HELLO, I'M MIA!


"Your average Data Science and Esports enthusiast. The one and only Space Bard."

WELCOME TO MIA'S UNIVERSE!



Hello, I'm Mai Nong (Mia). I'm a first-year Master's student at Central European University (Vienna, Austria), majoring in Social Data Science. My expertise includes data science, data analytics, and market research. Check out my CV here!


I believe in the power of data in assisting business leaders to make informed, data-driven decisions. But data itself does not tell the story; it needs interpretation, analysis, and synthesis to truly shine. Therefore, I am striving to improve my skillset and mindset for my future career in data science and analytics in order to help companies understand their data stories to achieve success.


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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE



MB Shinsei Finance Ltd.

(Apr. 2023 - Aug. 2024)

Credit Risk Modeling Officer



MITSUBISHI FUSO TRUCK & BUS CORPORATION

(Sep. 2022 - Feb. 2023)

Strategy & Business Development Intern



TOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

(Sep. 2020 - Jul. 2022)

Peer Advisor for Writing



GLOBAL INTEREST COMMUNITY

(Sep. 2017 - Jul. 2019)

Research & Development Team Member

EXPLORE MY PROJECTS


I enjoy embarking on practical projects to practice and showcase the skills and knowledge I have learned in from my classes and online courses. A lot of these projects reflect the focus of my studies, primarily data science, data analysis, and web design. I picked out some of my favorite projects to showcase here but feel free to take a peek at my GitHub for more!


DELOITTE & MACHINEHACK BANK LOAN DEFAULTER PREDICTION

Conducted feature engineering and preprocessing to develop a classification model for predicting bank loan defaults.

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US 2024 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SENTIMENT ANALYSIS

Conducted sentiment analysis to reveal underlying sentiment conveyed by Donald Trump and Kamala Harris during the debate on key issues.

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LASTFM ASIA SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS

Structural analysis of a social network via degree distribution to explore scale-free behavior.

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AMAZON MOVIE REVIEWS ANALYSIS REPORT

Conducted data extraction, data cleaning, text mining with Python, and created a Tableau dashboard to showcase insights.

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SEASONAL SALE FORECAST

Applied Pearl curve & Gompertz curve and seasonal index to predict future sales of electronics with Excel Solver and functions.

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PHONE, INTERNET, & TV PRICE BUNDLING

Used Excel Solver and functions to find the optimal bundle prices for phone, internet, and TV that will maximize sales and profits.

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WINE KMC MARKET SEGMENTATION

Perform K-means & K-median clustering with Excel Solver to segment the market and create customized HTML marketing email.

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GFK PANEL TV SALES CASE STUDY

A data analysis case study to explore and compare the Panel TV markets in Vietnam and Singapore from 2014 to 2017. Tools used: Excel, R, Tableau

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CHECKAWAY

A fully functional, responsive website that offers different checklists for various academic writing assignments at Tokyo International University.

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BIC CAMERA EXPERIMENT PROPOSAL

A research proposal for a field experiment to explore the impact of English customer support for international students on sales at physical Bic Camera stores.

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MY JOURNEY WITH ESPORTS


I discovered esports during the freshman year when I started playing League of Legends and watching tournaments. I made a lot of new friends from all across the world through playing video games and before I realized it, esports became part of my identity. But it wasn't until my first research paper that I realized that how much research potential esports and esports analytics have. And that first research paper was the start of everything that follows, from the presentations on AI and ML applications in esports analytics, to essays on how a meme took over the gaming community.


To some people, League is just a game. To me, it was what kept me interested and motivated classes after classes, assignments after assignments and is what first comes to my mind when someone asks "What do you see yourself doing in the next 5 to 10 years?".


PREDATORY GAME MONETIZATION

In this white paper, I dived into discussing problematic modern game monetization strategies and propose more comprehensive and consumer-centric approaches to solve the issue.

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DATA ANALYTICS FOR ESPORTS DEVELOPMENT

My first research paper and poster presentation on esports analytics. Provides a literature review and discussion of esports analytics' benefits and practical applications for relevant stakeholders.

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DISCORD - MORE THAN JUST A GAMERS' PLATFORM

A short reaction paper analyzing the aspects of Discord as a social media platform and factors behind its success.

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"200+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE"

An essay to examine one of the most viral League of Legends meme, the reasons contributing to its virality and social media content marketing insights one can learn from it.

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HOBBIES



LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

I mostly play ARAM with friends to chill after school. I main Bard. You can find me on OCE server as thespacebard.



TEAMFIGHT TACTICS

I play TFT Ranked, Hyper Roll, and Normal. Looking for duo partners for next set.



MECHANICAL KEYBOARDS

I love trying out new switches and building custom mechanical keyboards. It's an expensive hobby, though.



TAROT

I sometimes do tarot readings. I'm not a licensed reader so I mostly use tarot for advice, self-reflection, and meditation.


MY SOLO BARD ADVENTURES



Since 2023, I took up a new hobby of taking walking trips around the city on weekends to explore the hidden gems. It helps keeping me in shape and my mind at ease after a stressful week of work/study. Keep an eye out for updates on my social media!