Zeran Lu
Data Scientist
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZeran Lu is a data-focused software engineer with a decade of experience applying machine learning, causal inference, and data engineering across industry and research, from ByteDance and DiDi to healthcare NLP at Renmin University. Currently pursuing an M.S. in Data Science at Harvard and cross-registering in CS at MIT, he combines strong Python, SQL and C/C++ skills with production tooling (Spark/Scala, Docker) to turn experiments into operational playbooks. His work spans uplift modeling and live-commerce analysis to clickstream clustering and nested NER on Chinese EMRs, consistently partnering with product and clinical stakeholders to drive actionable decisions. Notably, he bridges research rigor and product impact—publishing peer-reviewed work while shipping scalable personalization and pricing insights in fast-moving environments.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
cross-registration Computer Science, cross-registration Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at Harvard UniversityThe University of Hong Kong (HKU)Bachelor of Science - BS Statistics, Bachelor of Science - BS Statistics at Renmin University of China
English, Chinese
Github Skills (53)
bug-tracker10
powerline10
prompt-toolkit10
bash10
powershell10
tooltips10
low-latency9
prompt9
nushell9
golang9
zsh9
cmd9
shell8
clerk8
stripe8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
shaomaiguanguan/shaomai.github.io
May 2017 - Apr 2023
About me
Contributions:3 PRs, 124 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years
javascriptreact
zerenlu/CS61B_2019Spring
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:147 commits, 100 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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