Tianxi Li

I am an assistant professor in the School of Statistics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. I also have a graduate faculty appointment in UMN Data Science. My research is mainly about

• statistical network analysis

• statistical learning

In 2018-2023, I worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Virginia. I obtained my PhD in 2018 from the University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Liza Levina and Prof. Ji Zhu. Previously, I also worked as an applied researcher in Microsoft Bing Search in 2012-2013, focusing on online controlled experiments (A/B testing).

Other professional services

• Associate Editor, Annals of Applied Statistics. 

• Associate Editor, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.

• Associate Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 

• Program Manager, American Statistical Association (ASA) Twin Cities Chapter.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2013-2018

• M.S., Stanford University, 2010-2012

• B.S., Zhejiang University, 2006-2010

Awards

• 2019 ICSA New Researcher Award

• 2018  Honorable Mention for ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, University of Michigan.

• 2017 Best student paper, ASA section for Nonparametric Statistics.

• 2015 Student paper award by Monsanto, ASA section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts.

• 2014-2015 Rackham International Student Fellowship, University of Michigan.

• 2013-2014 Outstanding First Year PhD Student, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan.

• 2011 ASA Data Expo Honorable Mention, ASA section on Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics.