202-***-**** Ziqi Zhou acwwdd@r.postjobfree.com

Ziqi Zhou (Zoe)

229W 115th St, New York City, NY, 10026 202-***-**** acwwdd@r.postjobfree.com SUMMARY

Master of Science in Statistics with a GPA of 3.71, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Pass four SOA exams (P, FM, MFE and C) and gain knowledge in financial markets, portfolio, insurance

Two years data analysis experience using SAS, R, Python, VBA through projects and achieve SAS Advanced Programming Certification

One year experience at Neusoft Corporation as a part-time data analyst to evaluate stock’s risk

Advanced proficiency in modeling gained through projects

Good communication skills and ability to work within a team environment; Strong self-learning ability and ability to accept new things

EDUCATION

George Washington University, Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA 08/2014-05/2016 Degree: Master of Science Major: Statistics GPA:3.71/4.0 Courses: Time Series, Data Analysis, Clinical Trial, Survival, Sample Survey, Nonparametric, Portfolio Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China 08/2010-06/2014 Degree: Bachelor of Science Major: Mathematics GPA:83.89/100 WORK EXPERIENCE

Data Analyst, Neusoft Corporation - Shenyang, Liaoning, China 09/2013-06/2014

Conducted research and analyzed the gathered data to help make recommendations to both seniors and clients

Did research about market’s risk in terms of stock with gathered data

Applied Monte Carlo method based on Matlab to evaluate risk (Value-at-Risk) Research Assistant, Northeastern University - Shenyang, Liaoning, China 07/2012-06/2014

Successfully deduced the problem of LQ stability solution of Fractional Derivative Control System

Conducted research on Fractional derivative system, Automatic control theories, designed experiments and built models, in a team of five

PROJECTS

Wine Quality Prediction Based on Parametric and Nonparametric Methods 05/02/2016

Applied Multiple Linear Regression model, Lasso model, PCR model and Additive model to do discrete case; QDA model, Logistic Regression model, k-NN model and Classification Tree model to do categorical case

Computed MSE to choose the best model for discrete case and AUC for categorical case Survival Analysis Based on IMRAWandISTnov Data 12/17/2015

Used Cox Proportional Hazards model, parametric method to compute coefficients and used anova table to compare

Computed C statistics, NRI and Competing Risk model to do risk prediction Time Series Analysis on Monthly Production of Chocolate Confectionery 05/07/2015

Chose ARIMA model, exponential smoothing, and Seasonal Box-Jenkins model to analyze this time series data

Used AIC, BIC and standard error to find the best model Effect of Digoxin 12/05/2014

Used logistic regression model and generalized linear model to find the effect of digoxin

Built Wald test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to show the distribution of data The American Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) for Undergraduates 02/01/2013

Came up with practical and flexible plans to accomplish the whole work

Programmed with MATLAB, SPSS and modeled in computer

Achieve Meritorious Winner in this contest

SKILLS

Language Skill: English, Chinese (Native)

Computer Skill: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Latex; SAS, R, Python, VBA, Matlab, MySQL