Dr. Yisha Xiang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering at Texas Tech University. Her current research and teaching interests involves statistical machine learning and decision-making under uncertainty with applications in manufacturing, energy, and healthcare. Her research has been funded by National Science Foundation NSF, including a CAREER grant, and industry. She has published articles in refereed journals, such as INFORMS Journal on Computing, IISE Transactions, and European Journal of Operational Research. She was the recipient of the Ralph A. Evans/P.K. McElroyy Award for the best paper at the 2013 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, and Stan Oftshun Best Paper Award from Society of Reliability Engineers in 2013 and 2017.