I am a 1st-year PhD Student in Computer Science at University of California, Santa Barbara, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Daniel Lokshtanov. My research interest lies broadly around Theoretical Computer Science, especially in Data Structures, Graph Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimization. Please see my CV for details.

I graduated with my B.Eng. in Computer Science with the highest honor from School of the Gifted Young, University of Science and Technology of China in 2024. I got my high school diploma from Nanjing Foreign Languages School in 2021.

Besides research, I am also interested in competitive programming. Currently I serve as the co-coach of the UCSB ICPC teams.

Email: xiaoyangxu at ucsb dot edu