Yikai Liu

Location

West Lafayette, IN
Naperville, IL
Education
    Purdue University-Main Campus
    August 2024 - August 2026
    expected degree
    Bachelor's
    major
    Mathematics and Computer Science
Work Experience
    Blackjack Algorithm
    hand
    May 2024 - June 2024
    company
    Blackjack Algorithm
    title
    hand
    overview
    - Solver using Monte-Carlo search algorithms for 10,000+ blackjack hands - per simulation, attaining an expected value of +5%/hand (a 5.5% increase against the house edge - Created and displayed insightful visuals with Matplotlib and NumPy to highlight various blackjack strategies
    Beam Alpha
    Software Developer Research Intern
    West Chicago, IL, US
    May 2023 - August 2023
    Naperville North High School
    Software Engineer Team Lead
    Naperville, IL, US
    January 2023 - May 2023
    MIT Future Makers
    Software Engineer Intern
    New York, NY, US
    May 2022 - August 2022
Skills
Agile MethodologyAlgebraAlgorithmsAmazon Web ServicesArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Neural NetworksBackendCascading Style Sheets (CSS)ChemistryC++ (Programming Language)DatabasesData ScienceDockerExecution of ExperimentsFeature SelectionForecasting SkillsGitHTMLInformation TechnologyJava (Programming Language)JavaScript (Programming Language)JupyterKerasKnowledge of MathematicsLinear AlgebraMatplotlibMechanical AssemblyMicrosoft Data Access ComponentsMongoDBMonte Carlo MethodsMultiprocessingNode.JsNumerical AnalysisNumPyPandasPhysicsPresentationsPython (Programming Language)PytorchReactJSSchedulingScikit LearnScrum MethodologySearch AlgorithmsSimulationsSoftware EngineeringSQL DatabasesStakeholder ManagementStrategic ThinkingTeam ManagementTensorflow