Open to Work ▶ M.A. Statistics & Data Science @ UC Berkeley

// Hello, world! I'm

Shizhe
Zhang

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A Psyduck from UC Berkeley 🐥 — waddling through data, building ML models, and occasionally suffering from a statistical headache. Passionate about turning messy numbers into beautiful insights.

4.0Current GPA
3.96Undergrad GPA

About Me

I'm a second-year M.A. Statistics & Data Science student at UC Berkeley, working at the intersection of machine learning, large language models, and quantitative finance. My path began at Zhejiang University, where I graduated with honors in Economics (Advanced Class).

As an AI Developer at Monolithic Power Systems, I build production LLM systems — a self-hosted document-translation platform, a SEC EDGAR MCP server that surfaces filings inside Claude, and an agentic slide-generation tool. My research at Berkeley spans retrieval-augmented generation and the pragmatics and calibration of LLM/VLM agents.

Earlier, internships at leading Chinese financial institutions grounded me in gradient-boosting models, network analysis, and alpha research. I thrive on turning messy data into rigorous, interpretable systems.

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Nickname
Psyduck @ UC Berkeley
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Location
Berkeley, California
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Chu Kochen Honors
Top 1.3%
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Target Role
Data Science & ML

Skills & Technologies

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Languages

PythonRSQL MatlabBashLaTeX
Python95%
R85%
SQL80%
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ML / AI

Machine LearningDeep Learning NLPRAG LightGBMXGBoost
Machine Learning90%
Deep Learning82%
LLMs / RAG85%
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Tools & Other

GitVimLinux/BashData Structure Quant FinancePortfolio Opt.
Git / DevTools88%
Quant Finance85%
Research92%

Internships

Featured Projects

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Education

Get In Touch

I'm actively looking for AI, machine learning, and quantitative research roles. Whether you have a full-time opportunity, an internship, or just want to chat about interesting problems — my inbox is always open.

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