I am pleased to announce that Dr. Nuo Xu and Dr. Xuan Huang will be joining the School of Business team this summer. Their expertise will help us meet the growing demand for skills in sophisticated data mining tools that are invaluable to both our students and to the research efforts of our faculty.
Dr Xu joins UAB as an assistant professor. He is coming from Discover Financial Services Inc---where he served as a senior associate. He attended the University of Cincinnati and received a PhD in Industrial Engineering in 2007 ---with an emphasis on econometrics and statistical modeling, data modeling and knowledge discovery from large databases, linear/nonlinear optimization, stochastic modeling, and artificial intelligence. He has applied his skills to real-world problems in finance, marketing/consumer behavior, risk modeling, and medical data---leading to numerous peer-reviewed publications.
Dr Huang joins UAB as an assistant professor. She attended The Isenberg School of Management at The University of Massachusetts, earning a PhD in Management Science with a minor in Finance, February 2010. Her training and expertise is in statistical modeling, operations management, process improvement, and econometrics of financial markets. She has published in respected peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Quality Technology and Control and Decision.
Both Drs Huang and Xu have demonstrated excellent teaching skills. Their exceptional pedagogical skills will be important to helping both our undergraduate and our graduate students to appreciate and use the newest statistical and mathematical tools of business analysis.
