{"id":46657,"date":"2026-05-13T14:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/?post_type=person&#038;p=46657"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:43:42","slug":"xfang8","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/people\/xfang8\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaolei Fang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fang&#8217;s research interests lie in industrial data analytics for High-Dimensional and Big Data applications in the energy, manufacturing and service sectors. 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