Emma Davies Smith
Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry- Claim this Profile
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Richard Yam
When you think of improvement you think of Emma Jean Smith. I've had the pleasure of witnessing a young talented co-worker who came in with a strong mind and talent and changed the way we handled projects. She always produces excellent insights and puts her heart into every project. I can't imagine any analytical role that wouldn't fit Emma.
Aizad Adam Ahmad
Emma was in Business Analytics while I was a Senior Business Process Consultant. She worked on various complex data analysis missions and provided support with a high level of expertise. She is a great team player, and provides difficult to understand data in a simple easy to understand presentation. She has excelled in statistics and applies her knowledge in a very competent manner. All the best in her career.
Richard Yam
When you think of improvement you think of Emma Jean Smith. I've had the pleasure of witnessing a young talented co-worker who came in with a strong mind and talent and changed the way we handled projects. She always produces excellent insights and puts her heart into every project. I can't imagine any analytical role that wouldn't fit Emma.
Aizad Adam Ahmad
Emma was in Business Analytics while I was a Senior Business Process Consultant. She worked on various complex data analysis missions and provided support with a high level of expertise. She is a great team player, and provides difficult to understand data in a simple easy to understand presentation. She has excelled in statistics and applies her knowledge in a very competent manner. All the best in her career.
Richard Yam
When you think of improvement you think of Emma Jean Smith. I've had the pleasure of witnessing a young talented co-worker who came in with a strong mind and talent and changed the way we handled projects. She always produces excellent insights and puts her heart into every project. I can't imagine any analytical role that wouldn't fit Emma.
Aizad Adam Ahmad
Emma was in Business Analytics while I was a Senior Business Process Consultant. She worked on various complex data analysis missions and provided support with a high level of expertise. She is a great team player, and provides difficult to understand data in a simple easy to understand presentation. She has excelled in statistics and applies her knowledge in a very competent manner. All the best in her career.
Richard Yam
When you think of improvement you think of Emma Jean Smith. I've had the pleasure of witnessing a young talented co-worker who came in with a strong mind and talent and changed the way we handled projects. She always produces excellent insights and puts her heart into every project. I can't imagine any analytical role that wouldn't fit Emma.
Aizad Adam Ahmad
Emma was in Business Analytics while I was a Senior Business Process Consultant. She worked on various complex data analysis missions and provided support with a high level of expertise. She is a great team player, and provides difficult to understand data in a simple easy to understand presentation. She has excelled in statistics and applies her knowledge in a very competent manner. All the best in her career.
Credentials
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SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9: Regression and Modeling
SASApr, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4
SASAug, 2021- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
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Canada
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2020 - Present
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Adknown
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Canada
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Scientist
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Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
- Time series processing of real-time, high frequency ad exchange bid data. - Natural language processing of advertiser text and websites for classification and bid optimization engine. - Built and maintained algorithms and their pipelines using AWS (Athena/PrestoDB, Elastic Cloud Compute), Python (scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, keras, spaCy, nltk), and Git. - Developed APIs to allow internal and external stakeholders to incorporate model outputs into their own systems. - Time series processing of real-time, high frequency ad exchange bid data. - Natural language processing of advertiser text and websites for classification and bid optimization engine. - Built and maintained algorithms and their pipelines using AWS (Athena/PrestoDB, Elastic Cloud Compute), Python (scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, keras, spaCy, nltk), and Git. - Developed APIs to allow internal and external stakeholders to incorporate model outputs into their own systems.
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Sun Life Financial
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Canada
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Investment Banking
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Statistical Analyst, Insights & Discovery
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Jul 2017 - Apr 2018
- Developed dashboards and data visualization tools using Tableau and RShiny to communicate methodologies to non-technical audiences. - Built and optimized SQL queries to import high dimensional data into R for processing. - Translated data and inference into actionable insights, recommendations, and opportunities for stakeholders. - Communicated with business to design formal hypotheses for investigation based on high level requirements. - Projects included development of a vendor cost categorization algorithm, text sentiment analysis, A/B testing, and exploratory analyses of data sets pertaining to customer behaviours. Show less
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Statistical Consultant
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Dec 2016 - Jun 2017
- Provided consultation to GIS expert, community facilitator, municipal government, and downtown business association . - Worked to draft indicators of the viability and vitality of Guelph’s downtown core. - Methodologies aimed to incorporate ideas from the fields of urban planning, economics, and behavioral modelling. - Provided consultation to GIS expert, community facilitator, municipal government, and downtown business association . - Worked to draft indicators of the viability and vitality of Guelph’s downtown core. - Methodologies aimed to incorporate ideas from the fields of urban planning, economics, and behavioral modelling.
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St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Jan 2017 - May 2017
- Formulated, edited, and performed statistical analysis for papers based on results from fecal microbiota transplantation clinical trial. - Provided consulting services to researchers and physicians within the fields of microbiology and virology. - Completed good clinical practice (GCP) and Health Canada Division 5 (Drugs for Clinical Trials Involving Human Subjects) education modules. - Compiled, processed, and entered data into databases (RedCap) for principal investigator and auditors. - Conducted telephone follow-ups to collect study participant data. Show less
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University of Guelph
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
- Proposed and explored the estimation of extreme value copulas using shape-restricted splines.- Evaluated performance of estimator using simulation programmed in R.
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Graduate Student Assistant
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Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
- Met with researchers on a one-on-one basis over the course of several weeks to discuss the various challenges that might arise from their experimental designs and data structures. - Solutions were implemented using statistical software. Consultation was provided for STATA, SPSS, Excel, R, and SAS.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
- STAT*2060: Statistics for Business Decisions (2 semesters), STAT*2040: Statistics I (1 semester), Mathematics & Statistics Learning Centre (2 semesters).- Assisted students with statistical understanding in both one-on-one (office hours) and group environments (Mathematics & Statistics Learning Centre). - Assisted with development of textbook examples, practice questions, and online homework assignments (MapleTA).- Monitored and responded to student discussions and questions on D2L platform.- Graded midterm and final exams as well as regular homework assignments. Show less
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
- Conducted thorough literature review of derivative pricing models, stochastic volatility, and volatility updating models. - Scraped daily option chain data from Google Finance and used it to estimate the implied volatility of equity derivatives using various numerical methods. - Developed thorough understanding of credit risk models and regulations. - Conducted thorough literature review of derivative pricing models, stochastic volatility, and volatility updating models. - Scraped daily option chain data from Google Finance and used it to estimate the implied volatility of equity derivatives using various numerical methods. - Developed thorough understanding of credit risk models and regulations.
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Education
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2019 - 2023
Western University
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Biostatistics -
2016 - 2017
University of Guelph
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Statistics -
2011 - 2015
University of Guelph
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.H), Statistics, Mathematics Specialization
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