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Calvin Ku

Calvin Ku

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder, AI Ebook Reader App | Helping Users Read & Connect Better | Former Chief Data Scientist

  • Education

    • University of East Anglia

      2006 - 2007
      Postgraduate Diploma

    • National Cheng Kung University

      2000 - 2006
      Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

    • Durham University

      2007 - 2008
      Master of Science (MSc)

    • University of East Anglia

      2008 - 2009
      Master of Science (MSc)

  • Experience

    • ChinaStepOne

      Jan 2011 - Mar 2013
      Cofounder

      Helped SMEs establish their presence in China, which includes business formation, location service, HR and IP registration.

    • Medici Software Ltd

      Mar 2013 - Jun 2016

      * Worked closely with engineers, industry insiders and other data scientists to create credit risk model for the UK subprime market, which helps decrease cumulative FPD (first payment default rate) by 2%, with 15% increase in accept rate* Built scorecard using US general credit data, which outperforms FICO scorecard in all 9 deciles in cumulative bad rate* Developed reconciliation systems for UK banks, which flags inconsistency between FIS and HSBC records. * Cleaned data for credit risk assessment project for building scorecard to compete with FICO using pandas and HIVE* Documented credit risk assessment project as to how data is cleaned, how missing values are treated, features engineered and algorithms/ensemble framework used using Confluence

      • AI Engineer

        Jun 2013 - Jun 2016

      • AI Intern

        Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

    • Flickplay Media

      Nov 2015 - Apr 2017
      Cofounder, Data Scientist

      * Analyzed user behavior data to identify trends and detect cross-platform incompatibility of app, decreased bounce rate by 22%* Built CF-based game recommender system

    • FinUp

      Aug 2017 - May 2018
      Data Scientist

      * Developed investment intention prediction model that increased sales by 10.5%* Designed the data type detection framework which can automatically categorize structured data* Developed entropy-based new word detection algorithm, designed hyper-parameters and new tuning methods

    • Thorough Images

      Jul 2018 - Nov 2020

      • Algorithm and Product Development Lead

        Aug 2019 - Nov 2020

      • Senior Algorithm Engineer

        Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

    • Raisin DS

      Jun 2020 - Dec 2021
      Senior Data Specialist

    • Tomato School

      Feb 2022 - Dec 2023
      Co-Founder

    • Cult Wines

      Sept 2022 - Mar 2024
      Chief Data Scientist

    • Nekobun

      Jul 2024 - now
      Founder

  • Licenses & Certifications