October 29, 2025
2025 INFORMS
The 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting was held in Atlanta, GA. My research group has made the following presentations. Variance-aware Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning by Saunak Panda, Ruiqi Liu, and Yisha Xiang Robust Decision-Making in Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes by Tong Li Robust Remanufacturing Planning with Interval Matrix-Based Uncertainty Set...
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Presented a seminar in the IE department at TAMU
It was a great pleasure to present my research in the Industrial Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. I truly enjoyed connecting with colleagues there! Yisha Xiang Seminar Flyer
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Honored to receive the Scott T. Poage Fellowship
Honored to have been awarded the Scott T. Poage Fellowship! I’m sincerely thankful to my department chair, Dr. Gino Lim, Dean of Engineering, Dr. Pradeep Sharma, and my colleagues for their tremendous support. Excited for the road ahead.
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Welcome Nabin, Anish and Abrar to join Dr. Xiang’s Research Group
A warm welcome to Nabin Nepali, Anish Khanal, and Abrar Masih, the newest members of Dr. Xiang’s Research Group!
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the GREET workshop
Excited to lead the GREET workshop hosted by the University of Houston Energy Transition Institute! We took a deep dive into the GREET Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Model, a powerful tool for understanding carbon intensity and energy impacts across critical sectors—Oil & Gas, EVs, Hydrogen, and CCS. I truly...
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Congratulations to Saunak Kumar Panda on a successful Ph.D. dissertation defense!
Saunak’s dissertation, “Enhancing the Robustness in Reinforcement Learning: Domain Knowledge Integration, Uncertainty Quantification, and Risk-Sensitive Strategies,” explores important aspects of making reinforcement learning more reliable and practical. Saunak has published in high-quality journals, including European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory — a testament...
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Congratulations to Nabin Nepali on a successful Master’s thesis defense
Nabin’s thesis, “Transformer-Based Offline Reinforcement Learning: Applications in Condition-Based Maintenance,” presents a thoughtful application of cutting-edge AI techniques to real-world reliability challenges. Many thanks to the thesis co-chair, Ramanan Krishnamoorti, and the committee, Jiming Peng, George Z. Tan, and Biresh Kumar Joardar, for their time, insights, and support. We’re...
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Presented a seminar in the ISE department at the University of Washington
A big thank you to Prof. Shuai Huang for hosting my visit at the University of Washington ISE. I truly enjoyed the inspiring conversations with the ISE faculty, including Profs. Shuai Huang and Dan Li, as well as with the PhD students. And the UW campus is absolutely beautiful...
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Paper Accepted for Publication in the Exploration of Medicine
The paper entitled “Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Prognosis and Diagnosis: A Review” by Alex Bayona, Jun Wang, and Yisha Xiang has been accepted for publication in the Exploration of Medicine. Alex is an undergraduate assistant working with me. Congratulations to Alex on her first paper being published!
Learn MoreJune 3, 2025
Attended the 2025 IISE Annual Conference
I attended the 2025 IISE Annual Conference in Atlanta from May 31st to June 2nd. I have enjoyed meeting many colleagues and friends and learning about their research. Here are my main activities at this year’s IISE annual conference. Served as judge for the Quality Control & Reliability Engineering...
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