Research Interests

Applications: Omnichannel & E-commerce Retailing, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, Revenue Management, Network Design, Fulfillment Optimization

Methodologies: Optimization under Uncertainty, Dynamic Programming, Asymptotic Analysis, Combinatorial Optimization, Distribution-free Optimization, Game Theory

Publications

1. The Distribution-free Inventory Risk Pooling in a Multi-location Newsvendor 2020. With Amitabh Sinha and Joline Uichanco. Available online here. Forthcoming in Management Science.

   • Second Place, 2019 POMS College of Supply Chain Management 2019 Best Student Paper Competition

   • Finalist, 2019 POMS-HK Student Paper Competition

2. Joint Inventory and Fulfillment Decisions for Omnichannel Retail Networks 2020. With Amitabh Sinha and Joline Uichanco. Available online here. Accepted at Naval Research Logistics.

   • Covered on ResearchFeatures.com

Working Papers

1. Lead Time Independent Joint Inventory and Pricing Controls for Lost Sales System with Probabilistic Service Level Constraints 2020. With Stefanus Jasin, Lai Wei and Yu Zhang. Available online here. Under Review.

2. The Value of Personalized Return Policies in Retail. With Hyun-Soo Ahn and Joline Uichanco. Draft in Preparation.

Services

• Referee

  • Management Science, Productions and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research

Invited Presentations

• "Supply Chain Optimization at Target"

  • 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting (Practice-curated Track)

• "The Operational Value of Personalized Return Policies in Retail"

  • 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle WA

• "Distribution-free Inventory Risk Pooling in a Multi-location Newsvendor"

  • 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ

  • 2019 POMS Annual Conference, Washington DC

• "Joint Inventory and Fulfillment Decisions for Omnichannel Retail Networks"

  • 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston TX

  • 2018 Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, London UK

  • 2018 Target Corp., Sunnyvale CA

• "Inventory Optimization for Fulfillment Integration in Omnichannel Retailing"

  • 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville TN

  • 2017 MSOM U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC