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Robin Y. - Tutor

Computer Science PhD and past UC machine learning instructor, postdoc
Robin Y. Tutors College Students
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Hourly Fee: $70
Location: El Dorado Hills, CA
Travel Radius: 5 miles
In-person + Online
Your first hour with any tutor is always 100% refundable!

Personal Statement

Hi! My name is Robin. I have PhD and MS graduate degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. In my university and postdoc research at LLNL I published dozens of papers and developed many frameworks in the fields of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision (including image classification and object detection), and/or Data Science. Some of the main Python libraries I used for these were Pytorch, Tensorflow, Sklearn, Numpy, Pandas, and OpenCV. I am more than happy to help wit...

Reviews

Robin is an amazing tutor. She's teaching me python and is very good at explaining all the details of this computer language and is thankfully very understanding and patient when I need to go over something again. I'm glad I chose her and feel she's helping put me on the right track in learning to code.
- Brooke H. from Cypress, TX
Dr. Yancey is a cheerful, friendly, and kind tutor. She is currently working with my son on a machine-learning project that is looking at the problem of detecting forged photos. We like working with Robin as she not only explains machine learning but also explains the mathematical theory behind the models. She is patient and extremely well-prepared for the sessions with detailed slides, notes, and lectures. This makes sense as she created two machine-learning classes during her time at UC Davis and they are still using her content for the classes today! For anyone looking for her to tutor, she is very knowledgeable in machine learning and deep learning. She is also very skilled in Python and various machine-learning libraries such as PyTorch, Sklearn, Pandas, and NumPy. The only regret about working with Dr. Yancey is I didn't find her sooner so that my son can develop his technical skills earlier.
- Shakespeare J. from South Webster, OH
I have been working with Robin bi-weekly for many months now. I had began doing an online course/credential/bootcamp program but I am so glad I continued to work with Robin instead. Her course lessons aligned with the general ML algorithms I needed to learn and I aced my interview questions when they asked about them! It was so much easier to understand the theory with her examples and having opportunity to talk things out with her. Additionally, I am so grateful that her lesson notes taught me how to implement each algorithm in code as well. She also helped me with a python and LeetCode problems. (These were also in my interview and I did really well!) We normally do one session per week on python and one on ML. I didn?t know Python before working with her and now I?m a master at medium-hard LeetCode problems. She covered everything from basic to advanced data?s structures and algorithms in Python. It was much easier with someone to hold me accountable for writing quality code consistently. I learned Python much quicker than I could imagine! I?m really looking forward to continuing to learn deep learning with her while I work in my current SW engineering position. She has a lot of experience in the top models used and knows efficient techniques to optimize them based on her past research work.
- Peter S. from El Dorado Hills, CA
Robin is skilled in Machine Learning and Deep Learning, and she's great at teaching these subjects. She helped me not only with learning about Machine Learning but also in getting ready for job interviews. I had a session with her that made my interview feel easy, and I learned many important techniques in Machine Learning which will be very useful for my studies and for my future career in this field. Robin is experienced, kind, patient, and very supportive. If you're looking for a tutor in the Machine Learning area, I really recommend choosing her.
- Kasidet M. from Los Angeles, CA
Robin is the best tutor Ive ever had. She is clearly very experienced and always has materials prepared for the lesson. Anytime I don't understand a concept she helps me understand by working through examples step by step until I get it. Ive had fun learning new things in each session because she makes the topics exciting and engaging. She is also very patient and kind when things get difficult for me as I am new to the field. I will keep working with her until I complete all of her machine learning and deep learning lessons.
- Lily P. from El Dorado Hills, CA