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Jian Wu 吴鉴

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Department of Decision Analytics and Operations,
College of Business,
City University of Hong Kong
83 Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Email: jian.wu [@] cityu.edu.hk

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor of Management Sciences in the College of Business, City University of Hong Kong. Before joining CityU, I obtained my Ph.D. from Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University, under the supervision of Prof. Qi Annabelle Feng, Prof. J. George Shanthikumar, and Prof. William B. Haskell. My research focuses on decision-making under uncertainty in supply chain management.

Education

Purdue University, 2019 - 2025
Ph.D. in Operations Management

The University of Hong Kong, 2015 - 2019
B.Eng in Industrial Engineering and Technology Management (First Class Honor)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, January - May 2018
Exchange Student, International Academic Programs (IAP)

Journal Publications

  1. Solving the Price-Setting Newsvendor Problem with Parametric Operational Data Analytics (ODA). Management Science (with L. Y. Chu, Q. Feng, J. G. Shanthikumar and Z. J. M. Shen) [SSRN]
    • Contextual Data-Integrated Newsvendor Solution with Operational Data Analytics (ODA). Forthcoming, Management Science (with Q. Feng and J. G. Shanthikumar) [SSRN]

      Working Papers

      1. Preference Robust Optimization with Quasi-Concave Choice Functions in Multi-Attribute Decision Making: Characterization and Computation. Under review. (with W. B. Haskell, W. Huang and H. Xu) [arXiv]
        • Operational Data Analytics (ODA) Embedded Neural Network Learning for the Newsvendor Problem with General Demand. Work in progress (with Q. Feng and J. G. Shanthikumar)
          • Proximal Systems for Inventory Management under Positive Lead Times. Work in progress (with Q. Feng, J. G. Shanthikumar and Y. Yang)

          Teaching

          Instructor, MGMT361 Operations Management, Spring 2024, Purdue University

          Teaching assistant, MGMT565 Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Purdue University

          Teaching assistant, MGMT568 Supply Chain Analytics, Summer 2022, Purdue University

          Teaching assistant, MGMT664 Supply Chain Management, Summer 2021, Purdue University

          Honors and Awards

        • Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University

        • DSB Certificate for Outstanding Teaching, Purdue University

        • DSB Doctoral Student Research Funds 2022, 2024, Purdue University

        • Krannert Award for Doctoral Study in Supply Chain & OM 2019-20, Purdue University

        • China Soong Ching Ling Foundation Scholarships 2015-19

          • Presentations

        • Contextual Data-Integrated Newsvendor Solution with Operational Data Analytics (ODA).

          • POMS Annual Conference, Virtual, 2022

          • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2022

          • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2023

          • POMS Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2024

        • Solving the Price-Setting Newsvendor Problem with Parametric Operational Data Analytics (ODA).

          • Seminar at Management Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2023

        • Preference Robust Optimization for Quasi-Concave Choice Functions.

          • Krannert Doctoral Research Symposium, Purdue University, 2020

          Service

          Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Conference 2022, 2023, 2024, POMS Annual Conference 2025

          Reviewer for Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, International Journal of Production Research

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