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Xiaochen Xian is an assistant professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Systems Engineering in 2019 and holds an M.S. in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completed in 2017, along with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Zhejiang University, obtained in 2014. Prior to his current role, he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. His research interests primarily focus on big data analytics, system informatics, and the development of data-driven methodologies for computationally aware systems. Specifically, his work involves big data stream monitoring and sampling, engineering knowledge-enhanced complex process modeling and diagnosis, on-demand machine learning, and spatiotemporal real-time prediction. Xian's research has immediate applications across several domains including manufacturing, healthcare, environmental monitoring, smart buildings, and traffic management. He is a member of several professional organizations, including INFORMS, IISE, and IEEE.
Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.