<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Job Market | Yao Ji</title><link>https://yaoji-academic.com/tags/job-market/</link><atom:link href="https://yaoji-academic.com/tags/job-market/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Job Market</description><generator>HugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://yaoji-academic.com/media/icon.svg</url><title>Job Market</title><link>https://yaoji-academic.com/tags/job-market/</link></image><item><title>Presenting in the INFORMS 2026 Job Market Showcase</title><link>https://yaoji-academic.com/blog/informs-2026-job-market-showcase/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://yaoji-academic.com/blog/informs-2026-job-market-showcase/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I will present &lt;em&gt;
&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;Stochastic and Decentralized Optimization&lt;/em&gt; Job Market Showcase session at the 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The talk is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, at Moscone Center South, Room 206 (Level 2), San Francisco.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Fall 2026 academic job market</title><link>https://yaoji-academic.com/blog/job-market-2026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://yaoji-academic.com/blog/job-market-2026/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Seeking a faculty position in operations research, starting &lt;strong&gt;Fall 2026&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My work is on the design and analysis of optimization methods, particularly for
stochastic problems, drawing on a strong background in probability and
stochastic processes. Recent directions include parameter-free and higher-order
methods, stochastic variational inequalities, distributed optimization, and
reinforcement learning with applications in healthcare.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would be delighted to connect regarding opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;
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