Xinru Liu
Data Scientist II
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXinru Liu is a Data Scientist II with a PhD in Statistics and nine years of experience applying Bayesian modeling, sparse deep learning, and reinforcement learning to real-world problems. She has moved research into production at Microsoft Azure Core Insights after internships focused on anomaly detection and has a track record of improving model accuracy and efficiency in industry settings, including a 10% F1 uplift and 15% compute savings from LoRA and RLHF work at Liberty Mutual. Her work spans hierarchical NLP classifiers, sensor-fusion for quality control, and authorship attribution tools, reflecting a rare blend of theoretical rigor and practical engineering. Comfortable with both research and applied roles, she maintains reproducible pipelines and collaborative GitHub practices, making her well-suited for applied or research scientist positions. An understated strength is translating complex probabilistic methods into lightweight, production-ready solutions that cut cost without sacrificing performance.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and Computer Science at Wheaton College MassachusettsDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at Boston University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
flask8
python7
markov3
hidden3
feature-selection2
markov-chain2
prediction2
observation1
parameter-estimation1
machine-learning1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
XinruLiu/xinruwebspace
Jun 2017 - Jan 2024
Contributions:84 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 8 months
XinruLiu/Xinru-Liu.github.io
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 5 months
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