Yixu Zheng is a senior majoring in Mathematics & Statistics. He has been an ATLAS intern for two semesters. Yixu heard about the ATLAS internship program through his academic advisor, and decided to join to gain work experience outside of an academic setting, through his weekly work meetings and tasks. During his ATLAS work duties, Yixu hoped to gain a better understanding of a professional work atmosphere and develop the skills he can apply toward his future career goals in data science.
Yixu is a Data Analyst intern on the ATLAS Data Team. He is responsible for the analysis of the LAS access log from 2018-2025 and the analysis of DMI data of UIUC Tableau research. Through these tasks, Yixu has gained technical skills in data cleaning and visualization through Tableau. He has also developed his time management, presentation, and communication skills, through his weekly work updates to his client.
From his ATLAS internship experience, Yixu learned the need to think and explore carefully to find interesting or surprising things from large amounts of raw data, and has gained an interest in this process. He plans to pursue graduate studies, then enter a career in the field of data science. He enjoys riding by bike to campus everyday from home.