Visiting Assistant Professor
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Contact
haiwang@cmu.edu
5000 Forbes Avenue, Office 2101J
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
Ph.D., Operations Research, MIT
Co-advisors: Professor Amedeo Odoni, Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart
M.S., Operations Research, MIT
M.S., Transportation, MIT
B.S., Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
Methodologies
• Data-driven Optimization
• Large-scale Data Analytics
• Advanced Computing Methods
• Machine Learning
Applications
• Smart Cities and Urban Systems
• Innovative Transportation and Mobility
• Shared Services and Sharing Economy
• Logistics and Healthcare
Journal Publication
• H. Yang, C. Shao, H. Wang* and J. Ye. "Integrated Reward Scheme and Surge Pricing in a Ride-sourcing Market." 2020. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 134, 126-142. [link]
• H. Wang and H. Yang. "Ridesourcing Systems: A Framework and Review." 2019. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 129, 122-155. [link]
• J. Bai, K. So, C. Tang, X. Chen and H. Wang. "Coordinating Supply and Demand on an On-demand Service Platform with Impatient Customers." 2019. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 21(3), 556-570. [link]
• H. Sun, H. Wang* and Z. Wan. "Model and Analysis of Labor Supply for Ride-sharing Platforms in the Presence of Sample Self-selection and Endogeneity." 2019. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 125, 76-93. [link]
• Y. Chen and H. Wang*. "Pricing for a Last-Mile Transportation System." 2018. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 107, 57-69. [link]
• Y. Luo and H. Wang#. "Core Determining Class and Inequality Selection." 2017. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 107(5), 274-277. [link]
• H. Wang*. "Routing and Scheduling for a Last-Mile Transportation System." 2017. Transportation Science, 53(1), 131-147. [link]
• H. Wang* and A. Odoni. "Approximating the Performance of a Last-Mile Transportation System." 2014. Transportation Science, 50(2), 659-675. [link]
Book Chapters
• J. Bai, K. So, C. Tang, X. Chen and H. Wang. "Time-Based Payout Ratio for Coordinating Supply and Demand on an On-demand Service Platform." Sharing Economy: Making Supply Meet Demand, M. Hu (Ed.), in Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, C. Tang (Series Ed.), 2019.
• H. Sun, H. Wang and Z. Wan. "Model and Analysis of Service Labor Supply for Shared Transportation." Business Management with Big Data, J. Chen (Ed.) (in press), 2020.
Conference Publication
• G. Lyu, W. Cheung, C. Teo and H. Wang*. 2019. "Matching Passengers and Drivers with Multiple Objectives in Ride Sharing Markets." Proceedings of the Tenth Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN X).
• K. Kulkarni, H. Lau, H. Wang, S. Sivabalasingam, K. Tran. 2018. "Design and Implementation of Decision Support for Traffic Management at Multipurpose Port Gates." Proceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference.
• H. Wang*, J. Jin, J. Yang. 2018. "Optimization of a Cyclic Express Subway Service." 2018. Proceedings of the 6th Intl. Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management.
• K. Kulkarni, K. Tran, H. Wang, and H. Lau. 2017. "Efficient Gate System Operations for a Multi-Purpose Port using Simulation Optimization." Proceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference.
• H. Wang*, J. Jin and M. Lin. 2013. "Solving the Railway Yard Operation Problem: Greedy Heuristics, Integer Programming Models, and Waiting Time Approximations." Technical Report for 2013 INFORMS RAS Problem Solving Competition (First Prize Winner).
• H. Wang* and A. Odoni. 2013. "Approximate Design Parameters for a Last-Mile Transportation System." Proceedings of the Eighth Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN VIII).
Working Papers
• G. Lyu, W. Cheung, C. Teo and H. Wang*. "Multi-Objective Online Ride-Matching." [link]
• J. Jin, Q. Meng and H. Wang#. "Feeder Vessel Routing and Synchronization at a Congested Transshipment Port: an Enhanced Column Generation Based Approach." [link]
• Y. Luo and H. Wang#. "Identifying and Computing the Exact Core-determining Class." [link]
• Y. Chen and H. Wang*. "Why Are Fairness Concerns So Important? Lessons from a Shared Last-Mile Transportation System." [link]
• J. Ke, H. Yang, X. Li, H. Wang* and J. Ye. "Pricing and Equilibrium in Ride-splitting Markets." [link]
• W. Cheung, G. Lyu, C. Teo and H. Wang#. "Online Planning with Offline Forecasting."
• Y. He, Q. Luo, H. Wang# and Z. Zheng. "A Predictive and Prescriptive Method to Reduce Repetitive Diagnostic Tests Using Real-Time Monitoring Data for Timely Detection and Treatment."
• H. Sun, H. Wang* and Z. Wan. "Flexible Labor Supply Behaviour on Ride-sharing Platforms."
• Y. Luo and H. Wang#. "Improving Adaptivity Using Multiple Models in a Dynamic Environment."
• H. Wang* and Z. Wang. "Short-term Empty Vehicle Repositioning for a Ride-sourcing System."
• K. Shehadeh, H.Wang#, and P.Y. Zhang. "Stochastic and Robust Fleet Allocation for Last-Mile Transportation Systems."
Conference Presentations
• IFORS 2020 Conference, Seoul, Korea. Jun. 2020
• INFORMS TSL Second Triennial Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA. May 2020
• The 11th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China. Jan. 2020
• INFORMS 2019 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA. Oct. 2019
• The 12th International Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Jul. 2019
• The 10th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN X), Hamilton Island, Australia. Jun. 2019
• Chan Wui & Yunyin Rising Star Workshop in Transportation, Bellagio, Italy. Jun. 2019
• The 10th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China. Jan. 2019
• The 5th Young Scholar Workshop on Management Science, Xiamen, Fujian, China. Jan. 2019
• INFORMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Nov. 2018
• The 16th Annual Meeting of the Society of Management Science and Engineering of China, Kunming, Yunan, China. Oct. 2018
• The 10th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (CTS), Beijing, China. Jul. 2018
• The 11th International Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. Jul. 2018
• Tsinghua-JD-POMS International Workshop, Qingdao, Shandong, China. Jun. 2018
• The 6th INFORMS TSL Workshop, Hong Kong, China. Jan. 2018
• The 9th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China. Jan. 2018
• INFORMS TSL First Triennial Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jul. 2017
• AEA 2017 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jan. 2017
• TRB 2017 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA. Jan. 2017
• INFORMS 2016 Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Nov. 2016
• INFORMS 2015 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Nov. 2015
• Future Urban Mobility Symposium 2015, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore. Jul. 2015
• INFORMS 2014 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. Oct. 2014
• Future Urban Mobility Symposium 2014, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore. Jan. 2014
• INFORMS 2013 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Oct. 2013
• The 8th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN VIII), San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Jun. 2013
Invited Seminars
• New York University, Center for Connected Cities with Smart Transportation. Mar. 2020
• Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Jan. 2020
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Jan. 2020
• Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy and Management. Dec. 2019
• University of California, Berkeley, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Nov. 2019
• Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business. Nov. 2019
• MIT, Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Oct. 2019
• Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Computer Science. Sep. 2019
• Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. Sep. 2019
• Singapore Management University, LKC School of Business. Aug. 2019
• University of Science and Technology of China, School of Management. Jul. 2019
• Tongji University, School of Economics and Management. Jul. 2019
• Southeast University, School of Transportation. Jul. 2019
• Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Future Urban Mobility Group. Jul. 2019
• Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, School of Business Administration. Jul. 2019
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKUST-DiDi Joint Research Laboratory. May 2019
• Sichuan University, School of Business. May 2019
• Zhejiang University, Institute of Intelligent Transportation Systems. Apr. 2019
• Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), School of Economics and Management. Apr. 2019
• Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management. Dec. 2018
• Beijing Jiaotong University, State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety. Dec. 2018
• Chongqing University, School of Economics and Business Administration. Dec. 2018
• Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Civil Aviation. Dec. 2018
• Southwest Jiaotong University, School of Transportation and Logistics. Dec. 2018
• Tsinghua University, Department of Civil Engineering. Dec. 2018
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai School of Economics and Management. Jul. 2018
• Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK Business School. Mar. 2018
• City University of Hong Kong, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management. Jan. 2018
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Transportation Engineering. Dec. 2017
• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, School of Management and Economics. Nov. 2017
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Jul. 2017
• Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, School of Business Administration. Jul. 2017
• Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, School of Urban and Regional Science. Jun. 2017
• Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Business School. May 2017
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Transportation Engineering. May 2017
• Zhejiang University, School of Public Affairs. Apr. 2016
• Zhejiang University, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Mar. 2016
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Transportation Engineering. Aug. 2015
• Singapore University of Technology and Design, Engineering Systems and Design Pillar. Mar. 2015
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai School of Economics and Management. Mar. 2015
• Tsinghua University, Department of Industrial Engineering. Mar. 2015
• Singapore Management University, School of Information Systems. Feb. 2015
• National University of Singapore, NUS Business School. Feb. 2015
Industry Talks
• LalaMove Corp. (Huolala), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Jan. 2020
• Uber Inc., San Francisco, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Lyft Inc., San Francisco, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Upwork Inc., Santa Clara, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Didi Chuxing Corp., Mountain View, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Douban Inc., Beijing, China. Apr. 2019
• Didi Chuxing Corp., Team of Supply Incentives, Beijing, China. Jun. 2018
• Didi Chuxing Corp., Team of Pricing, Beijing, China. Jun. 2018
• Jingdong Corp. (JD.com), Beijing, China. Jun. 2018
• Didi Chuxing Corp., Operations Innovation Center, Beijing, China. May 2018
• Didi Chuxing Corp., DiDi Research Lab, Beijing, China. May 2017
Honors and Awards
• Fellow, Chan Wui & Yunyin Rising Star Workshop in Mobility and Transportation, 2019
• Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian Fellowship for Research Excellence, 2018, 2019
• Best Paper Award, The 10th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (CTS), 2018
• Singapore Management University Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
• Short-list Nominee for Goodwin Medal of MIT Best Teaching Assistant, 2014
• Semifinalist in MIT 100K Entrepreneurship Competition (Project: Shared Logistics), 2014
• First Prize Winner in INFORMS RAS Problem Solving Competition, 2013
• MIT Chyn Duog Shish Memorial Fellowship for Excellent Ph.D. Student, 2009
• Graduation with Highest Honors (Top 1%), Tsinghua University, 2009
• Ranked 1st in Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2009
• National Award for Excellent Graduate, China Civil Engineering Society, 2009
• Jiang Nanxiang Presidential Fellowship, Tsinghua University, 2008
• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China, 2008
• First Class Honors Fellowship, Tsinghua University, 2005 – 2008
• Ranked 1st in NCEE Subject of Comprehensive Science, Sichuan, China, 2005
Research Grants
• Mobility21 (A National University Transportation Center of Department of Transportation USA). Co-Principal Investigator. Project Title: Joint Optimization of School Bus Routes and Last-Mile Services. 2020 – 2021. Award Amount: US$93,379.
• Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Future Urban Mobility Group. Principal Investigator. Project Title: Matching in On-demand Shared Transportation. 2019 – 2020. Award Amount: SG$50,040.
• Singapore MOE Tier 2 Academic Research Fund, Co-Principal Investigator. Project Title: Optimal Control of Medical Treatment using Predictive Information in ICUs. 2019 – 2022. Award Amount: SG$620,532.
• Didi Chuxing, Principal Investigator. Project Title: Optimizing Driver Incentives through Understanding Driver Behavior. 2017 – 2018. Award Amount: SG$10,000.
• Didi Chuxing, Co-Principal Investigator. Project Title: Deep Learning Dynamic Demand Estimation and Pricing for Two-Sided Platform. 2017 – 2018. Award Amount: US$15,000.
• Singapore MOE Tier 1 Academic Research Fund, Co-Principal Investigator. Project Title: Predictive Data Analytics and Real-time Risk Monitoring for Intensive Care Units. 2017 – 2019. Award Amount: SG$149,710.
• Singapore MOE Tier 1 Academic Research Fund, Principal Investigator. Project Title: Pricing and Design of a Last-Mile Transportation System with Multi-Type Users. 2016 – 2019. Award Amount: SG$130,923.
Professional Service
• Editorial Service for Academic Journals
Guest Editor. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
Special Issue on Innovative Shared Transportation, 2018 – 2020
• Referee for Academic Journals and Peer-reviewed Conferences (in alphabetical order)
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics
IEEE Access
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
IISE Transactions
Information Systems Research
INFORMS Journal on Optimization
INFORMS TSL Triennial Conference
ISTTT Conference
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
Management Science
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Naval Research Logistics
Networks and Spatial Economics
Omega: The International Journal of Management Science
Production and Operations Management
Public Transport
Service Science
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Transportation Research Record
Transport Reviews
Transportation Science
Transportmetrica A: Transport Science
• Scientific Committee Member for Conferences
INFORMS TSL Second Triennial Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA
The 11th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China
The 10th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China
• Chair of Invited Session for Conferences
IFORS 2020 Conference, Seoul, Korea
The 11th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China
INFORMS 2019 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA
The 10th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China
INFORMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
The 6th INFORMS TSL Workshop, Hong Kong, China
INFORMS 2016 Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
INFORMS 2014 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA
• Referee for Academic and Professional Organizations
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Hong Kong Research Grants Council
POMS-China Best Student Paper Competition
POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition
• Member of Academic and Professional Organizations
INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
TRB (Transportation Research Board)
AEA (American Economic Association)
TSL (Transportation Science and Logistics Society)
Other Service
• Co-founder and Chair, MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum. 2011 – 2017
• Vice President, Boston Tsinghua Alumni Association. 2012 – 2015
• Director, Harvard SEED Community on Citizenship and Social Innovation. 2012 – 2013
• Co-president, MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association. 2011 – 2012
Teaching Awards
• Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Singapore Management University
• Short-list Nominee for Goodwin Medal of Best Teaching Assistant, MIT
Courses
• Carnegie Mellon University
Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Spring 2020
• Singapore Management University
Computer as an Analysis Tool, 2015 – 2019
Big Data and Entrepreneurship: Methodology and Case Studies, 2016 – 2019
Case Study in Translational Artificial Intelligence, 2018
Coaching for a Business Plan Competition, 2016
• Guest Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deep Learning for Urban Mobility, Oct. 2019
• Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University
Innovative and Sustainable Operations, Apr. 2020
Management Science, Apr. 2020
Decision Analytics for Business and Policy, Mar. 2020
• Guest Lecturer, Tsinghua University
Urban Operations Research, May 2017
• Guest Lecturer, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Optimization, Oct. 2017
• Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods (Urban O.R.), Fall 2012, 2013
Student Evaluation Rating: 6.9/7.0