Cangyuan Li

Cangyuan Li 21-41 34th Ave, Astoria, NY 11106 •-•- https://github.com/CangyuanLi EDUCATION Emory University, Goizeuta Business School Atlanta, GA Bachelor of Business Administration, Major: Finance, Double Major: Creative Writing May 2021 Cumulative GPA: 3.9/4.0, Dean’s List -) Relevant Courses: Linear Algebra, Logic and Proofs, Multivariable Calculus, Statistics, Graduate Econometrics New York University, Tandon School of Engineering New York City, NY Certificate of Distinction, Preparatory Course for Graduate Studies in Computing Aug. 2022 WORK EXPERIENCE Emory University, Goizueta Business School Atlanta, GA Research Assistant Jun. 2018 – Aug. 2021 Collect, synthesize, and clean data from various heterogeneous sources using languages such as Python Analyze data, such as calculating Altman’s Z-score for firms in Compustat, using Stata and R Lead large-scale data collection effort; scrape university sites and SSRN to measure professor productivity University of Illinois, Gies College of Business Champaign, IL Research Assistant Mar. 2020 – Aug. 2020 Use Google Trends data to create a measure of search intensity to predict bankruptcy claims Create illuminative data visualizations using Stata and R, such as projecting complaints data onto a map Engage with the economic underpinnings of a dataset, parsing out “real” from mechanical patterns RADX Emory Atlanta, GA Consultant Jan. 2021 – Aug. 2021 Increase client efficiency by creating Excel VBA scripts to aid in visualizing and understanding complex data Assist in automating certain workflows, such as concatenating and querying data from disparate sources Hone ability to understand new topics and create context-specific applications that meet client requirements New York University, Stern School of Business New York City, NY Researcher Aug. 2021 - Present Understand and apply complex statistical techniques such as regression discontinuity and IV Optimize and parallelize workflows involving big data, including leveraging cloud computing Automate previously manual tasks such as report and bibliography generation and style guide enforcement Perform sentiment analysis on a wide-ranging corpus of employee reviews from Glassdoor Implement novel research, such as new two-way fixed effects estimators and Bayesian geocoding LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT STEM Educational Institute New York City, NY Instructor June 2022 – July 2022 Make simple and salient general computer science and data visualization concepts to novice programmers Partner with the New York Yankees to mentor local, under-served high school students on STEM Lead students in real-world data science exercise using temperature, elevation, and home run data ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Honors: NC Governor’s School (2016), National Merit Scholarship Winner -) Skills: Web scraping, Data analysis, Natural language processing, Github, Git, Adobe Suite, Mandarin (Fluent) Languages: Python, R, Julia, Stata, C++, Latex, Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, BeautifulSoup, Selenium Interests: Taekwondo (2nd degree black belt), Writing (two publications), Speech and Debate, Chess Publications: Co-author on working paper on bias in race prediction algorithms, including machine learning solutions