Mike Wang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Wang is a postdoctoral researcher and quantitative data scientist with eight years’ experience applying mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, and high-performance distributed computing to terabyte-scale heterogeneous datasets. At the University of Edinburgh he led development of an end-to-end galaxy survey analysis pipeline and built research software packages now used across international consortia, translating complex cosmological inference into reproducible tools. His background combines a PhD in Cosmology, an MMath from Cambridge, and hands-on industry experience deploying big-data stacks such as Hadoop and SQL, making him comfortable at the intersection of research-grade code and production-scale data engineering. He seeks to bring rigorous probabilistic thinking and scalable computation to quantitative research or financial services teams, and his early work applying random matrix theory to S&P 500 time series hints at a practical appetite for cross-domain problems beyond astrophysics.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Politics, A (Outstanding), High School Diploma, Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Politics, A (Outstanding) at Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages SchoolMaster of Mathematics (MMath), Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Distinction, Master of Mathematics (MMath), Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Distinction at University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cosmology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cosmology at University of PortsmouthAdvanced Level in General Certificate of Education (GCE A-Level), Mathematics, Futher Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Chinese, Economics, Extended Project Qualification, 4A*, A, A, A*, Advanced Level in General Certificate of Education (GCE A-Level), Mathematics, Futher Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Chinese, Economics, Extended Project Qualification, 4A*, A, A, A* at Canford SchoolCommon European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), German, A2.2, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), German, A2.2 at Eurocentres Language Schools
Chinese, English, German
Github Skills (24)
python10
hip10
cython10
cuda10
cpp10
clustering10
pdf-to-html8
mpi4py8
pdf8
pdf-viewer8
cosmology7
journal7
open-access6
html6
parallel-computing6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MikeSWang/FFTW-Age
May 2024 - Jul 2026
FFTW wisdom generation
Contributions:3 reviews, 6 PRs, 33 pushes in 2 years 2 months
cppfftw
MikeSWang/Triumvirate
Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
A Python/C++ package for three-point clustering measurements in LSS analyses
Contributions:21 releases, 107 reviews, 886 commits in 1 year 11 months
clusteringcpppythoncythonclustering-statistics
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