, Lincoln-Douglas Quarterfinalist
- April 2020: USA Computing Olympiad, Platinum Division