Freya Fu

Freya Fu is a Senior Data Scientist at Shipt since February 2022, specializing in shopper pay, pricing, machine learning, simulation, experimentation, and reinforcement deep learning. Prior to this role, Freya served at Norfolk Southern Corporation from October 2016 to February 2022, gaining expertise as an Operations Research Specialist and Analyst, focusing on data analysis and forecast model development for train arrival times and optimization within railway networks. Earlier experiences include a Decision Science Professional Internship at Walt Disney World, where media and broadcasting data analysis was conducted, and a Research Assistantship at Texas A&M University, engaged in scheduling, stochastic integer programming, healthcare revenue management, and system optimization. Freya holds a PhD from Texas A&M University with a focus on scheduling problems, stochastic programming, and machine learning, as well as a Master's degree in optimization and machine learning from Lehigh University.