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Xi Chen's CV

Personal Information

• Address: CAB 632, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G1, CANADA
• Phone number: (O) (780) 492-1704 (H) (780) 908-0966
• Email: xichen@math.ualberta.ca

Education

1992-1997

Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. AM in Mathematics, May 1995. PhD in Mathematics, May 1997. Thesis advisor: Joseph Harris.

1990-1992

University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri. Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, May 1992. Major in Applied Math.

1988-1990

Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Publications:

Refereed journal publications:

1. X. Chen and J. D. Lewis, Real Regulators on Self-Products of $K3$ Surfaces, Journal of Algebraic Geometry 20 (2011), 101-125.
2. X. Chen, J. D. Lewis and M. Kerr, The Sheaf of Nonvanishing Meromorphic Functions in the Projective Algebraic Case is not Acyclic, Comptes Rendus Mathematique, Vol. 348 (2010), 291-293.
3. X. Chen, On Vojta's $1+\varepsilon$ Conjecture, to appear in Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 2008.
4. X. Chen and J. D. Lewis, Noether-Lefschetz For $K_1$ of a Certain Class of Surfaces, Bol. Soc. Mat. Mexicana (3) Vol. 10, Special issue, 2004.
5. X. Chen and J. D. Lewis, The Hodge-${\cal D}$-Conjecture For K3 and Abelian Surfaces, Journal of Algebraic Geometry 14 (2005), 213-240.
6. X. Chen, On Algebraic Hyperbolicity of Log Varieties, Comm. Contemp. Math, Vol. 6, No. 4 (2004), 513-559.
7. X. Chen, A simple proof that rational curves on K3 are nodal, Math. Ann. 324 (2002), no. 1, 71-104.
8. X. Chen, Some Remarks on the Severi Varieties of Surfaces in ${\mathbb{P}}^3$, Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 26 (2001), no. 1, 1-5. Article.
9. X. Chen, On the intersection of two plane curves, Math. Res. Lett. 7 (2000), no. 5-6, 631-641.
10. X. Chen, Rational curves on K3 surfaces, Journal of Algebraic Geometry 8 (1999), 245-278.
11. X. Chen, Unirationality of Fano varieties, Duke Math J. 90 (1) (1997), 63-71.
12. X. Chen, The shooting method for solving eigenvalue problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 203 (1996), 435-450.

Refereed conference publications:

1. X. Chen and J. D. Lewis, The Real Regulator for a Self-product of a General Surface, The Geometry of Algebraic Cycles, Clay Mathematics Proceedings, Vol. 9 (2010).
2. X. Chen and J. D. Lewis, The Real Regulator for a Product of $K3$ Surfaces, BIRS Calabi-Yau Proceedings.
3. D. Zhang, X. Chen and W. S. Lee, Text Classification with Kernels on the Multinomial Manifold, SIGIR 2005 Proceedings.

Experience

Sept 2006-present

Associate Professor, University of Alberta

Sept 2002-2006

Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Sept 2001-2002

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

Sept 1999-Sept 2001

Ky Fan Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

Sept 1997-Sept 1999

Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Grant Awards

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant, 2008-2012, 12,000 CND per year
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant, 2003-2007, 14,500 CND per year
• University of Alberta Startup Grant, 2002-2005, 50,000 CND total

Honor

1. Putnam fellow (top five) in the 52nd William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, 1991
2. Outstanding Graduating Senior in Mathematics, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1992
3. Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award, 1992
4. Gold Medal Winner in the 29th International Mathetical Olympiad, Australia, 1988