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Hi, I am Qihua

Qihua Zhong

Ph.D. candidate at HEC Montréal

I am a researcher working on machine learning applications in supply chain management. I am particularly interested in Reinforcement Learning. Sometimes I work on fun projects to develope my tech stacks.

Leadership
Team Work
Hard Working

Projects

DRL for Multi-echelon inventory problems
DRL for Multi-echelon inventory problems

An ongoing research project to apply DRL in Multi-echelon inventory problems. Check out my (early stage) ▶️presentation for IVADO Digital October.

Kaggle - Kore 2022
🥇 Solo Gold Medalist May 2022

Ranked 4/469, winning $3000 cash prize in Kore 2022 simulation, a coding competition sponsored by Google. A huge competitive advantage was gained through re-writing game logics into vectors/matrices operations with Numpy. A 📝write up can be found here.

CodeML Hackathon 2022
CodeML Hackathon 2022
🥇 Hackathon Winner October 2022

Won 1st place in Team Challenge #3 (Gunshot Audio Detection) with a custom CNN model, and 2nd place in personal challenge (machine learning knowledge quiz).

Pop Dictionary
Pop Dictionary
Cofounder/Developer

Reference for the Chinese slangs! aka. Chinese version of the Urban Dictionary.

Education

2019-present
Ph.D in Operations Management and Logistics
Supervised by: Yossiri Adulyasak, Martin Cousineau and Raf Jans
Awards
  • FRQNT Doctoral Research Scholarship
  • J.A. DeSève (PhD) Merit Scholarship
GPA: 4.03 out of 4.3
Taken Courses
Course NameTotal CreditObtained Credit
(MATH-80629A) Machine Learning I4.34.3
(MATH-80600A) Machine Learning II: Deep Learning4.34
(MC-COMP767) Reinforcement Learning (at McGill University)44
(MATH-80680A) Dynamic Optimisation4.34
(OPER-80518A) Supply Chain Management4.34.3
B.Econ. in Finance
Extracurricular Activities
  • Excellent Academic Performance Scholarship, 2011 (Top 3%)
  • Excellent Sports& Arts Performance Scholarship, 2009 (Top 3%)
  • Volunteer Association
  • Track&Field Team

Experiences

1
Part-time Faculty Lecturer
HEC Montréal

January 2023 - Present, Montréal, Canada

Responsibilities:
  • Teaching the course 10500A Operations Management.
  • Corrects the assignments and exams.

Research Assistant
Southern University of Science & Technology

July 2018 - August 2019, Shenzhen, China

Responsibilities:
  • Built & interpreted neural network models that predict gene expression levels from DNA sequence and epigenetic data.
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Demand Planner
DHP Furniture

March 2017 - May 2018, Montreal, Canada

Responsibilities:
  • Reported to Senior Forecast Manager. Provided ad-hoc analyses and reports.
  • Responsible for implementing Demand Solution DSX, a forecasting and planning software.
  • Managed forecast of various e-commerce accounts.

A.M.G. Medical Inc.

March 2015 - March 2017, Montreal, Canada

Operations Analyst

June 2016 - March 2017

  • Reported to VP of Operations. Provided ad-hoc analyses and reports.
  • Created customized dashboards to monitor inbound logistics and visualize inventory projection with HTML & Javascript
  • Automated various internal business processes with MS Access/Excel.
Forecasting & Planning Analyst

March 2015 - June 2016

  • Managed demand forecast and inventory.
  • Provided ad-hoc analyses and reports.
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Skills

Certificates

C Programming with Linux

A 7-course specializaiton that covers various topics: Linux Basics, Language Foundations, Modular Programming and Memory Management, Pointers and Memory Management, Advanced Data Types, etc.

Mathematics for Machine Learning

A sequence of 3 courses on the prerequisite mathematics for applications in data science and machine learning.

Deep Learning

A 5-course specializaiton that covers various topics: Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Sequence Models, Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization and Structuring Machine Learning Projects.

Achievements

1st place, CodeML Hackathon 2022

Solo Gold Medal, Kaggle - Kore 2022

Gold Medal, University Track & Field Meets