Xiaogang Su

Xiaogang Su is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), within the College of Science. His research focuses on statistical methodology, including tree-structured models, causal inference, and machine learning applications in healthcare and data mining. He holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of California, Davis (2001) and a BS in Mathematics from Beijing Normal University (1995).

• Education:
• PhD and MS in Statistics, University of California at Davis, 2001
• BS in Mathematics, Beijing Normal University, 1995
• Research Interests:
• Machine Learning, Data Mining, Survival Analysis
• Tree-Based Methods, Variable Selection, Causal Inference
• Applications in healthcare, including cancer diagnostics and treatment efficacy
• Teaching:
• Courses include Survival Analysis, Data Mining, Probability, and Mathematical Statistics

Dr. Su has developed R packages such as MST for multivariate survival trees and coxphMIC for sparse estimation in Cox models. His work spans collaboration in clinical studies, public health, and bioinformatics.