Peter Zhu

Statistics PhD Student at the University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Doctoral Student at UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Conducting research in spatial and spatio-temporal statistics with applications to public transit development and environmental outcomes • Serving as a Teaching Assistant responsible for teaching discussion sections, assisting students during lecture and office hours, and writing exam and homework sets • Winner of the Robert L. Newcomb Memorial Endowed Graduate Student Award for highest overall score on Theory and Data Analysis qualifying exams

  • Software Developer at Epic
    Sep 2022 - Jul 2023 · 11 mos

    • Completed an intensive training program that includes courses, exams, and projects on coding in SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, M, C#, HTML, and more • Supported a team managing a data warehouse that allows for effective and efficient analytical reporting on vast amounts of medical data • Designed and developed fixes for issues triaged as important or critical to maintain analytical support for hospitals

  • Message Board "Halper" and Class Assistant at Art of Problem Solving
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

    • Assist students taking advanced mathematics and math competition online courses • Proactively supplement the students’ learning experience in real time during live classroom meetings • Guide students asking for assistance on their online homework by answering questions on the message board

  • Mathematician at Scientific Games - Gaming
    Dec 2021 - Apr 2022 · 5 mos

    • Developed and solved the math for an individually designed slot machine game that included a variety of bet levels and bonus features • Coded a demo to test the playability of the game and presented it to game engineers for creation of the slot machine game

  • Rice University MATLAB Student Ambassador at MathWorks
    Sep 2019 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Hosted campus-wide events such as MATLAB Onramp to promote useful resources that helped students learn more about MATLAB and its potential uses • Created Rice University MATLAB Facebook Group with over 160 members that promotes the usefulness of MATLAB and Simulink to Rice students