Education

• Northwestern University
  • Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, 2004
  • M.S., Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, 2002
• University of Cincinnati
  • M.S., Applied Mathematics, 2001
• Tsinghua University
  • B.S., Automotive Engineering, 1999
  • B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1999

Employment

• Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Professor (2024 - present)


• Department of Management Science, School of Management & School of Data Science, Fudan University
  • Fudan Distinguished Professor (2018-2024)
  • Hongyi Chair Professor, School of Management (2018-2024)


• Department of Economic and Finance & Department of Management Sciences, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong
  • Chair Professor of Management Sciences (2014 - 2017)
  • Endowed Chair Professor of Management Sciences (2017-2018)


• Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Professor (2011-2014), Associate Professor (2009-2011), Assistant Professor (2004-2009)
  • Director (2013-2014), MSc. Program in Engineering Enterprise Management
  • Director (2011-2014), Financial Engineering Laboratory
  • Associate Director (2010-2014), Logistics and Supply Chain Management Institute

Research Interests

• Stochastic simulation and stochastic optimization
• Data analytics, maching learning and business appliations
• Financial analytics and financial risk management

Editorial Service

• Management Science, Associate Editor (2018 - present)
• ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, Associate Editor (2007 - present)
• Operations Research, Area Editor (2018 - 2023)
• Operations Research, Associate Editor (2008 - 2017)
• Naval Research Logistics, Associate Editor (2006 - 2017)