Huang, Xin

Member Profile

Xin Huang
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Northern Arizona University
Knoles Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Bldg. 17 (SLF), Room 207
xh59@nau.edu

Education
2018-present Ph.D., School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems
Advisor: Prof. Yiqi Luo
Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, USA)

2014-2018 M.Sc., Department of Computer Science and Technology.
Advisors: Prof. Weimin Zheng; Prof. Wei Xue
Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)

2010-2014 B.Sc., School of Software Engineering
University of Electronic Science and Technology (Chengdu, China)

Awards
2017 Schlumberger Calculating Earth Sciences Scholarship
2014 The 2014 Outstanding Graduate of Sichuan Province
2013 National Scholarship
2012 National Encouragement Scholarship
2011 The Top-Class People's Scholarship

Research Interests
 Uncertainty quantification of earth system models
- Sensitivity analysis algorithms of uncertain parameters
- Design of sampling approaches in parameter space
- Ensemble prediction
 High performance computation for scientific applications
- Parallel algorithms design to adapt to heterogeneous processors

Publications
Xin Huang, Qianyu Li, Yiqi Luo, Wei Xue. An improved parameter screening method based on sensitivity analysis[J]. Application of Electronic Technique (Chinese, in press).

Xin Huang, Wei Xue, Yiqi Luo et al. Can we really screen out the most important parameters of Earth System Model with sensitivity analysis? AGU Fall Meeting 2016; poster.

Haoyu Xu, Tao Zhang, Yiqi Luo, Wei Xue, Xin Huang. Parameter Calibration in Global Land Carbon Models Using Surrogate and Global Optimization [J]. Geoscientific Model Development, 2018, 11: 3027-3044.

Qianyu Li, Xingjie Lu, Yingping Wang, Xin Huang, Yiqi Luo. Leaf Area Index identified as a major source of uncertainty in modelled CO2 fertilization [J]. Biogeosciences (under review)

Tao Zhang, Lijuan Li, Yanluan Lin, Wei Xue, Xin Huang. An automatic and effective parameter optimization method for model tuning [J]. Geoscientific Model Development, 2015, 8: 3791-3822.

Experiences
09/2014 - 07/2018, Research Assistant, High Performance Computing Institute, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

10/2016 - 06/2018, Global Change and Response Program: Development and Assessment of Seamless Climate Prediction System Based on High Resolution Climate System Model

09/2016 -11/2016, Parameter Design and Diagnostic Scheme Design for Single Column Atmospheric Model (SCAM)

10/2015 -06/2016, Design of a Dynamic Parameter Screening Algorithm

06/2014 -07/2015, Parameter Uncertainty Analysis in Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG version 2 (GMAIL2)

08/2015 -07/2018, Management and maintenance of high-performance computers (cluster with 16 computing nodes) in our lab

Skills
Tools: Git, Docker, Latex, Pin
Languages: C/C++, Matlab, Python, R
Parallelization: MPI, OpenMP