Ying Ji
Data Scientist
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYing Ji is a data scientist with nine years of experience blending genetics, biostatistics, and product-focused machine learning to solve real-world problems. Currently at Meta, she works on Facebook Social Gen AI and app monetization—building predictive models that balance revenue and user engagement and improving ad relevance through user intent signals. Her PhD in Human Genetics and MS in Biostatistics from Vanderbilt underpin prior research using multi-omics and supervised learning to identify schizophrenia risk genes and improve cancer risk prediction in East Asian populations. Comfortable moving models from complex biomedical data into production product settings, she brings a rare mix of domain expertise and product sensibility. Based in California, she pairs rigorous academic training with practical impact on large-scale ad ranking and delivery systems.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at The High School Affiliated to Tsinghua UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human Genetics at Vanderbilt UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor’s Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Tsinghua University
Github Skills (11)
rna-seq5
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bioinformatics4
jack4
scatter-plot3
regression2
visualization2
prediction2
regression-models1
bayesian1
genome1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yingji15/yingji15.github.io
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021
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Contributions:147 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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yingji15/Bios8366
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:22 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
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