• Data Scientist II @ Microsoft
  • Turing Team
  • Fine-tuning and productionizing large language models in Bing Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and other Microsoft products.
• Ph.D. (2017 - 2022) @ Columbia University
  • Operations Research with Specialization in Data Science
  • Doctoral dissertation defense (June 2022; degree conferral in Oct 2022)
  • M.Phil. (Oct 2020), M.Sc. (May 2018)
  • Presidential Fellowship (2017-2021)
  • Cheung-Kong Innovation Doctoral Fellowship (2021-2022)
• B.Sc. Hons. (2013-2017) @ National University of Singapore
  • Applied Mathematics (Major) and Statistics (Second Major)
  • GPA: 5.0/5.0
  • Ho Family Prize (Best overall graduate in Applied Mathematics, 2017)
  • Tan Teck Chwee Book Prize (Best student in Applied Mathematics, 2016)
  • Lijen Industrial Development Medal (Best academic projects in the Faculty of Science, 2017)
• Spring 2016 @ Brandeis University
  • Exchange student
  • Mathematics, physics, economics
  • GPA: 4.0/4.0
• Summer 2019 @ Alibaba Group (Seattle/Bellevue, WA, US)
  • Research Intern
  • Large-scale numerical optimization technologies
• ​Summer 2021 @ Amazon.com (New York, WA, US)
  • Applied Scientist Intern
  • Time series forecasting, optimization modeling, software development
• ​Teaching Assistant @ Columbia University
  • ​IEOR 4004 Optimization Models and Methods
  • IEOR 6613 Optimization I (PhD core course)
  • IEOR 4404 Simulation
  • IEOR 4525 Machine Learning for Operations Research and Financial Engineering