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Haoen Cui

Associate Data Scientist

Uptake Technologies, Inc.

About

Haoen Cui is an Associate Data Scientist on the Energy vertical team at Uptake, a Chicago-based startup focusing on AI/ML preventive maintenance solutions for the industrial IoT space. His responsibilities include data science, data engineering, DevOps support, application product building, etc.

Before joining Uptake, Haoen obtained several degrees from UIUC and worked temporarily as a Research Assistant at the Illinois Risk Lab after graduation. During his undergraduate years, he had multiple on-campus part-time jobs and interned at State Farm and Deloitte.

Outside of work, Haoen is actively broadening his knowledge span by pursuing professional certifications, taking online courses, and contributing to open-source projects. He is the current maintainer of the UpDoc package and serves as the President of the Uptake Math Club.

Alternative name representations: 崔豪恩, 최호은, or Hao-En Tsui.

Interests

  • All Things Statistics
  • Machine Learning
  • Optimization
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Actuarial Mathematics
  • Open Source

Education

  • M.S. in Computer Science, 2021 (Expected)

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • M.S. in Computer Science, 2021 (Expected)

    University of Texas at Austin

  • B.S. in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, and Accountancy, 2018

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Certifications

To learn, or not to learn, that is the question

Actuarial Exams

Society of Actuaries:

  • ASA: P, FM, IFM, SRM, STAM, LTAM, PA
  • FSA QFI Track: QFI Core, QFI IRM
  • VEE Economics, Accounting and Finance, Mathematical Statistics

Casualty Actuarial Society:

  • 1, 2, 3F, MAS-I, MAS-II

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Candidate

Passed Level III Exam in June 2017, Level II in June 2016, and Level I in Dec 2015 Charter pending experience requirements