Lei Yang

Lei (David) Yang is a Machine Learning Engineer with experience at Wayfair, where a unified similarity metric was developed to improve market price predictions accuracy. As a Research Scientist at Meta, ongoing contributions are made to advanced research. Previous roles include Research Assistant at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Florida, where novel causal inference methodologies were developed, along with teaching responsibilities. During a Data Scientist internship at Epsilon, a phonetic matching algorithm was created, significantly increasing match rates. Lei (David) Yang holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Science and Technology of China and is pursuing a PhD in Statistics at the University of Florida. Educational background includes graduating from Mianyang High School.