Minghan Wu (Travis) Personal Website

Curriculum Vitæ

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Education

Sept.2022 - June 2026

University of California - San Diego**

Mathematics - Computer Science (primary major) & Data Science

Current GPA: 3.96/4.00

Coursework

Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures & Algorithms, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, Calculus, Probability & Statistics, Math Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Stochastic Process, Optimization techniques, Basic Finance

Coursera

  • Introduction to Financial Engineering and Risk Management, Columbia University
  • Econometrics: Methods and Applications, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers, Johns Hopkins University

Skills

Languages: C/C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Latex, R

Tools: Git/GitHub, VS Code

Libraries: pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, reflex, Plotly, sklearn

Projects

March 2024

League of Legends Data Analysis

| pandas, matplotlib, NumPy, sklearn

  • Conducted data analysis on a large dataset of League of Legends past game results
  • Done data cleaning, analyzed column relations and missingness mechanism, tested hypothesis (Does side affect kills?), and trained a win/lose prediction model

July 2023

Ants vs. SomeBees

| Object-Oriented Programming, VS Code, Python

  • In python, implemented an imitation of the game Plants vs. Zombies
  • Included many kinds of ants (plants) and bees (zombies) with different functionalities

July 2022 - Aug. 2022

Profit Margin Research

| data processing, linear regression, statistical inference

  • A two-month quantitative research, with a former practitioner from Ant Group, of leading macroeconomic indicators of several major industries in China, using python and Excel
  • Found several indicators whose changes precede the market change by over a month with reasonable reliability

Experience

2024 - present

Python Robotics

| Research Volunteer

At a UCSD research group aimed at building a robot car simulation software

Volunteer in the path & control branch, implemented graph algorithms (e.g. A*, SE2 Planning) for the robot to find paths

2023 - present

Eta Kappa Nu - Kappa Psi Chapter

| Vice President of Membership

Eta Kappa Nu is an engineering honor society that helps people become better engineers

Responsible for recruiting and internal matter (officer socials)

Carry out procedures & Implement ideas in a big organization

2023 - present

Math Tutor

| Paid tutor job

Paid Tutor/Reader for Calculus & linear algebra for two quarters, grade exams, answer questions & organize discussions