About

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• Dr. Xiao Liu is the David M. McKenney Family Associate Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Before joining Georgia Tech, he held the Research Staff Member position at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York and Singapore, and was the John L. Imhoff Endowed Chair and Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas. He received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from the National University of Singapore.  
• The current research focuses on data-driven approaches, such as statistical methods and machine learning, in engineering/scientific domain knowledge intensive environments. Research findings have appeared in both Industrial Engineering and Statistics journals (e.g., JASA, Technometrics, IISE Transactions, AOAS, etc.), and have been recognized by various academic societies (e.g., the Statistics in the Physical and Engineering Sciences (SPES) award from the American Statistical Association, IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, Best Refereed Paper Award by the QSR seciton of INFORMS, etc.). Dr. Liu's research has primarily been supported by the National Science Foundation, including the NSF CAREER award.  
• Dr. Liu served as the President of the Data Analytics & Information Systems division of IISE, and the Program co-Chair for the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo. He is currently on the Editorial Board and an Associate Editor of multiple journals, including Technometrics, IISE Transactions, QREI and IJRQSE.