Yang Xiang

Ph.D. Candidate in Statistics and Operations Research

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC
xya@unc.edu

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research

2023–2028

Tsinghua University

B.S. in Pure and Applied Mathematics; Minor in Statistics

2019–2023

Research Interests

  • Graph and network alignment
  • Brain connectivity registration
  • Machine learning

Publications

  1. Alignment of Continuous Brain Connectivity. [arXiv]
    2025
  2. Optimal Graph Joining with Applications to Isomorphism Detection and Identification. [arXiv]
    2025
  3. Diffeomorphic Cortical Alignment via Direct Warping of Streamline Endpoints. [arXiv]
    2026
  4. Graph Disjointness with Applications to Reversible Markov Chains. [arXiv]
    2026

Internship Experience

DoorDash

Machine Learning Engineer Intern, Ads Economics Team

May 2026–Present

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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