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Ying-Ju Chen is
the Crown Worldwide Professor of Business and a Chair Professor at HKUST. Prior
to the current position, he was a faculty in the Department of IEOR at UC
Berkeley. He obtained a PhD degree in Operations Management from Stern School
of Business at New York University in 2007, and he also holds master's and
bachelor's degrees of Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University.
He is a
recipient of Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence (MBA non-required/MSc,
highest honor at HKUST Business School, 2 winners per year), NYU teaching
excellence award, Second place of INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG)
paper competition, Winner of "Most Influential Service Operations
Paper" in Production and Operations Management, Harold W. Kuhn Award of
Naval Research Logistics, Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research
Output Award (Social Science, third prize), Best paper award of CSAMSE (third
prize), the Harold MacDowell Award from Stern School, 6-time Meritorious
Service Awards from Management Science and Manufacturing & Service
Operations Management, and other awards and fellowships during his academic
journey. He is ranked No. 2 among researchers world-wide by weighted corrected
publication rate in Operations Management according to an article in Decision
Sciences (2021).
His editorial
appointments include a department/deputy editor for NRL and Service Science,
and a senior/associate editor for OR, M&SOM, and POM journals. His current
research interests lie in network economics, socially responsible operations,
operations-marketing interface, and supply chain management. His work has
appeared in several leading conferences and journals in the fields of
economics, electrical engineering, information systems, marketing, and
operations research.
Appointment
Crown Worldwide
Professor of Business, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2023
--
Chair Professor,
2022 – present
(Professor 2019
– 2022, Associate Professor 2014 – 2019)
- Department of ISOM, School of Business and
Management
- Department of IEDA, School of Engineering
Assistant Professor,
University of California at Berkeley, 2007 -- 2014
- Department of IEOR, College of Engineering
Education
PhD, IOMS-Operations Management Group, Stern School of Business, New
York University, 2007 October.
n Harold MacDowell Award (for
best exemplifying qualities of and dedication to scholarship)
n Stern Award for Teaching
Excellence
M Phil, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2005 October.
MSEE, Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, National
Taiwan University
BSEE, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University
Research Interests
Network economics,
socially responsible operations, operations-marketing interface, and supply
chain management.
Publication and Working
Papers
I have had the privilege of working with and learning from my coauthors on some
of the above projects (a partial list alphabetically): Leon Yang Chu,
Mingcherng Deng, Ke-Wei Huang, Costis Maglaras, Sridhar Seshadri, J. George Shanthikumar,
Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Stephen Shum,
Christopher Tang, Brian Tomlin, Yimin Wang, Gustavo Vulcano, Wenqiang Xiao,
Eitan Zemel, and Jiawei Zhang. I am always enthusiastic about possible research
collaborations.
Research Grants at the National Level:
[PI: Principal
Investigator; PC: Principal Coordinator]
* Large scale group projects
- PC, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - Collaborative Research
Fund. Alleviation of supply shortage and resource allocation inefficiencies
during the pandemic. 06/30/2022 to 06/29/2025.
- PI, NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme (Management Science).
Information-driven supply chain collaboration and service management in the new
retail era. 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2023. [At
most 1 proposal funded per year]
* Regular proposals
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund. Promoting technology adoption via new business operations. 01/01/2023 to 12/31/2024.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund. Ex ante versus ex post network pricing. 01/01/2022 to 12/31/2023.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund.
Refined pricing and assortment optimization for the representative consumer
model. (Co-I: Guillermo Gallego) 07/01/2021 to
06/30/2024.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund. Facilitating efficient services for ride sharing via information management. 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2022.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund.
Synchronizing pricing and replenishment to serve forward-looking customers with
lost sales. 09/01/2018 to 08/31/2021.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund.
Overcoming product adoption puzzle in developing economies via menu design.
01/01/2018 to 12/31/2019.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund.
Fairness and pricing issues for information provision to improve farmers'
welfare in developing economies. 01/01/2016 to
12/31/2018.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund.
Analytical study of dynamic supply chain network configurations. (Co-I: Ho-Yin
Mak) 10/01/2014 to 09/30/2017.
- PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council - General Research Fund.
Operational challenges for one-way car sharing services. (Co-I: Ho-Yin Mak)
10/01/2013 to 03/31/2017.
Department/
Deputy Editor:
Naval Research Logistics, Service Science
Senior
Editor/Associate Editor:
Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations
Management, Production and Operations Management, Naval
Research Logistics
Guest senior
editor, Production and Operations Management, Special
issue on innovation and sustainability.
Guest Associate
Editor/Referee for:
Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, Information
Systems Research, Marketing Science, Mathematics of
Operations Research, Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing
& Service Operations Management, Production and
Operations Management, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Naval Research
Logistics, Operations Research Letters, International Journal of Production
Economics, and Performance Evaluation.
Teaching:
At HKUST:
Demand and
revenue management (postgraduate)
n
Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance, School of Business and
Management
Dynamic
programming under uncertainty (postgraduate)
Simulation for
risk and operations analysis (postgraduate)
n
Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence (2 winners per year),
Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance, School of Business and Management
Logistics management (undergraduate)
Simulation in
business and management (undergraduate)
n Recognition of Excellent
Teaching Performance, School
of Business and Management
Logistics
planning and service management (undergraduate)
Engineering
economics & accounting (undergraduate)
At UC
Berkeley:
Dynamic
programming (graduate)
Service operations management (graduate)
n
Master of Engineering
Course Development Investment Grant, Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
Mechanism design
and auctions (graduate)
Linear
programming (undergraduate)
Production
system analysis (undergraduate)
At NYU Stern:
Decision models
(undergraduate)
n Stern Award for Teaching
Excellence
Students for whom I serve
as the principal dissertation chair/co-chair/primary collaborator:
* Former
At HKUST:
Xingyu
Fu (2024; Business School)
Assistant
Professor, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
Yonghui
Chen (2024; Postdoc, PhD Sun Yat-sen University)
Faculty,
University of Liverpool, UK
Pin
Gao (2021; Engineering School)
Assistant
Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong at Shenzhen
Kanglin
Chen (2021; Engineering School)
Assistant
Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Business School
Xiaoshuai
Sophie Fan (2020; Engineering School)
Assistant
Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Business School
POMS
Hong Kong 2019 Best student paper award (Finalist)
Haoyu
Tony Liu (2020; Business School)
Assistant
Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Pi-Ying
Nini Yen (2020; Engineering School)
Assistant
Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Business School
Xiaojin
Becky Fu (2020; Engineering School)
Postdoc,
McGill University and University of Toronto, Canada
Hao
Li (2019; Engineering School)
Postdoc,
University of Hong Kong
Shihong
Cloae Xiao (2018; Engineering School)
Assistant
Professor, Fudan University, Business School
Distinguished
Overseas Young Talents (Mainland)
Postdoctoral
fellow, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, USA
POMS
Hong Kong 2016 Best student paper award (Finalist)
Patrick
Ho Tak Tsang (2017; Engineering School)
Faculty,
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Engineering School / City University of Hong
Kong, Business School
At UC
Berkeley:
Qiao-Chu
Tony He (2016; Engineering School)
Assistant
Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, Engineering School
POMS
Hong Kong 2014 Best student paper award (First prize)
Chen-Nan
Liao (2015; Engineering School)
Assistant
Professor, National Taiwan University, Business School
Ta-You
Wu Memorial Award (“優青” Taiwan)
POMS
Hong Kong 2014 Best student paper award (Honorable mention)
Ling-Chieh
Kung (2012; Engineering School)
Associate
Professor, National Taiwan University, Business School
Harold
W. Kuhn Award (NRL best publication)
Wenbo
Selina Cai (2012; Engineering School)
Associate
Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, Engineering School
* Current/Incoming
[Recruitment of PhD students and Postdoctoral
scholars is always ongoing. Come join us!]
https://isom.hkust.edu.hk/student-and-alumni/phd-current-student-profiles/om
https://ieda.ust.hk/eng/student.php?catid=5&sid=17
Huijun
Sophia Chen
Hong
Kong PhD Fellowship; Redbird Scholarship (highest honor at HKUST); Master’s from
Columbia University, USA; Bachelor’s from Fudan University (National
Scholarship)
Ailing
Xu
Master’s
from HKUST (highest distinction); Bachelor’s from Peking University, Yuanpei
College (National Endeavor Scholarships *2; Yuanpei means Gaokao champion
"高考狀元")
Zheng
Xie
Redbird
Scholarship; Bachelor's from Sun Yat-sen University
Qingfa
Zhang
Redbird
Scholarship (equiv.); Bachelor's from Peking University
Haoyu
Ma
Bachelor’s
from CUHK Shenzhen (distinction)
Yufeng
Cindy Guan
Bachelor’s
from Zhejiang University (highest distinction)
Yushu
Zeng
Bachelor’s
from University of Science and Technology of China (highest distinction)
Junxue
June Zhang
Master’s
from University of Hong Kong (distinction); Bachelor’s from Purdue University,
West Lafayette, USA (distinction)
Zihao
Chen
Redbird
Scholarship; Master's and Bachelor's from Sun Yat-sen University (National/
Nat'l Encouragement Scholarships *3)
Tianzhuang
Xu
PhD
offers from UCLA, UMN, NYU (visa issue); Master's and Bachelor's from SJTU
Tianshi
Wang
Accelerated
3+2 Master's from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA (first-class honors
at Bachelor's level)
Xiaojie
Jeremy Wang
Bachelor's
from HKUST (double first-class honors in CS and IEDA)
Fengxing
Wei
Bachelor's
from HKUST (first-class honors)
Xiyuan
Mirana Yu
Master's
from HKUST (academic achievement); Bachelor's from CUHK Shenzhen
Xun
Shan
Master's
from UC San Diego, USA (distinction); Bachelor's from SUFE (Math Experimental
Class)
Boer
Ouyang
Bachelor's
from SUSTech (highest distinction)
Yifan
Wu
Bachelor's
from SUSTech (National Enc. Scholarships *3)
Zuzheng
Dang
Bachelor’s
from Tsinghua Univ
Linqi
Zhou
Bachelor’s
from Nanjing Univ
Jiachen
Xu
Bachelor’s
from CUHK Shenzhen (distinction)
Students for whom I serve
as the co-chair/ dissertation committee/ foreign advisor/ letter writer and
others:
At HKUST:
Chang
Dong (2022)
Assistant
Professor, Durham University, UK
Zhuodong
Tang (2022)
Assistant
Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Postdoc, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, USA
Wentao
Lu (2022)
Postdoc,
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Hailun
Zhang (2019)
Assistant
Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong at Shenzhen
Liang
Ding (2019)
Assistant
Professor, Fudan University; Postdoc, Texas A&M University, USA
Yunjie
Wang (2017)
Assistant
Professor, Renmin University
Rongying
Chen (2017)
Assistant
Professor, Suzhou University
Tao
Lu (2016)
Assistant
Professor, University of Connecticut, USA/ Rotterdam School of Management,
Erasmus University, Netherlands
Guangrui
Ma (2015)
Assistant
Professor, Tianjin University
Zelong
Yi (2015)
Assistant
Professor, Shenzhen University
At UC
Berkeley:
Long
He (2015)
Assistant
Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tianhu
Deng (2013)
Associate
Professor, Tsinghua University
Yong
Liang (2013)
Assistant
Professor, Tsinghua University
Gemma
Berenguer (2012)
Assistant
Professor, Purdue University, USA
Tingting
Cui (2010)
Initial
offers: University of Wisconsin at Madison/ Google, USA
Shan
Li (2010)
Assistant
professor, CUNY Baruch, USA
Others:
Qiaozhen
Guo (2023; PhD Xi'an Jiaotong University)
Research
Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
Zheng
Cui (2022; PhD CUHK)
Assistant
Professor, Zhejiang University
Wendy
Wenzheng Mao (2020; PhD HKU)
Assistant
Professor, Tongji University
Xiangyin
Kong (2020; PhD City University of Hong Kong and Xi'an Jiaotong University)
Assistant
Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
Xiaole
Chen (2020; PhD Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Assistant
Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University
Xiaojing
Feng (2020; PhD Shanghai Jiaotong University)
Assistant
Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Anran
Li (2018; PhD Columbia University)
Assistant
Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Chaocheng
Gu (2017; PhD Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Postdoc,
City University of Hong Kong; Assistant Professor, Jinan University
Qijun
Qiu (2016; PhD University of Hong Kong)
Assistant
Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau
Zhuo
Feng (2016; PhD Tianjin University)
Assistant
Professor, Dalian University of Technology
Yao
Tang (2016; PhD Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Assistant
Professor, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Xu
Guan (2013; PhD Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Professor,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Hui
Xiong (2013; PhD Tsinghua University)
Associate
professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Dissertation
work won Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Social
Science, third prize)
Qiankai
Qing (2013; PhD Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Assistant
Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
Jiguang
Chen (2013; PhD Fudan University)
Assistant
Professor, Shandong University
Pre-doctoral
Advisees
Siqi
He (2024; USTC)
PhD
program, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA
Ya-Cheng
Timmy Hsu (2024; HKU)
PhD
program, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Xiangyu
Jin (2023; SJTU)
PhD
program, Anderson School of Management, UCLA, USA
Dayu
Wu (2023; USTC)
PhD
program, Wisconsin School of Business, UW-Madison, USA
Tong
Xie (2022; CUHK Shenzhen)
PhD
program, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, USA
Miao
Yu (2017; Nankai University)
PhD
program, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Yu
Cai (2016; HKUST)
PhD
program, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA