Li, Xianqi
Xianqi Li
Assistant Professor | College of Engineering and Science - Mathematics and Systems Engineering
Contact Information
Personal Overview
My principal research interests are in the areas of optimization, machine/deep learning, and data analytics. My research is mainly focused on designing models and algorithms with theoretical performance guarantees for challenging problems arising in imaging informatics and data analytics leveraging computational optimization techniques and machine/deep learning methods.
I joined the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Institute of Technology as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2021. Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Radiology, Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School from 2018 to 2021. I received my Ph.D. Degree in Applied Mathematics from the Department of Mathematics at University of Florida under the supervision of Prof. Yunmei Chen in May, 2018. My thesis Topic is "Fast first-order optimization methods with applications to inverse problems". I also obtained a master degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida in May, 2015 with speciality in machine/deep learning.
I am looking for highly-motivated students who are interested in working with me on any topics mentioned above. Please feel free to shoot me an email at xli@fit.edu if you are. We will have a wonderful and fun research journey by collaborating with each other.
Educational Background
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2018
M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesvile, FL, 2015
M.S., School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 2009
B.S., Computational Mathematics, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China, 2007
Professional Experience
2021.08 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Systems Engineering, Florida institute of Technology
2018.07 - 2021.08: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
2016.01 - 2018.06: Graduate Research Fellow, Informatics Institute, University of Florida
2012.08 - 2018.05: Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida
2011.01 - 2011.12: Research Assistant, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
2009.08 - 2010.12: Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of South Florida
2007.08 - 2009.08: Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Current Courses
Spring, 2024
- ORP 5003 - Operations Research Practice in Data Science
- MTH 5335 - Nonlinear Optimization
- MTH 2401 - Probability and Statistics
Previous Teaching
Fall, 2023: MTH 5411 - Mathematical Statistics I; MTH 5225 - Linear Optimization: Models and Methods,
Summer, 2023: MTH 5051 - Applied Discrete Math
Spring, 2023: ORP 5003 - Operations Research Practice in Data Science; MTH 5051 - Applied Discrete Math
Fall, 2022: MTH 3107 - Optimization; MTH 5051 - Applied Discrete Math
Spring, 2022: MTH 5335 - Nonlinear Optimization: Models and Methods
Fall, 2021: MTH 5225 - Linear Optimization: Models and Methods