Xi LUO
Professor at UTHealth Houston
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXi LUO is a Professor and statistical scientist with 14 years of academic experience translating machine learning and convex optimization theory into practical tools for big-data science and high-dimensional inference. Trained at Yale in Statistics and with a geophysics background from Peking University, Xi blends rigorous methodological development—spanning causal inference, network and time-series modeling, and imaging/genomics analysis—with hands-on software development for statistical computing. Having held faculty roles at Brown and UTHealth before becoming Professor at UTHealth Houston, Xi has a strong track record of bridging neuroscience and mobile-phone data applications alongside traditional bioinformatics. Known for tackling computationally intensive problems, Xi brings an uncommon mix of applied domain breadth and theoretical depth that informs predictive modeling pipelines used in both research and translational settings.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Geophysics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Geophysics at Peking UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics at Yale University
Github Skills (10)
react5
nextjs4
modeling2
complexity2
causal2
statistics1
big-data1
machine-learning1
statistical-learning1
data-science1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cran/scio
Apr 2012 - Mar 2020
Contributions:3 commits in 7 years 11 months
rluo/rluo.github.io
Feb 2015 - Jul 2024
My personal website
Contributions:2 reviews, 6 PRs, 521 pushes in 9 years 7 months
reactnextjs
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