Yaosheng Xu

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Education

• Ph.D. in Statistics, Cornell University, 2022
• M.S. in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Shandong University, 2017
• B.S. in Statistics, Shandong University, 2014

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2026–Present
• Principal Researcher, Operations Management, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, 2024–2026

Other Professional Employment

• Applied Scientist, Amazon, 2022–2024
• Applied Scientist Intern, Amazon, 2021

Graduate Research Opportunities

I am looking for Ph.D. students interested in either of two broad areas:

1. High-dimensional stochastic control, with a focus on stochastic modeling and deep-learning-based computational methods;
2. Queueing theory and stochastic processing networks, with a focus on performance analysis in heavy-traffic regimes.

A strong mathematical background is a plus.

Research Interests

• Stochastic Modeling and High-Dimensional Dynamic Control
• Dynamic Matching and Service Systems
• Queueing Theory and Stochastic Processing Networks
• Heavy-Traffic Approximations
• High-Dimensional Statistics and Machine Learning