Belle Ho

Experience

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  TED Conferences

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2017

  Public Speaker

  Belle examines how multilingualism is transforming communication, and looks at how the idea of a lingua franca is bringing communities together. Belle is an an articulate Year 9 student, who shared her ideas regarding: "Multilingualism and evolution of languages in the Future"

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  The Data Science Union at UCLA

  Apr 2022 - Mar 2025

  ▪ Recruited as one of top 17 out of 200+ applicants and receiving weekly python training▪ Conduct statistical analysis (e.g., comparing university admit rates) for clients▪ Problem-solution based counseling catered towards individual clients

  • Vice President External Affairs

    Apr 2024 - Mar 2025

  • Data Analyst

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2024
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  ASTRI - Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Fintech Future Leader Academy intern

  ▪ Led research in cyber-attack classification using machine learning and deep learning techniques▪ Specialized in cyber-security, machine learning, neural networks, TensorFlow, feature engineering▪ Developed and optimized an interactive map in Ubuntu to display real time cyber attacks▪ Identified and discussed the value of Cyber security technology in Bank of China and HKMA

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  University of California, Los Angeles

  Sept 2022 - Mar 2024

  ▪ Develop computer model of the population dynamics and migration patterns of Pine Siskin in R▪ Identify ecological factors that influence Pine Siskin population through k-means feature selection▪ Specialize in logistic growth, Markov matrix models, spatial dispersal in a finite system▪ Simulate eruptions, emigration, immigration of pine siskins using matrix as spatial representation ▪ Researching with Professor Violet Peng from UCLA and Researcher Haw-Shiuan Chang from Amazon▪ Utilizing Large Language Models (LLM) to investigate metrics for interestingness of a written story▪ Specializing in Spacy, deep neural network, en_core_web_sm, Pandas, numpy, NLTK, open NLP▪ Codifying interestingness metrics such as number of conversations, entities, literary techniques in a story

  • Research Assistant - mathematical modeling

    Jan 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Research Assistant at PLUS lab

    Sept 2022 - Jul 2023
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  UCLA Debate Union

  Jun 2023 - now

  ▪ Hong Kong National Debate Squad - top 8 speaker in the nation, top 20 in the world▪ Oxford Inter-varsity debate breaking debater, ranked 17th /125 participants▪ Duke Open semifinalist▪ North American University Debating Championship novice finalist▪ Researched and created matter files on economic and social issues in preparation ▪ UCLA Debate Union Captain 2023-2024▪ World’s University Debating Championship 2023 Alfred Tuna Snider Memorial Award (Best new team)▪ United States University Debating Championship Quarter finalist (Top 20 speaker in the US)

  • Debater

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Captain

    Jun 2023 - Jul 2024
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  Volkswagen Group

  Jul 2023 - Sept 2023

  Technical Project Management Intern

  ▪Streamlined automation toolkit for timesheet and finance tracking, optimizing resource allocation by 8%▪Developed cost-productivity visualization dashboard with tableau to assist executive data-driven decisions ▪Leveraged Pytorch, Spacy and other NLP techniques to analyze customer feedback on Volkswagen vehicles ▪Designed scalable data processing pipelines for real-time analysis of automotive data using AWS and Azure

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  The World Bank

  Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

  Research Assistant

  * Researching under Professor Greame Blair from UCLA to reduce poverty and mitigate conflict using AI/ML* Utilizing LLM, Spacy, NLTK, and Topic analysis to investigate the accuracy of academic journals* Optimizing Dynamic scraping pipelines to scrape articles for measuring poverty and living standards* Building data pipelines around Open Alex, Fat Cat, Google scholar, and other APIs

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  Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

  Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

  Technical Risk Analysis Intern

  ▪ Utilized NLP and web scraping tools to accurately collect and organize global data governance policies. ▪ Generated data governance policies reports for senior management, speeding up the reporting process by 50%▪ Developed a proof-of-concept model to predict potential data breaches by testing with internal HKMA data. ▪ Implemented clustering techniques to classify data into levels of sensitivity, enhancing the ability to classify data in banks.Utilized NLP and web scraping tools to accurately collect and organize global data governance policies. Show less