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Fang Xu

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Senior Staff Data Scientist at Waymo
📍 United States

Fang Xu is a Senior Staff Data Scientist at Waymo, focusing on safety evaluation for self-driving vehicles. His expertise in predictive modeling and data science was honed during his time at Googles Trust & Safety team and at Berkeley Lab researching energy efficiency. He holds a PhD from Northwestern University.

His academic research focused on complex consumer choice modeling, particularly regarding vehicle purchasing decisions and the market penetration of alternative fuel vehicles. He has co-authored several publications on the subject, applying data to understand user preferences and context.

His PhD research involved creating a rating-based method for modeling consumer preferences for complex engineering systems like automobiles.

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Senior Staff Data Scientist
Location
United States
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Autonomous Vehicle Safety
His current senior role at Waymo is centered on the safety evaluation for self-driving cars and trucks, making it his primary professional focus.
Trust & Safety
He previously led a data science team at Google focused on combating account takeovers, spam, and disinformation through quantitative analytics.
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Senior Staff Data Scientist
Waymo
Senior Data Scientist
Google
2-2012 - 6-2016
Senior Scientific Engineering Associate
Berkeley Lab
8-2007 - 1-2012
Research Assistant
Northwestern University
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Education
3-2021 - 3-2025
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
United International University
2007 - 2012
PhD
Northwestern University
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