Mateo Kazuo
De Boni Yamashiro

Applied Mathematics student
English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch*
*still learning!
Contact me: 
 /in/mateokazuo-dby
 [email protected]
 www.mateokazuo.com

Personal profile

In 2001 I was born to a mixed family in Peru. Since then, I lived in two other countries before I found my current home in the Netherlands. This made me a person who navigates international settings with ease and quickly adapts to change. My curious and analytical mind resulted in an interest to gain insight in the world of numbers, which incited me to study Mathematics and Statistics.

Education

  • Baccalaureate: European School Luxembourg I (2018-2020)
    Electives include Physics, Advanced Mathematics. Average grade: 88.7.
  • BSc. Applied Mathematics: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (2020-2024)
    Focus on Computational Mathematics. Average grade: 7.9.
  • MSc. Applied Mathematics: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (2024-ongoing)
    Statistics and Data Science track.

Work experience

TEACHING ASSISTANT BSC MATHEMATICS: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Numerical Mathematics, Scientific Programming, Metric and Topological Spaces, Real Analysis.

  • I taught groups of 5~15 students in twice-weekly tutorials for 8 weeks per course. In these tutorials I explained and reviewed theoretical material, as well as assisted students in the resolution of practical exercises.

  • I graded the students' homework assignments, giving feedback where necessary. I also supervised and graded their presentations and examinations. I reported the status of the sessions to the professor, and assessed whether the learning outcomes were met on time.

  • Certain weeks other TAs were unavailable, which increased my workload. I quickly re-arranged my schedule in order to fit all tutorial sessions and grade all assignments on time. Those weeks were intense but I never fell behind.

  • At the end of all courses, the students received their grades on time. The results generally showed a positive correlation between attendance to the tutorial sessions and higher grades.

Skills

  • R, Python: I have developed programming skills to solve mathematical problems, with libraries such as NumPy, Pandas and PyTorch. I also have limited experience with C and MATLAB.

  • HTML, D3.js: For some courses and personal projects, I taught myself to make simple web pages focused on data visualization.

  • Linux, Windows: I have worked through the console of multiple operating systems including Windows, Ubuntu and Oracle Linux.

  • Mathematical communication: I can explain mathematical concepts and make data visualizations for both mathematical and non-mathematical audiences.

  • Project management: I can re-structure the intermediate goals of a job or project if I meet unexpected obstacles.

  • Analytical thinking: I am usually not satisfied with surface-level analysis of any problems or situations I may meet.

  • Persistence: If learning to use a new tool or debugging a program takes very long, it takes even longer to make me quit.