Vera Yan

Vera Yan is an accomplished data science professional with extensive experience in machine learning and data analysis. At Meta, as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Vera leads the creator monetization team, previously serving as a Senior Research Data Scientist, where a strategic shift in detecting scraping bots significantly enhanced system scalability. Prior experience includes roles at Indeed.com, where Vera prototyped deep learning models for resume recommendations and won the Indeed Annual Engineer Innovation Award by creating an automated code review service. Vera's journey also includes a research assistant role at Duke University, where data analysis from economics experiments was conducted, and a successful participation in the Duke Datathon hosted by Citadel LLC. Vera holds a Master of Science in Statistical Science from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Nankai University, complementing an academic background marked by high academic achievements.