Walter W. Zhang

Walter W. Zhang

Booth School of Business
PhD Student
5807 South Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
wretlawgnahz[at][tod]htoobogacihcedu

My research scrutinizes the intersection between machine learning and quantitative marketing for firm decision-making. Additional information about my work can be found here.

Education

Chicago Booth

University of Chicago

Professional Employment

Research Professional, Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL
     July 2016 - July 2018

Research Assistant, Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL
     January - July 2016

Summer Intern, Aperio Division, Point72 Asset Management, New York, NY
     June - September 2015

Summer Research Intern, The Midway Group L.P., New York, NY
     June - August 2014

Research Assistant, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
     April - October 2014

Summer Intern, Business Solutions, Credit Suisse, New York, NY
     June - August 2013

Teaching Experience

Chicago Booth

 PhD Program

 EMBA Program

 MBA Program

University of Chicago

Point72 Asset Management

Academic Activities

Conferences and invited research presentations (including planned)

2023
Kellogg-Booth Student Symposium
2022
Advances with Field Experiments; Marketing Science; Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute (Alumni Event); Quantitative Marketing and Economics; Association for Consumer Research
2021
Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Consortium; Marketing Science

Journal refereeing

Conference organization

Skills

OS/Environments
Microsoft Windows and Linux
Programming
Proficient in Python, R, and Java
Exposed to Bash, SQL, and C#
Software
Microsoft Excel, Mathematica, and Stata
Languages
English: Native
Mandarin: Fluent
German: Intermediate

Other Projects and Activities

UChicago Men's Volleyball Club

[___] Skin (Donkeyskin): A Digital Humanities Project
     March 2016