Zhi Chen
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ACADEMIC POSITION
Imperial College Business School Research Associate in Management
T: +44 (0)7909292553 B:
[email protected]
United Kingdom Feb. 2018 - present
National University of Singapore Singapore Research Engineer in Industrial Systems Engineering and Management Jul. 2017 - Feb. 2018 EDUCATION
National University of Singapore Ph.D. in Analytics & Operations Advisor: Melvyn Sim Co-advisor: Huan Xu
Singapore Aug. 2012 - Aug.2017
Tsinghua University B.Eng. in Automotive Engineering
China Sep. 2008 - Jul. 2012
RESEARCH PAPERS
1. Chen, Zhi, Melvyn Sim, Huan Xu. Distributionally Robust Optimization with Infinitely Constrained Ambiguity Sets. Forthcoming in Operations Research. 2. Chen, Zhi, Melvyn Sim, Peng Xiong. Adaptive Robust Optimization with Scenario-Wise Ambiguity Sets. Under major revision at Operations Research. — Finalist in INFORMS George E. Nicholson Student Paper Competition 2017 3. Chen, Zhi, Daniel Kuhn, Wolfram Wiesemann. Data-Driven Chance Constrained Programs over Wasserstein Balls. Under review at Operations Research. 4. Wang, Shuming, Zhi Chen, Tianqi Liu. Distributionally Robust Hub Location. Under review at Transportation Science. 5. Chen, Zhi, Zhenyu Hu, Qinshen Tang. Allocation Inequality in Cost Sharing Problem. Invited to resubmit to Management Science. 6. Chen, Zhi, Pengqian Yu, William Haskell. Distributionally Robust Optimization for Sequential Decision Making. Under review at SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. 7. Chen, Zhi, Daniel Kuhn, Melvyn Sim, Wolfram Wiesemann. Adaptive Robust Optimization with Infinitely Constrained Ambiguity Sets. In preparation for submission. 8. Chen, Zhi, Melvyn Sim. Adaptive Probabilistic Satisficing Model. In preparation for submission.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Optimization & Decision Models (80 master students) Fall Teaching Assistant, Business Analytics (80 master students) Summer Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Optimization (60 undergraduate students) Fall Lecturer, Business Analytics (55 undergraduate students) Spring Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Optimization (55 undergraduate students) Fall Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Optimization (50 undergraduate students) Fall Tutor, Business Analytics (210 undergraduate students) Fall Tutor, Business Analytics (130 undergraduate students) Fall Teaching Assistant, Analytics for Managers (70 MBA students) Fall
2018 2018 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
CONFERENCES Distributionally Robust Optimization with Infinitely Constrained Ambiguity Sets • POMS-HK 2017，Hong Kong, China Jan. 2017 • ICCOPT 2016, Tokyo, Japan Aug. 2016 • INFORMS Annual 2015, Philadelphia, USA Nov. 2015 • ISMP 2015, Pittsburgh, USA Jul. 2015 Adaptive Probabilistic Satisficing Model • INFORMS Annual 2016, Nashville, USA
Nov. 2016
SERVICES
• Joint workshop with DS at NUS and DSME at CUHK, Singapore
May. 2016
Adaptive Robust Optimization with Scenario-Wise Ambiguity Sets • Nicholson Student Paper Competition, Houston, USA • INFORMS Annual 2017, Houston, USA
Oct. 2017 Oct. 2017
Allocation Inequality in Cost Sharing Problem • Shanghai University International Forum for Young Scholars, Shanghai, China
Apr. 2018
Data-Driven Chance Constrained Programs over Wasserstein Balls • INFORMS Annual 2018, Phoenix, USA • ISMP 2018, Bordeaux, France
Nov. 2018 Jul. 2018
Reviewer for Journals Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS Journal on Optimization, Mathematics of Operations Research, Automatica, Transportation Research Part B, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, Pacific Journal of Optimization. Session Chair for Conferences IFORS 2017, Quebue City, Canada. INFORMS Annual 2015, Philadelphia, USA. ISMP 2015, Pittsburgh, USA. Membership INFORMS, Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS).
AWARDS
Finalist in INFORMS George E. Nicholson Student Paper Competition Third prize in NUS Business School Annual Ph.D. Research Day, Singapore Second prize in NUS Business School Annual Ph.D. Research Day, Singapore NUS Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore, Singapore Sun Hung Kai Properties Scholarship, Tsinghua University, China Academic Scholarship, Tsinghua University, China
SKILLS
AIMMS, Julia, LATEX, MATLAB, Python, R.
REFEREES
Melvyn Sim, Professor and Provost’s Chair,
[email protected] Department of Analytics & Operations, National University of Singapore
2017 2016 2015 2012 - 2017 2009 - 2012 2009 - 2011
Daniel Kuhn, Professor and Chair of Risk Analytics and Optimization,
[email protected] College of Management of Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Wolfram Wiesemann, Associate Professor,
[email protected] Department of Management, Imperial College Business School Huan Xu, Assistant Professor,
[email protected] H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology