# Tom Zhaoyang Tian

> SWE@Voleon | MSCSE@UW aka BS/MS | CSE@UW '23 | 81st Putnam Top 100

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tomzhaoyangtian

Self-motivated researcher, fluent in both Python and C++, able to learn quickly and multitask in a dynamic environment. Eager to apply my strong mathematics background and programming skills to real-world application, especially within the data-driven areas such as quantitative trading and machine learning.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ The Voleon Group
Jan 2024 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States

### Teaching Assistant @ University of Washington
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Teaching assistant for CSE 421 (Algorithms), CSE 417 (Algorithms), CSE 374 (Introductory C programming) 
Lectured quiz sections for over 10 hours and collaborated with peer Teaching Assistants to run courses
Implemented an online auto grader with ~1000 lines of code for over 80 submissions in Python and bash
Held office hours and grade assignments for a total of over 400 students and 100 hours

### Grader @ University of Washington
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Grader for STAT 390 (Introductory Statistics for Engineers) for 4 quarters
Identified errors in the sample solution and proposed appropriate corrections
Graded over a cumulative of 7,000 problems with accuracy and handled diverse student submissions

### Researcher @ Washington eXperimental Mathematics Lab
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Researched into the problem of Guessing with Feedback under the guidance of Dr. Andrea Ottolini
Involved extensive use of probability theory, random process, and duality theory and proved a variant of CLT
Produced over 10 pages of mathematical paper under a total of 20+ pages with the entire group

### Teacher @ Panopath Education and Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Beijing, China
Coached 5 students to prepare for AMC 12, AP Calculus, and SAT Subject Test Math and Chemistry
Authored 2 handouts and for students to self-study or reviewing SAT Subject Test and ARML

### Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI) @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Remote
Had 2 series of courses involving webpage design and algorithms
Brushed up coding skills for JavaScript and HTML and knowledge with complexity and optimization
Accomplished 3 projects including a mini webpage for style change of colored picture

### Developer @ Global Innovation Exchange (GIX)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Entailed a 72-hour Hackathon focusing on global environmental issues held by Global Innovation eXchange, Tsinghua University, and University of Washington
Spearheaded the idea of accelerative cruise control based on Arduino, Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, and Laser cut
Counseled 3D modeling and laser cut for 4 random teammates
Clipped a video to elucidate our advantages and verbalized our demo to judges


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
University of Washington
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science (Data Science)
University of Washington
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences (Scientific Computing and Numerical Algorithms)
University of Washington
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023

### High School Diploma
Tsinghua University High School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zhaoyang-tom-tian
- Website: https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~zhaoyt/

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Last updated: 2026-03-22