About me

I am currently a second-year Ph.D. student in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University, advised by Professor Xubo Yue. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, where I was advised by Professor Olivier Pauluis. I obtained my Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University, advised by Professor Wenxin Jiang.

Research Interests

My research interests include causal machine learning (theory, inference, discovery), reinforcement learning, intelligent decision-making systems, and applications in advanced manufacturing.

Talks

• INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2025
• IISE Annual Conference, 2025

Publications

• Xiaofeng Xiao, Khawlah Alharbi, Pengyu Zhang, Hantang Qin, Xubo Yue (2025). Bayesian federated causal inference and its application in manufacturing. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (link)

• Xiaofeng Xiao, Bo Shen, Xubo Yue (2025). Causality-informed Anomaly Detection in Partially Observable Sensor Networks: Moving beyond Correlations. arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.09742 (link)

Awards

• 2025 John and Katharine Cipolla Graduate Merit Award