ABOUT ME

I am Lingyi Xu (Pron. LIN-YEE HSU), a PhD student in Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Vijaya B. Kolachalama and Prof. Jennifer Beane. I am interested in applications of machine learning and network models in biomedicine and social sciences. My current research focuses on the use of algorithms and networks in digital pathology and cancer genomics.

I am co-running the CDS PhD Student Seminar Series that meets bi-weekly on Fridays. Feel free to ping me if you are interested in giving a talk!

Email: lingyixu at bu dot edu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Computing & Data Sciences, expected 2025
  Boston University

• M.S. in Mathematical Finance, High Honors, 2020
  Boston University

• B.S. in Finance, Honors, 2018
  Zhejiang University, Chu Kochen Honors College

RESEARCH

• Attention-based Deep Learning for Analysis of Pathology Images and Gene Expression Data in Lung Squamous Premalignant Lesions
  With Vijaya B. Kolachalama, Jennifer Beane

• Pick the Right Tactics When Online Sales Go Live: An Empirical Analysis of Livestreaming for Amazon Sellers [URI] [pdf]
  Lingyi Xu, Abraham Seidmann, Mohammad Soltanieh-ha
  In Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 5771-5776.

• Forecasting U.S. GDP: Can Deep Learning Beat the Wisdom of the Crowd?
  With Marialuz Moreno Badia, Mohammad Soltanieh-ha, Paul Rudrendu Kumar
  Presented at IMF, July 2021

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

• Evans Day Research Award, Department of Medicine
  Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, 2024

• BU Women’s Guild Scholarship
  Boston University, 2024

• Graduate Student Fellow, Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering
  Boston University, 2022

• BU Student Employee of the Year (Nominated)
  Boston University, 2020 & 2021

TEACHING

Teaching Assistant:

• DS 121, Foundations of Data Science II, Spring 2025
• IS 843, Big Data Analytics, Spring 2022
• IS 717, IT Applications in Management, Spring 2021 & Spring 2020
• BA 770/775, Cloud Computing and Databases, Fall 2020 & Summer 2019
• BA 780, Intro to Data Analytics, Fall 2020
• IS 756, Digital Project Construction, Summer 2020