Eugene Wang

Eugene Wang

Master’s Student at NYU

Hi there! I’m Eugene Wang. I am currently a Master’s student in Computer Engineering at New York University. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from National Taiwan University in 2014.

This Summer, I joined Shopee as a Data Scientist Intern, developing an AI system for dynamic pricing.

I am actively looking for 2021 Summer New Grad Software Engineer positions, if you have any opportunity, feel free to contact me through my Email or LinkedIn.

Thanks for stopping by!

Interests

  • Back-End Web Development
  • Cloud Service
  • Reinforcement Learning

Education

  • MS in Computer Engineering, 2021

    New York University

  • MS in Theoretical Chemistry, 2018

    National Taiwan University

  • BS in Chemistry, 2014

    National Taiwan University

  • Exchange Student in Japanese Language and Culture, 2016

    Osaka University

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Data Scientist Intern

Shopee

Jul 2020 – Aug 2020 Taipei, Taiwan
  • Developed a dynamic pricing AI system using ​ DDPG​ algorithm and ​PyTorch​ to reduce manpower to 20% and raise gross merchandise volume by 10%
  • Extracted and cleaned data by efficient ​SQL​ and ​pandas ​from raw transaction data into hourly profiles to train AI
  • Created backend functions with ​Python​ on GCP to automatically update prices and databases according to user queries
  • Conducted customer segmentation research to establish a marketing strategy and raised conversion rate by 6%
  • Built Google Sheets tools to crawl website data and automate business analysis by Google Apps Script
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Assistant

NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Mar 2020 – Jun 2020 Brooklyn, NY
  • Assisted the faculty and students with administrative and technical difficulties and acting as a liaison between the two
  • Contributed to development of strategies for the program, providing recommendations and deliver weekly presentations
  • Identified trends through data analysis of course evaluations and cross-functional projects to maximize efficiency
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

National Taipei University of Technology, Geomatics Lab

May 2019 – Jul 2019 Taipei, Taiwan
  • Wrote test cases and unit tests to validate 20GB GIS data by JUnit and reduced the manpower to 10%
  • Managed dependencies and introduced version control to GIS database by Maven​, Archiva​, and GitLab CI/CD to enable automatic merge and trace-back
 
 
 
 
 

R&D Intern

JNC Technology

Mar 2019 – Apr 2019 Tainan, Taiwan
  • Designed experimental apparatus by SolidWorks and established calibration procedures for air quality sensors
  • Built the first air cleaner prototype and evaluated its performance; the design was adopted for products
  • Evaluated performance of air cleaners through analyzing data from monitoring systems by Python
 
 
 
 
 

Programmer

g0v Data Opener

Jan 2019 – Aug 2019 Taipei, Taiwan
  • Crawled, analyzed, and visualized 3000 freedom of information (FOI) requests by Google Apps Script and Python (requests, BeautifulSoup​, matplotlib)
  • Wrote proposals to raise funds (g0v Grant: 16,000 USD, CIVICUS Grant: 10,000 USD).
  • Presented in 2019 Taiwan Presidential Hackathon and won Top 5 /132 with the team and suggested better request strategies
  • Organized workshops to mediate between individuals/organizations making requests and the government officials in charge and improved the process of requesting/publishing government data

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