Professor Weijun XIE

Professor Weijun Xie is a Professor in the Department of Data Science at City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on the theory and applications of stochastic, discrete, and convex optimization, with applications in machine learning, logistics, healthcare, risk management, and data-driven decision-making. Prior to joining CityUHK, he was the Coca-Cola Foundation Early Career Professor and Associate Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2022 to 2026, and an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech from 2017 to 2022. His work has received multiple awards, including the 2021 NSF CAREER Award, the 2020 INFORMS Young Researchers Paper Prize, the 2022 New Investigator Award from the Virginia Space Grant Consortium/NASA, and an honorable mention for the 2025 INFORMS Computing Society Prize. He serves as an Associate Editor for Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Journal of Global Optimization, and Naval Research Logistics.