- Dr.Ziwang Deng
- ziwang@mathstat.yorku.ca
- Mathematics & Statistics
- York University
- Toronto,Ontario, Canada
- My Github
- MyWiki
- yorku.ca/ocdp
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Summary
A senior data scientist with PhD and Post-doctoral in applied mathematics, high performance computing, geographic information systems, meteorology and climatology;
Expert in statistical and machine learning models, data mining, data base design, data driven web application development, Geographic Information Systems, climate change projection and climate change risk assessment;
Good knowledge in dynamical, numerical, network and agent based modelling approaches;
10+ years programming experience in Linux, Fortran, Matlab and C++, and 5+ years programming experience in Python, SQL, JavaScript;
Working experience with many Python packages for machine learning such as Scikit-learn, Keras, Tensorflow, NumPy, Pandas, Seaborn and auto ML such as AutoML and TPOT
Hands on experience with big data tools such as Hadoop/Mapreduce, PySpark, ELK, Tableau and Power BI;
Good knowledge in deep learning (DL) algroithms, natural language processing (NLP), image processing and cloud platform AWS and GCP.
Leadership skills to lead and deliver projects, be proactive, take ownership, interface with business, represent the team and spread the knowledge
Versatility and exciting to learn new things for job and hobby
Work Experience
Post-Doctoral and Data Scientist (Mar 2013 – Present)
Laboratory of Mathematical Parallel Systems (LAMPS) • Department of Mathematics & Statistics • York University • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Post-Doctoral and Research Scientist (Sep 2005 – Feb 2012)
High Performance Computing (HPC) Lab • UNBC • Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Post-Doctoral in Geographic Information Systems (Jan 2003 – Aug 2005)
Nanjing Normal University, • Nanjing, China
Assistant, Associate Professor and Vice Dean (Sep 1996 – Aug 2005)
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology • Nanjing, China
Meteorological Engineer (Jul 1984-Aug 1993)
Bureau of Meteorology, Shangzhou, Shaanxi
Education
PhD in Applied Statistics (Climatology, Sep 1999-Jul 2002)
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology • Nanjing, China
Master in Applied Statistics (Climatology, Sep 1993 – Aug 1996)
Nanjing University• Nanjing, China
Diploma in Meteorology (Sep 1981-Jun 1984)
School of Meteorology, Xian, Shaanxi
Skills
10+years: Statistical data analytics with Fortran, C++, Matlab, Parallel Compuating with Linux
5+ years: ML with Python,Scikit-learn, KNIME, Keras, Tensorflow, and web visualization with Drupal, WordPress, MySql, Highchart.js, HTML5, CSS, Angular.js, D3.js, plotly|Dash
3+ years: PySpark.Sql, PySpark.ML, Nifi,Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana(ELK), MongoDB, Tableu, Power BI and Docker
1+ years: OpenCV, FFmpeg, NLTK, TextBlob, Spacy, Gensim, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy
1- years: Cloud platforms GCP (BigQuery) and AWS ( lightsail, lambda function, S3, DynamoDB and SageMaker)