Lily Xu

Pronouns: she/her

Assistant Professor, IEOR, Columbia University

Postdoc, University of Oxford

PhD student, SEAS, Harvard University

  • Joined May 2021

Names

Lily Xu (Preferred)

Emails

****@g.harvard.edu (Confirmed)
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****@economics.ox.ac.uk (Confirmed)
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****@columbia.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Assistant Professor
IEOR, Columbia University (columbia.edu)
2025 – Present
 
Postdoc
University of Oxford (ox.ac.uk)
2024 – 2025
 
PhD student
SEAS, Harvard University (harvard.edu)
2019 – 2024
 
Undergrad student
Dartmouth College (dartmouth.edu)
2014 – 2018
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisor
2018 – Present
 

Expertise

reinforcement learning, robust planning, game theory
Present
 
online learning, multi-armed bandits, restless bandits
Present
 
AI for social good, participatory design, AI for conservation
Present