Yi Tang 646-469-2004 yi.tang@sjsu.

edu Fremont, CA 94538

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-tang-2497a6105/
EDUCATION
San Jose State University
M.S. in Statistics (Expected in May 2021)
Courses: Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Regression Theory and Methods, Statistical
Programming with R, Programming in Python and SQL, Data Visualization with advanced linear algebra
The City University of New York
Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences (May 2019)
Hunan University, China
B.E. in Environmental Engineering (June 2008)
ACADEMIC PROJECT EXPERIENCE
- Data Wrangling on Airbnb Rental Listings Datasets (group): SJSU, May 2020
• Worked on 7,891 unique listings in Santa Clara County with 106 columns, over 2 million reviews since
2009, and 2,880,215 listings booking in 2021
• Investigated the variations in price, number of Airbnb listings, number of reviews, review scores, and
property type
• Performed summary statistics and visualized by box, bar, and pie plots, geographic maps, and World
Cloud
- Two-dimensional PCA: Face Image Representation (individual): SJSU, May 2020
• Implemented the 2DPCA algorithm in Python
• Investigated row, column, and row-column projections on the Yale Face Databases
• Reduced the dimensions by 94% and reconstructed the original images with 10% error
- Investigate Oceanic Carbon Sink in the North Atlantic and the Pacific: CUNY, May 2019
(https://www.gc.cuny.edu/News/All-News/Detail?id=50187)
• Sampled on the GEOTRACES research cruise in the North Atlantic and the Labrador Sea
• Conducted radiochemistry and alpha spectroscopy work on over 1,000 seawater samples from the
North Atlantic and the Pacific
• Performed enormous amount of data analysis, including hydrographic, satellite and acoustic
doppler current data
• Published 7 professional papers and presented the related work in several international conferences
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Queens College (2013 - 2017)
• Taught and supervised student laboratory work (2 sections/semester, 20 students/section)
• Organized the student field trip
• Graded the weekly lab reports
Project Engineer: Anhui Lake Environ. Tech., China (2008- 2012)
• Developed chemically modified materials to treat polluted water and algal bloom infested lake water
• Performed long-term fieldwork on harmful algal blooms in the Chaohu Lake from 2009-2012
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Machine Learning, Coursera, authorized by Stanford University, Jun 2020, JTNNE5M44FD2
• Society of Actuaries Exam P: Probability, Jan 2020, Pass, 79368
SKILLS
• Python • Machine Learning • Probability/Statistics
• MATLAB • Scikit-learn • Tableau/Dashboard
• R • MySQL • HTML
ACTIVITIES
• Secretary, Data Science Club, San Jose State University
• Member, SF Data Science Meetup Group
• Member, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography