About me

Basic info

Click them to see how Guō Gāng (郭刚, 郭剛) are pronounced: Guō Gāng

1. Citizenship: Chinese

2. Hometown: Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province (👈 See live Terra-Cotta Warriors!)

3. Sports: 🏀 | 🎱 | 🏃 | 🚶 | 🚣️

4. Favorite cities (China): Suzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Yangzhou

5. I am a big fan of Albert Camus

6. My hobbies include designing and developing code-level tools/systems to tackle real-world economic problems, reading books on business, history, and Jin Yong’s novels, and indulging in delicious food.

Languages & Skills

• Mandarin (native); English (IELTS Speaking 7.5)

• Programming skills

  • R Language, Golang (Proficiency)

    • Python, MATLAB, Hadoop (Spark), Java, Julia, C++, SQL, JavaScript/NodeJS, Stata (familiar)

    • OS: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS); MacOS, Windows

    • Database: Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL, MongoDB, InfluxDB, TimescaleDB

• Other skills

  • Quantitive Research/Trading (High-frequency market-making) and Portfolio Management
  • High performance computation and deal with large-scale problems
  • Develop API/package for scientific models and methods (hybrid programming)