Dr. Xian Yang

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Xian Yang is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, specializing in data science. He earned his PhD from the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. Before joining the University of Manchester, Dr. Yang served as a Research Fellow at the Data Science Institute of Imperial College London and held research positions at Microsoft Research Asia. He has also been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research centers on machine learning in healthcare, data mining, and decision science, with his work prominently featured in acclaimed conferences and journals including IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Information Fusion, MICCAI, ICDM, WWW, FSE, COLING, and EMNLP.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Manchester

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or science subject Strong background in mathematics and physics
Application Checklist
  • Academic transcripts
  • Two academic references
  • Personal statement
  • CV/Resume
  • English language proficiency certificate
Specialization Notes

Includes MSc in Advanced Electrical Power Systems and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.