Xi Chen
Associate Professor
Research Areas
Main Area: Operations Research
- Stochastic modeling and simulation
- Applied probability and statistics
- Computer experiment design and analysis
- Simulation optimization
- Ph.D., Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, Northwestern University
- M.S., Industrial Engineering & Systems Engineering, NC State
- B.Sc., Automation, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
- Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech: 2020 - present
- Assistant Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech: 2014 - 2020
- Assistant Professor, Statistical Science and Operations Research, Virginia Commonwealth University: 2012 - 2014
- ISE 3424 Discrete-event Simulation
- ISE 5414: Random Process
- ISE 5424: Simulation I
- ISE 6494: Advanced Simulation
- Jingtao Zhang and X. Chen, "Multilevel Monte Carlo Metamodeling for Variance Function Estimation", SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification, 3 (2025), 980-1027.
- X. Chen, Y. Zhang, G. Xie, and J. Zhang, "A Uniform Error Bound for Stochastic Kriging: Properties and Implications on Simulation Experimental Design," ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 35 (2024), 8/1-8/43.
- W. Wang, H. Wan, and X. Chen, "Bonferroni-Free and Indifference-Zone-Flexible Sequential Elimination Procedures for Ranking and Selection," Operations Research, 72 (2023), 2119-2134.
- X. Chen and K.-K. Kim, “Stochastic Kriging with Biased Sample Estimates,” ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 24 (2014), 8/1-8/23.
- X. Chen, B. E. Ankenman and B. L. Nelson, “Enhancing Stochastic Kriging Metamodels with Gradient Estimators,” Operations Research, 61 (2013), 512-528.
- X. Chen, B. E. Ankenman and B. L. Nelson, “The Effects of Common Random Numbers on Stochastic Kriging Metamodels,” ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 22 (2012), 7/1-7/20.
- INFORMS Simulation Society, Computing Society, and Applied Probability Society
- ACM SIGSIM
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- National Geographic Society
- NSF CAREER Award, 2019
- Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Junior Faculty Award, Virginia Tech, 2016
- The 2013 Nemhauser Dissertation Prize awarded by IEMS at Northwestern University
- Student Scholarship Award, the Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology
- The Arthur P. Hurter Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence among First Year Graduate Students
- National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 33 North Carolina State University
- Full tuition graduate assistantship, Northwestern University
- Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University