About Me

Education

Ph.D., Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2013
Main Findings published in
- - “Scheduling of Multi-Skilled Staff Across Multiple Locations." Production and Operations Management, 23(4): 626–644, 2014 and
  - “On the Mixed Set Covering, Packing and Partitioning Polytope." Discrete Optimization, 22(A): 162–182, 2016.
M.Phil., Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2010
B.Sc. (Hons), Mathematics (minor in Risk Management Science), the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 2008
- - Final Year Project published in “Investigation of Taylor-Görtler-like Vortices Using the Parallel Consistent Splitting Scheme." Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1(6): 799–815, 2009.

Academic Experience

August 2017 to Present:
- - Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, the University of Hong Kong.
August 2014 to August 2017:
- - Research Assistant Professor, Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
September 2013 to August 2014:
- - Assistant Professor, School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology.
May 2012 to August 2012:
- - Visiting Researcher, Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California at Berkeley.
June 2007 to August 2007:
- - Summer Intern, Joint Institute for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Professional Services

Services at Societies

President of the Operational Research Society of Hong Kong (ORSHK) Jan 2023 – Present.
Vice-President of the Operational Research Society of Hong Kong (ORSHK) Jan 2022 – December 2022.
Steering Committee Member of the International Society for Digital Health July 2019 – Present.
Board Member of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) April 2016 – Present.

Editorial & Review Services

Editorial Review Board Member of Decision Sciences Journal. 2020 – Present.
Editorial Advisory Board Member of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 2019 – Present.
Academic Editor of PLOS ONE (handling submissions on health service delivery and transportation systems). 2018 – Present.
Managing Guest Editor of Special Issue of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review on "Technology-driven logistics and supply chain management for societal impacts," 2020– 2021.
Managing Guest Editor of Special Issue of International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing on "Digital Twin-enabled Smart Industrial Systems," 2018 – 2020.
Managing Guest Editor of Special Issue of Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics on "Smart Transportation and Analytics,"2015 – 2017.
Co-Guest Editor of Special Issue of Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics on "Dynamic Modelling and Optimisation of Transportation Systems in the Connected Era,"2018 – 2020.
Guest Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. 2017.
Co-Editor of “Transport and Equity," Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, 2023.
Co-Editor of “Urban Transport Analytics," Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, 2015.
Reviewer for Journals:
- - 4OR–A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research
  - Annals of Operations Research
  - Applied Mathematical Modelling
  - Applied Economics Letters
  - Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
  - BMC Health Services Research
  - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  - Computers and Industrial Engineering
  - Computers and Operations Research
  - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
  - Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
  - Decision Sciences Journal
  - Decision Support Systems
  - Emergency Medicine Journal
  - EURO Journal on Transportation & Logistics
  - European Journal of Emergency Medicine
  - European Journal of Operational Research
  - Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal
  - Geo-spatial Information Science
  - IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
  - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems
  - IISE Transactions
  - International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  - International Journal of Engineering Business Management
  - International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications
  - International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics
  - International Journal of Medical Informatics
  - International Journal of Production Economics
  - International Journal of Production Research
  - International Journal for Quality in Health Care
  - International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
  - International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics
  - Information Sciences
  - International Transactions in Operational Research
  - Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems and Manufacturing
  - Journal of Air Transport Management
  - Journal of Manufacturing Systems
  - Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
  - Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations
  - Journal of Transport Geography
  - Learning Health Systems
  - Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
  - Mathematical Problems in Engineering
  - Naval Research Logistics
  - npj Digital Medicine
  - PLOS ONE
  - Proceedings of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
  - Production and Operations Management
  - Production Planning & Control
  - Research in Transportation Economics
  - Service Science
  - Soft Computing
  - Sustainable Cities and Society
  - The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  - Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
  - Transportation Research Board
  - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
  - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  - Transportmetrica A: Transport Science
  - Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics
  - Travel Behaviour and Society
Reviewer for Conferences:
- - HICSS
  - IEEE BigData Congress
  - IEEE IEEM
  - International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS)
  - International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering
  - XSEDE Conference
Reviewer for Textbooks:
- - Cambridge University Press
  - CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

Organization of Conferences / Workshops / Seminar Series

Professional Memberships

Corporate Member of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS)
Member of Professional Societies:
- - Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  - Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
  - European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)
  - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)