Yibo Xu

Visiting Assistant Professor at the UAlbany (SUNY) | Incoming Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota

Albany, New York, United States

About

Beginning in August 2026, I will join the University of South Dakota as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. My interests are in all fields of optimization, with particular emphases in nonlinear programming, continuous optimization, and mixed-integer programming. I have additional training, and long-term interests, in such areas as convex analysis, large-scale decomposition, networks, computational algebraic geometry, cryptography, and statistics.

Experience

  • Visiting Assistant Professor at University at Albany
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    Teach graduate-level courses for MS of Data Science Program: AMAT 500 Mathematics for Data Science, AMAT 502 Modern Computing for Mathematicians, AMAT 581 Nonparametric Statistics, AMAT 591 Optimization Methods and Nonlinear Programming, AMAT 592 Machine Learning.

  • Post Doctoral Fellow at Clemson University
    Aug 2021 - Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Work on independent and collaborative research on Mathematical Optimization. Teach Math 1020 Business Calculus I, Math 1080 Calculus of One Variable II, Math 2060 Calculus of Several Variables. Section modalities include in-person regular, in-person jumbo, synchronous online, asynchronous online.

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Aug 2018 - Jul 2021 · 3 yrs

  • Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina)
    • Graduate Teacher of Record
      Aug 2015 - May 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Teach Math 1020 Business Calculus I and Math 2070 Business Calculus II.

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Aug 2014 - May 2018 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada Area)
    • Letter of Appointment
      Jan 2014 - May 2014 · 5 mos

      In Spring 2014, I taught Pre-Calculus I in University of Nevada, Reno. One section consists around 150 students. Two other late-start sections each consists around 14 students.

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2012 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs

    • Instructor
      Jun 2013 - Jul 2013 · 2 mos

      In Summer 2013, I taught Pre-Calculus I in University of Nevada, Reno. The class consists around 22 students.