Jim Xiang
PhD Candidate Researcher
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolJim Xiang is a PhD candidate and researcher in structural engineering with 11 years of experience specializing in building and bridge modeling, seismic design, ground motion analysis, and engineering optimization. Based at UC Irvine and living in Irvine, California, he combines statistical and machine learning techniques—RNNs, Bayesian methods, PSO and CMA-ES—with domain expertise to develop novel approaches for seismic hazard characterization and energy dissipation modeling. His work includes practical validations of Caltrans bridge models, system-identification of building modal properties across 80 California buildings, and a RNN-based method to generate correlated ground motion spectra. Jim often blends theory with applied data-driven workflows, for example using ARIMA to simulate seismic sequences and EM algorithms within neural frameworks, reflecting an uncommon fusion of structural mechanics and probabilistic machine learning.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Irvine
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
react4
angular4
vue4
javascript3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jimxiang/Canvas-Charts
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:26 PRs, 34 pushes, 3 branches in 8 days
chartsreactdrawnchartvisualization
jimxiang/3DMaze
Jan 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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