Chenghui Cai

Chenghui Cai has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles and industries. Chenghui currently holds the position of Director of Applied Sciences at Ayata since 2022. Prior to that, Chenghui served as the Co-Founder of Jinxin Big Data Finance LLC, where they led a team of up to 22 people and focused on developing innovative Fintech solutions in the field of big data finance. Chenghui also established a company-owned local cloud big data platform and implemented automated data collection, cleaning, storage, and feature generation processes.

In 2009, Chenghui founded AITrading.org, a company dedicated to the research and development of Automated and Intelligent (A.I.) trading. Chenghui also worked at Opera Solutions as a Senior Staff Scientist and Analytics Manager from 2013 to 2015. In this role, they conducted research in pricing, risk management, and strategy development in the US corporate bond market using statistical machine learning and large-scale machine learning techniques.

Chenghui was also involved in co-founding MQT Investments LLC in 2012 and held various positions at Opera Solutions from 2011 to 2012, including Junior Analytics Manager and Senior Staff Scientist/Analytics Manager.

Before entering the industry, Chenghui gained research experience as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Their research focused on developing statistical learning, optimal control, signal processing, and data mining techniques.

Chenghui also worked as a Quantitative Researcher at Cantor Fitzgerald in 2010 and as a Research Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University from 2004 to 2008. Additionally, Chenghui worked as an Electronic Design (R&D) Engineer at Celestica R&D Center in Shanghai, China in 2003.

Overall, Chenghui Cai has a strong background in applied sciences, financial technology, and data analytics, and has made significant contributions in research and industry roles throughout their career.

Chenghui Cai has a strong educational background in mechanical engineering. From 1996 to 2000, they obtained their Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Tsinghua University. Following this, they pursued a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Tsinghua University from 2000 to 2003. Chenghui Cai then went on to further their studies at Duke University, where they completed their Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from 2004 to 2008.