Zizhong Yan
Research Scientist at Rice University
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZizhong Yan is a research scientist and data science graduate student at Rice University with a foundational BA in Business Economics from UC Irvine and a decade of professional experience. Based in Houston, he blends quantitative economics insight with applied data science methods to tackle interdisciplinary problems at the intersection of policy and analytics. His background suggests comfort navigating academic and research environments—reflected by an association with the Institute for Economics and Social Research at Jinan University—indicating collaborative ties beyond the U.S. Zizhong’s training allows him to translate business-facing questions into statistically rigorous models and reproducible analyses. He brings a pragmatic mindset rooted in economics while expanding technical breadth through graduate-level data science, making him adept at moving projects from hypothesis to production-ready insights. Colleagues can expect a researcher who pairs domain-savvy curiosity with hands-on analytical execution.
10 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Gunn High SchoolMaster's degree, Data science, Master's degree, Data science at Rice UniversityUniversity of California, Irvine
English, Chinese
Github Skills (15)
sublime-text10
sublime10
stata10
directions8
macos7
neovim6
vim6
vim-plugin6
package-control5
two-way3
optimization2
ipython2
python2
pytorch2
newton-method1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zizhongyan/vim-stata
Dec 2015 - Apr 2019
Vim Plugin for Running Selected Do-File in Stata
Contributions:19 commits, 3 PRs, 18 pushes in 3 years 4 months
statavim-pluginneovimvim
zizhongyan/StataImproved
Nov 2016 - May 2021
Improved Stata Editor for macOS : a sublime text 3 plugin
Contributions:19 releases, 167 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 6 months
improvedsublimestatasublime-text-3macos
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