Yiliang Zhang
Algorithm Developer at Hudson River Trading
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYiliang Zhang is an algorithm developer with eight years of research and quantitative experience, currently joining Hudson River Trading after completing a Ph.D. in Biostatistics at Yale. His background bridges rigorous mathematical training (BA in Mathematics, secondary BA in Economics) with applied research across academic and industry labs, including multiple internships and research assistant roles. Yiliang has hands-on exposure to high-frequency algorithm development through prior HRT internships and a current role there, combining statistical modeling with low-latency implementation. Based in New Haven, he brings a strong interdisciplinary perspective—merging biostatistics, economics, and algorithm engineering—that helps translate complex data-driven problems into performant trading strategies. He is comfortable operating at the interface of research and production, and reachable at yiliang.zhang@yale.edu.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Summer school, Business, Summer school, Business at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School Diploma, Science, High School Diploma, Science at The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of ChinaBachelor's degree (secondary major), Economics, Bachelor's degree (secondary major), Economics at Peking UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics at Yale University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (13)
estimate6
gwas5
covariance5
genetic5
ecology4
genetics4
meta-analysis4
statistics3
rna-seq1
batch1
genomics1
bioinformatics1
sequencing1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
YiliangTracyZhang/GENJI
May 2020 - Apr 2022
Contributions:98 commits, 94 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
YiliangTracyZhang/HYPERGNOVA
May 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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