Yiqing (Irene) Huang
Yiqing (Irene) Huang obtained her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo advised by Peter A. Forsyth. Before joining CMS, she taught undergraduate courses in the Cheriton school of computer science and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She was a technical support team lead specialized in cloud computing products at IBM Platform Computing in Markham before her appointment with the University of Waterloo.
Irene’s teaching interests are in numerical methods for financial modeling, computer systems, operating systems, machine learning, numerical methods, and introductory computer science courses. Her research interests are in computational finance, machine learning in finance and computer science education.
Education
Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Waterloo
M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Regina
B.Eng. Information Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Research interests
Computer science education, computational finance, machine learning in finance and numerical methods.
Teaching interests
Numerical methods for financial modeling, computer systems, operating systems, machine learning, numerical methods and introductory computer science courses.