Xiao Zhang

Xiao Zhang

Data Scientist LMTS, DnR Data Science

Xiao Zhang is a lead data scientist on Salesforce’s DnR Data Science team. She is passionate about building data-driven solutions to improve threat detection capability and accuracy using statistical models and machine learning. She has worked on account takeover and abuse detections, user behavior analysis and alert correlation. Xiao got her PhD from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has published more than 30 high-impact articles with over 1,000 citations. She is also committed to promoting diversity in tech and has served as chair and mentor on multiple conferences like Grace Hopper Celebration, Women in Machine Learning, and more.