Shaohui Zheng

Shaohui Zheng received the Ph.D. degree in Operations Research from Columbia University, New York in 1994, and the M.S. degree in Operations Research / Optimal Control from the Academy of Sciences of China, Beijing in 1987.

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Research Interests

· Supply Chain Management

· Interface of Marketing and Supply Chain

· Operations of Manufacturing and Service Systems

· Applied Probability Models

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Professional Services

· Editorship

- Associate Editor, Operations Research (Jan. 2000 -- Dec. 2005, and Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2023).

- Associate Editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (Sept. 2005 -- Dec. 2007).

- Guest Editor, Annals of Operations Research, Volume 87 (1999).

· Other Major Professional Services

- Panel Member, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2020).

- Committee Member, Wickham Skinner Award for Early-Career Research Accomplishments, Productions and Operations Management Society, 2015.

- Cluster Chair, 26^th Annual POMS Conference, Washington DC, May 2015.

- Panel Member, Key Research Programs (重点研究项目) and General Research Program (面上項目), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015 - 2016.

- Panel Member, Key International Cooperation Programs (重点国际合作项目), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014.

- Panel Member, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (杰出青年基金), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013, 2018, 2022.

- Reviewer, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (杰出青年基金), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019-2021.

- Panel Member, National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (优秀青年基金), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013.

- Judge, Student Paper Competition, The Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society, 2006-2012.

- Panel Member, CSAMSE Practice Award, Overseas Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science and Engineering, 2020-2022.

- Judge, Best Papers Awards, Annual Conference of the Overseas Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science and Engineering, 2012-2015.

· Forum / Workshop / Conference Organization

- Co-Chair, International Workshop on Management Science and Operations Research, Hefei, China, July 21-22, 2013.

- Co-Chair, International Workshop on Management Science and Operations Research, Xiamen, June 8-10, 2011.

- Chair, Industrial Forum on Managing Supply Chains in A Flat World: Challenges and Opportunities, Hong Kong, June 3-4, 2011.

- Chair, International Forum on the Interface of Marketing and Operations Management, Hong Kong, Dec. 15-16, 2009.

- Chair, International Forum on Management Science and Operations Research, Jinan, China, June 1-4, 2009.

- Chair, International Symposium on Supply Chain Management: Theory and Application, Sanya, December 28-30, 2008.

- Co-Chair, Forum on Best Practices of Supply Chain Management in China: Global Coordination and Optimization of Supply Chains, Beijing, June 14, 2008.

- Program Committee Member, INFORMS (International), Beijing, 2012.

- Program Committee Member, Annual Conference of the Overseas Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science and Engineering (OCSAMSE), 2009-present.

- Procedure Committee Member, The 6^th International Conference on Management, Wuhan, China, August 2007.

- Organizing Committee Member, Summer Workshop on Frontiers of Research in Supply Chain Management, June 2007

- Organizing Committee Member, Summer Workshop on Stochastic Models in Operations Research / Management Science, Beijing, August 2006.

- Organizing Committee Member, Summer Workshop on Stochastic Models in Operations Research / Management Science, Beijing, July, 2005.

- Program Committee Member, 12th INFORMS – Applied Probability Society CONFERENCE, Beijing, June 2004.

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University Services

· University Level

- Member, Senate Committee on Academic Integrity, since Jan. 2025.

- Member, Senate Standing Committee for Academic Review Procedure, since Nov. 2024.

- Member, Academic and Research Committee for HKUST GZ Campus (Nov. 2018 – Dec. 2019).

- Chairman, Senate Standing Committee for Academic Review Procedure, HKUST (Nov. 2014 – Oct. 2015)

- Member, University Appointments and Substantiation Committee, HKUST (Nov. 2011-Oct. 2013).

- Member on Reserve, Senate Standing Committee for Academic Review Procedure, HKUST (Nov. 2013 - Oct. 2014).

- Member, University Senate (2003 - 2007 and 2013-2023), HKUST.

- Member, Task Force for Theme-Based Research Scheme, HKUST (2009-2010).

- Chairman (2003 - 2007) and member (2001 – 2003), University Student Disciplinary Committee, HKUST.

- Chairman, University Student Appeal Committee (ad hoc), HKUST (2008).

- Chairman, University Student Appeal Committee (ad hoc), HKUST (2011).

· School Level

- Member, Search and Appointment Committee for Strategic Hiring for “Innovation for Business Management and FinTech”, Since 2023.

- Chair (Oct 2019 – June 2023) and Member (since July 2023), DBA Program Committee.

- Member, Chair Professor nomination committee of SBM, 2020-2024.

- Chair, Task Force on Taught Postgraduate Programs, Oct. 2016 – June 2017.

- Member, School Appointments and Substantiation Committee (2006 - 2008).

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Major Research Grants

· PI, General Research Fund Grant: “Dynamic Dispatching Strategies for Emergency Service”, HK$754.498, three years (July 2025 – June 2028).

· Co-PI, Theme-based Research Scheme Project “Enhancing Hong Kong's Role in Sustainable Supply Chain Finance via Technology Transformation”, HK$55,071,000, five years (Jan. 2025 – Dec. 2029).

· PI, General Research Fund Grant: “Mitigating Congestion in the Public Healthcare System through A Public-Private-Partnership Program”, HK$822,993, three years (Jan. 2022 – Dec. 2024).

· PI, General Research Fund Grant: “Managing Inventory Systems with Substitutable Products and Ordering Leadtimes”, HK$391,218 (Aug. 2014 – Jan. 2017.)

· PI, RGC General Research Fund: “Pricing and Source Diversification for Firms with Random Supply Disruption”, HK$668,850, three years (Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2015).

· PI, RGC General Research Fund: “Managing Inventory Systems under Supply Uncertainty”, HK$348,175, two years (July 2011 – June 2013).

· PI, RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant: “Managing Capacity Expansion for Service Firms with Uncertain Supplies”, HK$350,222, two years (September 2007 – August 2009).

· PI, RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant: "Managing Inventory Replenishment, Product Substitution, and Pricing in Supply Chain", HK$538,836, three years (September 2005 – August 2008).

· PI, RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant: "Pricing and replenishing management for supply chains with option-future contracts", HK$611,404, three years (September 2002 -- August 2005).

· Co-Investigator, RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant: " Design and Control of Multi-Site Service Systems with Customer Balking", HK$821,817, three years (September 2000 -- August 2003).

· PI, RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant: "Inventory Systems with Substitution and Unreliable Supply Sources", HK$914,817, three years (August 2000 - July 2003).

· PI, RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant: "Dynamic Approaches to Quality Control in Batch Manufacturing", HK$200,000, two years (July 1997 - July 1999).

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Publications

BOOK

1. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng (2002): "Dynamic Quality Control in Production-Inventory Systems --- Coordination and Optimization", Springer-Verlag, New York.

PATENT

2. Yao, D.D., J. Chen and S. Zheng: “System and Method for Inspecting Products with Warranties”, U.S. Patent, No. 5,608,658, March 1997.

PAPERS

3. Yu, M., S. Zheng and J. Chen: “Joint Order Fulfillment and Inventory Optimization in Generalized W Assemble-to-Order Systems”, Operations Research, to appear.

4. Feng, Y., Xu, J. and S. Zheng: “Technical Note: Dynamic Optimal Policy for an Inventory System of Two Substitutable Products with Positive Replenishment Lead Times”, Operations Research, 67(2019), 1027-1034.

5. Chao, X., Gong, X. and S. Zheng: “Optimal Pricing and Inventory Policies with One Reliable and One Unreliable Suppliers: Characterization and Comparison”, Annals of Operations Research, 241(2016), 35-51.

6. Xu, H., Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: “Optimal Policies for a Two-Product Inventory System under a Flexible Substitution Scheme”, Production and Operations Management, 25(2016), 1088-1105.

7. Gong, X., Chao, X. and S. Zheng: “Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Management with Dual Suppliers of Different Leadtimes and Disruption Risks”, Production and Operations Management, 23(2014), 2058-2074.

8. Xu, H., Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: “Optimal Control of Replenishment and Substitution in an Inventory System with Nonstationary Batch Demand”, Production and Operations Management, 20 (2011), 727-736.

9. Chao, X., Chen, H. and S. Zheng: “Dynamic Capacity Expansion for a Service Firm with Capacity Deterioration and Supply Uncertainty”, Operations Research, 57(2009), 82-93.

10. Li, Q., Xu, H. and S. Zheng: “Periodic Review Inventory Systems with Random Yield: Bounds and Heuristics”, IIE Transactions, 40(2008), 434-444.

11. Chao, X., Chen, H. and S. Zheng: “Joint Replenishment and Pricing Decisions in Inventory Systems with Stochastically Dependent Supply Capacity”, Euro. J. Oper. Res., 191(2008), 142-155.

12. Li, Q. and S. Zheng: “Joint Inventory Replacement and Pricing Control for Systems with Uncertain Yield and Demand”, Operations Research, 54(2006), 696-705.

13. Xu, H., Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng, S., “Inventory with Flexible Substitution”, Proceedings of INFORMS/MSOM Conference. University of Maryland, June, 2008.

14. Chao, X., Liu, L. and S. Zheng: “Resource Allocation in Multisite Service Systems with Intersite Customer Flows”, Management Science, 49(2003), 1739-1752.

15. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: “Substitution Inventory: Single and Multi-period Models”, Optimality of Sequential Quality Control via Stochastic Orders". In: Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains, J.G. Shanthikumar, D.D. Yao and W.H.M. Zijm (eds.), Kluwer, 2003, 177-202 (Chapter 8).

16. Chao, X., Liu L. and S. Zheng: "Stochastic Network Models and Optimization of a Hospital System", In: Stochastic Modeling and Optimization, D.D. Yao, H. Zhang and X.Y. Zhou (eds.), Springer, 2003, 362-394 (Chapter 12).

17. Zheng, S: "Dynamic Release Policies for Software Systems with A Reliability Constraint", IIE Transactions, 34(2002), 253-262.

18. Chen, J., D.D. Yao and S. Zheng: "Optimal Replenishment and Rework with Multiple Unreliable Supply Sources", Operations Research, 49(2001), 430-443.

19. Zheng, S: "Dynamic Quality Control in An Assembling Line", IIE Transactions, 32(2000), 797-806.

20. Chao, X. and S. Zheng: "Triggered Concurrent Batch Arrivals and Batch Departures in Queueing Networks", Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, 10(2000), 115-129.

21. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Sequential Inspection Under Capacity Constraints", Operations Research, 47(1999) 410-421.

22. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Co-ordinated Quality Control in a Two-stage System", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 44(1999) 1166-1179.

23. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Sequential Quality Control in Batch Manufacturing", Annals of Operations Research, 87(1999) 3-30.

24. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Optimality of Sequential Quality Control via Stochastic Orders". In: Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes, J.G. Shanthikumar and U. Sumita (eds.), Kluwer, 1999, 129-147 (Chapter 10).

25. Chen, J., Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: “Optimal Control of a Multi-Product Inventory System with Substitution", Proc. IEEE 38th Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona, 1999, 468-473.

26. Chao, X. and S. Zheng: "A Result on Networks of Queues with Customer Coalescence and State-Dependent Signaling", J. of Applied Probability, 35(1998) 151-164.

27. Chen, J., D.D. Yao and S. Zheng: "Quality Control for Products Supplied with Warranty", Operations Research, 46(1998) 107-115.

28. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Markov Decision Programming for Process Control in Batch Production", Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 12(1998) 351-371.

29. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Coordinated Quality Control in a Two Stage System", Proceedings of IEEE 36^th Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 1997, 4068-74.

30. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Coordinated Production and Inspection in a Tandem System", Queueing Systems: Theory and Application, 24(1996) 59-82.

31. Yao, D.D. and S. Zheng: "Sequential Quality Control of A Machining Process", Proceedings of IEEE 34^th Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, 1995, 3128-3133.

32. Zheng, S.: "Continuous Time Markov Decision Programming with Unbounded Reward Rate", Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, Vol. 7 (1991) No. 1, 6-16.

33. Zheng, S.: "A Class of Continuous Time Markov Decision Programming with Average Return Criterion--The Existence of Optimal Policies", Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica (C- Series), Vol. 12 (1989) No. 2, 250-256.

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Doctoral Student / Post-Doc Fellow Supervision

· PhD thesis supervision:

- He Xu, OM / HKUST, 2005, “Managing the Interaction among Production, Inventory Replenishment, and Selling in Supply Chains”.

· PhD/DBA thesis committee member:

- Tian Li, ISOM / HKUST, 2010

- Jun Shan, IELM / HKUST, 2009

- Lijun Zhu, Logistics / HK PolyU, 2008

- Carsten Paasch, ISMT / HKUST, 2007

- Shilu Tong, ISMT / HKUST, 2007

- Aihua Pei, Logistics / HK PolyU, 2007

- Ning Shi, IELM / HKUST, 2007

- Xiang Zhu, IELM / HKUST, 2006

- Jiejian Feng, IELM / HKUST, 2006

- Siu Wa Ng, IELM / HKUST, 2001

· Post-Doc Fellow supervision:

- Xiang Zhu, Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2007

- Liuxin Chen, Sept. 2006 – Sept. 2007

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Teaching

· Management Science (ISOM3710)

· Business Modeling and Optimization (ISOM5810)

· Business Statistics (ISMT 111)

· Production and Operations Management (ISMT 161)

· Simulation in Business and Management (ISMT 372)

· Stochastic Management Science Model (ISMT 373)

· Simulation Approaches (ISMT 679)

· Advanced Stochastic Models (ISMT 669H)

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