Dr. Yisha Xiang
Dr. Yisha Xiang is the associate professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston. Her
current research and teaching interests involve data-driven decision-making under uncertainty and
statistical machine learning. Her research has been funded by National Science Foundation, including a
CAREER grant, and industry. She has published articles in refereed journals, such as INFORMS journal
on computing, IISE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, and Naval Research
Logistics. She was the recipient of the P.K. McElroy award, Stan Oftshun award, and Doug Ogden award
for best papers at the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium. Dr. Xiang received her B.S. in Industrial
Engineering from Nanjing University of Aero. & Astro., China, and M.S and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering
from University of Arkansas. She serves as an Associate Editor for IISE Transactions and IEEE
Transactions Automation Science and Engineering. She had served as President of the IISE Quality
Control and Reliability Engineering Division and Chair of the INFORMS Quality, Statistics, and Reliability
Section. She is a member of IISE and INFORMS.