Assistant Professor, Presidential Young Scholar (2022 - 2025)
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Faculty of Business
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ph.D., Operations Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2014 - 2020
M.S., Statistics, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2018 - 2019
B. Engineering and B. Economics, Tsinghua University, 2010 - 2014
Applications: Pricing and Revenue Management, Online Advertising, Queueing Theory and its Applications, Process Analysis.
Methodologies: Stochastic Dynamic Programming, Statistical Learning Theory, Asymptotic Analysis, Optimization.
Dawande, M., Feng, Z., and Janakiraman, G., 2021. On the Structure of Bottlenecks in Processes. Management Science, 67(6): 3853–3870.
Feng, Z., Dawande, M., and Janakiraman, G., 2021. On the Capacity of a Process with Batch Processing and Setup times. Production and Operations Management, 30(11): 4273-4287.
Feng, Z., Dawande, M., Janakiraman, G., and Qi, A., 2023. An Asymptotically Tight Learning Algorithm for Mobile-Promotion Platforms. Management Science, 69(3):1536-1554.
Feng, Z., Dawande, M., Janakiraman, G., and Qi, A., 2024. Dynamic Pricing and Learning with Discounting. Operations Research, 72(2): 481-492.
Feng, Z., Li, A., Walczak, D., and Cakanyıldırım, M., 2024. Dynamic and Flexible Capacity Management for Flight Compartments and Beyond. Production and Operations Management, 33(12): 2401-2420.
Feng, Z., Dawande, M., Janakiraman, G., and Qi, A., Service Systems with On-Demand and Reserved Servers.
Feng, Z., Dawande, M., Janakiraman, G., and Qi, A., Online Learning and Capacity Management in Cloud-Cost Optimization.
LGT5431: Digital Transformation and Business Analytics
Spring 2025
LGT5425: Business Analytics
Fall 2022, Spring 2023
LGT5109: International Operations Management
Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026
LGT6006: Statistics and Game Theoretic Methods for Business Analysis and Decisions
Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025
OPRE3310: Operations Management
Spring 2018, Spring 2019
Associate Editor: Decision Science Journal (2026 - Present)
Guest Editor: Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering (2025 - Present)
Reviewer: Operations Research, Manufacturing \& Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Omega, IISE Transactions, Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
Session Chair: INFORMS Annual Conference (2023), POMS Annual Conference (2023, 2026), POMS-HK Annual Conference (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), CSAMSE Annual Conference (2026), POMS International Conference in China (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
Conference Reviewer: MSOM Supply Chain Management SIG (2024, 2026)
Judge: POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition (2023)
I am looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students with solid mathematical background and an interest in doing research on decision-making under uncertainty with potential applications in supply chain management, revenue management, and queueing. Students with a bachelor/master degree in mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, industrial engineering, operations research, and computer science are welcome to email me with your CV and transcript.(Research Assistant / Postdoctoral Fellow applications are also welcome.)
Competitive financial support will be provided (see https://www.polyu.edu.hk/gs/prospective-students/fellowship-scholarship-schemes/).
Contact Information
M611, 6/F, Li Ka Shing Tower
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: zhi-chao.feng@polyu.edu.hk