{"id":3923,"date":"2025-01-08T04:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2025-05-20T23:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:43:58","slug":"welcome-qin-jan-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/welcome-qin-jan-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Qin (Ariel)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-08-Qin_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3926\" style=\"width:381px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-08-Qin_image.jpg 845w, https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-08-Qin_image-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-08-Qin_image-768x725.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Qin (Ariel) Xu has joined the WDS-ITO as a practicum student for this semester. She is currently pursuing a Master of Information Studies at McGill University, specializing in Machine Learning and Data Science. She also holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, where she majored in Statistics, Cognitive Science, and Computer Science. Her academic background has provided her with a solid foundation in statistical analysis, computational methods, and cognitive insights, enabling her to approach complex problems from a unique perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qin brings substantial expertise in database design, machine learning, and data visualization, developed through a combination of rigorous academic training and hands-on project experience. Passionate about transforming data into actionable insights, Qin excels in bridging the gap between technical processes and strategic decision-making. With a proven track record of collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and presenting analytical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences, Qin is eager to leverage her technical skills and analytical expertise to contribute to the WDS-ITO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qin (Ariel) Xu has joined the WDS-ITO as a practicum student for this semester. She is currently pursuing a Master of Information Studies at McGill University, specializing in Machine Learning and Data Science. She also holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, where she majored in Statistics, Cognitive Science, and Computer Science.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/welcome-qin-jan-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome Qin (Ariel)!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3928,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions\/3928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}