About Me
Hi! I'm Yu-An Chen, but I go by Rainy :) I'm interested in analyzing data in various aspects, from building Python pipelines to spot market trends to exploring scalable preprocessing and data transformation techniques that reduce computational burden while preserving inferential accuracy and generalization performance.
When I'm not in lectures, you'll find me doing research at SickKids, where I'm developing an agentic vision-language model (VLM) that processes multiple handwritten vaccination cards at once to perform key information extraction. I'm on the lookout for full-time jobs in financial analytics or AI research, and if you have any tips or just want to chat, feel free to reach out!
Education
University of Toronto
Sep 2023 – Aug 2026Honours Bachelor of Science (HBSc) in Statistics Major, Computer Science Minor, Mathematics Minor, and Business Fundamentals Certificate
- UTMIST — VP Internal Affairs (2025–26), Finance and Internal Operations Director (2024–25)
- GenAI Genesis — Operations Director (2025–26), Operations Associate (2024–25)
Poster Presentations
Projects
CircuitWord
Game inspired by Letter Boxed from the New York Times with a twist, featuring click-path and typed input, API word validation, and dynamic board generation.
Pitch!t
Generates insights from the target audience, produces product visuals, and provides AI-driven feedback to improve presentations based on product name and description. Implemented using Clean Architecture and SOLID principles.
Interests
Outside of my courses, I enjoy keeping myself busy with a variety of interests !
Click on the boxes below to see me trying them out :D