{"id":5642,"date":"2024-02-28T19:58:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/?page_id=5642"},"modified":"2024-02-28T19:58:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:58:14","slug":"lili-zhang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/speakers\/lili-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Lili Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5642\" data-postid=\"5642\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5642 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row dropPadding-bottom tb_0l52602 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_0ygc603 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_esex603 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Lili_Zhang.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-5535\" title=\"Lili Zhang\" alt=\"Lili Zhang\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Lili_Zhang.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Lili_Zhang-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Lili Zhang                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_g2w3604 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t7c7604   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Lili Zhang<\/h1>\n<h5>Research Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)<\/h5>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_2plz358 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-2plz358-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-2plz358-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-2plz358-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-2plz358-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Lili Zhang is a Research Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in the Marketing Analytics organization. She received her Ph.D. in Analytics and Data Science from Kennesaw State University, M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and B.S. in Electronic Information Science and Technology from Central South University. She is a leading expert in imbalanced learning and graph analytics with multiple journal publications and practical innovations.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"u6fe602\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_u6fe602 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_84q1605 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_k572608 track  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6>Track: Machine Learning &amp; AI<\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xwmz608   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Imbalanced Data Problems, Methods, and Applications<\/h2>\n<p>Imbalanced data exists across a wide range of business problems, including credit risk valuation, retail customer targeting and segmentation, network threat detection, anti-money laundering, and rare disease diagnosis. 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