William Chen
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Tweets
- RT @Quora: Some of the biggest problems facing MOOCs: http://t.co/F1qG6Eisjt
- 20 Companies with Data Science Internships http://t.co/lSC47X0XZ6
- @UniqueDima thanks for sharing!
- RT @UniqueDima: What are the most common mistakes made by aspirational data scientists, by @wzchen from @Quora. http://t.co/X4IrjGngSc
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- @TJO_datasci good luck! Feel free to translate any of my Quora content, given attribution and a link back!
- RT @KirkDBorne: Jumping from PhD to #DataScientist - 3 Tips for Success: http://t.co/zI6DObgfRb #BigData #DataScience by @wzchen
- RT @KirkDBorne: Comprehensive FAQ resource for any aspirational #DataScientist: http://t.co/ydlm8Lku8q #BigData #DataScience | HT @wzchen
- RT @KirkDBorne: The definitive guide to becoming a #DataScientist by @wzchen http://t.co/Hmb6tySI6m #BigData #Analytics
- @KirkDBorne thanks for sharing with all your followers! Appreciate the shoutout :)
- RT @KirkDBorne: RT @DataconomyMedia: 7 Ways Data Scientists use Statistics, by @wzchen of @Quora http://t.co/0P7el3kqY8 #BigData #DataScien…
- RT @nishantsbi: There are amazing (and free!) resources online that you can use to teach yourself data science. by @wzchen http://t.…
- RT @KirkDBorne: RT @wzchen > What are some good toy problems in #DataScience? http://t.co/dPQPFFmvgR #BigData #Analytics #DataScientists
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- RT @bailey_darrin: RT @KirkDBorne "The definitive guide to becoming a #DataScientist by @wzchen #BigData #Analytics" http://t.co/uMRaNshH…
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Publications and Select Coursework
Publications and Select Coursework- Hossein Azari Soufiani, William Chen , David C. Parkes, Lirong Xia , Generalized Method-of-Moments for Rank Aggregation, Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS 2013), Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA. (pdf) (R-Code)
CS 109: Data Science final project:CS 205: Computing Foundationsfor Computational Science final project:
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Quora
Quora
- What should be included in a data science curriculum?
- What should everyone know about making good charts and graphs to represent data?
- How do data scientists use statistics?
- Why is the median a measure of central tendency?
- Where can I find examples of a U-Shaped distribution?
- How similar are Kaggle competitions to what data scientists do?
- Which country topics have the most Quora followers?
- What makes a model interpretable?
- What is an intuitive explanation of overfitting?
- What is an intuitive explanation of the Probability Integral Transform?
- What are some good machine learning jokes?
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Info
- Summary
Data scientist interested in data-driven decision making to improve both product and business.
Always interested in learning new things and exploring the ubiquity of data in everyday life. I love to learn and teach statistics, and I'm glad I'm living in the right decade to see statistics blossom everywhere. I enjoy thinking about pedagogy, mentorship, and how data can be used to improve a product, service or the world!
Experience- Jul 2014 - PresentData Scientist / Quora
Use data to help drive user growth.
- Jan 2012 - Dec 2013Teaching Fellow / Harvard University
Assist students in understanding probability, teach section, grade homeworks, and hold office hours for Harvard's Introduction to Probability course (Stat 110) in the Fall and Introduction to Statistics course (Stat 104) in the Spring.
See http://harvardpolitics.com/harvard/harvard-undergraduates-teaching-harvard-doesnt-want-talk/ for more background.
- Jun 2013 - Aug 2013Data Science Intern / Quora
Used data to help understand user engagement and drive growth
Built internal tools to better understand sources of trafficSee https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-intern-at-Quora-as-a-data-scientist for more info
- Jun 2012 - May 2013Data Analyst Intern / Etsy
Did exploratory data analysis on categories.
Helped understand drivers of seller success.Interned at Etsy in the summer in 2012, and continued doing term-time work up until May 2013.
See https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-intern-at-Etsy for more info
Education-
2013 - 2014Harvard UniversityMaster's Degree in Applied Mathematics
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2010 - 2014Harvard UniversityBachelor's Degree in Statistics
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2006 - 2010Amador Valley High SchoolHigh School Diploma
Additional Information-
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Interests:Geocaching, Rubik's Cube Speedsolving, Badminton, Puzzle Hunts, Investing
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Repositories
- An 8-page probability cheatsheet for reference15 forks / 43 watchers / Pushed Aug 03, 14
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- Team Buffalox8 predicts directional movement of stock prices.5 forks / 16 watchers / Pushed Dec 13, 13
- R Package for Statistical Rank Aggregation. Version 0.0.3 in development/ Pushed Dec 08, 13
- aka "Bayesian Methods for Hackers": An introduction to Bayesian methods + probabilistic programming with a computation/understanding-first, mathematics-second point of view. All in pure Python ;)1497 forks / 6806 watchers / Pushed Dec 27, 14
- Implementation of some ideas from ggplot2 on top of d3.js15 forks / 93 watchers / Pushed Nov 09, 14
- An 8-page probability cheatsheet for reference15 forks / 43 watchers / Pushed Aug 03, 14
Hi! My name is William Chen, I'm currently a Data Scientist at Quora.
