Hello, I'm Qianjin (Zac) Zhou

Bachelor of Science in Data Science & Business Economics at University of California, San Diego | 2021 September - 2025 June
Master of Science in Data Science at New York University | 2025 September - 2027 May

About Me

I am a data science and business economics undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego. With a strong academic foundation (GPA: 3.97/4.00) and practical experience in data science, machine learning, and financial technology, I am passionate about leveraging data-driven solutions to solve complex business problems.

My coursework in Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Database Systems, Cloud Computing, and Economics has equipped me with a comprehensive skill set that bridges technology and business.

Technical Skills

Programming & Databases

  • Python
  • SQL
  • R
  • Java
  • JavaScript

Frameworks & Libraries

  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • Transformers
  • Dask
  • Apache Spark

Tools & Technologies

  • AWS
  • MapReduce
  • HTML/CSS
  • Git
  • Cloud Computing
Qianjin Zhou

Professional Experience

Data Scientist Intern

Yingda Securities Co., Ltd

Jul. 2024 – Sep. 2024 | Shenzhen, China

  • Developed Python-based data pipeline for private fund analysis, reducing processing time by 95%
  • Analyzed trading strategies of 10 quantitative funds, improving portfolio returns by 2%
  • Built web-based dashboard for fund report visualization

Research & Data Analyst Intern

China Development Institute

Jul. 2023 – Sep. 2023 | Shenzhen, China

  • Implemented ML models for EV market predictions using XGBoost and LSTM
  • Coordinated international technology summits and improved documentation accuracy

Featured Projects

NLP Financial Credit Score Development

Capstone Project Sponsored by Prism Data, LLC

Sep. 2024 - Present

Advanced credit risk assessment system analyzing 6M customer transactions to enhance traditional credit scoring methods. Achieved 98.7% classification accuracy across 50+ transaction categories.

  • Implemented state-of-the-art NLP techniques with BERT and Llama models
  • Engineered 40+ behavioral features achieving ROC-AUC score of 0.87
  • Optimized model inference latency while maintaining high accuracy
BERT Llama XGBoost TF-IDF Python
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Recommender Systems for Google Local Reviews

Recommender System, NLP

Oct. 2024 - Dec. 2024

Built an intelligent recommendation engine analyzing 2.5M Google reviews and 21K business records to predict and suggest personalized business recommendations.

  • Developed hybrid recommendation system combining content-based and collaborative filtering
  • Achieved 64% improvement in prediction accuracy (MSE: 0.374)
  • Implemented sentiment analysis for nuanced review understanding
TF-IDF Sentiment Analysis Ridge Regression Python
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E-Commerce Rating Prediction with Cloud Computing

Dask, Apache Spark, AWS

Mar. 2024 - Jun. 2024

Developed a scalable cloud-based system for processing and analyzing large-scale e-commerce data (33GB) with optimized computational efficiency.

  • Achieved 3000% performance boost using parallel processing
  • Implemented Decision Tree model with 88% prediction accuracy
  • Reduced AWS operational costs by 40% through optimization
Dask Apache Spark AWS EC2 Decision Trees Python

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