Lei Li
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Assistant Professor |
About me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University since August 2023. I obtained my Ph.D. degree from Purdue University in 2023, advised by Prof. Qi Annabelle Feng and Prof. J. George Shanthikumar. I obtained the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Management from Zhejiang University, in 2015 and 2017, respectively, avdivsed by Prof. Qingwei Jin.
Research Interests
Methodologies: Data-integrated decision making; Stochastic modeling.
Applications: Supply chain management; Not-for-profit operations.
Publications
The Effect of Supply Uncertainty on Dynamic Procurement and Pricing Strategies under Lost Sales, 2023 (with Qi Feng and J. George Shanthikumar).
Forthcoming, Production and Operations Management.
Volunteers and Paid Workers in a Nonprofit Operation: Trade-offs and Social Outcomes, 2023 (with Gemma Berenguer and William B. Haskell).
Forthcoming, Management Science.
Working Papers
Transfer Learning, Cross Learning, and Co-Learning Across Newsvendor Systems with Operational Data Analytics (ODA) (with Qi Feng and J. George Shanthikumar).
Under Review.
Teaching
Instructor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
International Trade and Logistics Management, LGT5428, Fall 2023
Instructor, Purdue University
Operations Management, MGMT361, Fall 2022
Conferences and Talks
Transfer Learning, Cross Learning, and Co-Learning Across Newsvendor Systems with Operational Data Analytics (ODA)
Department of Management Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Nov 2023
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2023, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 2023
Department of ISOM, School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, online, Nov 2022
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, online, Nov 2022
Department of Management Science, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, online, Nov 2022
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2022, Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 2022
POMS Annual Meeting 2022, online, April 2022
The Effect of Supply Uncertainty on Dynamic Procurement and Pricing Strategies under Lost Sales
POMS Annual Meeting 2023, Orlando, FL, May 2023
Seminar at Department of Data Science and Management Engineering, School of Management, Zhejiang University, online, June 2022
POMS Annual Meeting 2022, online, April 2022
Volunteers and Paid Workers in a Nonprofit Operation: Trade-Offs and Social Outcomes
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2021, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 2021
KDSA Research Symposium 2021, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Oct. 2021
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2019, Seattle, WA, Oct. 2019
Study on Electric Taxi Fleet with Battery Swapping
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2016, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2016
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Graduate Student Instructor, Purdue University, Fall 2022
Krannert Doctoral Student Research Funds ($1,832), Purdue University, 2022
Best Presentation, KDSA Research Symposium, Purdue University, Fall 2021
Krannert Doctoral Student Research Funds ($3,900), Purdue University, 2020
Operations Management Scholar Award, Purdue University, 2017 - 2021
Industry Experience
JD.com, Research Intern in inventory optimization group, Beijing, China, Sept. 2016 - Feb. 2017