Yichuan Ding

Desautels Faculty Scholar; Associate Professor in Health Analytics

Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University

Academic Director, Master of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management 

Education

09/2007 - present     PhD Candidate, Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University

                                    Thesis Advisor: Prof. Yinyu Ye and Prof. Stefanos Zenios

09/2005 - 06/2007    M. Math, Dept of Combinatorics & Optimization, University of Waterloo，Canada

                                    Thesis Advisor: Prof. Henry Wolkowicz

09/2001 - 06/2005    B.S., Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University, China

Research Interest

Health Care Operations Management, Optimization, Queueing, Data Sciences

Bio

Dr. Yichuan Ding is currently an associate professor in the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He has been honored as the Desautels Faculty Scholar. Dr. Ding currently serves as the director of the Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Program in the faculty. Dr. Ding obtained his PhD in management science and engineering from Stanford University. His research interests include optimization, queueing, and data analytics, as well as their applications in healthcare delivery systems, including emergency department operations, outpatient care, operation rooms, intensive care unit, and organ transplant. He has published on top-tier academic journals including operations research, mathematics of operations research, manufacturing and service operations management, and production and operations management. Dr. Ding was the winner of the 2023 POMS College of health care operations management best paper competition, the finalist of the 2019 Pierskalla Best Paper Competition, and the finalist of the 2017 INFORMS behavioural operations management best working paper competition. He currently serves as the associate editor for Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Decision Sciences, and Service Sciences.  

Awards and Honors

• Winner, 2023 International Conference on Service System and Service Management, Best Paper Competition

• 3rd Prize, 2023 Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference (China) Best Paper Competition

• Winner, 2023 Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Best Healthcare Paper Competition 

• Winner, 4th annual Canadian Healthcare Optimization Workshop (CHOW) 2021 Best Paper Competition in the category of statistical methods/econometric modeling.

• Finalist, 2019 Pierskalla Best Paper Prize, INFORMS Healthcare Society.

• Honorable Mention, Best Working Paper Competition, 2017 Behavioral Operations Management Section.

• Honorable mention, 2010 student paper prize, by the COSP (Committee of Stochastic Programming)