Lisa Y.W. Tang

About Me

I am a Senior Scientist from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, passionate in computer science for social good:

• Education for the underprivileged
• Ethics in research; methods to combat measles misinformation
• Fight human trafficking
• End poverty
• Fight discrimination/ stigma: Indigenous research methods, “Make America DEI again”

My experiences & interests

• Computer vision & image analysis
• STEM Education, e.g. Interactive workshop on Python & reproducible workflows
• Deep learning & machine learning
• Natural language processing
• Photography, arts and culture
• Geospatial information system (GIS)
• Visual & UX design

Recent projects

• Understanding health disparities
• Tracking refugees' living conditions

Favourite quotes

• I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. — José Mujica
• The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. — Leo Tolstoy

Shortened CV | GitHub | Books I am reading/ have read (updated twice a year) | Photos