Joe (Yuzhu) Zhang

Email: yuzhuz@cs.cmu.edu
Tel: 408-610-0380

I am currently a CMU master student in the Language Technologies Institute, majoring in Intelligence Information System. I am interested in machine learning and information retrieval. Now I am looking for a summer internship in 2016. Work for fun!

Full Resume

Education

Skills

Mathematics

Probabilities & Statistics
Probability Distributions Bayesian Inference Hypothesis Testing
Stochastic Process
Discrete Markov Chain Continuous Markov Chain Poisson processes Renewal processes
Data Mining
Decision Tree k-means Hierarchical Clustering Neural Network Data Visualization

Computer Science

Fundamentals
Data Structures Algorithms Design Patterns Operating Systems Database System
Programming Languages
VBA C++ Java MATLAB R SQL LaTex HTML5 CSS3 javascript SAS
Languages
English Mandarin Cantonese

Experiences

Internship

Beijing Genomic Institute
RNA Regulation Network Construction
May.2013-Aug.2013
  • Process data of human RNA expression from MAQC( MicroArray Quality Control ) in a predefined format
  • Implement the algorithms on mutual information , direct information under Gaussian Mixture model in C++
  • mprove the computation efficiency by 50% faster with GNU Scientific Library C++ API in Linux

Projects

Sep.2014-May.2015
Kernel Based Principal Component Analysis
  • Deduce the rationale of kernel method , analyze convergence , and implement methods in MATLAB
  • Compare and analyze the performance of parameterized polynomial and Gaussian kernel functions
  • Employ the kernel PCA (the Bag of Words model) on text to reduce data dimensionality
Jan.2014-March.2015
Brownian Motion in Stock Price Simulation
  • Simulate the behavior of the stock price with Random walk and Geometrical Brownian Motion in VBA
  • Analyze the volatility parameters and estimate the confidence interval in Geometrical Brownian Motion
  • Examine the short term and long term prediction of stock price data