Assistant Los Angeles Experience .Net Analyst

Ye Gao

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City: Los Angeles

State: CA

Zip: 90034

Country: USA

Phone: 310-***-****

Skill Level: Assistant

Salary Range: $60,000

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YE GAO

PhD in Physics & MS in Statistics

Email: *********@********.***

Tel: 310aa779aa0783

Address: 3767 Mentone Ave Apt 111, Los Angeles, CA 90034

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles, PhD in Physics, Dec 2012

aa Advisor: Dr. Raymond J. Walker (*******@****.****.***)

aa Full scholarship; GPA: 3.96/4.00 (1%); Eugene B. Waggoner Award, 2011; Joan Palevsky Scholarship, 2007

University of California, Los Angeles, MS in Statistics, Sep 2011

aa Advisor: Dr. Qing Zhou (****@****.****.***)

University of Science and Technology of China, BS in Physics, Jul 2007

aa Advisor: Dr. Youqiu Hu (********@****.***)

aa GPA: 3.89/4.30 (5%); Baosteel Outstanding Student Award, 2005; Outstanding Student Award, 2004 & 2006.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Assistant, Lab of Space Science, UCLA, Sep 2007 - Present

aa Developed a linear model for solar windaamagnetosphere coupling with exploratory data analysis in MATLAB, which significantly outperforms any previous model by at least 20%

aa Extended the linear model to a nonlinear additive model, which predicts similar results

aa Investigated the polar cap dynamics by using smoothing techniques and time series analysis, and identified major variation cycles

Graduate Assistant, Lab of Statistics, UCLA, Sep 2010 - Sep 2011

aa Computed the energy landscape of Ising model by using Markov chain Monte Carlo technique

aa Visualized the energy landscape with disconnectivity graph in R

aa Refined the computed energy landscape with an optimization technique (Tabu search)

Undergraduate Assistant, Lab of Space Science, USTC, Sep 2003 - Jul 2007

aa Implemented many numerical methods to solve a partial differential equation in C and FORTRAN 77

aa Compared different methods with a testing equation in terms of efficiency and precision

aa Applied best solver to solve ionospheric potential equation, which reduced computation time by 80%

aa Integrated the numerical solver to a global MHD simulation code

TECHNICAL SKILLS

aa Languages: English (fluent) and Chinese Mandarin (native)

aa Computer Skills: Microsoft Windows and Linux, Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Word)

aa Programming Languages: MATLAB, R, C, FORTRAN 77, VBA

aa Optimization: Convex optimization (e.g. Linear programming, Quadratic programming), Tabu search

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (out of 5 journal articles, and 6 conference presentations)

aa Gao, Y., M. G. Kivelson, A. J. Ridley, J. M. Weygand, and R. J. Walker, (2012) Utilizing the polar cap index to explore strong driving of polar cap dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 117(A7), A07213

aa Gao, Y., M. G. Kivelson, and R. J. Walker, (2012) The linear dependence of polar cap index on its controlling factors in solar wind and magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 117(A5), A05213

aa Gao, Y., M. G. Kivelson, R. J. Walker, and J. M. Weygand, (2012) Longaaterm variation of driven and unloading effects on polar cap

dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 117(A2), A02203

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

aa Professional activities: Mathworks certified MATLAB associate, Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel 2007

aa Membership: Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Society of Quantitative Analyst (SQA)

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