Yazdan Basir

Yazdan basir

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location of Yazdan BasirEaston, Pennsylvania, United States
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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Data Engineer @ SEI | Comp Sci & Math

  • Education

    • Lafayette college

      2019 - 2023
      Bachelor of arts - ba mathematics
    • Aitchison college

      2013 - 2018
      Gce advanced level computer science
    • Universitat pompeu fabra

      2021 - 2021
      Mathematics and computer science
  • Experience

    • Datacamp

      Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
      Data science extern

      Worked with Product Manager on a project involving user retention; shadowed Software Engineering and Data Science professionals on key tasks

    • Lafayette college

      Jul 2021 - now

      Developing full-stack data analysis pipeline through Wyscout and Python to track player performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and inform training strategy. Working closely with coaching staff to leverage data insights and enhance team performance with the goal of winning the Patriot League Responsible for facilitating residents on floor, conducting rounds to enforce rules, and floor-wide community building Responsible for daily administrative, programming, and educational goal of the club; organized and hosted Extravaganza Week and International Education Week; previously served as Vice President (21-22) and Information Coordinator (20-21) Used NetworkX in Python to conduct social network analysis of stakeholders in West Baltimore to understand the relationships between individuals and organizations to economically empower them and to create trust and social capital; performed Economic Impact Analysis of different venues through IMPLAN to understand which revenue stream would work best for West Baltimore Worked in Python, R to perform sentiment analysis of Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic tweets on COVID-19 to help Professor Lopez understand perception of COVID-related policy around the relevant regions Used JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to develop a website to publish research to better understand the application of Markov Chains Monte Carlo and geometry in the detection of partisan gerrymandering

      • Data Analyst - Lafayette Men's Soccer (D1)

        Jan 2023 - now
      • Resident Advisor

        Aug 2020 - now
      • President - International Students' Association

        Aug 2020 - now
      • Gladstone T. Whitman ’49 Research Scholar

        Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
      • Research Assistant

        Dec 2020 - Jun 2022
      • Digital Humanities Summer Scholar

        Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Seti institute

      Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
      Research intern

      Working with Dr. Cristina Ore on a project pertaining to understanding Pluto's surface composition through machine-learning techniques. Currently creating a database of synthetic spectra to be used as labels for a supervised classification of Pluto.

    • Sei

      Jul 2023 - now
      Data engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Gilman program alumni

      Benjamin a. gilman international scholarship program
      Jan 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Microsoft certified: azure ai fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Oct 2025
    • Google data analytics professional

      Google
      Dec 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Introduction to football analytics

      Statsbomb
      Nov 2023
      View certificate certificate