Xiaobei Shen (沈晓蓓)
Professor
International Institute of Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China
Room 521, Management Building, Email: fayshen@ustc.edu.cn
Brief Introduction
I am a faculty member at School of Management and International Institute of Finance, USTC. I obtained my Ph.D. degree in 2013 from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Fugee Tsung. Back in 2009, I received my B.E. degree from the School of Mechnical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, under the supervision of Prof. Zhibin Jiang.
I work on the operation and business strategies related to inventory, pricing, contract design and consumer behavior, trying to figure out the optimal rules. To apply the strategies, I frequently use convex optimization and dynamic programming to develop efficient algorithms. I am also interested in multiple areas such as information system, artificial intelligence, robotics, etc.
I may post some blogs when I am soooooo boring. They shall be found here.
Work Experience
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China
Professor, 2022 - now
Associate Professor, 2019 - 2022
Assistant Professor, 2016 - 2018
College of Business/Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
Research Fellow, 2013 - 2016
Education
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Department of IEDA, 2009 - 2013
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, 2005 - 2009
Research Interests
Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Dynamic Pricing, Contract Design, Data-Driven Research
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Python, Undergraduate, USTC
Instructor, Social Media Analysis, Undergraduate, USTC
Instructor, Operations Management, International MBA (IMBA), USTC
Instructor, Revenue Management, Postgraduate, USTC
Instructor, Optimization and Algorithm, Postgraduate, USTC
Publications (“#” indicates the students in USTC)
- Xiaobei Shen, Yimin Yu, Jingsheng (Jeannette) Song. Optimal policies for a multi-echelon inventory problem with service time target and expediting. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2022, 24(4), 2310-2327.
- Xiaobei Shen, Yimin Yu, Woonghee Tim Huh. A permutation-dependent separability approach for capacitated two-echelon inventory systems. Operations Research, 2022, 70(4), 1953-1968.
- Xiangyin Kong, Shuqi Liu(#), Xiaobei Shen, Gengzhong Feng. The optimal joint incentive contract designs and inventory decisions with an overconfident agent. Systems Engineering – Theory & Practice, 2022, 42(1), 123-137. (In Chinese)
- Xu Tian(#), Gongbing Bi, Xiaobei Shen, Lindong Liu. Crowdsourcing contests with entry cost. International Transactions in Operational Research, 2021, 28(3), 1371-1392.
- Xiaobei Shen, Yimin Yu. Capacity allocation with multiple suppliers and multiple demand classes. Production and Operations Management, 2019, 28(11), 2792-2807. (Manuscript)
- Xiaobei Shen, Lina Bao, Yimin Yu, Zhongsheng Hua. Managing supply chains with expediting and multiple demand classes. Production and Operations Management, 2019, 28(5), 1129-1148. (Manuscript)
- Xiaobei Shen, Lina Bao, Yimin Yu. Coordinating inventory and pricing decisions with general price-dependent demands. Production and Operations Management, 2018, 27(7), 1355-1367. (Manuscript)
- Xiaobei Shen, Zoie Shui-Yee Wong, Man Ho Ling, David Goldsman, Kwok-Leung Tsui. Comparison of algorithms to simulate disease transmission. Journal of Simulation, 2017, 11(3), 285-294. (Manuscript)
- Xiaobei Shen, Kwok-Leung Tsui, William H. Woodall, Changliang Zou. Self-starting monitoring scheme for Poisson count data with varying population sizes. Technometrics, 2016, 58(4), 460-471. (Manuscript)
- Xiaobei Shen, Fugee Tsung, Changliang Zou. A new multivariate EWMA scheme for monitoring covariance matrices. International Journal of Production Research, 2014, 52(10), 2834-2850. (Manuscript)
- Xiaobei Shen, Fugee Tsung, Changliang Zou, Wei Jiang. Monitoring Poisson count data with probability control limits when sample sizes are time-varying. Naval Research Logistics, 2013, 60(8), 625-636. (Manuscript)
Supervision
- Caiyuan Xiong, PhD, graduated from USTC in 2022; winner of Chinese Academy of Sciencer Dean Reward (Excellence Award, 2022年度中国科学院院长优秀奖). First position: Post-doctor in USTC
- Chunfang Yuan, MPhil, graduated from USTC in 2023. First position: Full Truck Alliance (满帮)
- Yue Zhou, MPhil, graduated from USTC in 2023.
- Shuqi Liu, PhD candidate; winner of National Scholarship (2022), CSC Scholarship (2023); expected graduation: 2025
- Zhe Zhang, PhD candidate; expected graduation: 2026
- Bangzhu Zhou, MPhil student; expected graduation: 2024
- Xiaoting Xie, MPhil student.
- Fangrong Zhao, MSc student.
- Xin Wang, MSc student.