Rahul Roy

About

I am a rising fifth-year Ph.D. candidate and the Harvey Wagner OM Scholar in Operations at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, jointly advised by Profs. Nur Sunar and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan. I am on the 2024-25 academic job market.

My research primarily centers on the theory and practice of operational decision making within the context of two-sided online platforms. Drawing upon methodologies from computer science, probability theory, and econometrics, my research focuses on: (i) designing online algorithms for sequential decision problems, and (ii) formulating policies that integrate fairness and sustainability into the operational decision-making framework. My work finds applications across a wide array of domains such as revenue management, service operations, sustainability, and fairness.      

News

1. Roy, R., Sunar, N., Swaminathan, J. M. (2024). Data-Driven Dynamic Assortment in Online Platforms: Learning about Two-Sides. 

   • Accepted for presentation at 2024 Purdue Operations Conference (May 2024).

   • Accepted for presentation at 2024 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing (RMP) Section Conference (May 2024).

   • Accepted for presentation at 2024 INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Conference (May 2024).

2. Roy, R., Sunar, N., Swaminathan, J. M. (2024). Impact of Market Thickness and Heterogeneity on Matches in Online Marketplaces with Active Providers. Available at SSRN: 4723150. 

   • Accepted for presentation at Ninth Marketplace Innovation Workshop (MIW), 2024 (May 2024).

3. Recipient of the Harvey Wagner OM Scholar award in Operations (September 2023).

4. Huang, H., Sunar, N., Swaminathan, J. M., & Roy, R. (2023). Do noisy customer reviews discourage platform sellers? Empirical analysis of an online solar marketplace. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(6), 2195-2215. 

   • Published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (September 2023).