Jongheon Lee
Assistant Professor at Department of Industrial & Management Engineering
Incheon National University
Assistant Professor at Department of Industrial & Management Engineering
Incheon National University
Current Position
Assistant Professor at Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, Incheon National University (South Korea), 2024.03 ~
Educational Backgrounds
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University (South Korea): 2019.03 ~ 2023.08
Thesis: Optimization Models and Decomposition Approaches for the Power System Operation under Uncertainty
Advisor: Prof. Kyungsik Lee
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University (South Korea): 2017.03 ~ 2019.02
Thesis: Optimizing Microgrid Operation Plan under Islanding Uncertainty
Advisor: Prof. Kyungsik Lee
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University (South Korea): 2011.03 ~ 2017.02
Military Service at ROK Air Force: 2013.01 ~ 2015.01
Professional Experience
Research Professor & Lecturer at Department of Energy & Electrical Engineering, Tech University of Korea (South Korea): 2023.09 ~ 2024.02
Research Interests
Integer Optimization, Operations Research, Mathematical Programming
Sequential decision making under uncertainty
stochastic / robust / distributionally robust optimization
two-stage / multi-stage optimization
Decomposition approaches for large-scale optimization problems
Applications of optimization methodologies in energy systems, logistics, production systems
Papers
Published Papers (*corresponding author)
Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee*, Column-and-constraint generation approach to partition-based risk-averse two-stage stochastic programs, Annals of Operations Research 349 (online link), June 2025.
Hyojin Kim, Jongheon Lee*, Siyoung Lee*, Optimizing day-ahead EV scheduling across multiple charging stations with an interrupted-charging scheme, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 198 (online link), June 2025.
Jongwook Lim, Jongheon Lee, Yoo Suk Hong, Changmuk Kang*, A framework for designing zonal architectures for in-vehicle networks: balancing communication load and wiring length. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 74(5) (online link), May 2025.
Jongheon Lee, Seulgi Joung, Kyungsik Lee*, Scalable optimization approaches for microgrid operation under stochastic islanding and net load, Applied Energy 374 (online link), Nov 2024.
Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee*, A unit decomposition approach for the stochastic unit commitment problem under demand uncertainty, Journal of the Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers 49(4) (online link), Aug 2023.
Young-soo Myung, Ilkyeong Moon, Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee*, Analyzing the effects of using both foldable and standard containers in ocean transportation, International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice 28(1) (online link), Oct 2021.
Jongheon Lee, Siyoung Lee*, Kyungsik Lee*, Multistage stochastic optimization for microgrid operation under islanding uncertainty, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 12(1) (online link, manuscript), Jan 2021.
Working Papers
An interval-based two-stage stochastic programming model for the unit commitment problem under demand uncertainty, under review
Single unit commitment under uncertainty and its application to unit decomposition algorithms, in preparation
Conference Talks
International
Hojin Jung, Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee, An interval-based stochastic unit commitment model under demand uncertainty, ISMP 2024 (International Symposium on Mathematical Programming), Montreal, Canada, Jul 2024.
Jongheon Lee, Seulgi Joung, Kyungsik Lee, Scalable optimization models and methods for microgrid operation under uncertainty, IFORS 2023 (International Federation of Operational Research Societies), Santiago, Chile, Jul 2023.
Hojin Jung, Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee, An interval-based stochastic unit commitment model under demand uncertainty, IFORS 2023 (International Federation of Operational Research Societies), Santiago, Chile, Jul 2023.
Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee, Column-and-constraint generation for risk-averse two-stage stochastic programs, EURO 2022 (European Conference on Operational Research), Espoo, Finland, Jul 2022.
Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee, Partition-based two-stage risk-averse stochastic optimization, IFORS 2021 (International Federation of Operational Research Societies), virtual, Aug 2021.
Jongheon Lee, Siyoung Lee, Kyungsik Lee, Optimizing microgrid operation plan under islanding uncertainty, EURO 2019 (European Conference on Operational Research), Dublin, Ireland, Jun 2019 (slide).
Domestic
Hojin Jung, Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee, An interval-based two-stage stochastic optimization model for the unit commitment problem under demand uncertainty, KIIE (Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers) Master's Thesis Competition, Incheon, South Korea, Nov 2022.
Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee, Partition-based two-stage risk-averse stochastic optimization, KIIE (Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers) Conference, Jeju, South Korea, Jun 2021.
Jongheon Lee, Siyoung Lee, Kyungsik Lee, Optimizing microgrid operation plan under islanding uncertainty, KIIE (Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers) Master's Thesis Competition, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 2018.
Projects
Development of a big data-based research performance prediction system (INU), Aug 2024 - Jan 2025 (Role: principal investigator)
Sequential integer optimization under uncertainty for the operation of smart production systems, Mar 2021 - present (Role : project member)
Development of core stabilizing technology for renewable power management system, Dec 2019 - Dec 2022 (Role : project leader)
Optimization methods for the operation of stem cell therapy culture systems, Mar 2018 - Aug 2021 (Role : project member)
A study on scheduling algorithm considering sequence-dependent set-up time, Feb 2017 - Apr 2017 (Role : project member)
Teaching Experiences
Assistant Professor (at INU)
Deterministic Operations Research (0010909, Spring 2024, 2025)
Stochastic Operations Research (0010907, Fall 2024, 2025)
Applied Optimization Modeling 1 (0010911, Spring 2025)
Integer Optimization (1003099, Fall 2025)
Mathematical Programming (LDN016, Fall 2024)
Operations Research (844308, Spring 2024)
Lecturer (at TUK)
Introduction to Optimization (AEN46013-01, Fall 2023)
Teaching Assistant (at SNU)
Engineering Mathematics 1 (033.014(006), Spring 2019)
Operations Research 1 (406.315(001), Spring 2019)
Optimization Models and Their Applications (406.321(001), Fall 2019)
Integer Optimization (406.667(001), Fall 2019)
Awards
Teaching Awards in INU
2024-1 (undergrad), 2024-2 (grad)
Awards as a student researcher
Lee Chung-Han Award (Excellence in Research), Department of Industrial Engineering (SNU), Dec 2022
Grand Prize in 2022 KIIE Master's Thesis Competition, Nov 2022 (as a co-author)
Best Prize in 2018 KIIE Master's Thesis Competition, Nov 2018 (as a first-author)
Patents
Siyoung Lee, Jongheon Lee, Kyungsik Lee, Optimal scheduling method for microgrid operation under islanding uncertainty, 2022.08.01 (registered), No. 10-2427821 (KR)
Contact
Office: Room 474, Building 8, Academy-ro 119, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South Korea
Tel: +82-32-835-8484
Email: jongheon@inu.ac.kr