Summary
Amanda Zou is a Senior Applied Researcher with nine years of experience applying machine learning and statistical methods to search, ads, personalization, and medical imaging. At eBay she builds end-to-end matching and auto-targeting algorithms, and previously delivered personalization and entity-resolution systems at Lowe’s and predictive models for engineering and healthcare projects at A*STAR and SingHealth. She holds a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics and a Master’s in Statistics, pairing deep theory with product-focused implementation to move research into production. Known for combining experimental design, hypothesis testing, and strategical data insights, she has published peer-reviewed work in medical imaging and secured competitive research funding. Based in Plano, Texas, Amanda thrives at the intersection of research rigor and commercial impact, often tackling noisy real-world data and complex record-matching challenges that others avoid.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Statistics, Master's degree Statistics at Texas A&M University
Bachelor Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor Mechanical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
PhD Computational and Applied Mathematics, PhD Computational and Applied Mathematics at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
English, Chinese