• Computational stochastic optimization

• Supply chain risk management

• Logistics and transportation management

• City logistics/urban delivery

• Omni-channel logistics

• Clinical decision making

Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, the University of Arizona, USA, 2005

Doctor of Philosophy in Systems and Industrial Engineering

Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, the University of Arizona, USA, 2001

Master of Science in Systems Engineering

Department of Thermal Energy Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 1995

Master of Science in Engineering Thermo-Physics

Department of CIVIL Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 1992

Bachelor of Science in Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Professor (06/2023 – present)

Associate Professor (12/2010 – 06/2023)

Assistant Professor (01/2006 – 11/2010)

Associate Department Chair for Education (07/2019 – 01/2024)

Director, Institute of Operations Research and Statistics (03/2010 – 08/2017)

Director, Operations and Services (TOpS) Research Laboratory (12/2007 – present)

Director, Health Care Services Research Laboratory (12/2007 – 12/2010)

Note： *student supervised by me; name with underline indicates the corresponding author

Journal Papers

1.Wang, Y.*, L. Zhao, M. Savelsbergh, S. Wu. 2022. Multi-period workload balancing in last-mile urban delivery. Transportation Science, 56(5) 1348-1368.

2.Luo, X.*, L. Li, L. Zhao, J. Lin. 2022. Dynamic intra-cell repositioning in free-floating bike-sharing systems using approximate dynamic programming. Transportation Science, 56(4) 799-826.

3.Song, R.*, H.C. Lau, X. Luo*, L. Zhao. 2022. Coordinated delivery to shopping malls with limited docking capacity. Transportation Science, 56(2) 501-527.

4.Ge, J., D. Honhon, J.C. Fransoo, L. Zhao, 2020. Supplying to mom and pop: Traditional retail channel selection in megacities. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 23(1) 19-35.

5.Ge, J., D. Honhon, J.C. Fransoo, L. Zhao, 2020. Manufacturer competition in the nanostore retail channel. European Journal of Operational Research, 286 360-374.

6.Song, R.*, L. Zhao, T. Van Woensel, J.C. Fransoo, 2019. Coordinated delivery in urban retail. Transportation Research Part E, 126 122-148.

7.Chen, Q.*, L. Zhao, J.C. Fransoo, Z. Li*. 2019. Dual-mode inventory management under a chance credit constraint. OR Spectrum, 41 147-178.

8.Huang, Y.*, L. Zhao, W.B. Powell, Y. Tong*, I.O. Ryzhov. 2019. Optimal learning for urban delivery fleet allocation. Transportation Science, 53(3) 623-641.

9.Huang, Y.*, M. Savelsbergh, L. Zhao. 2018. Designing logistics for home delivery in densely populated urban areas. Transportation Research Part B, 115 95-125.

10.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.

11.Wan, M.*, Y. Huang*, L. Zhao, T. Deng, 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.

12.Huang, Y.*, L. Zhao, T. Van Woensel. 2017. Time-dependent vehicle routing problem with path flexibility. Transportation Research Part B, 95 169-195.

13.Guo, S.*, L. Zhao, and X. Xu. 2016. Impact of supply risks on procurement decisions. Annals of Operations Research, 241 411-430.

14.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.

15.Zhou, X., K. Wang, and L. Zhao. 2014. Variable-selection-based epidemic disease diagnosis. Communications in Statistics—Simulation and Computation, 43 1595-1610.

16.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.

17.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.

18.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.

19.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.

20.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.

21.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.

22.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.

Book Chapters

1.Fransoo, J.C., L. Zhao, and J.L. Martinelli. 2019. Omnichannel and Traditional Retail: platforms to seamlessly connect retail, service, and delivery. In: Operations in an Omnichannel World, Ed. By S. Gallino and A. Moreno.

2.Huang, Y.*, R. Song*, L. Zhao, and J.C. Fransoo. 2015. Beijing: Where Future Meets History. In: Reaching 50 Million Nanostores, Ed. by E.E. Blanco and J.C. Fransoo. Accepted.

3.Huang, Y.*, L. Zhao, and S. Huang. 2015. Optimizing the oil production. In: Manufacturing Productivity in China, Ed. by L. Zheng and S. Huang. Accepted. In English & Chinese.

Conference Proceedings

1.Shao, Y.*, W. Zou*, L. Zhao, Y. Wang, M. Yu, and J. C. Fransoo. 2012. Understanding small retail stores in Chinese cities. Proceedings of the 4^th World Conference P&OM. Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 1-5, 2012.

2.Huang, Y.*, C. Shi*, L. Zhao, and T. Van Woensel. 2012. A Study on carbon reduction in the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickups and deliveries. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (IEEE SOLI). Suzhou, China, July 8-10, 2012. (Best Student Paper Award)

3.Li, R.*, A. Veenstra, M. Yu, L. Zhao, R. Zuidwijk. 2010. Information exchange in global logistics chains. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (IEEE SOLI). Qingdao, China, July 8-10, 2010.

4.Zhao, L. and S. Sen. 2006. A comparison of sample-path-based simulation-optimization and stochastic decomposition for multi-location transshipment problems, Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), Monterey, CA, USA, December 3-6, 2006.

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

1.Sustainable operations in urban logistics (05/2023 – 05/2026)

Jointly found by NSFC and JPI UE

NSFC: L. Zhao (PI), C. Wang, & S. Huang (Tsinghua), Z. Guo & L. Luo (Sichuan U), Z. Mao (Tianjin U)

Europe: J.C. Fransoo (PI, Tilburg, Netherlands), W. Klibi (Kedge Business School, France)

2.Optimization and learning of urban delivery in mega-cities under omni-channel retailing (01/2018 – 12/2021)

L. Zhao (PI), C. Wang, and S. Huang

3.Traditional retail channel logistics in megacities (01/2013 – 12/2016)

Jointly funded by NSFC and NWO

NSFC: L. Zhao (PI), Q. Tan (Tianjin University), C. Wang, T. Deng

NOW: J.C. Fransoo (PI, TU/e, Netherlands), T. Van Woensel (TU/e), D. Honhon (UT Dallas, USA)

4.Behavioral supply chain management (01/2011 – 12/2014)

X. Zhao (PI), J. Xie, P. Rao, H. Huang and L. Zhao

5.Building resilience against supply risks in supply chain management: a stochastic programming approach (01/2008 – 12/2010)

L. Zhao (PI), L. Li, and H. Lin

6.Methods of logistics services and operations policies (01/2006 – 12/2009)

L. Liu (PI), X. Zhao, J. Xie, F. Li, R. Yu, and L. Zhao

Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

1.Behavior-driven and supply-demand coordination-based service innovation methodology framework and applications (10/2016 – 10/2019)

L. Zhao (PI), C. Wang (Co-PI), L. Ma, J. Jia, K. Rong

2.Top-level design study and implementations of systems engineering methodologies in enterprise applications (10/2014 – 09/2016)

L. Zheng (PI), L. Li (Co-PI), C. Wang, M. Yu, L. Zhao, D. Liu, H. Cao

Industry Collaborations

1.Customer and courier satisfaction in food delivery (09/2021 – present)

With Meituan.

L. Zhao (PI)

2.Stochastic optimization methods under high-dimensional uncertainty (04/2021 – present)

With Alibaba.

L. Zhao (PI)

3.AGV dispatching algorithm design in an order fulfillment center (07/2020 – 06/2022)

With Huawei.

L. Zhao (PI)

4.Tobacco supply chain (11/2018 – 03/2020)

With COSCONET and China Tobacco (Yunnan).

L. Zhao (PI)

5.Decision methodologies on retail supermarket store location (06/2015 – 11/2015)

With Beijing Hualian Hypermarket Co., Ltd.

L. Zhao (PI), C. Wang (Co-PI)

6.Planning in pre-production logistics at Changan Automotive (04/2014 – 07/2014)

With Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co. Ltd. (SinoAir), Hebei Branch, China

L. Zhao (PI), Y. Cheng (Co-PI)

7.Crude oil procurement optimization and decision system (02/2012 – 10/2012)

With China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp), Qilu Company, China

L. Zheng (PI), S. Huang (PI), L. Zhao (Co-PI), L. Li (Co-PI)

8.Logistic planning in the tobacco industry (Guangdong provinces) (03/2011 – 09/2011)

With COSCONET (Beijing) Co. Ltd.

L. Zhao (PI), M. Yu (Co-PI)

9.Logistic planning in the tobacco industry (Yunnan & Hunan provinces) (03/2011 – 06/2011)

With COSCONET (Beijing) Co. Ltd.

M. Yu (PI), L. Zhao (Co-PI)

10.Development of optimization solver for constrained traveling salesman and vehicle routing problems (07/2010 – 02/2011)

With Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co., Japan

L. Zhao (PI), M. Yu, and C. Zhu

11.Dynamic inventory management (07/2009 – 01/2010)

With General Mills Operations, LLC, USA

L. Zhao (PI) and X. Zhao

12.Production plan modifying system: supply chain disruption management (09/2008 – 03/2009)

With Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co., Japan

L. Zhao (PI) and X. Zhao

13.Carbon emission evaluation indicator system and decision support system for the China Railways (01/2010 – 12/2010)

With IBM Research - China

M. Yu (PI) and L. Zhao

14.Workforce management and planning (01/2010 – 12/2010)

With China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp), Maoming Company, China

L. Li (PI) and L. Zhao

15.A simulation study on supply chain visibility in ocean container transportation (08/2008 – 06/2009)

With Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands.

M. Yu (PI) and L. Zhao

16.Automatic routing of piping layout

With Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co., Japan

Phase 1: Single route piping layout & interface design (09/2006 – 03/2007)

S. Huang (PI), L. Zhao (PI), H. Huang, and X. Wang

Phase 2: Multi-route piping layout (07/2007 – 03/2008)

L. Zhao (PI), X. Wang (Co-PI), H. Huang, and L. Li

17.Express delivery services network design and process improvement

With Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co. Ltd (SinoAir), China

Phase 1: Re-design the sorting center in the Beijing hub (11/2006 – 05/2007)

S. Huang (PI), L. Zhao (Co-PI), and L. Li (Co-PI)

Phase 2: Local networks design in Beijing hub and its regional networks (09/2007 – 10/2008)

L. Zhao (PI) and L. Li (Co-PI)

Research Collaboration Visits

1.School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands (multiple visits in 2009 – 2019)

2.Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (BME), Purdue University, USA (01/16/2008 – 03/03/2008)

3.Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Welding Engineering (IWSE), Ohio State University, USA (01/17/2007 – 02/27/2007)

Student Research Training (SRT) Programs

1.Vehicle routing problems (VRP) algorithm design and implementations (04/2010 – 11/2010)

2.Development of the infrastructure for stochastic optimization (04/2009 – 10/2009)

3.A study on patient access management and appointment scheduling in outpatient services in China (04/2009 – 10/2009)

4.An exploratory study on epidemic disease control systems in China (09/2007 – 05/2008)

5.Decision making under uncertainty: algorithm design and implementations (09/2007 – 06/2008)

6.A pilot study on the improvement of outpatient service efficiency (12/2006 – 05/2008)

7.A pilot study on the imbalance of hospital patient flows in Beijing (12/2006 – 12/2008)

Undergraduate Level

1.Operations research 3: decision making (2010 – present)

2.International logistics (2006 – 2019)

3.Distribution network planning (2008)

Graduate Level

1.Ethics in industrial engineering (2016 – 2020)

2.Distribution network modeling and analysis (2009 – 2011)

3.Advanced quality management (2006 – 2007)

4.Modern production engineering: part 3 (2006 – 2007)

Joint Tsinghua-RWTH Aachen Master Program/Master of Global Manufacturing Program

1.Introduction to decision making (2007 – present)

International Master of Engineering Management (IMEM)

1.Marketing in Engineering Management (2019 - present)

Master of Engineering Management (MEM)

2.Investment (2019)

Master of Engineering Program (MENG)

3.Operations research (2011 – 2016)

Executive MBA (E-MBA)

1.Management decision making (Cohort 2012 – 2016)

Systems Engineering Training Program (with MOST & AVIC)

1.Decision and risk management processes (2014)

2.Project processes/technical management processes (2014 – present)

3.Technical processes (2014 – present)

Industry Training Lectures

1.Data modeling and visualization (Sinotrans: 08/2015)

2.E-commerce and logistics management (Sinotrans: 06/2015)

3.Supply chain and logistics risk management (Sinotrans: 06/2015; Kerry Logistics: 09/2015)

4.Logistics network planning and operations optimization (Sinotrans: 05/2014, 08/2014, 07/2015)

5.Improvement and optimization in express delivery (logistics) operations management (STO Express: 07/2012; Yunda Express: 08/2012; Various express delivery companies: 07/2013)

6.State-of-the-art and trend of supply chain management (Procurement Department, Jilin Chemical Group Company, China National Petroleum Corporation, CNPC: 09/2012)

7.Operations research and supply chain management (Dongfeng-Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company: 11/2012)

PHD

1.Xue Luo (09/2016 – 07/2022)

Dissertation: Resource allocation and repositioning in logistics network under stochastic demand

Outstanding Ph.D. dissertation of Tsinghua University

2.Yihui Huang (09/2015 – 07/2022)

Dissertation: Demand estimation and learning under aggregate data in retail

3.Yang Wang (09/0215 – 07/2022)

Dissertation: Workload balancing in last-mile urban delivery

4.Ruidian Song (09/2013 – 07/2020)

Dissertation: Research on delivery and coordination optimization in urban retail

5.Yixiao Huang (09/2012 – 07/2018)

Dissertation: Learning and optimization in urban delivery

Outstanding Ph.D. dissertation of Tsinghua University

2020 INFORMS TSL SIG Best Paper Award in Urban Transportation

Best doctoral dissertation of the 12^th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (CTS 2021)

6.Tirui Cao (09/2020 – present)

Dissertation: TBD

7.Qianyi Tao (09/2021 – present)

Dissertation: TBD

8.Meng Li (09/2022 – present)

Dissertation: TBD

Master of Science (MS)

1.Kezhi He (09/2021 – 07/2023)

Thesis:

2.Wujiang Lei (09/2018 – 07/2022)

Thesis: Coordinated delivery to nanostores under stochastic customer demands and stochastic inventory policies

3.Eryang Gao (09/2017 – 07/2021)

Thesis: Research on crowdsourced meal delivery problem based on deep reinforcement learning

4.Yilei Wan (09/2017 – 07/2019)

Thesis: Route scheduling and vehicle dispatching at non-truck operating common carrier platform

5.Mingchao Wan (09/2014 – present)

Thesis: Demand estimation under multi-store multi-product substitution in traditional retail stores

6.Vincent Henric (09/2014 – present), from France

Thesis: Inventory management on empty containers in B2C e-commerce

7.Wanru Zou (09/2012 – 12/2014)

Thesis: Assortment and inventory strategies of small retail stores under substitution behavior

8.Yue Tong (09/2011 – 07/2013)

Thesis: Resource allocation problem in urban freight distribution

Outstanding master thesis & outstanding graduating master student of Tsinghua University

9.Bertrand Gross Jean-Philippe (09/2011 – 07/2013), from France

Thesis: The green time-dependent vehicle routing problem

10.Chen Zhang (09/2010 – 07/2012)

Thesis: Study on the stochastic vehicle routing problem with an approximate dynamic programming approach

Outstanding master thesis & outstanding graduating master student of Tsinghua University

11.Weijun Ding (09/2009 – 07/2011)

Thesis: Study on risk management for a serial production line using approximate dynamic programming

12.Jiarui Fang (09/2009 – 07/2011)

Thesis: Sourcing strategies in supply risk management: an approximate dynamic programming approach

Outstanding master thesis & outstanding graduating master student of Tsinghua University

13.Chunyang Shi (09/2008 – 07/2011)

Thesis: Study on carbon reduction in the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickups and deliveries

14.Shanshan Guo (09/2008 – 07/2010)

Thesis: The impact of supply risks on procurement decisions

15.Zhenxing Wang (09/2007 – 07/2009), jointly supervised with Prof. Xiaobo Zhao)

Thesis: Application of approximate dynamic programming in in-plant production in supply chain risk management

16.Miao He (09/2007 – 07/2009)

Thesis: Optimal control of dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation

Outstanding master thesis of Tsinghua University

International Master of Engineering Management (IMEM)

1.Chun Bon Charles Li (09/2020 – 07/2022), from Canada

Thesis: Workload balancing considering courier-customer familiarity in last-mile delivery

Master of Global Manufacturing (MGM)

1.Ignazio Faranda (09/2011 – 07/2013), from Italy

Thesis: Green vehicle routing problem with split delivery

2.Komeil Nasrollahi (09/2011 – 07/2013), from Iran

Thesis: Study on truck fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in China

3.Guangyu Robert Jin (09/2011 – 07/2013), from Canada

Thesis: Clustering heuristic for inventory routing problem for small retail stores

4.Poom Laupattarakasem (09/2011 – 07/2013), from Thailand

Thesis: Vehicle routing problem with limited stations

5.Robin Hariyadi (09/2011 – 07/2013), from Indonesia

Thesis: Assortment strategies and customer evaluation of small retail stores in Beijing

Joint Master Program: Tsinghua-RWTH-Aachen

1.Andreas Michael Hottenrott (09/2013 – 07/2014)

Thesis: Empty container reallocation in a major e-commerce company

2.Bernd Schneider (09/2013 – 07/2014)

Thesis: Delivery services network design in mega-cities

3.Timm Christian Gruenebaum (09/2013 – 07/2014)

Thesis: Study on station location in e-commerce

4.Nicolas Bognar (09/2013 – 07/2014)

Thesis: Static repositioning in bike-sharing systems: an early stage decision model

5.Tobias Arndt (09/2009 – 07/2010)

Thesis: Optimization in ocean container transportation

6.Alex Voets (09/2008 – 07/2009)

Thesis: Outsourcing of German industries to China

7.Jan-Patrick Hermani (09/2007 – 07/2008)

Thesis: Supply chain risk management of German carmakers producing in China

Organized Workshops

1.Workshop on optimization challenges and opportunities in logistics and mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, December 3, 2019.

Participants from Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Toronto, Tsinghua University, JD Logistics, Best Inc., Meituan-Dianping Group, Youhualin Information Technology Co. Ltd., etc.

2.International workshop on operations & services innovations in urban logistics and mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, October 28, 2019.

Participants from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Arizona State University, Singapore Management University, Tsinghua University, JD Logistics, ForU Trucking, and Meituan Delivery.

3.International workshop on retail distributions in mega-cities, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, September 25, 2013.

Participants from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), MIT, Tsinghua University, the University of Texas at Dallas, Amazon China, Danone, ORTEC, Sinotrans Ltd., and Sinotrans Logistics Development Co., Ltd.

4.International Workshop on sustainable logistics and transportation in mega-cities, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, December 13, 2012.

Participants frothe m Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National University of Singapore, Peking University, Tsinghua University, IBM China Research Laboratory, Sinoair, and TNT Hoau Group.

Invited Tutorials/Seminars

1.Sequential decision analytics: Modeling, policies, and applications, 120-Year University Anniversary & Management Science Forum, School of Management & Engineering, Nanjing University, June 2, 2022.

2.Workload balancing in last-mile urban delivery, Annual International Conference for Chinese Scholars in Industrial Engineering (CSIE2022), Sichuan University, April 16-17, 2022.

3.Panel discussion: Last mile delivery, panelist, INFORMS TSL Workshop, Ahmedabad, India, December 13 – 15, 2021.

4.Dynamic intra-cell repositioning in free-floating bike sharing systems, Freight Mobility Research Institute (FMRI), Florida Atlantic University, December 15, 2021.

5.Coordinated delivery to shopping malls with limited docking capacity, Youth Association of Science and Technology 9th Forum, Harbin Engineering University, June 20, 2021.

6.Coordinated delivery to shopping malls with limited docking capacity, IOE Department Seminar, University of Michigan, November 19, 2020.

7.Optimization in urban delivery: Decomposition, 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society of Management Science and Engineering of China & the 18th Forum on the Management Science and Engineering of China, Taiyuan, China, October 10-18, 2020.

8.Dynamic repositioning in free-floating bike sharing systems using approximate dynamic programming, the 4^th Annual Workshop on Simulation Methodologies and Applications, virtually at Fudan University, June 6, 2020.

9.Coordinated delivery for shopping malls with limited docking capacity, the 2^nd Complex System Modeling & Simulation Conference, Beijing, China, August 25, 2019.

10.Computational stochastic optimization: Applications in logistics, tutorial at The XV International Conference on Stochastic Programming (ICSP XV), Trondheim, Norway, July 29 – August 2, 2019.

11.Coordinated delivery for shopping malls with limited docking capacity, Seminar at the Business School, Sichuan University, July 10, 2019.

12.Coordinated delivery for shopping malls with limited docking capacity, CUHK (SZ) Workshop on Stochastic Simulation & Related Areas, Shenzhen, China, June 27 – 28, 2019.

13.Coordinated delivery for shopping malls with limited docking capacity, Simulation Optimization Workshop, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Peking University, June 3, 2019.

14.Optimization and Learning of urban deliveries in megacities, CISLog Seminar, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 14, 2019.

15.Workload balance in last-mile delivery in mega-cities, Last-mile distribution workshop, Universidad del Pacifico, February 12, 2019.

16.Optimal learning for urban delivery fleet allocation, Last-mile distribution workshop, Universidad del Pacifico, February 12, 2019.

17.Optimal learning for urban delivery fleet allocation, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, September 13, 2018.

18.Optimal learning for urban delivery fleet allocation, Joint International Meeting of CMS and AMS, Shanghai, China, June 11, 2018.

19.Various research topics at the TOpS Lab of Tsinghua University, presented at the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 1, 2017.

20.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.

21.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.

22.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.

23.Freight transportation in mega-cities in an 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.

24.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.

25.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.

26.An introduction to approximate dynamic programming, seminar at the OPAC Group, School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), September 4, 2009.

27.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.

Conference/Workshop Presentations

1.Multi-product multi-warehouse delivery problem under inventory constraints (by T. Cao*), IEEE CASE, August 2022, Mexico City & Chengdu.

2.Estimation of heterogeneous and nonstationary retail demand with aggregate data, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, Virtual.

3.Multi-period workload balancing in last-mile urban delivery (by Y. Wang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, Virtual.

4.Dynamic repositioning in free-floating bike sharing systems using approximate dynamic programming (by X. Luo*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, Virtual.

5.Coordinated delivery to nanostores under stochastic demands and inventory policies (by W. Lei*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, Virtual.

6.Dynamic order assignment with possible assignment rejection in meal delivery (by E. Gao*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2020, Virtual.

7.Coordinated delivery for shopping malls with limited docking capacity (by R. Song*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

8.Segmenting heterogeneous and nonstationary demand arrivals with aggregate data (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

9.Multi-period workload balancing in last-mile urban delivery (by Y. Wang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

10.Dynamic repositioning in free-floating bike sharing systems using approximate dynamic programming (by X. Luo*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

11.Dispatching in liquefied natural gas road transportation (by Y. Wan*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2019, Seattle, WA, USA.

12.SCORE a retail store location, INFORMS Annual Meeting (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

13.Multi-period workload balancing in last-mile urban delivery (by Y. Wang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

14.Optimal learning for urban delivery fleet allocation, Tsinghua-JD-POMS International Workshop, June 2018, Qingdao, China.

15.Workload balance in last-mile delivery in mega-cities, INFORMS TSL Workshop, January 2018, Hong Kong, China

16.Coordinated delivery to nanostores in megacities, INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2017, Houston, TX, USA.

17.Coordinated delivery to nanostores in megacities, INFORMS TSL Conference, July 2017, Chicago, IL, USA

18.Study on coordinated delivery to nanostores in megacities (by R. Song*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2016, Nashville, TN, USA.

19.Optimal information collection In urban delivery resource allocation (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2016, Nashville, TN, USA.

20.Optimal information collection in the vehicle allocation problem, INFORMS TSL Workshop, June 2016, Atlanta, GA, USA.

21.Optimal information collection in the vehicle allocation problem, INFORMS Optimization Society Conference, March 2016, Princeton, NJ, USA.

22.Optimal information collection in the vehicle allocation problem in mega-cities (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2015, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

23.Time-dependent pollution routing problem with path flexibility in mega-city logistics, INFORMS TSL Workshop, July 2015, Berlin, Germany.

24.Time-dependent pollution routing problem with path flexibility in mega-city logistics (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA.

25.Time-dependent pollution routing problem with path flexibility in mega-city logistics, INFORMS TSL Workshop, June 2014, Chicago, IL, USA.

26.Study on coordinated delivery to nanostores, POMS Annual Conference, May 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA.

27.Environmental and economic concerns in time-dependent vehicle routing (by Y. Huang*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2013, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

28.Dynamic routing in the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2011, Charlotte, NC, USA.

29.Urban freight transportation: uncertainty, information value, and dynamics, NWO-NSFC Workshop on Application of Operations Research in Urban Transport, September 2011, Delft, Netherlands.

30.Supply risk management using approximate dynamic programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2010, Austin, TX, USA.

31.Applying approximate dynamic programming in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2010, Austin, TX, USA.

32.The impact of supply risks on procurement decisions (by S. Guo*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.

33.Optimal control of dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (by M. He*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2008, Washington, DC, USA.

34. Optimal control of dosage decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, the 34th International Conference on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS), July 2008, Toronto, Canada.

35.Preliminary exploration on health care services in China, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2007, Seattle, WA, USA.

36.A study on clinical decisions in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (by M. He*), INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2007, Seattle, WA, USA.

37.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.

38.Solving transshipment problems: stochastic decomposition vs. simulation optimization, MSOM 2007 Conference, June 2007, Beijing, China.

39.A supplier selection-order allocation problem with stochastic demands, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2006, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

40.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.

41.Solution validation in multistage stochastic linear programs, and INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2004, Denver, CO, USA.

42.Solution validation in multistage stochastic linear programs, 10th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, October 2004, Tucson, AZ, USA

43.Comparative study of statistically motivated algorithms, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2002, San Jose, CA, USA.

Academic Organization

1.Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

2.Member, Production and Operation Management Society (POMS)

University/Department Services

1.Institute of Operations Research and Statistics, director (03/2010 – 08/2017)

2.Student mentor (人生导师) (classes 2012, 2014 – 2017)

3.Department student ethics and discipline evaluation committee (学生品行纪律评鉴委员会), director (03/2014 – present)

4.Department academic committee (系学术委员会), member (03/2010 – 08/2017)

5.Department curriculum committee (系教学委员会), member (2015 – 08/2017)

6.IE promotion at Kunming University of Science and Technology, November 2012.

7.Undergraduate summer internship advisor (2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 – 2017)

8.Advisor of 7 Student Research Training (SRT) projects

9.Academic advisor (级主任) of Cohort 2007 (09/2007 – 07/2011), Cohort 2018 (09/2018 – present)

10.International evaluation in 2006 & 2011

Academic Services

1.Academic societies

■INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Society

■INFORMS TSL Best Student Paper: Committee member (2024 – 2026)

■Secretary/treasurer (01/2017 – 12/2019)

■International Liaison for Asia, Australia, and New Zealand (01/2016 – 12/2016)

■2018 INFORMS TSL Dissertation Prize Competition: Committee member

■2017 INFORMS TSL (First) Cross-Region Grant: Committee member

2.Journal editorial roles

■Transportation Science, Associate Editor in the “Logistics and Routing” area (01/2021 – present)

■Transportation Research Part E, Editorial Advisory Board member (04/2023 – present)

■IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), special issue on Green Manufacturing and Logistics Systems, guest editor (08/2022 – 08/2023)

■Transportation Science, special issue on Urban Freight Transportation & Logistics, guest editor (03/2018 – 03/2020)

■INFORMS Journal on Computing, Associate Editor in the “Design and Analysis of Algorithm” area (01/2017 – 12/2018)

■Logistics Research, Editorial Advisory Board Member (10/2014 – present)

3.Academic conferences/workshops organization

■Winter Simulation Conference (2024), Orlando, FL, USA, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Transportation (LSCT) Track, Track Co-chair

■Winter Simulation Conference (2023), San Antonio, TX, USA, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Transportation (LSCT) Track, Track Co-chair

■Winter Simulation Conference (2022), Singapore, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Transportation (LSCT) Track, Track Co-chair

■IFORS (2020), Seoul, Korea, Logistics, Transportation and Traffic Area and Machine Learning, Data Mining and Analytics Area, Area Co-chair

■The 6th INFORMS TSL Workshop (2018), Hong Kong, China, Program Co-chair

4.Academic conferences/workshops committee

■The 11^th INFORMS TSL Workshop (2024), Nantes, France, Scientific committee member

■The 10^th INFORMS TSL Workshop (2022), Bergen, Norway, Scientific committee member

■The First INFORMS TSL Conference (2017), Chicago, IL, USA, Scientific Committee Member

■INFORMS Optimization Society Conference (2016), Princeton, NJ, USA, Program Committee Member

5.Industry

■Smart Freight Centre (SFC), Green Truck China (GTC), Industry Advisory Council Member (05/2016 –present)

6.Government Research Agencies

■NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China), proposal reviewer (2010, 2012 – 2023)

■MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology of China), project evaluation reviewer (2015, 2016)

7.Peer Reviewer

■Annals of Operations Research, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IIE Transactions, International Journal of Production Research, Logistics Research, Networks, Operations Research, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Research Part E, Transportation Science, etc.

1.Outstanding Ph.D. Supervisor Award, Tsinghua University, 2018, 2022.

2.Award on Excellence in Teaching of the Year 2022, Tsinghua University, 2023.

3.Award on Excellence in Teaching of the Year 2016, Tsinghua University, 2017.

4.Outstanding Overall Performance Award (university-level), Department of Industrial Engineering Tsinghua University, 2013, 2019, 2022.

5.Outstanding Overall Performance Award (department-level), Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2008, 2010-2012, 2016-2018, 2020, 2021

6.Outstanding Research Award, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2010, 2011, 2017.

7.Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Spring 2008 (Logistics Network Planning), Fall 2008 (International Logistics), Fall 2011 (International Logistics), Spring 2016 (Operations Research 3).

8.International Research Collaboration Award, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2015.

9.Academic Advisor Award, second prize, Tsinghua University, 2010 & 2011.

10.SRT (Student Research Training) Advisor Award, the 28th Challenge Cup, Tsinghua University, 2010.

11.Demo course of bilingual teaching (双语教学示范课): Operations Research series (team award), Ministry of Education, 2010.

12.Teaching Competition Award (Sci. & Eng.), second prize, Tsinghua University, 2008.

13.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).

14.Nominee to the Future Academician Colloquium at INFORMS 2005 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, November 2005.

15.Nominee to the 4^th Annual IIE Doctoral Colloquium, Atlanta, USA, May 2005.

16.Kececioglu’s Reliability Research Fellowship, University of Arizona, USA, 1999.

17.Excellent Student Fellowship, Tianjin University, China, 1993.

18.Distinguished Student Program (awarded to 21 out of approximately 2,400 qualified students), Tianjin University, China, 1990-1992.