Bo Wen

Summary I am passionate about solving complex problems using data. I have built data-driven software using statistical and machine learning models in Python, R and C# to investigate research questions and address business needs. In my spare time, I enjoy hiking and building websites on my Raspberry Pi.
Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
Languages English, Mandarin

Experience

  • 06/2020 - now
    Senior Modeler
    TransLink (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)
    • development of an activity-based travel demand model
    • evaluated the impacts of the pandemic on the transportation network
    • estimated linear regression and discrete choice models for travel demand
    • won the Grand prize at TransLink's 2020 hackathon for a passenger load prediction system
  • 06/2018 - 06/2020
    Modeler
    TransLink (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)
    • evaluated consumer benefit and cost of infrastructural investments
    • processed travel survey data to reduce sampling bias
    • created analytics tools to report findings to stakeholders
  • 07/2017 - 06/2018
    Data Scientist
    IBI Group Inc. (now Arcadis)
    • built a data mining application in Python that aggregated land use data to inform development proposals
    • produced statistical and machine learning models using SQL and Python to evaluate industrial control systems

Appointments

  • 05/2020 - now
    Committee Member of AI and Advanced Computing Committee (AED50)
    Transportation Research Board NASEM
    • assisted with subcommittee activities such as development of the Machine Learning Primer
    • conducted peer review of over a dozen papers, and coordinated the review of paper submission for the annual meetings

Education

  • 09/2015 - 07/2017
    Master of Applied Science
    University of Toronto, Canada
  • 09/2010 - 07/2015
    Bachelor of Applied Science
    University of Toronto, Canada
    • Thesis - Reinforcement learning-based adaptive traffic signal control system for transit

Skills & Interests