Research Collaboration
Carri Chan, Fangruo Chen, Shuyu Chen, Ki Ling Cheung, Davide Crapis, Zheng Cui, Awi Federgruen, Guillermo Gallego, Linda Green, Yonatan Gur, Albert Ha, Costis Maglaras, Zhe Liu, David Simchi-Levi, Zhuoyu Long, Max Shen, Jeannette Song, Garrett Van Ryzin, Ruxian Wang, Gabriel Weintraub, Yaozhong Wu, Xiaoming Yan, Assaf Zeevi, Hanqin Zhang,...
Students Advising and Collaborations
PhD thesis supervision (primary advisor):
Xinyi Zhou (BSc in Physics), PhD student @HKUST Business School, Aug 2021 - present
Honorable mention in the 2023 POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition.
Ce Zhang (MSc in Management Science and Engineering), PhD student @HKUST Business School, Aug 2022 - present
PhD thesis committee member:
Yihua He (IEDA-HKUST, 2026), first placement: Assistant Professor, School of Digital Economics@Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Zheng Xie (ISOM-HKUST, 2025), first placement: Postdoc, HKUST Business School
Chen Yang (IEDA-HKUST, 2025), first placement: Assistant Professor, School of Management @Zhejiang University
Huijun Chen (ISOM-HKUST, 2024), first placement: Postdoc, HKUST Business School
Ailing Xu (ISOM-HKUST, 2024), first placement: Assistant Professor, School of Management @Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jianyue Wang (ISOM-HKUST, 2022), first placement: Assistant Professor, School of Management @Dalian University of Technology
Shuyu Chen (OM-Duke University, 2022), first placement: Operation Research Consultant @American Airline
RAs
Yuwei Zha (PhD in Management Science & Engineering @Tsinghua University), RA in Spring 2026.
Xinyi Yin (PhD in Applied Mathematics @Nanjing University), RA in Spring 2026.
Xin Weng (PhD in Operations Management @Tsinghua University, 2025), Fall 2023 - Fall 2025.
First placement: Associate Professor, School of Management @Fuzhou University
Hexiao Liu (PhD in Operations Management @Zhejiang University), Spring 2025.
Xinru Hu (PhD in Management Science & Engineering @Huazhong University of Science and Technology), RA in Spring 2024.
Honorable mention in the 2025 POMS-China Best Student Paper Competition.
Xinran Du (MSc in Operations Management @Tsinghua University, 2024), RA in Spring 2023.
First placement: PhD @ Fuqua Business School, Duke University
Xiaotong Liu (PhD in Operations Research @Tsinghua University), RA in Spring 2023.
Former UG Students
Shuhan Wan (UG @HKUST), Spring 2022, MSc @Columbia University
Chang Su (UG @HKUST), Fall 2022, Wharton @University of Pennsylvania
Recruitment: I look for candidates who have strong motivation and solid analytical skills for developing data-driven solutions for various digital economies. Interested candidates are welcome to email me a copy of their resume, transcripts, papers, and other relevant materials.
Postdoc, PhD, and RA positions: Strong mathematical background with a keen interest in pursuing an academic career. Passionate about enhancing real-world efficiency by tackling challenging problems across diverse business contexts, and highly motivated to produce high-quality academic research.
Quantitative researcher/analyst/developer positions: Strong quantitative background - e.g., operations research, mathematics, statistics, and computer science - with a keen interest in a career in quantitative investment. Professor Lu, the Founder and Chief Investment Officer at UniQuant Capital, leads our research, which is practice-oriented and has been applied to inform quantitative investment decisions in the capital markets.
Data scientist/analyst/developer positions: Strong background in big data methodologies and algorithms, with a keen interest in data-driven optimization using large datasets. Our research projects collaborate with three sectors - Logistics and E-commerce, Finance, and Healthcare - where big data analytics play a crucial role. Proficiency in programming and machine learning algorithms are preferred.