Yiwen Sun

Yiwen Sun is a Senior ML Manager in Ad Platforms Engineering at Apple, where they focus on search ads ranking and ads signals. Currently a PhD student in Statistics at the University of Minnesota, Yiwen has over six years of experience in modeling, machine learning, and optimization, with extensive skills in big data analysis using Scala, Spark, and Hive. Their research includes natural language processing tasks like sentiment analysis and automatic tagging, along with a developed theoretical framework for Gaussian graphical network estimation. Past roles include a Non-clinical Statistician at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and various positions in machine learning and statistics across notable organizations.