Hai Wang
Associate Professor
School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University
Visiting Professor
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Editorial Work
Associate Editor for Transportation Science. 2021 – Present
Associate Editor for Service Science. 2022 – Present
Editorial Board Member for Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2022 – Present
Editorial Board Member for for Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 2021 – Present
Guest Editor for Special Issue in Transportation Science. 2024 – Present
Guest Editor for Special Issue in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2022 – 2024
Guest Editor for Special Issue in Service Science. 2020 – Present
Guest Editor for Special Issue in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. 2018 – 2021
Education
Ph.D., Operations Research, MIT
Co-advisors: Professor Amedeo Odoni, Provost Cynthia Barnhart
M.S., Operations Research, MIT
M.S., Transportation, MIT
B.S., Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
Contact
haiwang@smu.edu.sg
haiwang@cmu.edu
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Methodologies
• Data-Driven Optimization
• Large-Scale Data Analytics
• Advanced Computing Methods
• Machine Learning
Applications
• Smart Cities and Smart Society
• Innovative Transportation and Mobility
• Shared Services and Sharing Economy
• Logistics and Healthcare
Selected Journal Publication
• Agatz, N., Cho, S., Sun, H. and Wang*, H., 2024. Transportation-Enabled Services: Concept, Framework, and Research Opportunities. Service Science, 16(1), 1-21. [link]
• Lyu, G., Cheung, W., Teo, C. and Wang*, H., 2023. Multi-Objective Stochastic Optimization: A Case of Real-Time Matching in Ride-Sourcing Markets. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 26(2), 500-518. [link]
• Wang, H., Lu, T., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., Sun, Y., Dong, J. and Huang W., 2023. Last Digit Tendency: Lucky Number and Psychological Rounding in Mobile Transactions. Fundamental Research (in press). [link]
• Guo, X., Haupt, A., Wang*, H., Qadri, R. and Zhao, J., 2023. Understanding Multi-Homing and Switching by Platform Drivers. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 154, 104233. [link]
• Wang, Y., Liu, C., Wang*, H. and Duong V., 2023. Slot Allocation for a Multiple-Airport System Considering Airspace Capacity and Flying Time Uncertainty. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 153, 104185. [link]
• Bahrami, S., Nourinejad, M., Yin, Y. and Wang, H., 2023. The Three-Sided Market of On-Demand Delivery. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 179, 103313. [link]
• Liang, J., Ke, J., Wang, H., Ye, H. and Tang, J., 2023. A Poisson-Based Distribution Learning Framework for Short-Term Prediction of Food Delivery Demand Ranges. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(12), 14556-14569. [link].
• Yang, J., Wang, H. and Jin, J., 2023. Optimization of Station-Skip in a Cyclic Express Subway Service. Networks and Spatial Economics, 23, 445–468. [link]
• Wang*, H., 2022. Transportation-Enabled Urban Services: A Brief Discussion. Multimodal Transportation (Editorial by Invitation), 1(2), 100007. [link]
• Li, X., Li, X., Wang, H., Shi, J. and Aneja, Y., 2022. Supply Regulation under the Exclusion Policy in a Ride-Sourcing Market. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 166, 69-94. [link]
• Zhou, Y., Yang, H., Ke, J., Wang, H. and Li, X., 2022. Competition and Third-Party Platform-Integration in Ride-Sourcing Markets. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 159, 76-103. [link]
• Jin, J., Meng, Q. and Wang#, H., 2021. Feeder Vessel Routing and Transshipment Coordination at a Congested Hub Port. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 151, 1-21. [link]
• Zhu, Z., Ke, J. and Wang, H., 2021. A Mean-Field Markov Decision Process Model for Spatial-Temporal Subsidies in Ride-Sourcing Markets. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 150, 540-565. [link]
• Shehadeh, K., Wang#, H. and Zhang, P.Y., 2021. Fleet Sizing and Allocation for On-Demand Last-Mile Transportation Systems. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 132, 103387. [link]
• Ke, J., Yang, H., Li, X., Wang*, H. and Ye, J., 2020. Pricing and Equilibrium in On-Demand Ride-Pooling Markets. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 139, 411-431. [link]
• Ho, K., Wang, H., DeTrempe, P., Sarton, T. and Tomita, K., 2020. Semi-Analytical Model for Design and Analysis of On-Orbit Servicing Architecture. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 57(6), 1129-1138. [link]
• Yang, H., Shao, C., Wang*, H. and Ye, J., 2020. Integrated Reward Scheme and Surge Pricing in a Ride-Sourcing Market. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 134, 126-142. [link]
• Zhang, Y., Luo, H., Wang, H., Zheng, Z. and Ooi, O., 2020. Validation of Prognostic Accuracy of the SOFA Score, SIRS Criteria, and qSOFA Score for In-Hospital Mortality among Cardiac-, Thoracic-, and Vascular-Surgery Patients Admitted to a Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 35(1), 118–127. [link]
• Wang, H. and Yang, H., 2019. Ride-Sourcing Systems: A Framework and Review. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 129, 122-155. [link]
• Wang*, H., 2019. Routing and Scheduling for a Last-Mile Transportation System. Transportation Science, 53(1), 131-147. [link]
• Bai, J., So, K., Tang, C., Chen, X. and Wang, H., 2019. Coordinating Supply and Demand on an On-Demand Service Platform with Impatient Customers. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 21(3), 556-570. [link]
• Sun, H., Wang*, H. and Wan, Z., 2019. Model and Analysis of Labor Supply for Ride-Sharing Platforms in the Presence of Sample Self-Selection and Endogeneity. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 125, 76-93. [link]
• Chen, Y. and Wang*, H., 2018. Pricing for a Last-Mile Transportation System. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 107, 57-69. [link]
• Luo, Y. and Wang#, H., 2017. Core Determining Class and Inequality Selection. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 107(5), 274-277. [link]
• Wang*, H. and Odoni, A., 2016. Approximating the Performance of a Last-Mile Transportation System. Transportation Science, 50(2), 659-675. [link]
Books and Chapters
• Ke, J., Yang, H., Wang, H. and Yin, Y. Supply and Demand Management in Ride-Sourcing Markets, Elseiver, 2023. [link]
• Sun, H., Wang, H. and Wan, Z. Model and Analysis of Service Labor Supply for Shared Transportation. Chapter in Business Management with Big Data (Book in Chinese), Chen, J. (Ed.), 2020. [link]
• Bai, J., So, K., Tang, C., Chen, X. and Wang, H. Time-Based Payout Ratio for Coordinating Supply and Demand on an On-Demand Service Platform. Chapter in Sharing Economy: Making Supply Meet Demand, Hu, M. (Ed.), in Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, Tang, C. (Series Ed.), 2019. [link]
Policy Reports
• CMU COVID-19 Response Research Team. Data-Driven Reopening Strategies for State and Local Governments. [Report] [Slides].
General Media and News
• Food Delivery: Platform Design, Operations, and Regulations (Article in Chinese). Huxiu [link], Tencent Tech [link], Sina Finance [link], Sina Tech [link], 36 Kr [link].
• Food Delivery (Part 1): Tolerance to Fault (Article in Chinese). The Paper (Pengpai News) [link].
• Food Delivery (Part 2): How Governments Regulate (Article in Chinese). The Paper (Pengpai News) [link].
Conference and Other Publication
• Ke, J., Wang*, H., Masoud, N., Schiffer, M. and Correia, G., 2024. Editorial—Emerging On-Demand Passenger and Logistics Systems: Modelling, Optimization, and Data Analytics. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 161, 104574.
• Agatz, N., Cho, S., Wang, H. and Benjaafar, S., 2023. Introduction to the Special Issue on Innovation in Transportation-Enabled Urban Services, Part 1. Service Science, 15, 1-2.
• Nie, M., Wang, H. and Szeto, W.Y., 2023. Editorial—Innovative Shared Transportation. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 171, 1-2.
• Zhu, Z., Ke, J. and Wang, H., 2021. A Mean-Field Markov Decision Process Model for Spatial-Temporal Subsidies in Ride-Sourcing Markets. Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT24).
• Agatz, N., Cho, S., Wang, H. and Benjaafar, S., 2021. Call for Papers–Special Issue of Service Science: Innovation in Transportation-Enabled Urban Services. Service Science, 13(1), 51-52.
• Wang*, H. and Wang, Z., 2020. Short-Term Repositioning for Empty Vehicles on Ride-Sourcing Platforms. Proceedings of the INFORMS TSL Second Triennial Conference.
• Lyu, G., Cheung, W., Teo, C. and Wang*, H., 2019. Matching Passengers and Drivers with Multiple Objectives in Ride Sharing Markets. Proceedings of the Tenth Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN X).
• Kulkarni, K., Lau, H., Wang, H., Sivabalasingam, S. and Tran, K., 2018. Design and Implementation of Decision Support for Traffic Management at Multipurpose Port Gates. Proceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference.
• Jin, J., Meng, Q. and Wang, H., 2018. Column Generation Approach for Feeder Vessel Routing and Synchronization at a Congested Transshipment Port. Proceedings of Odysseus 2018—7th International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics.
• Wang*, H., Jin, J. and Yang, J., 2018. Optimization of a Cyclic Express Subway Service. Proceedings of the 6th Intl. Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management.
• Kulkarni, K., Tran, K., Wang, H. and Lau, H., 2017. Efficient Gate System Operations for a Multi-Purpose Port using Simulation Optimization. Proceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference.
• Wang*, H., Jin, J. and Lin, M., 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).
• Wang*, H. and Odoni, A., 2013. Approximate Design Parameters for a Last-Mile Transportation System. Proceedings of the Eighth Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN VIII).
Working Papers
• Luo, Y. and Wang#, H., Identifying and Computing the Exact Core-Determining Class. [link]
• Chen, Y. and Wang*, H., Why Are Fairness Concerns So Important? Lessons from a Last-Mile Transportation System. [link]
• Ke, J., Li, X., Yang, H. and Wang, H., An Aggregate Matching and Pick-Up Model for Mobility-On-Demand Services. [link]
• Chen, H. and Wang#, H., When a Platform Competes with Third-Party Sellers in Networked Markets: A Revenue Management Perspective. [link]
• Sun, H., Wang*, H. and Yang, H., Vehicle-Based Multi-Service (VeMuS) for Future Urban Mobility: Concept and Research Visions. [link]
• Lu, T., Lu, X., Huang, Y. and Wang, H., Can Reciprocal Wisdom Come True? Exploring Human Responses to AI Capability Augmentation. [link]
• Mo, D., Wang, H., Chen, X. and Szeto, W., Modeling and Regulating a Ride-Sourcing Market Integrated with Vehicle Rental Services. [link]
• Benjaafar, S., Li, X., Wang#, H. and Yang, X., Telemedicine: Not Just If, But How It Bridge Healthcare Equity.
• Xu, M., Zhu, Z.,Wang*, H. and Yang, H., Optimizing Incentive Mechanisms in Crowd-Sourcing Food Delivery via a Discrete Soft Actor-Critic Framework.
• Yang, J., Lau, H. and Wang*, H., Optimization of Customer Service Area and Driver Dispatch Area for On-Demand Food Delivery.
• Liang, J., Zhao, Y., Wang, H., Ke, J. and Xiao, Z., Uncovering Users' Willingness to Wait in On-Demand Food Delivery Markets.
• Zhu, Y., Jin, J. and Wang, H. Path-Choice-Constrained Bus Bridging Design under Urban Rail Transit Disruptions.
Teaching Awards
• Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Singapore Management University
• Short-list Nominee for Goodwin Medal of Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, MIT
Courses
• Carnegie Mellon University, Instructor
Decision Making Under Uncertainty, 2019 – 2020
Last student evaluation: 4.67/5.00
Capstone Project for M.S. in Business Analytics and Information Systems, 2019 – 2021
Last student evaluation: 5.00/5.00
• Singapore Management University, Instructor
Smart City Operations Research, soon in 2022 – 2024
Last student evaluation: 7.00/7.00
Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics, 2020 – 2024
Last student evaluation: 6.92/7.00
Computer as an Analysis Tool, 2015 – 2019
Last student evaluation: 6.78/7.00
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Guest Lecturer
Deep Learning for Urban Mobility, Oct. 2019
• Tsinghua University, Guest Lecturer
Regulations of Platform and Sharing Economy, Dec. 2020
Urban Operations Research, May 2017
• Peking University, Guest Lecturer
Data Analytics and Decision Making, Apr. 2021
• Carnegie Mellon University, Guest Lecturer
Decision Analytics for Business and Policy, 2020 – 2022
Innovative and Sustainable Operations, Apr. 2020
• Singapore Management University, Guest Lecturer
Artificial Intelligence Translational Research, 2018, 2022
Big Data and Entrepreneurship: Methodology and Case Studies, 2016 – 2019
Coaching for a Business Plan Competition, Jul. 2016
• Singapore University of Technology and Design, Guest Lecturer
Optimization, Oct. 2017
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teaching Assistant
Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods (Urban O.R.), Fall 2012, 2013
Last student evaluation: 6.90/7.0
Professional Service
• Editorial Service for Academic Journals
Associate Editor for Transportation Science. 2021 – Present
Associate Editor for Service Science. 2022 – Present
Editorial Board Member for Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 2022 – Present
Editorial Board Member for Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 2021 – Present
Guest Editor for Transportation Science, Special Issue on Machine Learning, Analytics and Optimization in Home Delivery Operationss. 2024 – Present [cpf]
Guest Editor for Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Special Issue on Emerging On-Demand Passenger and Logistics Systems. 2022 – 2024 [Intro][Issue]
Guest Editor for Service Science, Special Issue on Innovation in Transportation-Enabled Services. 2020 – 2023 [Intro] [cpf] [Issue]
Guest Editor for Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Special Issue on Innovative Shared Transportation. 2018 – 2021 [Intro] [Issue]
• Scientific Committee Member for Conferences
Winter Simulation Conference 2024, Orlando, Florida, USA
Winter Simulation Conference 2023, San Antonio, Taxas, USA
INFORMS TSL Third Triennial Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA
The 13th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China
Winter Simulation Conference 2022, Singapore
The 12th POMS-HK International Conference, Guangzhou/Hong Kong, China
The 9th INFORMS TSL Workshop, Ahmedabad, India
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
• Service in Academic and Professional Organizations
International liaison for Asia, Australia, and New Zealand for INFORMS TSL
Committee and Chair-Designate for INFORMS TSL Dissertation Award
Co-Chair for INFORMS TSL First Data-Driven Research Challenge
Committee for INFORMS TSL Cross-Region Collaborative Grant
Board Member for INFORMS Service Science Section
• Chair of Invited Session for Conferences
INFORMS 2024 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA
The 16th CSAMSE Conference, Xiamen, Fujian, China
The 14th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China
INFORMS 2023 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Winter Simulation Conference 2022, Singapore
INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA
IFORS 2021 Conference, Seoul, Korea
The 13th CSAMSE Conference, Shanghai, China
INFORMS 2020 Annual Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland, USA
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
Israel Science Foundation
INFORMS TSL Cross-Region Collaborative Grant
POMS Best Healthcare Paper Award
POMS-China Best Student Paper Competition
POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition
• Referee for Academic Journals and Peer-reviewed Conferences (in alphabetical order)
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems
Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry
Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Behaviour and Information Technology
BioMed Research International
BMC Anesthesiology
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
Cardiovascular Therapeutics
Cognitive Computation and Systems
Complexity
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Computers and Operations Research
Connection Science
Critical Care Research and Practice
Digital Health
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Economics of Transportation
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
ETRI Journal on Electronics and Telecommunications
EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics
European Journal of Operational Research
Frontiers in Future Transportation
Frontiers of Engineering Management
Global Business and Organizational Excellence
IEEE Access
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems
IET Energy Systems Integration
IET Intelligent Transport Systems
IISE Transactions
Information Systems and Operational Research
Information Systems Research
INFORMS Journal on Computing
INFORMS Journal on Optimization
INFORMS TSL Triennial Conference
INFORMS TSL Workshop
International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Engineering
International Journal of Communication Systems
International Journal of Economics and Management
International Journal of Industrial Organization
International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
International Journal of Production Economics
International Journal of Systems Science: Operations and Logistics
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
International Journal of the Economics of Business
International Transactions in Operational Research
ISTTT Conference
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Journal of Applied Mathematics
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
Journal of General Management
Journal of Innovative Digital Transformations
Journal of Management Analytics
Journal of Mathematics
Journal of Operations Management
Journal of Public Transportation
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
Journal of Social Service Research
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
Journal of Transport and Land Use
Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Journal of Urban Technology
Management Science
Managerial and Decision Economics
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Medicine
Naval Research Logistics
Networks and Spatial Economics
New Journal of Physics
Omega: The International Journal of Management Science
Operations Management Research
PLOS One
PNAS Nexus
Production and Operations Management
Public Transport
Review of Economics and Statistics
Scientific Reports
Service Science
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
Software: Practice and Experience
Strategic Change
Sustainable Cities and Society
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
Technology in Society
The Open Civil Engineering Journal
Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Transport Policy
Transport Reviews
Transportation
Transportation Planning and Technology
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Science
Transportmetrica A: Transport Science
Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics
Urban, Planning and Transport Research
Winter Simulation Conference
• 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)
• Member or Examiner of Doctoral Committee
Universities in China Mainland: Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tianjin University
Universities in Asia: Singapore Management University, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Universities in North America: Carnegie Mellon University
Other Service
• Co-Founder and Chair, MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum. 2011 – 2017
• Vice President, Boston Tsinghua Alumni Association. 2012 – 2015
• Co-President, MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association. 2011 – 2012
Honors and Awards
• Top 1% Best Teaching at Singapore Management University, 2023
• Transportation Science Meritorious Service Award (Associate Editor), 2023
• Transportation Science Meritorious Service Award (Associate Editor), 2022
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship for Research Excellence, 2022, 2023
• Transportation Science Meritorious Service Award (Reviewer), 2021
• PwC Risk and Regulatory Service Innovation Research Award, 2020
• Outstanding Paper Award, The 3rd Conference of the Yangtze-River Research and Innovation Belt, 2020
• Fellow, Chan Wui & Yunyin Rising Star Workshop in Mobility and Communications, 2019
• 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 Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, 2014
• Semifinalist in MIT 100K Entrepreneurship Competition (Project: Shared Logistics), 2014
• First Prize Winner in INFORMS RAS Problem Solving Competition, 2013
• MIT Chyn Duog Shiah Memorial Fellowship for Excellent Ph.D. Student, 2009
• National Award for Excellent Graduate (Top 0.1%), China Civil Engineering Society, 2009
• Graduation with Highest Honors (Top 1%), Tsinghua University, 2009
• Ranked 1st in Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 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
• National Research Foundation Singapore. Co-Principal Investigator. Project: Mens, Manus and Machina: How AI Empowers People, Institutions and the City in Singapore. Human Workers and Resource Allocation Optimization. 2023 – 2028. Award Amount: SG$4,000,000.
• Tokka Labs. Principal Investigator. Project: Data-Driven Optimization and Artificial Intelligence for Future Fintech. 2023 – 2025. Award Amount: SG$156,000.
• JPI Urban Europe and National Natural Science Foundation of China. Working Package Co-Investigator. Project: Sustainable Innovative Digitalized Networks of Urban Logistics. 2023 – 2026. Award Amount: EU€649,448, CN¥2,000,000.
• Meituan (the largest food delivery and location-based service provider in China). Co-Principal Investigator. Project: Analysis and Optimization of Customer and Rider Satisfaction in Food Delivery. 2021 – 2022. Award Amount: US$108,000.
• Mobility21 (A National University Transportation Center of Department of Transportation, USA). Co-Principal Investigator. Project: Joint Optimization of School Bus Routes and Last-Mile Services. 2020 – 2021. Award Amount: US$186,758.
• PwC Risk and Regulatory Service Innovation Center. Principal Investigator. Project: Financial Crime Prediction and Detection. 2020. Award Amount: US$26,604.
• Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Future Urban Mobility Group. Principal Investigator. Project: Matching in On-Demand Shared Transportation. 2019 – 2020. Award Amount: SG$50,040.
• Singapore MOE Tier 2 Academic Research Fund, Co-Principal Investigator. Project: Optimal Control of Medical Treatment using Predictive Information in ICUs. 2019 – 2022. Award Amount: SG$620,532.
• Didi Chuxing, Principal Investigator. Project: Optimizing Driver Incentives through Understanding Driver Behavior. 2017 – 2018. Award Amount: SG$10,000.
• Didi Chuxing, Co-Principal Investigator. Project: 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: 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: Pricing and Design of a Last-Mile Transportation System with Multi-Type Users. 2016 – 2019. Award Amount: SG$130,923.
Practices
• Chief Data Officer. SMART M3S on Artificial Intelligence. 2023 – Present
• Co-Founder and Chief Scientist. MilkRun SG. 2021 – 2023
Collaborators
• Regulatory Agencies
• Public Servicers
• Companies
Conference Presentations
• MIT-Singapore AI Symposium, Singapore. Jan. 2024
• The 14th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China. Jan. 2024
• INFORMS 2023 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Oct. 2023
• INFORMS Healthcare Conference 2023, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jul. 2023
• Maker-X Workshop with Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore. Apr. 2023
• The 13th POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong, China. Jan. 2023
• The 3rd Workshop on Transportation Research, Beijing, China. Dec. 2022
• INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Oct. 2022
• INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA. Oct. 2021
• IFORS 2021 Conference, Seoul, Korea. Aug. 2021
• The 13th International Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), Shanghai, China. Jul. 2021
• The 1st International Workshop on Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Apr. 2021
• INFORMS 2020 Annual Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland, USA. Nov. 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, Yunnan, 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
• Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management. Apr. 2024
• Delft University of Technology, Department of Transport and Planning. Apr. 2024
• Singapore University of Technology and Design, Engineering Systems and Design Pillar. Apr. 2024
• Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), M3S Group on Artificial Intelligence. Mar. 2024
• Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Institute of Data and Information. Mar. 2024
• University of Hong Kong, Institute of Transport Studies. Dec. 2023
• Sichuan University, School of Business. Dec. 2023
• Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, School of Business Administration. Dec. 2023
• Tongji University, College of Transportation Engineering. Sep. 2023
• Shenzhen University, School of Management. Jul. 2023
• Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), School of Data Science. Jun. 2023
• Southern University of Science and Technology, Business School. Jun. 2023
• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, School of Management and Economics. Jun. 2023
• South China University of Technology, School of Business Administration. Jun. 2023
• Nanjing University, School of Management and Engineering. May 2023
• Southeast University, School of Economics and Management. May 2023
• Beijing Jiaotong University, Institute of Transportation System Science and Engineering. May 2023
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Intelligent Transportation Trust. Nov. 2022
• University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business and Economics. Jul. 2022
• City University of Hong Kong, School of Data Science. Jun. 2022
• University of Hong Kong, Institute of Transport Studies. Jun. 2022
• Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Civil Aviation. Dec. 2021
• Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Management. Oct. 2021
• Southwest Jiaotong University, School of Transportation and Logistics. Jul. 2021
• Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Centre for Transportation and Logistics. Apr. 2021
• Tsinghua University, Department of Industrial Engineering. Apr. 2021
• Beijing Jiaotong University, State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety. Apr. 2021
• Zhejiang University, Institute of Intelligent Transportation Systems. Apr. 2021
• Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, School of Business Administration. Mar. 2021
• University of Minnesota, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Jan. 2021
• University of Michigan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Nov. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Changi Airport Group, Singapore. Apr. 2024
• Ryde, Singapore. Jun. 2023
• Grab, Singapore. Mar. 2023
• Meituan, Beijing, China. Mar. 2023
• West China Hopital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Feb. 2023
• Digital Blue Foam, Singapore. Dec. 2022
• China-Singapore Education Hub, Singapore. 2022.12
• Meituan, Beijing, China. Sep. 2022
• Meituan, Beijing, China. May 2022
• Upwork, Santa Clara, California, USA. Feb. 2022
• OR-AI, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Nov. 2021
• MilkRun, Singapore. Sep. 2021
• LalaMove (Huolala), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Jan. 2020
• Uber, San Francisco, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Lyft, San Francisco, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Upwork, Santa Clara, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Didi Chuxing, Mountain View, California, USA. Nov. 2019
• Douban, Beijing, China. Apr. 2019
• Didi Chuxing, Team of Supply Incentives, Beijing, China. Jun. 2018
• Baidu, Beijing, China. Jun. 2018
• Didi Chuxing, Team of Pricing, Beijing, China. Jun. 2018
• Jingdong (JD.com), Beijing, China. Jun. 2018
• Didi Chuxing, Operations Innovation Center, Beijing, China. May 2018
• Didi Chuxing, DiDi Research Lab, Beijing, China. May 2017