Yixun Xing
University of North Texas
ADA - Advanced Data Analytics
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Education

PhD, Southern Methodist University, 2015.
Major: Statistical Science
MS, Southern Methodist University, 2013.
Major: Statistical Science

Professional Memberships

American Statistical Association. (September 1, 2012October 18, 2021).

Development Activities Attended

Workshop,"Design and Analysis of Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trials for Small and Large Samples," Pitt Summer Methods, United States of America. (August 3, 2022August 5, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"Symposium on Interpretable and Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning," The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, United States of America. (June 21, 2022June 21, 2022).

Workshop,"A Journey to Selecting & Using Statistical Software for our Introductory Statistics Courses," Mathematical Association of America, United States of America. (March 3, 2022March 17, 2022).

Workshop,"Non-Tenure Track Workshop," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (October 20, 2021October 20, 2021).

Workshop,"Working with Inclusive Pedagogy and Cultural Responsiveness," UNT, United States of America. (October 19, 2021October 19, 2021).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
ADTA 5130, Data Analytics I, 4 courses.
ADTA 5130B, Sampling, Inference, and Hypothesis Testing, 1 course.
ADTA 5230, Data Analytics II, 12 courses.
ADTA 5410, Applications and Deployment of Advanced Analytics, 6 courses.
IPAC 4130, Data Analytics and Computational Statistics 1, 3 courses.
IPAC 4230, Data Analytics and Computational Statistics 2, 7 courses.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article
Wu, C., Nguyen, D., Xing, Y., Montero, A., Schuemann, J., Shang, H., Pu, Y., Jiang, S. (2021). Improving Proton Dose Calculation Accuracy by Using Deep Learning. Machine Learning: Science and Technology, in press.
Xing, Y., Zhang, Y., Nguyen, D., Lin, M., Lu, W., Jiang, S. (2020). Boosting Radiotherapy Dose Calculation Accuracy with Deep Learning. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 21(8): 149-159..
Xing, Y., Woodward, W. A. (2020). R-Squared-Bootstrapping for Gegenbauer-Type Long Memory. Comput Econ, 57: 773-790..
Xing, Y., Woodward, W. (2018). R/S-bootstrapping Test for Fractional Integration. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation, 49(6): 1467-1473..
Technical Report
Xing, Y., Nguyen, D., Lu, W., Yang, M., Jiang, S. (2019). Technical Note: A Feasible Study on Deep Learning-Based Radiotherapy Dose Calculation in Medical Physics. Medical Physics, 47(2): 753-758..

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Xing, Y. (Author & Presenter), Woodward, W. (Author), ISAIC, Testing Long Memory with Parametric Bootstrap, China. (20212021).

Poster

Xing, Y. (Author & Presenter), Timmerman, C. (Author), Bleile, M. (Author), Chen, B. (Author), Jiang, S. (Author), MAA MathFest, A Mathematical Model for Optimizing Cancer Radiotherapy with Immunotherapy, Tampa, FL, United States of America. (20232023).

Bleile, M. (Author & Presenter), Xing, Y. (Author), Nguyen, D. (Author), Moore, C. (Author), Saha, D. (Author), Chen, B. (Author), Story, M. (Author), Timmerman, R. (Author), Jiang, S. (Author), Heitan, D. (Author), AAPM Annual Meeting, Imputation of Truncated Tumor Growth Data Via Bayesian Mixed Modeling, United States of America. (20222022).

Bleile, M. (Author & Presenter), Xing, Y. (Author), Nguyen, D. (Author), Nguyen, H. (Author), Moore, C. (Author), Saha, D. (Author), Chen, B. (Author), Story, M. (Author), Heitan, D. (Author), Timmerman, R. (Author), Jiang, S. (Author), AAPM Annual Meeting, Optimizing the Combination of Radiotherapy with Immunotherapy Using Reinforcement Learning, United States of America. (20222022).

Zhong, X. (Author & Presenter), Xing, Y. (Author), Nguyen, D. (Author), McBeth, R. (Author), Norouzi-Kandalan, R. (Author), Zhang, Y. (Author), Lin, M. (Author), Lu, W. (Author), Jiang, s. (Author), AAPM Annual Meeting, Commissioning of a Deep Learning-Based Radiotherapy Dose Calculation Engine, United States of America. (20202020).

Xing, Y. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, Y. (Author), Nguyen, D. (Author), Lin, M. (Author), Lu, W. (Author), Jiang, S. (Author), AAPM Annual Meeting, Improving treatment plan dose accuracy using a deep learning-based dose conversion scheme, United States of America. (20192019).

Symposium

Xing, Y. (Author & Presenter), Timmerman, C. (Author), Saha, D. (Author), Chen, B. (Author), Jia, X. (Author), Story, M. (Author), Timmerman, R. (Author), Nguyen, D. (Author), Jiang, S. (Author), AAPM Annual Meeting, Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy Combinations: Optimize the Synergistic Effect Via a Quantitative System, Wshington D.C., United States of America. (20222022).

Service

University Service

Other, Course Coordinator. (2023 – Present).

Other, IMPROVE 2023. (2023 – Present).

Task Force Member, AI study group. (20232023).

Committee Member, Search Committee. (20232023).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee. (October 20212022).

Other, IMPROVE2022. (July 2022August 2022).

Professional Service

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. (2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Business and Economic Research. (March 2022 – Present).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, ISAIC. (2022 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Medical Physics. (20232023).

Guest Speaker, ASA DataFest. (March 2023March 2023).

Other, ASA Special Awards in Statistics for the 2022 ISEF. (April 29, 2022May 5, 2022).

Mentor, ASA DataFest. (April 2, 2022April 2, 2022).