Resume
Curriculum Vitae
Full background in research, industry, and entrepreneurship.
Diing-Ruey (Jimbo) Tzeng
Education
Master of Engineering, Data ScienceUCLA
Fall 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Incoming student
Bachelor of Science, Computer ScienceNational Tsing Hua University (NTHU)
Sep 2020 – Aug 2022
Hsinchu, Taiwan
- ·Academic Excellence Award (Top 5% of class, 1 semester)
- ·Graduation GPA: 3.8/4.3
Master of Science, Computer ScienceNational Tsing Hua University (NTHU)
Sep 2016 – Jun 2020
Hsinchu, Taiwan
- ·Thesis: Improving Graph-based Recommendation with Unraveled Graph Contrastive Learning — co-authored publication in DMKD, Vol. 38, pp. 2440–2465 (2024)
- ·Graduation GPA: 3.63/4.3
Work Experience
Quantitative DeveloperVICI Holdings
Dec 2022 – Present
Taipei, Taiwan
- ·Designed and deployed automated futures and options strategies (maker & taker), coded trading logic into low-latency, scalable execution systems under risk constraints.
- ·Uncovered hidden factors driving system performance, opening a new dimension in latency analysis and reshaping the company's understanding of execution pipelines.
- ·Proposed and validated structural adjustments that reduced measurable latency by 50%+, prevented slippage, and improved execution quality of live trades.
- ·Led cross-functional research initiatives with trading, infrastructure, and MIS teams.
Data Scientist InternCTBC Bank Co., Ltd.
May 2022 – Aug 2022
Taipei, Taiwan
- ·Designed a graph-based recommendation framework using LightGCN and MLP models to mitigate the cold-start problem.
- ·Extracted and engineered features from 20+ SQL tables using PySpark on the Cloudera Data Platform.
Undergraduate & Master's ResearcherNTHU, Lobster Lab (Prof. Chi-Ya Shen)
Jan 2020 – Aug 2022
Hsinchu, Taiwan
- ·Led an NCHC-funded project to build a malicious account and contract detection system using blockchain.
- ·Engineered ML models (GNN, XGBoost); achieved 89.1% F1-score and 88.4% accuracy.
Machine Learning Engineer InternAU Optronics Corporation
Jul 2020 – Aug 2020
Taichung, Taiwan
- ·Developed predictive maintenance ML models achieving 92% F1-score; reduced revenue losses by ~US$300K/year.
- ·Collected sensor data via Raspberry Pi in collaboration with production engineers.
Publications
Improving Graph-based Recommendation with Unraveled Graph Contrastive Learning
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (DMKD), Springer · Vol. 38, pp. 2440–2465 · 2024 · Co-authored
Entrepreneurship
Co-FounderPlasly Platform — NTHU Garage, 9th Cohort
Dec 2020 – Dec 2021
Hsinchu, Taiwan
- ·Selected for NTHU Garage, National Tsing Hua University's official incubator.
- ·Built and deployed the platform's RESTful API backend for a warehouse management system targeting plastic materials companies.
Technical Skills
Programming & Systems
Python, C/C++, SQL, Linux, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP
ML & Modeling
Graph Neural Networks, Recommendation Systems, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, PySpark
Data & Visualization
NumPy, Pandas, Polars, Matplotlib, Seaborn