Ho Wai Mak

Data Scientist | Quantitative Researcher | Machine Learning | Python, C++, Bash, SQL, R, Julia

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

About

A data scientist and quantitative researcher with expertise in the end-to-end development of machine learning-driven trading strategies. Proficient in deriving predictive signals and building statistical models in Python, C++, and R. Proven track record in data processing, alpha research, model tuning, and implementation for both cross-sectional and time-series approach.

Experience

  • Quantitative Researcher Intern at 珠海纽达投资管理有限公司
    Jun 2025 - Sep 2025 · 4 mos

    - Researched 50+ alpha factors for long-short equity strategies, deploying regression models (WLS, Lasso, LightGBM) to extract pure alphas (orthogonal to risk factor models) and conduct signal selection/fusion. - Built several scalable data pipelines to process TB-scale tick data, via SLURM clusters using Bash Script & Linux Tmux Commands. - Developed a Python data engineering library using lightweight algorithms (e.g., JIT, Parallel, Vectorising) for efficient factor mining. - Concluded and deployed 2 new actionable alphas, with cross-checked correlations and high-performance metrics (bps, segregation, ICIR, turnover). - Weekly submitted documentation on work progress and findings on the latest industrial or academic papers.

  • Crypto Strategy Researcher at Datatact
    Oct 2024 - Jun 2025 · 9 mos

    - Engineered and maintained data pipelines using Python requests and remote webhooks to collect and structure real-time crypto trade data. - Fetched and cleaned auxiliary data, including news, official announcements, and social media, by web-scraping, LLM search, and NLP engineering. - Researched, backtested, and paper-traded an independent high-frequency momentum strategy, leveraging Ensemble Models (RF, LGB). - Assisted the development of a mid-frequency statistical arbitrage strategy in pair trading, specifically in Cointegration and Kalman Filters studies. - Weekly group evaluation meeting on work progress to drive continuous enhancement and report directly to CTO.

  • Research Assistant at Nanjing Agricultural University
    Apr 2024 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr

    Supported research by collecting and cleaning up primary data. Maintaining organised project files and documentation for validation. Co-author of a PhD-level article presenting longitudinal study examining the relationship between ESG practices and financial performance at China Construction Bank.

  • Student Thesis Project at CERN
    Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 · 6 mos

    Student Thesis Project for BSc Theoretical Physics at University of Glasgow Conducted in-depth analysis of b-quark jet substructure in ttbar dileptonic decays using C++ Monte Carlo simulations (CERN Rivet & Pythia system, Docker). Measuring key observable (N-Subjettiness, Les Houches Angularity, Energy Correlation Functions, C2 and D2 correlations) and comparing MC predictions with real ATLAS laboratory data. Established a solid selection criteria for the "Tag and Probe" in identifying valid b-jets.