About me

He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Management and Engineering at Tsinghua University, working on time series forecasting and causal inference under the supervision of Dr. Xiaojie Mao. Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program funds his research. He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from The University of Manchester, where he was advised by Dr. Jingsong Yuan. He is open to collaborations and discussions on statistical time series forecasting. Please feel free to reach out to him at xixili0720@gmail.com.

Recent News

  • 07-2024, Starting a new journey as a postdoc at Tsinghua University is amazing.
  • 06-2024, Successfully been selected for Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program, (funding rate: 1/28)
  • 03-2024, Ph.D. Graduation is fantastic.
  • 07-2023, Recipient of Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (600 young talents across the world)
  • 09-2019, Recipient of Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship Award

Research Interests

  • Statistical time series forecasting
  • Causal inference
  • Statistical machine learning
  • Data-driven decision making

Education

  • September 2019—Jan 2024, Ph.D. in Statistics, The University of Manchester, UK.
  • September 2016—July 2019, M. in Industrial Engineering, Beihang University, China.
  • September 2013—July 2016, B.Ec in Applied Mathematics, Beihang University, China.
  • September 2012—July 2016, B.Ec in Information Management and Information Systems, Beihang University, China.

Research Collaborators

  • Prof. James Taylor, University of Oxford
  • Prof. Xiaojie Mao, Tsinghua University
  • Dr. Jingsong Yuan, The University of Manchester
  • Prof. Xiaochun Meng, University of Bath
  • Prof. Fotios Petropoulos, University of Bath
  • Prof. Yanfei Kang, Beihang University
  • Prof. Feng Li, Peking University