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Stanford Graduate School of Business
Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
Stanford Graduate School of Business
I am an Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, and the Business School Trust Faculty Scholar for 2024-2026 at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
My primary research interests are in data-driven stochastic modeling of service systems with an emphasis on healthcare operations management.
I completed my PhD in Decision, Risk, and Operations from Columbia Business School. I did my undergraduate studies at Northwestern University.
Education
Ph.D. (with M.Phil.), Operations Management, Columbia University, 2022
B.S. (with Honors), Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, Mathematics, Northwestern University, 2017
yuehu@stanford.edu
Knight Management Center
655 Knight Way, E302
Stanford, CA 94305-5015
Research
Research
Working Papers
Working Papers
Optimal Batching and Pricing for Power Grid Interconnection Queues.
Y. Hu, O. Karaduman, L. Zang.- Accepted to 2026 MSOM Service Management SIG
Online Learning for Dynamic Service Mode Control.
W. Xing, Y. Hu, A. Kalvit, V. Sarhangian.Value of Sparse Structures in Dynamic Reusable Resource Allocation with Waiting.
J. Dong, Y. Hu, S. Wang.The Impact of Information Granularity and Prioritization on Patients’ Care Modality Choice.
L. Zang, Y. Hu, R. Roet-Green, S. Sun.- Accepted to 2026 MSOM Healthcare Operations Management SIG
- L. Zang: Second Place, 2025 MSOM Student Paper Competition
Existence and Approximations of Moments for Polling Systems under the Binomial-Exhaustive Policy.
Y. Hu, J. Dong, O. Perry.Publications
Publications
S. Tsung*, Y. B. Zeng*, V. Parameswaran, F. Rodriguez, Y. Hu, D. Scheinker, N. M. Kalwani. Journal of the American Heart Association, (accepted). *Co-first authors
V. Parameswaran, M. Miller, J. Pritchett, B. Demaerschalk, Y. Hu, S. Tsung, Y. B. Zeng, L. Rosengaus, C. Sharp, B. Lee, S. Shah. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 32, 2025. pp. 6829-6837.
Y. Hu, C. W. Chan, J. Dong, A. Kazekjian, C. Ophaswongse, G. Sugalski, J. P. Underwood, R. Perotte. npj Health Systems, 2, 2025.
Prediction-Driven Surge Planning with Application in the Emergency Department.
Y. Hu, C. W. Chan, J. Dong. Management Science, 71(3), 2025. pp. 2079-2126.- Finalist, 2022 INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR Student Paper Competition
Use of Real-Time Information to Predict Future Arrivals in the Emergency Department.
Y. Hu, K. D. Cato, C. W. Chan, J. Dong, N. Gavin, S. C. Rossetti, B. P. Chang. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 81(6), 2023. pp. 728-737.Y. Hu, J. Dong, O. Perry. Annals of Applied Probability, 32(6), 2022. pp. 4803-4848.
- Winner, 2020 INFORMS APS Best Student Paper Award
Optimal Scheduling of Proactive Service with Customer Deterioration and Improvement.
Y. Hu, C. W. Chan, J. Dong. Management Science, 68(4), 2022. pp. 2533-2578.- Finalist, 2024 MSOM Service Management SIG Best Paper Award
- Finalist, 2019 INFORMS IBM Best Student Paper Award
Use of a Novel Patient-Flow Model to Optimize Hospital Bed Capacity for Medical Patients.
Y. Hu, J. Dong, O. Perry, R. M. Cyrus, S. Gravenor, M. J. Schmidt. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 47(6), 2021. pp. 354-363.H. B. Gershengorn, Y. Hu, J-T. Chen, S. J. Hsieh, J. Dong, M. N. Gong, C. W. Chan. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 47(6), 2021. pp. 354-363.
Analyzing Client Behavior in a Syringe Exchange Program.
H. Yang, Y. Hu, D. P. Morton. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 10(2), 2020. pp. 142-157.Teaching
Teaching
OIT 245: Optimization and Simulation Modeling (Base)
OIT 245: Optimization and Simulation Modeling (Base)
MBA Core Course | Fall 2023-2025
OIT 614: Foundations of Stochastic Modeling
OIT 614: Foundations of Stochastic Modeling
PhD Course | Fall 2025
OIT 644: Research in Operations, Information and Technology
OIT 644: Research in Operations, Information and Technology
PhD Course | 2023-2025
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