July 30, 2024
QR2MSE Best Paper Award
Very happy and honored that the paper my former PhD student Ying Liao and I wrote was selected as the best paper of the 2023 International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE). The title of the paper is “Bayesian Mixed-Effect Highter-Order Hidden Markov Models with...
Learn MoreJuly 7, 2024
Paper Accepted for Publication in the Reliability Engineering & System Safety
The paper entitled “Reinforcement Learning in Reliability and Maintenance Optimization: A Tutorial” by Qin Zhang, Yu Liu, Yisha Xiang, and Tangfan Xiahou has been accepted for publication in the Reliability Engineering & Systems Safety. Congratulations!
Learn MoreJuly 3, 2024
2024 ICQSR Conference
The second INFORMS Conference on Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (ICQSR) is held in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 1-4, 2024. I c0-chaired a session with Prof. Jian Zhou from Nanjing Institute of Science and Technology, China. The following presentation was given there. Statistical Inference of Sample-Averaged Q-Learning by Saunak...
Learn MoreMay 14, 2024
Paper Accepted for Publication in the European Journal of Operational Research
The paper entitled “Dynamic Resource Matching in Manufacturing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning” by Saunak Panda, Yisha Xiang, and Ruiqi Liu has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operational Research. This is Saunak’s first journal paper. Congratulations!
Learn MoreJanuary 18, 2024
Excited to Receive a New NSF Grant
Very excited that my proposal titled “Integrated Framework for Cooperative 3D Printing: Uncertainty Quantification, Decision Models, and Algorithms ” is funded by NSF. This project will focus on advancing data analytics and decision-making methods for the efficiency of the novel cooperative 3D printing (C3DP) technology. We hope our proposed...
Learn MoreDecember 20, 2023
Paper Accepted for Publication in the IISE Transactions
The paper entitled “Bayesian Mixed-Effect Higher-Order Hidden Markov Models with Applications to Predictive Healthcare” by Ying Liao, Yisha Xiang, Zhigen Zhao, and Di Ai has been accepted for publication in the IISE Transactions. Congratulations
Learn MoreDecember 19, 2023
Holiday Lunch
We had a great holiday lunch at Ninfa’s Restaurant, celebrating the holidays and looking forward to the new exciting research in the coming new year!
Learn MoreNovember 20, 2023
Presented a Seminar in the IE dept, UARK
I had a great visit to the Dept. of Industrial Engineering at the U of A last Friday. I was deeply honored and super excited to visit the department where I proudly obtained my master’s and PhD degrees. It was such a joy to meet my former advisor Richard...
Learn MoreOctober 20, 2023
2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting
The 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting was held in Phoenix, AZ. I had the privilege to serve as the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability Cluster Chair. It has been my great pleasure to work with many colleagues and organize a successful QSR cluster. We had a total of 67 sessions, including...
Learn MoreSeptember 28, 2023
Group Lunch
Dr. Xiang’s group had a wonderful group lunch at the Aladdin Mediterranean Cuisine restaurant in Montrose. It was great to gather together to celebrate group members’ progresses and to welcome new members!
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