RESUME:
LONG ZHANG
4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030 · (703)508-6852 · lzhang30@gmu.edu
EDUCATION:
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Aug 2019 – May 2021
MS in Data Analytics Engineering GPA: 4.0/4.0
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China Sept 2015 – Jun 2019
BS in Information and Computing Science GPA: 82.3/100 Excellent League Member
EXPERIENCE:
Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Feb 2020 – Present
Academic Grader Part-Time Job
- Grade for Data Management and Data Mining in 5 classes
- Work average 5 hours a week
KPMG, Beijing, China Jan 2019 – Apr 2019
Financial Risk Management Consulting Intern
- Collected and analyzed internal financial risk data of 4 subsidiaries of China Everbright Group
- Retrieved external financial risk data of the whole China Everbright Group from the third organization database
- Designed presentation slides and consulting reports
- Revised 37 collateral analysis reports of China Everbright Bank
CITIC Securities, Shanghai, China Jul 2017 – Aug 2017
Industry Research Intern
- Collected data involves the Military UAV industry, Zhongzhi Stock, and geopolitical influence on the military sector.
- Analyzed above data and finished 3 research reports with 3 partners
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Model(CUMCM) Sept 2017 – Sept 2017
Pricing and Task Allocation in Crowdsourcing Project
- Identified the factors for the failure of the original methods; Accomplished the goal without any failure case and more cost via SVM classification, the optimization model, and Monte Carlo simulation
- Awarded 2nd Prize of China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Model (CUMCM)
Mathematical Contest in Modeling(MCM/ICM) Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
Improving Efficiency of Airport Security Checking
- Identified the bottlenecks via Petri Net model and qualitative analysis; Shortened security checking time from 175s to 90s and decreased the variance of waiting time from 9860 to 562 via Petri net model, queuing theory, and simulation
- Awarded Honorable Mention of Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM)
National University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program May 2016 – May 2017
Sketch Constraint Optimization
- Improved the success rate from 45% (Newton iterative algorithm) to more than 90% (hybrid Newton iterative algorithm based on artificial bee colony)
- Published a paper as 1st author: Improvement of Newton’s Iteration Method in Sketch Constrained Optimization Problem, Electronic Science and Technology (CN 61-1291/TN; ISSN1007-7820), 4th, Volume #31, 2018
ACTIVITIES:
Street Dance Club, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China May 2016 – Jul 2017
Secretary of Communist Youth League Branch & Member of Breaking Crew
- Coordinated works between the committee and the club
- Managed finance of the club and organized 3 times school-level activities
- Edited performance music and performed at least 10 times, including exchange activities with other universities.
CCTV Star of Outlook English Talent Competition, Xi’an, China Jan 2016 – May 2016
Person in Charge at NPU Area
- Organized the competition at NPU Area; More than 500 participants
- Awarded “Publicity Ambassador” and “Excellent Organizational Unit”
SKILLS:
- Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Proficient in Python, R, and SQL
- Moderate proficiency in MongoDB and MATLAB