Lucy Xia
Department of ISOM
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Hong Kong
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management at HKUST. My research focuses on high-dimensional statistics, machine learning, and experimental design.
I received my B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Virginia in 2010 and my Ph.D. from Princeton University’s Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering in 2015. Following my doctoral studies, I was a Stein Fellow in the Department of Statistics at Stanford University from 2015 to 2019.
Editorial Activities
- Associate Editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 2026–
- Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association: Reviews, 2026–
- Associate Editor, The American Statistician, 2026–
Selected Honors and Grants
- Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (ISI), 2025
- Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund (PI, Aug 2026 – July 2029)
- Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund (PI, Aug 2025 – July 2028)
- Hong Kong RGC Collaborative Research Fund (co-PI, June 2025 – May 2028)
- Winner, Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, HKUST 2025
- Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund (co-PI, Jan 2022 – Dec 2024)
- The Hong Kong Laureate Forum (Young Scientist Participant, 2023)
- Hong Kong RGC Early Career Scheme Research Grant (PI, Jan 2021 – Dec 2023)
- Dean’s Recognition of Teaching Excellence, HKUST (2020–2026)
Selected Publications
- Inference for changing periodicity, smooth trend and covariate effects in time seriesJournal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 2026Major revision
- Statistical Inference with Mixed-Effect Model for Covariate-Adaptive Randomized ExperimentsJournal of the American Statistical Association, 2026To appear