{"668422":{"#nid":"668422","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yao Xie: Driving Data Science Innovation as Coca-Cola Foundation Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EYao Xie has been appointed as the Coca-Cola Foundation Chair, effective May 15, 2023, recognizing her exceptional research and leadership at the intersection of statistics, optimization, and machine learning in data science.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPraised for her applied research program and mentorship of successful doctoral students, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EXie \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ebrings a wealth of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eexpertise\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E as a Professor and Associate Director of Machine Learning and Data Science at Georgia Tech. Her work focuses on developing efficient and powerful methods to address real-world challenges using statistical and computational techniques.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith editorial roles in prestigious journals and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eprevious\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E experience as a Research Scientist at Duke University, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EXie\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0027s appointment as Coca-Cola Foundation Chair highlights her outstanding contributions to the field.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Coca-Cola Foundation, as a leading philanthropic organization, supports local and global initiatives in areas where The Coca-Cola Company \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eoperates\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. 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