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Yanting Shen

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Beeswax

Yanting Shen has a diverse work experience with expertise in machine learning, data science, and entrepreneurship. They most recently worked as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Beeswax, acquired by Comcast. Prior to this, Yanting served as a Data Scientist Senior Associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co. They also founded and served as the CEO of Shen Capital, a company they led from 2020 to 2022. Yanting has held senior positions in companies like Curve and AIG, where they worked as a Senior Data Scientist and Machine Learning Scientist, respectively. Yanting has a strong academic background, having completed a DPhil in 2019 at the University of Oxford and served as a PhD project supervisor at the University of Cambridge. They also had entrepreneurship experience as a Cohort Member at Entrepreneur First. Yanting's earlier experience includes serving as the Director of Science and Engineering at The Lead Education, a US education start-up.

Yanting Shen has an extensive education history. From 2014 to 2019, they attended the University of Oxford, where they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Machine Learning. Prior to that, they studied at Peking University from 2010 to 2014 and obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Engineering. During the same period at Peking University, they also obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in German Language and Literature. Besides their formal degrees, Yanting Shen has also pursued additional certifications in various machine learning topics. In December 2018, they completed courses such as "Convolutional Neural Networks," "Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization," "Neural Networks and Deep Learning," "Sequence Models," and "Structuring Machine Learning Projects" from Coursera. There is no information provided about their education prior to Peking University.

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  • Senior Machine Learning Engineer

    June 1, 2022 - present