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Yu Yeung Scott Yiu

Data Science Lead at De Beers Group

Yu Yeung Scott Yiu started their career in 2013 as an intern at the Hong Kong Observatory. In 2014, they joined the University of Cambridge as a PHD student, focusing on using machine learning for climate prediction. Yu Yeung Scott continued their work at the university as a Research Associate and Visiting Researcher, applying data science and ML techniques to atmospheric sciences research. In 2019, Yiu joined De Beers Group as a Data Scientist and later became a Senior Data Scientist. Yu Yeung Scott built and led the data science and analytics team and worked on the polished price forecasting work-stream. Yiu is projected to bring in over 20 million USD of EBITDA uplift per annum.

Yu Yeung Scott Yiu completed their education history as follows: From 2009 to 2012, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Cambridge. Following this, they pursued a Master of Science (MSc) in Physics from 2012 to 2013, also at the University of Cambridge. Finally, from 2014 to 2018, they completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology at the University of Cambridge.

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Timeline

  • Data Science Lead

    February, 2022 - present

  • Senior Data Scientist

    August, 2021

  • Data Scientist

    December, 2019