Overview
Jiaming Xu is an Associate Professor in the Decision Sciences area. His research focus is on machine learning and networks. Professor Xu develops a fundamental understanding and powerful methodologies for inferring information from data to enable downstream data-driven decision-making at scale. He is also designing new models and algorithms for improving decision-making efficiency under uncertainties and various resource constraints and addressing emerging privacy and security issues. Professor Xu teaches Modern Analytics (Deep Learning), Decision Analytics & Modeling in the MQM program, and Decision Models in the MBA and WEMBA programs at Fuqua.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Business Administration
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2025 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
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2018 - Present
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Random Graph Matching at Otter’s Threshold via Counting Chandeliers
Journal Article Operations Research · April 18, 2025 Network alignment or graph matching—figuring out how vertices across different networks correspond to each other—is a key challenge in many fields, from protecting online privacy to mapping biological data, improving computer vision, and even unde ... Full text CiteThe broken sample problem revisited: Proof of a conjecture by Bai-Hsing and high-dimensional extensions
Preprint · March 18, 2025 Link to item Cite"All-Something-Nothing" Phase Transitions in Planted k-Factor Recovery
Preprint · March 11, 2025 Link to item CiteRecent Grants
CAREER: Federated Learning: Statistical Optimality and Provable Security
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027CIF: Medium: Collaborative Research: Learning in Networks: Performance Limits and Algorithms
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023BIGDATA:F: Collaborative Research: Mining for Graphs and High-Dimensional Data: Achieving the Limits
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2021View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ·
2014
Ph.D.
University of Texas, Austin ·
2011
M.S.
Tsinghua University (China) ·
2009
B.S.E.