I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan Industrial & Operations Engineering (IOE), advised by Dr. Raed Al Kontar. My research interest lies broadly in Bayesian methods, optimization, statistical learning, and their applications.

Publications

Chen, Q., Al Kontar, R., Jiang, L., and Qin, H. (2024) “Multi-agent Collaborative Bayesian Optimization via Constrained Gaussian Processes,” Technometrics

Chen, Q., Al Kontar, R., Nouiehed, M., Yang, X., and Lester, C. (2024) “Rethinking Cost-sensitive Classification in Deep Learning via Adversarial Data Augmentation,” INFORMS Journal on Data Science (IJDS)

Tsai CC., Kim JY., Chen Q., Rowell B., Yang XJ., Al Kontar R., Whitaker M., Lester C., (2025) “The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Helpfulness and Uncertainty on Cognitive Interactions with Pharmacists: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Kim JY., Marshall VD., Rowell B., Chen Q., Zheng Y., Lee JD., Al Kontar R., Lester C., Yang XJ., (2025) “The Effects of Presenting AI Uncertainty Information on Pharmacists’ Trust in Automated Pill Recognition Technology: an Exploratory Study,” JMIR Human Factors.

Zheng, Y., Rowell, B., Chen, Q., Kim, J., AlKontar, R., Yang, X., Lester, C., (2023) “Designing Human-Centered AI to Prevent Medication Dispensing Errors: Focus Group Study With Pharmacists,” JMIR Form Res

Teaching

• Lead Instructor

  • IOE/STATS 570 (Experimental Design) at the University of Michigan

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • IOE 265 (Prob & Stats for Engineers) at the University of Michigan.

Services

• Student Organizing Committee for Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences (MSSISS) 2024 

• IOE Graduate student coordinator (Term 2024-2026)

• IOE Graduate Application Mentoring Program (GAMP) mentor 

• Journal Referee for

  • Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Transactions

  • IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Research (Advisor: Dr. Raed Al Kontar)

M.S.E. in Industrial & Operations Engineering

M.A. in Applied Economics

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, minor in Economics

Sichuan University

B.E. in Industrial Engineering

Awards & Fellowships

•  2023 IOE Bonder fellowship for dissertation research in applied OR