Samuel Xu @ IEOR, University of California, Berkeley
About Me
I am a first year PhD student of
Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at
University of California, Berkeley.
My Chinese name is
徐晟安 (Xu Sheng-An).
Research Interests
My research interests include statistics, optimization and machine learning related topics. Currently, I am interested in
- Online Learning and Sequential Decision Making
- Sampling and Optimization
- High-dimensional Statistics
Educational Background
BS in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
- GPA: 4.66/5.00 (Rank 1/48 in major, 2/132 in department)
- WES Evaluation: 3.94/4.00
- Selected Coursework: Real Analysis (94), Partial Differential Equations (96.3), Topology (96), Advanced Algebra (98), Probability Theory (97), Numerical Analysis (90), Advanced Optimization (100)
- GPA: 4.0/4.0
- Coursework: Real Analysis II, Complex Analysis, Lie Algebra, Stochastic Processes, Differential Geometry, Algebraic Topology
- GPA: 4.0/4.0
- Related Coursework: Microeconomics Analysis
Publications
Awards & Honors
- Outstanding Graduate of Nanjing University, 2025
- Excellent Scholarship of Basic Sciences, Nanjing University, 2024, 2023, 2022
- Guo-Xie-Birong Scholarship, Nanjing, 2024
- Bailu Scholarship, Nanjing, 2023
- Meritorious Prize, Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 2023
- National Scholarship for Undergraduate Student, China, 2022
- Excellent Freshmen of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 2022