Master of Science · Management & Analytics
New York, United States.
Arts & Science Bachelor · Double Major in Statistics and Mathematics
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Backend Developer Intern
Added three clue-statistics modules with detailed drill-down information, including comparative analysis of clue ownership by store and employee. Modified existing clue filters, added two new filtering conditions and an interface, and optimized SQL logic to reduce clue-count response time by approximately 100 ms.
Privacy-focused iOS app
Built a local-first spending tracker with fast expense entry, monthly budgets, category analytics, search/filter/sort tools, widgets, Siri Shortcuts, multi-currency reporting, JSON import/export, customizable payment methods, editable categories, and on-device Apple Intelligence spending insights with a deterministic fallback.
Team Leader
Built a Java backend with Maven and REST-style APIs for multiple official NASA data sources. Implemented data-processing logic for real-time / manual data fetching, collaborated on Monte Carlo simulation support, and defined API contracts for frontend visualization.
Team Leader · Course Project
Processed NPRI and Statistics Canada boundary data using R (tidyverse, sf, rgdal), then built an interactive multi-page visualization site with Leaflet maps, Plotly charts, HTML/CSS/JS, D3.js, and scrollytelling patterns. Designed a narrative experience to make complex environmental risk data understandable to non-technical users.
Course Project
Data collection and cleaning with Zillow Research housing datasets using R (tidyverse, dplyr, tidyr): missing-value handling, inconsistency fixes, and time-series alignment across regions and housing types. Built statistical models over 20 years of price history and developed clear ggplot2 visualizations to communicate long-term trends and regional differences.
Team Leader
Tested Spotify API workflows in Java, built GUI features with Java Swing, and implemented core use cases including song-add and search modules.
Team Leader · Beijing, China
Founded and captained Team 8204 in high school. Previously served as robot driver and engineer for Team 5451, with top-four finishes at international competitions in Sydney, Shanghai, and Pittsburgh.
Feel free to reach me by email at zz3750@nyu.edu or ijustinzhong@gmail.com.