About me


I am a Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) student at Georgia Institute of Technology, specializing in Machine Learning, with a strong focus on applying AI to financial risk management and security. My work involves developing innovative AI solutions to mitigate risks and enhance decision-making in fintech. Given my interest in enhancing security and transparency in financial systems, I am also exploring the potential of blockchain technology and how AI can be leveraged within it for risk management. I am eager to contribute to research opportunities in these areas.


Teaching Experience

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant - Georgia Institute of Technology (Apr 2025 – Present):
    Assisted in teaching CS7280 Network Sciences, where I conducted tutorials, graded assignments, mentored students.

Previous work experiences

  • Senior Data Scientist - Advance.AI (Singapore):
    • Deployed machine learning models using AWS ECR, increasing deployment efficiency by 15%.  
    • Built an automated feedback loop with AWS S3 and AWS Glue, reducing model retraining cycle from months to weeks.  
    • Provided explainability for model predictions using LIME and SHAP, enhancing stakeholder trust and facilitating model adoption by 20%.  
    • Developed pipelines to monitor model performance and integrated real-time alerts into Lark, resulting in a 25% reduction in critical incident response time.  
  • Data Scientist - Jewel Paymentech (Singapore):
    • Led fast prototyping and end-to-end productionization of trained models for POCs, accelerating new business initiatives by 30%.  
    • Gathered requirements, developed full ML systems, and trained text classification/anomaly detection models, deploying them as APIs/Kafka consumers.  
    • Built an in-house interactive dashboard using Bokeh, enabling the fraud team to monitor web content changes and reduce manual review time from weeks to days.
    • Containerized all projects using Docker, ensuring seamless scalability and portability.  

Education

  • Georgia Tech, Atlanta (Jan 2025 – Present):
    • Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS), Specialization: Machine Learning.
    • Expected Graduation: December 2025
    • Relevant Coursework:
      1. CS7643 Deep Learning
      2. CS7280 Network Sciences
      3. CS7641 Machine Learning
      4. CSE6242 Data and Visualisation Analysis
      5. CSE6140 Computational Science and Engineering Algorithms
      6. CS8803 Introduction to Blockchain
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Aug 2014 – May 2018):
    • Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematical Sciences, Minor: Computing and Data Analysis.
    • Relevant Coursework:
      1. Algorithms and Computing I, II, III (MH1401, MH1402, MH2401)  
      2. Introduction to Computational Thinking (CE1003)  
      3. Probability and Introduction to Statistics (MH2500)  
      4. Stochastic Processes (MH3512)  
      5. Introduction to Data Science (CE9010)  
      6. Data Structures (CZ1007)  

Programming Skills

Category Skills
Languages Python, C++, SQL, Matlab, R, Java, JavaScript
Frameworks PyTorch, Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, Keras
Web Technologies Flask, Scrapy, Puppeteer, Selenium
Platforms Docker, AWS Cloud, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Databases Neo4j, Postgres, MongoDB

Languages

Language Level
English Fluent
Mandarin Fluent
Malay Proficient

CV

Find attached the PDF version of my resume:
resume

Update: 2024/12/08

Contact me

For any inquires, you can reach me via email: k.x.chong95@gmail.com