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Columbia, MO, 65201
Posted:
February 25, 2011

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Yi Du

**** ******* ****, *** # ***

( Columbia, MO, 65201

abhsxh@r.postjobfree.com ( Cell Phone: 1-573-***-****

SUMMARY:

. SAS Certified Advanced Programmer

. SAS, MatLab and R professional with an overall experience of three

years

. Possessing Masters in Econometrics and having experience in

Statistical modeling and forecasting. Experience in application of

OLS, GLM, Logistic Model, Probit Model, Tobit Model, ANOVA,

Multivariate Analysis, ARIMA, Non-parametric estimation, GARCH,

Bootstrapping, Monte-Carlo Simulation, Cointegration and Kalman

Filtering.

. Experience in SAS/BASE, SAS/SQL, SAS/MACROS, SAS/ODS, SAS/STAT,

SAS/GRAPH, SAS/ACCESS, SAS/QC, SAS/ETS, SAS/FSP

. Experienced in data management, data extraction, manipulation,

validation, crunching and analyzing large sized data

. Extensive programming experience with proc SQL, proc report, proc

print, proc means, proc freq, proc summary, proc tabulate, proc

datasets, proc format, proc transpose, proc plot, proc chart, proc

compare, proc append, proc import, proc export, proc explode, proc

print and SAS/STAT procedures

. Far-reaching experience in with merging, concatenating, and

interleaving SAS datasets

. Broad knowledge in handling databases like Oracle, MS Access, SQL-

server

. Highly skillful in problem solving and delivering practical solutions

as an individual or in team environments

. Well organized, multi-tasking, detail-oriented with excellent

communication and customer service skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Mac.

Computer Language: C and C++, R(S-Plus).

Software / Tools : SAS(SAS/BASE, SAS/ETS, SAS/STAT, SAS/IML, SAS/SQL,

SAS/GRAPH and SAS/Macro), SAS Enterprise Guide, SPSS, MatLab, VBA, Eviews,

STATA, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word) and LaTeX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Economic and Policy Analysis Research Center

June 2009 - Present

Dept. of Economics, University of Missouri - Columbia

Graduate Research Assistant

. Analyzing large data sets and multivariate analysis using SAS, STATA,

R and MS-Excel(VBA and pivot table).

. Crafting Econometric models for forecasting the performance of

Missouri and Indiana labor force data set.

. Conducting Monte-Carlo simulation and building statistical models

(probit model, logit model, OLS) for predicting retirement behavior of

Missouri and Indiana school teachers. Further carried out

Bootstrapping to generate confidence intervals.

. Data mining and conducting queries using SQL from OSEDA (Office of

socio economic data analysis) data warehouse and other databases, such

as School and Staffing Survey and Teacher Follow-up Survey.

. Responsible for coding, design and develop different report templates

based on vice provost's requirements.

. Provide SAS programming support to the institutional research team in

data cleansing, scrubbing and extracting data.

. Developed reports using PROC REPORT, DATA _NULL_ and automated them

using SAS MACRO.

. Execute report programs and download the results into EXCEL for data

analysis.

. Created Graphical reports showing PIE and BAR charts for analysis

. Use SAS/GRAPH to generate the monthly, yearly and the history graphs

. Work extensively in sorting, merging, concatenating and modifying SAS

Data sets in different environments (Windows and UNIX).

. Use PROC SQL for querying and reporting and use SAS/STAT for

Statistical Analysis.

. Imported / converted data files from Excel, Word, Text Based Data

files into SAS Data Sets for analysis.

. Environment: SAS/BASE, SAS/SQL, SAS/MACRO, SAS/ACCESS,

SAS/GRAPH, SAS/CONNECT, MS-Excel, Oracle, MS SQL, UNIX, Windows

NT/2000

Nanjing University, P.R.China

September, 2005 - June, 2008

Research Assistant

. Conducted a research on developmental issues in East Asian countries.

EDUCATION

M.A. Economics University of Missouri-Columbia,

Expected May 2011.

Sepcialization: Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Minor: Statistics

M.A. Economics Nanjing University

2008.

B.A. Economics Nanjing Institute of Technology

2005

Certification: SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9, SAS Certified

Base Programmer for SAS 9

Fields Of Interest

Econometrics ( Risk Modeling ( Time Series ( Corporate Finance ( Data

Analysis.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Dept. of Economics, University of Missouri - Columbia

January, 2009 - May, 2009

Teaching Assistant

. Teaching "Money, Banking and Financial Markets", grading homework and

taking class quiz.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

A. Papers

. Sun, Ninghua, Du, Yi and Hong, Yongmiao, "Labor Market Distortion,

Efficiency Difference and Income Discrepancy Between Rural-urban

Areas", Management World, September, 2009.

. Du, Yi, and Sun, Ninghua, "Numerical Solution of Dynamic Stochastic

General Equilibrium Based on the RBC Model", Mathematics in Economics,

Volume 24(3), September, 2007:219-299.

. Du, Yi and Sun, Ninghua, "The Risk Formation of China's Derivative

Market and its Management", Finance and Economics of Xinjiang, 148(5),

October, 2007: 50-54.

B. Research Project

. Primary Investigator, Kellogg Rural People, Rural Policy Grant and MU

Extension, entrepreneurship and small business development in rural

America($5,000, Nov, 2010-Feb, 2011).

. National Social Science Youth Foundation research grant, Applied

Economics Program, research project entitled "Risk Formation of

Financial Derivative Tools and their Management".

AWARDS

. Excellent Graduate Student, Nanjing University, 2008

. Xu Jilian First-Class Prize Scholarship, Nanjing University, 2007

. First-Class Scholarships, Nanjing Institute of Technology, 2002-2004

REFERENCE

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