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Ph.D. in theoretical and computational physics with over five years of academic research experiences. Solid applied mathematics and statistics background; can learn and apply mathematical models quickly in a dynamical, rapidly-changing environment. Strong numerical programming skills for solving complex problems using modern languages, such as Ruby, C, C++, Python and R. Experienced in solving problems with distributed system and parallel computing techniques Self-educated through MOOC, online articles and books in statistics, machine learning and data analysis tools.

Senior Data Science Engineer @ • Designed predictive analytics modeling and machine learning algorithms for a targeted messaging and recommendation platform using large scale healthcare data sets. • Identified important variables using statistical research methods and feature engineering techniques. • Developed and integrated data automation pipeline using Python and SQL programming languages. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaResearch Assistant @ Performed numerical calculations of particle masses from the fundamental strong interactions of subatomic particles using Monte Carlo method. Implemented 1000+ cores MPI/OpenMP parallel C++ programs on supercomputers. Developed several Ruby libraries to perform automated numerical tests of the production C++ program and the selection of physical input parameters. Collected and visualized data using R in large scale. Effectively collaborated with 3 local students and 4 external researchers in 5+ publications. From May 2010 to June 2014 (4 years 2 months) Greater Pittsburgh AreaTeaching Assistant @ Guided first-year undergraduate students through experiments and taught them basic data analysis skills in Experimental Physics Laboratory course (2012) Served as a grader and held office hours for advanced physics courses, such as: Mathematical Methods of Physics (2009), Advanced Quantum Mechanics (2009), Modern Physics (2010), Classical Mechanics (2010) and graduate level Mathematical Physics (2013) From September 2009 to December 2013 (4 years 4 months) Greater Pittsburgh AreaResearch Intern @ Developed C++ program for Monte Carlo simulations of 2D Ising models and performed research of the phase transitions and critical phenomenon. From July 2007 to June 2008 (1 year)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics @ Carnegie Mellon University From 2009 to 2013 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics @ National Taiwan University From 2004 to 2008 You-Cyuan Jhang is skilled in: LaTeX, Physics, Mathematical Modeling, Statistics, Scientific Computing, Science, Python, Data Analysis, C, C++, Programming, Linux, Numerical Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulation, Statistical Physics