About

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at the School of Business, Renmin University of China.

Journal Articles

• “Data-driven reliable facility location design.” (Hao Shen, Mengying Xue and Zuo-Jun Max Shen). Management Science, Online.

• “Offline-channel planning in smart omnichannel retailing.” (Jian Chen, Yong Liang, Hao Shen, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, and Mengying Xue). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 24(5):2387-2796. 2022.

• Winner, 2019 POMS-JD.com Best Data-Driven Research Paper Competition

• “JD.com improves delivery networks by a multiperiod facility location model.” (Ningxuan Kang, Hao Shen, and Ye Xu). INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics 52(2):133-148. 2022.

• “Reliable hub location model for air transportation networks under random disruptions.” (Hao Shen, Yong Liang, and Zuo-Jun Max Shen). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 23(2):388-406. 2021.

• “Reliable flexibility design of supply chains via extended probabilistic expanders.” (Hao Shen, Yong Liang, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, and Chung-Piaw Teo). Production and Operations Management 28(3):700-720. 2019.

Working Papers

• “Dynamic control of shared resources in multitype service system with an application in battery swap stations.” (with Yu Jing, Mengying Xue, and Yong Liang) Under review at Operations Research.

• “Near-optimal distributionally robust warehouse assortment planning.” (with Mengying Xue and Zhenyu Gao) Under review at Management Science.

• “Process flexibility design in heterogeneous systems.” Working in progress.

• “On the design of sparse but reliable networks.” Working in progress.

• “Sparse neural network design.” Working in progress.

• “Fortifying a network against cascading disruptions.” Working in progress.

Graduate

• Data, Models and Decisions (MBA)
  • Fall 2024

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Management Science (Global BBA)
  • Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
• Fundamentals of Operations Research
  • Spring 2023, Spring 2024
• Academic Writing
  • Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023

• Assistant Professor
• School of Business, Renmin University of China
  2019.9 – Present
• Data Analyst Intern
• Didi, Beijing, China,
  2018.3-2018.6
• Applied Operations Research Intern
• JD.com, Beijing, China,
  2016.10-2017.3

Invited University Presentations

• 2023, Dec: School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xi'an).
• “Data-driven reliable facility location design”
• 2023, Jul: School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei).
• “Data-driven reliable facility location design”
• 2023, May: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology (Beijing).
• “JD.com improves delivery networks by a multi-period facility location model”
• 2022, Jan: School of Management, Fudan University (Shanghai).
• “Offline-channel planning in omnichannel retailing”
• 2019, Nov: Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).
• “Online retailers opening offline stores: An integrated approach to location, assortment and inventory planning”
• 2018, Dec: School of Business, Renmin University of China (Beijing).
• “Reliable hub location model for air transportation networks under random disruptions”

Conference Presentations

• 2024, Apr: POMS Annual Conference (Minneapolis).
• “Data-driven reliable facility location design”
• 2024, Jan: POMS-HK International Conference (Hongkong).
• “Data-driven reliable facility location design”
• 2023, Dec: National Conference on Supply Chain and Operations Management (ISCOM) (Shanghai).
• “Data-driven reliable facility location design”
• 2023, Jul: POMS International Conference in China (Hangzhou), Session chair.
• 2022, Jun: POMS International Conference in China (Online).
• “Offline channel planning in smart omnichannel retailing”
• 2022, Apr: POMS Annual Conference (Online).
• “Offline channel planning in omnichannel retailing”
• 2021, Jul: International Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE) (Online), Session chair.
• “Offline channel planning in omnichannel retailing”
• 2019, Jan: POMS-HK International Conference (Hongkong).
• “Reliable flexibility design of supply chains via extended probabilistic expanders”
• 2018, Jun: INFORMS International Conference (Taipei).
• “Online retailers opening offline stores: An integrated approach to location, assortment and inventory planning”
• 2016, Nov: INFORMS Annual Meeting (Nashville).
• “Unbalanced flexibility design of supply chains via extended probabilistic expanders”

• Committee member of the Data Science Division of the Operations Research Society of China

• Reviewer for academic journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Naval Research Logistics

• Invited referee for the Best Student Paper Competition at the 2024 POMS-China International Conference