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Benjamin Yan

Hello! I am a sophomore at Duke University double majoring in Computer Science and Statistics and minoring in Finance. I am a proactive learner interested in business, machine learning, and tech. With the rapid growth of AI in recent years, I have developed a keen interest in how we can improve AI to solve today's biggest problems. Throughout my first year at Duke, I have created various personal projects in machine learning and software development, which are shown below.

I am deeply passionate about creating a positive impact in the community. In high school, I founded and ran an education non-profit and a chess instruction for-profit, both business with social impact goals in mind.

Outside of academics, I am a longtime chess competitor with many national and state awards. I also love playing basketball, traveling, cooking, and having fun with friends! Scroll down to learn a bit more about me!

This website was fully created using the React framework in Javascript


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Education Timeline

  • GPA: 3.97/4.00
    Summa Cum Laude
    Green Hope High School
    2018 - 2022
  • Gap Year
    2022-2023
  • B.S. in CS & Minor in Finance
    GPA: 3.96/4.00
    Duke University
    2023 - Present

Check Out my Personal Projects

Modeling Corn Diseases using Computer Vision
Modeling Corn Diseases using Computer Vision

Used Pytorch and OpenCV to design Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) identifying 4 different corn diseases in corn leaf pictures

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Modeling Proportion of Cabinet Ministries
Modeling Proportion of Cabinet Ministries

Used Pandas and scikit-learn to build linear regression, decision tree, and lasso models to predict the proportion of cabinet ministries awarded to parties in a coalition government

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Predicting Fantasy Football Stats
Predicting Fantasy Football Stats

Used Pandas and scikit-learn to create lasso, linear regression, and decision tree models to predict each NFL player’s 2021 fantasy football points based on stats from 2020 and 2019 using Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

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Skills

Front-end

JavaScript
React
CSS
HTML

Machine Learning

Pytorch
scikit-learn
Pandas
Numpy

Programming Languages

Python
Java
C
MIPS

My Chess Career

The Beginnings

The Beginnings

I got introduced to the game of chess at 9 in my elementary school chess club. Soon enough, I was hooked and I started receiving coaching and playing serious tournamnets.

Contact Information

Feel free to email me for inquiries and I will get back as soon as possible!

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