Hi, I am Chengyin!

I am a Senior Data Scientist at Databricks. I most recently launched an edX course on Large Language Models: Application through Production.

You can most likely find me drinking chai (the only drink I order from a coffee shop), visiting outdoor markets, traveling, and taking/editing pictures.

Fun facts about me

  • Born and raised in Malaysia.

  • Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Malay as well.

  • First generational college student.

  • Took a gap year after A-levels, during which I:

    • volunteered as an English teacher in Tianjin, China.

    • walked up to shopping mall patrons to sell treatments of hair loss and weight gain (you can probably imagine some awkward encounters).

    • taught and change diapers at a childcare center.

  • Studied at one of the Seven Sisters, Mount Holyoke College, in Massachusetts.

  • Almost studied music as my second major, but accidentally took enough Statistics classes to declare a major in it.

  • Studied microclimate changes on plantation in Bayreuth, Germany during a summer internship.

  • Hiking in Montana. Love photography as a creative outlet.

  • Collecting data for effects of microclimates on plantation in Bayreuth, Germany.

  • Loved taking pictures at my alma mater.

  • A colorful spider in my face while collecting data for tree mortality in a Virgina forest.