XIAYING MAO
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Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University
EDUCATION
Masters in Statistical Practice, GPA: 3.91/4.0 May 2013
Champaign, IL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science in Economics May 2012
Minor: Business Administration, GPA: 3.77/4.0
SKILLS/
Computer: Database/Statistics: R, SQL, SAS
CERTIFICATION
Programming: Matlab, C++, HTML
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9 Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
Language: English, Chinese (Mandarin)
Graduate: Applied Linear Models, Multilevel and Hierarchical Models, Survey Methodology, Data Mining,
RELATED
COURSEWORK Statistical Consulting, R & SAS Programing, Experiment Design, Time Series, Statistical Thinking
Undergraduate: Introduction to Business, Principles of Accounting, Principle of Marketing, Management
and Organization Behavior, Corporate Finance, Introduction to Econometrics
Graduate: Applied LinerProject, Multilevel and Hierarchical Models, Survey Methodology,
RROJECTS
P ELATED Spring 2013
Marketing Consulting Models, Civic Science Data
COURSEWORK § Analyze large dataset from online marketing polling; perform segmentation analysis to classify respondents
into two cognitive styles.
§ Detect factors that affect the likelihood of each cognitive style; construct predictive models to examine
associations between respondents’ prediction ability and cognitive styles.
§ Communicate with clients directly on weekly basis and present results to company manager.
Fall 2012
Adjustment Analysis Project, CMU Department of Statistics
§ Designed survey, collected data from stratified random sample of CMU students; performed statistical
analysis using R and SAS; wrote a data analysis report and presented analysis results.
Pittsburgh, PA
Statistics Department, Carnegie Mellon University
EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant and Course Grader Fall 2012-Present
§ Hold regular office hours to meet with students; grade homework, exams and communicate with professor
about students’ overall performance.
Shanghai, China
The Bank of East Asia
Summer Intern, Departments of Settlement and personal banking Summer 2012
§ Performed terroristic risk assessment of potential clients and effectively communicated the highlights to the
manager in brief meetings.
§ Prepared daily reports of Mainland China area foreign transactions; monitored bank’s account transactions.
Champaign, IL
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Econometrics Research Assistant June 2011-May 2012
§ Assisted professor in methodology development on spatial data analysis.
§ Investigated students’ course performance with outcomes.
State Administration of Foreign Exchanges (Headquarter) Shanghi, China
June - July, 2010
Summer Intern, Department of Current Accounts
Managed and documented current account data on SQL database and performed data mining.
Performed administrative work; interacted with clients and helped them with troubleshooting on
documentary problems.
People’s Bank of China (Central bank of China) Taizhou, China
Summer intern, Department of Research and Statistics Summer 2009
§ Analyzed operational performance of various financial institutions to assess growth opportunities in the rural
area of Taizhou, PR of China.
Tau Sigma National Honor Society March, 2010-Present
HONORS §
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean’s List, UIUC, 2009, 2010, 2011, Spring 2011
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