• 2016.5 - 2022.6 (resigned in July 2020), Associate Dean 研究生院副院长, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba
• 2012.1 - 2017.6 (resigned in May 2016), Head 系主任, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba
• 2009.1 - 2009.6, 2011.1 - 2011.6, Acting Head 代理系主任, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba
• 2008.7 - 2008.12, 2009.7 - 2010.12, 2011.7 - 2011.12, 2017.7 - 2018.6, Associate Head 副系主任, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba
• 1998.9 - 2000.7, Consultant, Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation
• 1995.9 - 1998.4, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta
• 1984.7 - 1986.12, Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Hunan Normal University, P. R. China　湖南师范大学助教

• C. Saha, C. R. Figley , B. Lithgow, P. B. Fitzgerald, L. Koski, B. Mansouri, N. Anssari, X. Wang and Z. Moussavi (2024) Can brain volume-driven characteristic features predict the response of Alzheimer’s patients to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation? A pilot study Brain Sciences 14(3):226. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14030226.
• Z. Moussavi, M. Uehara, G. Rutherford, B. Lithgow, C. Millikin, X. Wang, C. Saha, B. Mansouri, C. Omelan, L. Fellows, P.B. Fitzgerald and L. Koski (2024) Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Neurotherapeutics 21(3):e00331. doi: 10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00331.
• Y. Yi and X. Wang (2023) A Markov decision process for response adaptive designs. Econometrics and Statistics 25: 125-133.
• W. Zhang, X. Wang, S. Muthukumarana and P. Yang (2023) A continual reassessment method without undue risk of toxicity. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 52: 1179-1191.
• D. Barr, R. Clifton, R. Renaud and X. Wang (2023) An Analysis of the Relationship Between High School Pre-Calculus and University Calculus Grades. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 54, 1229-1256.
• H. Yu, Y. Zhang and X. Wang (2023) Minimization of Ruin Probability with Joint Strategies of Investment and Reinsurance. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods 52: 5451-5469.
• Z. Moussavi, L. Koski, P.B. Fitzgerald, C. Millikin, B. Lithgow, M. Jafari-Jozani and X. Wang (2021) Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Improving Cognition in Alzheimer Disease: Protocol for an Interim Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research Research Protocols (JMIR Research Protocols) 10(8):e31183. doi: 10.2196/31183
• Z. Moussavi, G. Rutherford, B. Lithgow, C. Millikin, M. Modirrousta, B. Mansouri, X. Wang, C. Omelan, L.K. Fellows, P.B. Fitzgerald and L. Koski (2021) Repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation for improving cognition in patients with Alzheimer Disease: protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Research Protocols 10(1):e25144. doi: 10.2196/25144.
• W. Zhang, X. Wang and P. Yang (2021) A new design of the continual reassessment method. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 50: 2015-2024.
• X. Wang, Y. Liang and L. Porth (2019) A Bayesian two-armed bandit model. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry 35:624-636.
• Z. Moussavi, A. Suleiman, G. Rutherford, O.R. Pooya, Z. Dastgheib, W. Zhang, J. Salter, X. Wang, B. Mansouri and B. Lithgow (2019) A Pilot Randomised Double-Blind Study of the Tolerability and efficacy of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Persistent Post-Concussion Syndrome. Scientific Reports 9:5498
• L. Kelly, Mi. Dyson, N. Butcher, R. Balshaw, A. London, C. Neilson, A. Junker, S. Mahmud, S. Driedger, X. Wang (2018) Considerations for adaptive design in pediatric clinical trials: study protocol for a systematic review, mixed-methods study and integrated knowledge translation plan. Trials 19:572
• K. Kimura, J. Reichert, O. Pouya, A. Byagowi, X. Wang, D. Kelly and Z. Moussavi (2018) Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for route reversal learning. OBM Geriatrics 2, doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.1803xxx
• Chun Cai and Xikui Wang (2018) Data perturbation analysis of the support vector classifier dual model. Journal of Software Engineering and Applications 11: 459-466
• K. Kimura, J.F. Reichert, A. Olson, O.R. Pouya, X. Wang, Z. Moussavi and D.M. Kelly (2017) Orientation in virtual reality does not fully measure up to the real-world. Scientific Reports 7:18109
• K. Yan, X. Xu, X. Liu, X. Wang, S. Hua, C. Wang, and X. Liu (2015) The associations between maternal factors during pregnancy and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a meta-analysis Pediatr. Blood Cancer 62: 1162-1170
• Y. Yi and X. Wang (2015). Statistical inference following response‐adaptive randomization. Modern Adaptive Randomized Clinical Trials: Statistical, Operational, and Regulatory Aspects (Ed. O. Sverdlov) Chapter 11, CRC Biostatistics Series.
• X. Wang (2014). Bandit processes and response adaptive clinical trials: the art of exploration versus exploitation. Methods and Applications of Statistics in Clinical Trials, Volume 2: Planning, Analysis, and Inferential Methods (Ed. N. Balakrishnan) Chapter 4, Wiley.
• Y. Hua and X. Wang (2014). Portfolio selection with a hidden Markov model. Qual. Technol. Quant. Manag. 11: 167-174
• Y. Liang, X. Wang and Y. Yi (2013). One-armed bandit processes with a covariate. Ann. Inst. Stat. Math. 65: 993-1006.
• X. Li and X. Wang (2013). Response adaptive designs with misclassified responses. Comm. Statist. Theory Methods 42: 2071-2083.
• X. Li and X. Wang (2012). Variance-penalized response-adaptive randomization with mismeasurement. J. Statist. Plann. Inference 142: 2128-2135.
• A. Blanchard, X. Wang, H. El-Gabalawy, Q. Tan, P. Orr, B. Elias, P. Rawsthorne, D. Hart, S. Chubey and C. N. Bernstein (2012). Oral health in a First Nations and a non-Aboriginal population in Manitoba. Int. J. Circumpolar Health 71: 17394 - DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.17394.
• D. Tolusso and X. Wang (2012). Some properties of the randomized play the winner rule. J. Stat. Theory Appl. 11: 1-8.
• Y. Yi and X. Wang (2011). Comparison of Wald, score, and likelihood ratio tests for response adaptive designs. J. Stat. Theory Appl. 10: 553-569
• D. Tolusso and X. Wang (2011). Interval estimation for response adaptive clinical trials. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. 55: 725-730
• X. Wang, Q. Tan and M. Bickis (2011). Clinical trials with exponential survival times. Comm. Statist. Theory Methods 40: 1510-1524.
• X. Wang and Y. Wang (2010). Optimal investment and consumption with stochastic dividends. Appl. Stoch. Models Bus. Ind. 26: 792-808
• Q. Tan, E. Bohm, L. Loucks and X. Wang (2010). Lifetime data analysis of waiting time to healthcare in Canada. Adv. Appl. Stat. Sci. 2: 89-100
• Y. Yi and X. Wang (2009). Response adaptive designs with a variance-penalized criterion. Biom. J. 51:763-773.
• X. Wang and Y. Yi (2009). An optimal investment and consumption model with stochastic returns. Appl. Stoch. Models Bus. Ind. 25:45-55
• Y. Yi and X. Wang (2008). Asymptotically efficient estimation in response adaptive trials. J. Statist. Plann. Inference 138:2899-2905
• Y. Yi, X. Wang and K. Liao (2007). Optimal portfolio with nonparametric learning. Far East J. Theor. Stat. 23:119-132
• A. Lipson, W.M. Fallis, X. Wang and Y. Yi (2007). Are patients with hyperlipidemia undertreated? Study of patients admitted to hospital with coronary events. Can. Fam. Physician 53:1502-1507
• X. Wang, J.S. Pai and K.J. Shand (2007). A semi-Markov model of disease recurrence in insured dogs. Appl. Stoch. Models Bus. Ind. 23:429-437
• X. Wang (2007). Stochastic order and bandit processes with survival time responses. Adv. Appl. Stat. 7:245-254
• Y. Yi and X. Wang (2007). Statistical inference of adaptive designs with binary responses. Comm. Statist. Theory Methods 36:1643-1653
• X. Wang (2007). Dynamic pricing with a Poisson bandit model. Sequential Anal. 26:355-365
• Y. Yi and X. Wang (2007). Goodness-of-fit test for response adaptive designs. Statist. Probab. Lett. 77:1014-1020
• W.M. Fallis, K. Hamelin, X. Wang and J. Symonds (2006). A multi-method approach to evaluate chemical dot thermometers for oral temperature measurement. J. Nurs. Meas. 14:151-162
• J.S. Pai, K.J. Shand and X. Wang (2006). Compound Poisson model with covariates: a case study on pet insurance. N. Am. Actuar. J. 10:219-234
• W.M. Fallis, K. Hamelin, J. Symonds and X. Wang (2006). Maternal and newborn outcomes related to maternal warming during Cesarean section delivery. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Neonatal Nurs. 35:324-331
• Xikui Wang and Mik Bickis, One-armed Bandit Models with Continuous and Delayed Responses, Math. Methods Oper. Res. 58 (2) 209 - 219 (2003).
• Jawaid Younus, Ian Simpson, Alison Collins and Xikui Wang, Mind Control of Menopause, Women's Health Issues 13, 74-78 (2003).
• Xikui Wang, Asymptotic Properties of Bandit Processes with Geometric Responses, Statist. Probab. Lett. 60, 211-217 (2002).
• Xikui Wang, Monotonic Approximation of the Gittins Index, Markov Processes and Controlled Markov Chains, (Edited by Zhenting Hou, Jerzy A. Filar, and Anyue Chen), Chapter 22, 363-367 (2002).
• Xikui Wang, Bandit Processes and Applications, Math. Econ. 18, 39-48 (2001).
• Xikui Wang and Daryl Pullman, Play-the-winner Rule and Adaptive Designs of Clinical Trials, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences 27 (4), 229 - 236 (2001).
• Daryl Pullman and Xikui Wang, Adaptive Designs, Informed Consent, and the Ethics of Research, Controlled Clinical Trials 22 (3), 203 - 210 (2001).
• Xikui Wang, Convergence Rate of Conditional Expectations, Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae (formerly Mathematica Japonica) 53 (1), 83 - 87 (2001).
• Xikui Wang, A Bandit Process with Delayed Responses, Statistics and Probability Letters 48, 303-307 (2000).
• Shou-Ching Tang, Nadine Shaheta, Garry Chernenko, Mohmoud Khalifa, and Xikui Wang, Expression of BAG-1 in Invasive Breast Carcinomas, Journal of Clinical Oncology 17 (6), 1710-1719 (1999).
• Xikui Wang, Completeness of the Set of Sub-sigma-algebras, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences 16 (3), 511-514 (1993).
• Keith F. Taylor and Xikui Wang, A Metric Space Associated with a Probability Space, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences 16 (2), 277-282 (1993).
• Xikui Wang, A Remark on Finite Horizon Markov Decision Processes, Mathematics in Economics 5, 76-80 (1988).

• 2024: Invited Talk at Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting in St. John's, Canada
• 2023: Invited talk at 64th World Statistics Congress in Ottawa, Canada
• 2022: Invited talk at ICSA – Canada Chapter 2022 Symposium in Banff, Canada
• 2021: No conference attendance due to COVID-19
• 2020: No conference attendance due to COVID-19
• 2019: Invited Talk at Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting in Calgary, Canada
• 2018: Invited Talk at the 2nd International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics, Hong Hong, China
• 2018: Keynote Talk at Statistics and Data Science Workshop, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
• 2018: Invited Talk at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
• 2018: Invited talk at the ICSA-China Conference, Qingdao, China
• 2017: Invited talk at the ICSA-Canada Chapter Symposium, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• 2016: Invited talk at IWAP 2016, Toronto, Canada
• 2016: Invited talk at AMS Regional Conference, Fargo, USA
• 2015: Invited talk at ICSA Canada Chapter Symposium, Calgary, Canada
• 2014: Invited talk at the third joint biostatistics Symposium, Chengdu, China
• 2013: Invited talk at the ICSA-Canada Chapter Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2012: Invited talk at the Workshop on Probability and Statistics in Finance, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• 2011: Invited talk at Third International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies, Stanford University, USA
• 2011: Plenary talk at Fourth International Institute of Statistics and Management Engineering Symposium, Dalian, China
• 2011: Invited seminar at Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Canada
• 2010: Invited talk at Biostatistics and Epidemiology - Statistical Modelling of Environmental and Health Data, Fredericton, Canada
• 2010: Invited Colloquium at DePaul University, Chicago, United States of America
• 2009: Plenary speaker at International Institute of Applied Statistics Studies in Qingdao, China
• 2009: Invited talk at Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada
• 2008: Invited talk at International Conference on Financial Statistics and Financial Econometrics, Chengdu, China
• 2007: Invited talk at Canadian Mathematics Society Winter Meeting

• I am curently seeking qualified PhD students

• Yuhang Ou (M.Sc., 2022.9 - )
• Jiali Wang (M.Sc., 2022.9 - )

• Yu Zhang (Ph.D. 2013.1 - 2020.08) China Academy of Building Research
• Han Yu (Ph.D., 2013.9 - 2020.08) Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Toronto, Canada)
• You Liang (Ph.D. 2009.9 - 2015.08, joint supervision with Dr. Y. Yi) Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Toronto Metropolitan University
• Qier Tan (Ph.D. 2008.9 - 2012.07) Data Management Analyst and Data Acquisition Officer, MCHP, University of Manitoba
• Xuan Li (Ph.D. 2007.1 - 2012.5) Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA. Recently moved to the industry.
• Yanqing Yi (Ph.D. 2004.9 - 2008.5) Full Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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