Education

Northwestern University Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, expected 2016 Major: Financial Engineering Minors: Optimization and Stochastic Modeling Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Staum and Dr. Andreas Wächter M.Sc, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, 2012. GPA: 4.00.

University of Waterloo M.Math, Actuarial Science, GPA: 97.25%, 2011 Thesis: Coherent Distortion Risk Measures in Portfolio Selection Advisor: Dr. Ken Seng Tan B.Math, with Distinction, Dean's Honors List, GPA: 93.41%, 2010 Honor Actuarial Science and Management Sciences Minor Statistics

Honors

• Royal E. Cabell Terminal Year Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2015

• Hickman Scholarship, Society of Actuaries, 2012 - 2015
  

• IEMS Department Award for exceptional leadership and service, Northwestern University, 2014
  

• Arthur P. Hurter Award for outstanding academic excellence among first year graduate students, Northwestern University, 2012
  

• Ph.D. Entrance Scholarship in Financial Engineering, Northwestern University, 2011
  

• The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2010
  

• Ailey Bailin Memorial Scholarship in Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, 2009
  

Languages

• English

• Mandarin

• Cantonese

Ph.D. Coursework

Simulation Designs and Computer Science

• Massively Parallel Programming with CUDA
  

• Simulation Experiment Design and Analysis
  

• Simulations in Financial Engineering
  

• Stochastic System Simulation
  

• Intermediate Statistics

Financial Engineering and Stochastic Modeling

• Advanced Stochastic Models

• Financial Engineering I & II

• Stochastic Models I & II

• Economics and Decision Analysis

Optimizations and Machine Learning

• Machine Learning
  

• Integer Programming
  

• Large Scale Optimization
  

• Advanced Mathematical Programming
  

• Applied Dynamic Programing
  

• Mathematical Programming I & II

Coursework

Financial Analytics and Game Theory

• Financial Engineering and Risk Management I & II, Columbia University
  

• Statistical Inference, Johns Hopkins University
  

• R Programming, Johns Hopkins University
  

• Competitive Strategy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  

• Advanced Competitive Strategy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  

Computer Science and Logic

• Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Stanford University
  

• Introduction to Logic, Standford University
  

• Learn to Program: The Fundamentals, University of Toronto
  

Theoretical Physics and Astronomy

• Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity, Stanford University
  

• From the Big Bang to Dark Energy, The University of Tokyo