Tong Lin
Graduate Research Assistant
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTong Lin is a Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Michigan with a decade of experience applying machine learning and NLP to social media research. His work bridges rigorous academic training—dual MS degrees in Operations Research and Data Science—and practical experimentation, including an Applied Scientist internship at Amazon focused on buyer risk prevention. Based in Ann Arbor, he combines strong quantitative foundations from Hong Kong Baptist University with entrepreneurial exposure as a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. Tong is adept at translating complex social signals into actionable models and evaluation strategies, often focusing on real-world harms and risk detection rather than purely theoretical advances.
9 years of coding experience
Visiting Scholar, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Visiting Scholar, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information at University of MichiganBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University
Github Skills (8)
spectral7
science5
javascript4
workbench4
react-redux4
react3
redux3
webpack2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
my-sage/sage
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:95 commits, 13 PRs, 55 pushes in 17 days
TonyIversonLin/juke-react
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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