Winston Zhou
- Hometown
- Torrance, California
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University
- B.A. in Economics
- Class of 2018
- University of Southern California
- M.S. in Applied Data Science
- Class of 2023
- PGP key
- Key
I am a second-year data science graduate student at the University of Southern California. Before coming to USC, I was a rotational analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in their Markets Group.
During my time at Carnegie Mellon, knowing that the university was well-known for its computer science programs, I availed myself of the opportunity to take as many CS courses as I could fit into my schedule. One of those courses taught a lesson on basic web development, which gave me the impetus to create this personal website.
I believe that giving back to the communities to which I belong is a highly worthwhile endeavor. At the university, I was very involved in Moneythink CMU, a campus organization that teaches financial literacy to high school students. I also volunteered as a tax preparer for the United Way of Allegheny County.
For leisure, one of my greatest passions is to read the classics voraciously. What I enjoy most about reading classical literature is the language. In stark contrast to the straightforward rhetoric of modern day communication, many of the pieces I enjoy reading feature elegant lines that are refreshing in their creativity.
During my time at Carnegie Mellon, knowing that the university was well-known for its computer science programs, I availed myself of the opportunity to take as many CS courses as I could fit into my schedule. One of those courses taught a lesson on basic web development, which gave me the impetus to create this personal website.
I believe that giving back to the communities to which I belong is a highly worthwhile endeavor. At the university, I was very involved in Moneythink CMU, a campus organization that teaches financial literacy to high school students. I also volunteered as a tax preparer for the United Way of Allegheny County.
For leisure, one of my greatest passions is to read the classics voraciously. What I enjoy most about reading classical literature is the language. In stark contrast to the straightforward rhetoric of modern day communication, many of the pieces I enjoy reading feature elegant lines that are refreshing in their creativity.
Audio Router
Enables Blackberry 10 OS users to bypass the default audio subsystem configuration.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Python replica of the famous game show.
Moneythink Scheduler
Automatically matches mentor iCal schedules to mentoring sites.
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Semester Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSCI 549 | Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science | Deborah Khider, Ph.D. Valentino Crespi, Ph.D. |
Fall 2021 |
| DSCI 550 | Data Science at Scale | Seon Ho Kim, Ph.D. | Fall 2021 |
| DSCI 551 | Foundations of Data Management | Wensheng Wu, Ph.D. | Spring 2022 |
| DSCI 552 | Machine Learning for Data Science | Mohammad Reza Rajati, Ph.D. | Spring 2022 |
| DSCI 553 | Foundations and Applications of Data Mining | Wei-Min Shen, Ph.D. | Fall 2022 |
| DSCI 554 | Data Visualization | Luciano Nocera, Ph.D | Fall 2022 |
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Semester Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73-100 | Principles of Economics | Mehmet Bumin Yenmez, Ph.D. Christopher Sleet, Ph.D. |
Fall 2014 |
| 73-101 | Economics Seminar | Elif Incekara Hafalir, Ph.D. | Spring 2015 |
| 73-230 | Intermediate Microeconomics | Serra-Boranbay Akan, Ph.D. | Fall 2015 |
| 73-240 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | Ariel Zetlin-Jones, Ph.D. | Spring 2016 |
| 73-265 | Economics and Data Science | John Gasper, Ph.D. | Spring 2018 |
| 73-270 | Writing for Economists | Joseph Rudman, D.A. | Spring 2017 |
| 73-274 | Econometrics | Joachim Ryohei Groeger, Ph.D. | Spring 2017 |
| 73-338 | Financial Crises and Risk | Ariel Zetlin-Jones, Ph.D. | Spring 2017 |
| 84-342 | Economics of Public Policy | Marc Goldwein | Fall 2016 |
| 73-348 | Behavioral Economics | John Gasper, Ph.D. | Spring 2018 |
| 73-365 | Firms, Market Structures, and Strategy | Sinan Sarpça, Ph.D. | Spring 2018 |
| 73-450 | Economics Colloquium | Carol Goldburg, Ph.D. | Spring 2015 |
| 73-469 | Global Electronic Markets | Stephen Spear, Ph.D. | Fall 2017 |
| 73-476 | American Economic History | Karen Clay, Ph.D. | Fall 2017 |
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Semester Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-110 | Principles of Computing | Dilsun Kaynar, Ph.D. Margaret Reid-Miller, Ph.D. Stephanie Balzer, Ph.D. |
Spring 2016 |
| 15-112 | Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science | David Kosbie David Andersen, Ph.D. |
Spring 2017 |
| 15-190 | Intermediate Programming Topics | David Kosbie | Spring 2017 |
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Semester Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21-120 | Differential and Integral Calculus | Russell Walker, D.A. | Fall 2014 |
| 21-122 | Integration and Approximation | Timothy Flaherty, Ph.D. | Fall 2015 |
| 21-126 | Mathematical Software | Timothy Flaherty, Ph.D. | Spring 2016 |
| 21-256 | Multivariate Analysis | Matthew Szudzik, Ph.D. | Spring 2015 |
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Semester Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36-201 | Statistical Reasoning and Practice | Gordon Weinberg | Fall 2014 |
| 36-225 | Probability Theory | Alex Reinhart, Ph.D. | Summer 2016 |
| 36-303 | Sampling, Survey, and Society | Robin Mejia, Ph.D. | Spring 2018 |
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Semester Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70-122 | Introduction to Accounting | Andrew Bird, Ph.D. | Spring 2016 |
| 70-208 | Regression Analysis | Rebecca Lessem, Ph.D. | Fall 2017 |
| 70-350 | Acting for Business | Geoffrey Hitch, M.F.A. | Spring 2018 |
| 70-353 | Financial Markets Regulation | Chester Spatt, Ph.D. | Spring 2017 |
| 70-364 | Business Law | James Roberts, J.D | Spring 2015 |
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Semester Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82-400 | 19th Century Russian Literature | Naum Kats, Ph.D. | Fall 2015 |
| 79-271 | 20th Century Russian Literature | Naum Kats, Ph.D. | Fall 2015 |
| 82-232 | Intermediate Chinese II | Tianxue Yao | Spring 2016 |
| 84-332 | Washington Media | Marc Sandalow | Fall 2016 |