Jenny X.

Lin
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Experience
Yelp, Inc. San Francisco, CA
Data Scientist May 2017–present
○␣ Spearheaded time series revenue forecasting, retention modeling and causal inference initiatives
○␣ Led ad sales territories mapping geo-simulations, geo-experimentation and matching optimization
○␣ Prototyped and wrote production code for Random Survival Forest and multi-stage Xgboost+Cox
Proportional Hazards models of advertiser retention, written in Python and R
○␣ Led Bayesian experiment platform analysis on issues incl. multi-armed bandits and multiple comparisons
○␣ Launched and led Data Science (DS) Learning Group and Women in Data Science; served as interim
Team Lead for Core DS team, former long-term Data Scientist on Applied Machine Learning team

Insight Data Science Palo Alto, CA

Data Science Fellow Jan–April 2017
○␣ Built pigiback.info, a web application that predicted default probability of peer-to-peer loans
○␣ Re-engineered feature dimensionality using eigenvalue decomposition to boost algorithm speed by 5x
○␣ Trained Random Forest and Gradient Boosted Machine models, achieving 95% accuracy and 96% AUC

Oregon State University Corvallis, OR

Assistant Professor of Economics Sept 2014–June 2017
○␣ Authored 6 empirical research papers applying: time series analysis, vector error correction, binary
choice modeling, linear and non-linear regression, non-parametric and maximum likelihood estimation
○␣ Improved solution accuracy of 3 leading economic puzzles by approximately 5x by refining data partitions

International Monetary Fund Washington D.C.

Research Officer, Economist Intern Jan–Aug 2009, July–Oct 2013
○␣ Led self-directed research modeling financial stability in Africa using classical regression techniques
○␣ Delivered technical presentations and authored policy briefings targeted at international policy-makers
○␣ Analyzed the co-determination of credit booms and banking crises using longitudinal data

Education
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D. Economics, M.A. Economics 2014
Yale University New Haven, CT
M.A. International and Development Economics 2008
University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, CA
B.A. Economics and B.S. Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude 2007

Technical Skills
Computing Languages: Python, SQL, R, Spark, MatLab, Stata; Mathematica, HTML, ArcGIS (limited)
Modules & Applications: NumPy, SciPy, pandas, GeoPandas, scikit-learn, matplotlib, Plotly, TensorFlow,
Keras, StatsModels, Jupyter, caret, survival, LATEX, AWS, Docker, Flask, NGINX, Tron Batch Scheduling
Techniques: Classification & Regression Trees (CART), Optimal Control, Time Series Forecasting, Causal
Inference, A/B Testing & Experimental Design, Bayesian & Frequentist Statistics, Regression & Regular-
ization, Support Vector Machines (SVM), (Geo) Clustering, Survival Modeling, Deep Learning - Neural
Networks (CNNs & RNNs), Geospatial Matching & Optimization, Dynamic Stochastic Optimization
Natural Languages: Fluent Mandarin Chinese, intermediate German, basic Turkish, basic French