How should we design societally important systems under changing conditions and incomplete information?

Hi! I am Aiqi [pronounced Eye-Chee], an Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Sciences at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University. I am also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering at University of Waterloo. Before joining Laurier, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto for two years. I received my PhD in Operations Research from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and my bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the University of Science and Technology of China.

I work on operations problems where uncertainty, data, and social impact matter. Using data-driven optimization, machine learning, and statistical methods, I study how to make better decisions for resilient operations in societally important systems, including urban infrastructure, public health, nonprofit and humanitarian operations, and supply chains. A recurring theme in my research is designing operational policies that are efficient, robust, fair, and sustainable.