Zihao (Darwin) Chen

Zihao (darwin) chen

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Economics | Data Science | Forecasting

  • Education

    • University of washington

      2017 - 2024
      Doctor of philosophy - phd economics

      Fields of specialization: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Time-Series Analysis

    • The college of william and mary

      2014 - 2017
      Bachelor of science (bs) computational and applied mathematics and statistics 3.98/4.00 (major)

      Activities and Societies: Social Entrepreneurship Fellow in Dominican Republic, Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity, President of Innovation & Design Thinking Club, International Orientation Peer Leader 2015 & 2016, Skype interviewer for undergraduate admission, TEDxWilliam&Mary 2015 (Logistics Team)

  • Experience

    • William & mary

      Jan 2015 - May 2017
      Teaching assistant for the department of economics

      TA for Intermediate Macro, Econometrics, Time-series Econometrics, and Mathematical Economics.

    • Aiddata

      Sept 2015 - May 2017
      Research assistant
    • University of washington department of economics

      Sept 2017 - Dec 2023
      Instructor and teaching assistant

      Lead TA of Economics DepartmentUndergraduate: introductory macroecon; intermediate macroeconMasters: executive MBA, full-time MBA, evening MBA, technology management MBAPhD: math camp for incoming students; teaching workshop for first year students; first year macro core sequence;

    • Amazon

      Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
      Economist, cloudtune science, ecommerce

      I built an efficient large-scale (30-50k nodes) hierarchical time series reconciliation framework, which is robust to the common cold-start short data problems in business applications. The framework is deployed in production for multiple forecasting products with customers in both Amazon Stores and AWS.

    • Amazon

      Jun 2023 - Dec 2023
      Economist, cloudtune science, ecommerce

      I developed a structural risk assessment model for upcoming peak events in Amazon retail, managing the tail risks associated with time series forecasting. The model enables science-based safety stock / inventory management for cloud computing resources for Amazon WW stores.

    • Pinterest

      Feb 2024 - now
      Data scientist, ads and monetization

      I collaborate with eng, product, and marketing teams to opp size, test, and launch new or improve existing ad formats. Our products are key to the company’s revenue growth and are directly featured in news articles and earnings calls.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Databases and sql for data science with python

      Coursera
      Dec 2018
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    • Data science methodology

      Coursera
      Nov 2018
    • Natural language processing with classification and vector spaces

      Coursera
      Jan 2022
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    • Python for data science, ai & development

      Coursera
      Nov 2018
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Zihao (Darwin) Chen
      International Student Achievement Award Reves Center for International Studies Apr 2017 One student was selected in each of the following four schools at W&M by faculty nomination to receive this highest honor for international students: Arts & Science, Law, Business, and Education.
    • Awarded to Zihao (Darwin) Chen
      International Student Opportunity Scholarship Reves Center for International Studies Mar 2017
    • Awarded to Zihao (Darwin) Chen
      Economics Department Student-Faculty Research Grant The College of William & Mary Mar 2016
  • Volunteer Experience

    • CAS Volunteer

      Issued by PAWS - Progressive Animal Welfare Society on Sept 2019
      PAWS - Progressive Animal Welfare SocietyAssociated with Zihao (Darwin) Chen
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Heritage Human Society on Feb 2015
      Heritage Human SocietyAssociated with Zihao (Darwin) Chen