Tao (Ellen) Yang, MS,
CPA, Doctoral Student
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EDUCATION
Doctoral Student in University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (4/4) Management Information System
Minor: Accounting
Doctoral Student in Accounting (transferred to UWM) Oklahoma State University (3.86/4) M.S. (Accounting) Oklahoma State University (3.906/4) M.S. (Economics) Oklahoma State University (4.0/4) Bachelor of Economics (International Trade) Zhejiang Gongshang University (3.83/4) SPECIALIZATION:
Machine Learning; Web Scraping; Statistical Data Analysis; R; Python; SQL; Optimization, Computer Vision, NLP; Advanced analytics methods/Machines Learning algorithms to provide business solutions; Predictive Modeling; Data mining and information retrieval; Sentiment Analysis Doctoral Courses related to data scientists:
Data Mining (Doctoral Advanced Course); Business Analytics (Doctoral Advanced Course); Evolutionary Computation (Doctoral Advanced Optimization Course); Bayesian Analysis (Doctoral Advanced Course); Statistical Analysis (Doctoral Advance Course); 4 Econometrics Courses (Doctoral Advanced Courses); Mathematic Statistics (Doctoral Statistic Course); Probability Theory (Doctoral Advanced Course); Finance model and analysis (Doctoral Finance Course). PUBLICATION
Xi Tian, Tao Yang and T. Robert Yu. Real earnings management in family firms. International Journal of Revenue ManagementVol. 10, No. 2
Yang, T. and Nazareth, D.L., 2022. GA-based Feature Selection for Auditing Decisions. In Proceedings of the 2022 Americas Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS) Conference. WORKING PAPER
Social Media Sentiment Analysis and Stock Market (under R&R at Decision Support System): Use NPL Bertweet Model to conduct text analysis and predict the stock market outcomes (return/Volume).
Rare natural disaster and cryptocurrency market
Managerial ability, real earnings management and audit fees RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS
Misinformation diffusion in social media platform ticktok
Corporate social responsibility and accounting irregularity: An even study
Do socially responsible firms have less earnings opacity? CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
GA-based Feature Selection for Auditing Decisions. The 2022 Americas Conference in Information Systems (AMCIS) Conference, August, 2022. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Worked with professors on various research projects. The projects are related to data mining, text analysis, multimodal analysis; predictive analysis; explanatory analysis; optimization algorithm.
Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University
Generated research ideas and developed actionable research proposals.
Performed literature review, collected research data, and conducted statistical analysis. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecture, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Taught Introduction to supply chain analysis: 4/5 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Taught Introduction to Information Technology Management (lab: Excel and Access): 4.86/5 Teaching Assistant, Oklahoma State University
Tutored students in Introduction to Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting.
Conducted weekly tutoring sessions for students in Introduction to Statistics.
Graded student assignments and exams.
Developed learning materials to facilitate student learning. Lecturer, Chengdu University of Information Technology, China
Taught five courses including Microeconomics, International Business, International Business Communication, and International Trade.
Developed course syllabus, lecture notes, practice assignments, and exams.
Created learning aids to enhance student learning outcomes. HONORS AND AWARDS
Sheldon B. Lubar Doctoral Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
School of Accounting Summer Research Scholarship, Oklahoma state university
CFA Society Scholarship
School of Accounting Scholarship, Oklahoma State University
ConocoPhillips Scholarship, Oklahoma State University
Excellent Teacher Honor, Sichuan Educational Commission
Outstanding Student Honor, Zhejiang Gongshang University
Excellent Student Scholarship, Zhejiang Gongshang University MEMBERSHIPS
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Golden Key International Honor Society
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts
College Teacher’s Certificate, Sichuan Educational Commission