LUCY XIA (609)-937-3592, lxia@princeton.edu ORFE Department, Princeton University; Sherrerd Hall, Charlton Street; Princeton, NJ 08544 EDUCATION Ph.D. – Princeton University Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering Advisors: Prof. Jianqing Fan and Prof. Philippe Rigollet 2010-Present M.A. – Princeton University Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering 2010-2012 B.A. – University of Virginia Department of Mathematics/Department of Economics GPA: 3.93 2007-2010 HONORS & AWARDS Wu Prize for Excellence, Princeton University, June 2013. Awarded to Princeton engineering graduate students who have performed at the highest level as scholars and researchers. APGA Award for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence, Princeton University, May 2013. The only recipient in the Engineering School, 5 recipients in total, nominated by professors/students and selected by Dean of the Graduate School annually. Applied Sciences Graduate Fellowship, Princeton University, September 2010. Edwin E Floyd Prize in Mathematics, University of Virginia, May 2009. Echols Scholar, University of Virginia, September 2007. RESEARCH INTERESTS High-Dimensional Statistics, Machine Learning and Applications to Classification, Social Network and Genomics. PUBLICATIONS 1. Fan, J., Ke, T., Liu, H. and Xia, L.(2014).∗ QUADRO: A Supervised Dimension Reduction Method via Rayleigh Quotient Optimization. Revised for Annals of Statistics, arXiv:1311.5542. 2. Dai, D., Rigollet, P., Xia, L. and Zhang, T. (2014).∗ Aggregation of Affine Estimators. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 8, 302-327. 3. Hu, F., Choe, E. and Xia, L. (2009). Sample Size of Randomized Clinical Trials: A Simulation Study. The Proceedings of the Second International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies. 4. Fan, J., Feng, Y. and Xia, L. (2014).∗ A Conditional Independence Test with Applications in Undirected Graphical Models. Manuscript upon Request. 5. Fan, J., Ganatra, S., Ren,Y. and Xia, L. (2014+).∗ Characterization of Macrophage Function in Neuroblastoma via Population Specific Expression Analysis. In preparation. ∗ Authorship in alphabetical order. PRESENTATIONS 1. A Conditional Independence Test with Applications in Undirected Graphical Models, Wilks Statistics Seminar Series, Princeton University, December 2014. 2. QUADRO: A Supervised Dimension Reduction Method via Rayleigh Quotient Optimization, Program of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, November 2014. 3. QUADRO: A Supervised Dimension Reduction Method via Rayleigh Quotient Optimization, Joint Statistical Meetings, Montreal, August 2013. TEACHING EXPERIENCES ORF245: Fundamentals of Engineering Statistics (Teaching Assistant, 2011, 2012, 2013)(Evaluation 4.26/5, 4.48/5, 4.5/5). ORF307: Optimization (Teaching Assistant, Spring 2014)(Evaluation 4.4/5). ORF524: Statistical Theory and Methods (Teaching Assistant, Fall 2014)(Evaluation Pending)(Graduate Level Course). PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Referee, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining. Organizer, Princeton Wilks Statistics Seminar Series. REFERENCES [Provided on next page] Sept. 2013-May 2014 REFERENCES Jianqing Fan: Frederick L. Moore Professor of Finance, Department Chair Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering Princeton University 98 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08544 609-258-3255 or 609-258-7924 jqfan@princeton.edu Philippe Rigollet: Assistant Professor Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering Princeton University 98 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08544 609-258-1044 rigollet@princeton.edu Deborah Nolan: Associate Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Zaffaroni Family Chair, Professor Department of Statistics University of California, Berkeley 367 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3860 510-642-2781 nolan@stat.berkeley.edu Yang Feng: Assistant Professor Department of Statistics Columbia University 1255 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 212-851-2139 yangfeng@stat.columbia.edu Feifang Hu: Professor Department of Statistics The George Washington University Rome Hall, Room 553, Washington, DC, 20052 804-310-0303 feifang@gwu.edu