Huang, Y*, L. Zhao, and W. B. Powell, I. O. Ryzhov. Optimal learning for urban delivery fleet allocation. Transportation Science, to appear.
Huang, Y.*, M. Savelsbergh, and L. Zhao. 2018. Business-to-consumer e-commerce: home delivery in high density urban areas, Transportation Research Part B, 115 95-125.
Sever, D.**, L. Zhao, N. Dellaert, E. Demir, T. Van Woensel, and T. De Kok. 2018. The dynamic shortest path problem with time-dependent stochastic disruptions. Transportation Research Part C, 92 42-57.
Wan, Y.*, Y. Huang*, L. Zhao, T. Deng, and J.C. Fransoo. 2018. Demand estimation under multi-store multi-product substitution in high density traditional retail, European Journal of Operational Research, 266 99-111.
Huang, Y.*, L. Zhao, and T. Van Woensel. 2017. Time-dependent vehicle routing problem with path flexibility, Transportation Research Part B, 95 169-195.
Guo, S.*, L. Zhao, and X. Xu. 2016. Impact of supply risks on procurement decisions, Annals of Operations Research, 241 411-430.
Tong, Y.*, L. Zhao, L. Li, and Y. Zhang. 2015. Stochastic programming model for oversaturated intersection signal timing, Transportation Research Part C, 58 474-486.
Zhou, X., K. Wang, and L. Zhao. 2014. Variable-selection-based epidemic disease diagnosis, Communications in Statistics—Simulation and Computation, 43 1595-1610.
Fang, J.*, L. Zhao, J. C. Fransoo, and T. Van Woensel. 2012. Sourcing strategies in supply risk management: an approximate dynamic programming approach, Computers & Operations Research, 40 1371-1382.
He, M.*, L. Zhao, and W. B. Powell. 2012. An approximate dynamic programming algorithm for optimal dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. European Journal of Operational Research, 222 328-340.
Zhao, L., F. R. Langendoen*, and J. C. Fransoo. 2012. Supply management of high-value components with a credit constraint. Flexible Services and Manufacturing, 24 100-118.
Higle, J. L. and L. Zhao. 2012. Adaptive and nonadaptive approaches to statistically based methods for solving stochastic linear programs: a computational investigation, Computational Optimization and Applications, 51(2) 509-532.
Zhao, L., X. Peng, L. Li, and Z. Li. 2011. A fast signal timing algorithm for individual oversaturated intersections. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 12(1) 280-283.
Zhou, Y., L. Zhao, X. Zhao, and J. Jiang. 2011. A supplier selection and order allocation problem with stochastic demands. International Journal of Systems Science, 42(8) 1323-1338.
He, M.*, L. Zhao, and W. B. Powell. 2010. Optimal control of dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. Annals of Operations Research, 178 223-245.
Dispatching algorithms in LNG logistics (11/2017 – present). Collaborator: Shandong Optimization and Logistics Co. Team: L. Zhao (PI), M. Shen, L. Li, and C. Zhu.
System engineering education and training (2015 – present). Collaborator: Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC-IT). Team: C. Wang (PI), L. Li, and L. Zhao.
Decision methodologies on retail supermarket store location (06/2015 – 11/2015). Collaborator: Beijing Hualian Hypermarket Co., Ltd. Team: L. Zhao (PI) and C. Wang (Co-PI).
Planning in pre-production logistics at Changan Automotive (04/2014 – 07/2014). Collaborator: Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co. Ltd. (SinoAir), Hebei Branch. Team: L. Zhao (PI) and Y. Cheng (Co-PI).
Crude oil procurement optimization and decision system (02/2012 – 10/2012). Collaborator: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp), Qilu Company, China. Team: L. Zheng (PI), S. Huang (PI), L. Zhao (Co-PI), L. Li (Co-PI).
Logistic planning in tobacco industry, Guangdong province (03/2011 – 09/2011). Collaborator: COSCONET (Beijing) Co. Ltd. Team: L. Zhao (PI) andM. Yu (Co-PI).
Logistic planning in tobacco industry, Yunnan & Hunan provinces (03/2011 – 06/2011). Collaborator: COSCONET (Beijing) Co. Ltd. Team: M. Yu (PI), L. Zhao (Co-PI).
Development of optimization solver for constrained traveling salesman and vehicle routing problems (07/2010 – 02/2011). Collaborator: Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co., Japan. Team: L. Zhao (PI), M. Yu, and C. Zhu.
Dynamic inventory management (07/2009 – 01/2010). Collaborator: General Mills Operations, LLC, USA. Team: L. Zhao (PI) and X. Zhao.
Production plan modifying system: supply chain disruption management (09/2008 – 03/2009). Collaborator: Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co., Japan. Team: L. Zhao (PI) and X. Zhao
Carbon emission evaluation indicator system and decision support system for the China Railways (01/2010 – 12/2010). Collaborator: IBM China Research Laboratory. Team: M. Yu (PI) and L. Zhao.
Workforce management and planning (01/2010 – 12/2010). Collaborator: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp), Maoming Company. Team: L. Li (PI) and L. Zhao.
A simulation study on supply chain visibility in ocean container transportation (08/2008 – 06/2009). Collaborator: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands. Team: M. Yu (PI) and L. Zhao.
Automatic routing of piping layout. Collaborator: Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co., Japan.
Various research topics at the TOpS Lab of Tsinghua University, presentation at the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 1, 2017.
Optimal information collection in urban delivery resource allocation, presentation at the MS/OM Workshop on the Future of Stochastic Simulation, organized by Shanghai Jiaotong University, June 30-31, 2017, Shanghai, China.
Approximate dynamic programming: value function approximation (tutorial) & Time-dependent vehicle routing with path flexibility (seminar), International Conference on Big Data-Driven Healthcare Operations and Logistics Management. May 8-12, 2016, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Decision methodologies on retail supermarket store location & Nanostores in megacities in China, presentations at the 3rd meeting of The Consortium for Operational Excellence in Retailing––Greater China” (COER GC). December 11, 2015, Shanghai, China.
Freight transportation in mega-cities in emerging economy, presentation at the International Workshop on Global Challenges in Smart Logistics, organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Netherlands. November 13, 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Approximate dynamic programming algorithms for optimal dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, seminar at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, November 17, 2011.
Urban freight transportation: uncertainty, information value, and dynamics, presentation at the NWO-NSFC Workshop on Application of Operations Research in Urban Transport, September 26, 2011, Delft, Netherlands.
An introduction to approximate dynamic programming, seminar at the OPAC Group, School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), September 4, 2009.
Devoted to better health care in China, seminars at the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), February 15, 2008, Chicago, IL, USA & the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Purdue University, February 29, 2008.
Workload balance in last-mile delivery in mega-cities, INFORMS TSL Workshop, January 2018, Hong Kong, China.
Coordinated delivery to nanostores in megacities, INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2017, Houston, TX, USA.
Coordinated delivery to nanostores in megacities, INFORMS TSL Conference, July 2017, Chicago, IL, USA.
Study on coordinated delivery to nanostores in megacities (by R. Song), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2016, Nashville, TN, USA.
Optimal information collection In urban delivery resource allocation (by Y. Huang), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2016, Nashville, TN, USA.
Optimal information collection in the vehicle allocation problem, INFORMS TSL Workshop, June 2016, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Optimal information collection in the vehicle allocation problem, INFORMS Optimization Society Conference, March 2016, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Optimal information collection in the vehicle allocation problem in mega-cities (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2015, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Time-dependent pollution routing problem with path flexibility in mega-city logistics, INFORMS TSL Workshop, July 2015, Berlin, Germany.
Time-dependent pollution routing problem with path flexibility in mega-city logistics (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Time-dependent pollution routing problem with path flexibility in mega-city logistics, INFORMS TSL Workshop, June 2014, Chicago, IL, USA.
Study on coordinated delivery to nanostores, POMS Annual Conference, May 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Environmental and economic concerns in time-dependent vehicle routing (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2013, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Dynamic routing in the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2011, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Urban freight transportation: uncertainty, information value, and dynamics, NWO-NSFC Workshop on Application of Operations Research in Urban Transport, September 2011, Delft, Netherlands.
Supply risk management using approximate dynamic programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2010, Austin, TX, USA.
Applying approximate dynamic programming in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2010, Austin, TX, USA.
The impact of supply risks on procurement decisions (by S. Guo*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.
Optimal control of dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (by M. He*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2008, Washington, DC, USA.
Optimal control of dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, the 34rd International Conference on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS), July 2008, Toronto, Canada.
Preliminary exploration on health care services in China, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2007, Seattle, WA, USA.
A study on clinical decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (by M. He*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2007, Seattle, WA, USA.
The impact of clinical decisions in in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer, the 33rd International Conference on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS), July 2007, Saint-Etienne, France.
Solving transshipment problems: stochastic decomposition vs. simulation optimization, MSOM 2007 Conference, June 2007, Beijing, China.
A supplier selection-order allocation problem with stochastic demands, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2006, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Bound-based solution validation in multistage stochastic linear programs, 1st IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, August 2005, Beijing, China, and INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Solution validation in multistage stochastic linear programs, and INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2004, Denver, CO, USA.
Solution validation in multistage stochastic linear programs, 10th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, October 2004, Tucson, AZ, USA
Comparative study of statistically motivated algorithms, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2002, San Jose, CA, USA.
Award on Excellence in Teaching of the Year 2016, Tsinghua University, 2017 (100 awardees out of 3000+ faculty members university-wide).
Outstanding Overall Performance Award (university-level), Department of Industrial Engineering Tsinghua University, 2013.
Outstanding Overall Performance Award (department-level), Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2017, 2016, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008.
Outstanding Research Award, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2017, 2011, 2010.
Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Spring 2016 (Operations Research 3), Fall 2011 (International Logistics), Fall 2008 (International Logistics), Spring 2008 (Logistics Network Planning).
International Research Collaboration Award, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2015.
Academic Advisor Award, second prize, Tsinghua University, 2010 & 2011.
SRT (Student Research Training) Advisor Award, the 28th Challenge Cup, Tsinghua University, 2010.
Demo course of bilingual teaching (双语教学示范课): Operations Research series (team award), Ministry of Education, 2010.
Teaching Competition Award (Sci. & Eng.), second prize, Tsinghua University, 2008.
IIE Innovations in Curriculum Award, first place (team award), The First Annual Innovations in Curriculum Competition, 2007 (served as the presenter in the final competition).