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Dr. Weijun Xie is an Associate Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests lie in theory applications of stochastic optimization, discrete optimization, and convex optimization. Dr. Xie's works have garnered multiple awards, including the 2022 New Investigator Award from the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (NASA), the NSF CAREER Award in 2021, and the 2020 INFORMS Young Researchers Paper Prize. He serves as an Associate Editor for prominent journals such as Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Journal of Global Optimization, and Naval Research Logistics. He completed his Ph.D. in Operations Research in 2017, focusing on Relaxations and Approximations of Chance Constrained Stochastic Programs, under the supervision of Shabbir Ahmed. His academic background also includes an M.S. in Civil Engineering, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing. Dr. Xie is dedicated to exploring methodologies like distributionally robust optimization, stochastic programming, approximation algorithms, and integer programming, with practical applications in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimal experimental design, and logistics network design.
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech • Atlanta, GA, USA
Teaching and researching in the field of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech • Blacksburg, VA, USA
Engaged in academic teaching and research activities.
Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.