Xi Shao

Xi Shao received his Ph.D. degree in Astronomy (Major: Space Plasma Physics) in 2001 and an M.S. degree (Major: Microelectronics) in Electrical Engineering in 2004, both from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. Shao has authored/co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He is experienced in computational modeling and received a Research Associate Fellowship from the National Research Council, 2002-2005, and worked at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA. Dr. Shao worked on space (satellite) environment analysis and modeling, web-based data query system development, RF wireless transceiver, and sensor network design.

He has extensive experience in developing numerical Partial–Differential-Equation (PDE) solvers. He developed and maintained the Magnetospheric State Query System (MSQS), currently being used by the space science community through web services hosted at the Space Physics Data Facility (PDF). He is currently extending his experience to algorithm and software development in financial modeling where he is central to the development of the proprietary artificial intelligence investment algorithms underlying the ForzaTek product line.