August 22-24, 2025 | West Lafayette, Indiana Purdue Supply Chain and Operations Management Conference Conference Agenda

8-10 a.m.

RAWL 1086

Dean James B. Bullard (Purdue University)

Opening remarks

David Yao (Columbia University)

Supply Chain Financing: A Sharing Contract via the Return Function

David Simchi-Levi (MIT)

Reinventing Operations Management’s Research and Practice with Data Science

Hong Chen (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)

One to N: Scaling solar for a sustainable future

10:30 a.m.-noon

RAWL 1086

Robert Sargent (Syracuse University)

Hybrid Models and Simulation

Liwan Liyanage (Western Sydney University)

Operational Statistics Enhancing Data-Driven Decision Making for Social Good and Sustainability

Baris Ata (University of Chicago)

Dynamic control of stochastic matching systems in heavy traffic: An effective computational method for high-dimensional problems

2-3:40 p.m.

RAWL 1011

Shuo Sun (UC Berkeley)

A Unified Algorithmic Framework for Dynamic Assortment Optimization under MNL Choice

Zhi Wang (UT Austin)

Neural-Network Mixed Logit Choice Model: Statistical and Optimality Guarantees

Mohammad Amin Farzaneh (UT Dallas)

Leveraging Assortment Similarities for Data-driven Demand Prediction

Yunlong Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University / University of Colorado Boulder)

Assortment Optimization for Online Video Games

RAWL 1057

Myungeun Eom (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Dynamic non-bipartite stochastic matching

Deniz Simsek (Northwestern University)

A Unified Fluid Model for Large Service Systems with Patience- or Delay-Dependent Service Times

Wenxin Zhang (Columbia University)

Distributed Load Balancing with Workload-Dependent Service Rates

Fatma Pakdil (University of Rhode Island)

A Personalized Continuous-Time Model for Hospital Readmission Risk: Integrating Patient-Level Covariates for Dynamic Risk Prediction

RAWL 1062

Haiqing Gao (Northwestern University)

Conservative or Risk-Taking? Objective Selection for Fair Allocation and Routing in Nonprofits

Xianjia Gao (UIUC)

Effective Distribution Strategies for Food Banks: Overcoming Uncertainty in Donations and Food Waste

Na Hyun Kim (Wharton)

Beyond Food Deserts: The Role of Product Availability in Shaping Healthy Eating

Yiqi Tian (University of Pittsburgh)

Enhancing Blood Transfusion Systems in Africa: Motivating Donations with Two-Stage Utility-Based Blood Drive Planning and Strategic Advertising

4:10-5:50 p.m.

RAWL 1011

Mohammad Reza Aminian (University of Chicago)

Stationary Online Contention Resolution Schemes

Zixin (Stephen) Xu (University of Virginia)

Optimal Index Policies for Sequential Search: A Unified Framework Under Bayesian Learning

Wenxuan Liu (Columbia University)

Privacy in Contextual Optimization: An Inverse Optimization Perspective

Chi-Hua Wang (Purdue University)

Optimistic Online Learning and Dynamic Pricing

RAWL 1057

Himani Ananthula (Northwestern University)

Adapting to Gig Economy Dynamics: Network and Staffing Strategies for Long-Haul Trucking Platforms.

Ting Zan (University at Buffalo, SUNY)

Cross-border supply chain network design considering R&D innovation under export sanctions

Like Bu (University of Texas at Dallas)

Combating Overbilling in Outsourced Projects: A Dynamic Auditing Mechanism

Guanling Yang (University of Rochester)

Information Disclosure Policies for Omnichannel Services with Invisible Customers

RAWL 1062

Hyungchan Cho (University of Michigan)

Does ESG Do Any Good? Passing ‘Green’ Shareholder Proposals Can Improve Firm Operations

Eunjee Kim (University of Wisconsin)

Fair Funnels: Bias, Performance, and Interventions in Multistage Hiring Processes

Omer Berk Olmez (Baruch College, CUNY)

Understanding customer preferences for virtual versus in-person services

Qianwen Guo (Washington University in St. Louis)

Gig vs. Traditional Customer Support: Balancing Efficiency and Consumer Experience

8-9:15 a.m.

RAWL 1011

Jingwen Tang (University of Miami)

Dynamic Pricing for Autonomous On-Demand Delivery Services with Capacity Constraints and Shrinking Choice Sets

Boxiao Chen (University of Illinois Chicago)

Dynamic Pricing with Infrequent Inventory Replenishments

Cong Shi (University of Miami)

Online Learning and Pricing for Service Systems with Reusable Resources

RAWL 1057

Leon Chu (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)

James-Stein Shrinkage and Anchoring

Justin Jia (University of Tennessee)

Inspired by George: Sufficient Operational Statistics

Annabelle Feng (Purdue University)

Integral Stochastic Orders with Parametric Classes of Functions

RAWL 1062

Zhibing Jiang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Dynamic Appointment Scheduling for Day Surgery Centers

Yong-Hong Guo (University of Hong Kong)

Scheduling Problems with Different Patient Classes in a Hospital Emergency Department

Pengyi Shi (Purdue University)

Admission Decisions under Imperfect Classification

9:30-10:45 a.m.

RAWL 1011

Rachel Chen (UC Davis)

How GenAI Impacts Professional Service Markets: Opinion Aggregation and Vertical Competition

Xuying Zhao (Texas A&M University)

Revenue Sharing with Swap: Application in Digital Product Development

Natalie Huang (Rutgers University)

The Impact of Prosocial Orientation on Product Positioning and Pricing

RAWL 1057

Zhixi Wan (University of Hong Kong)

Token Design for Favors Trading with Heterogeneous Agents and Dynamic Membership

Owen Wu (Indiana University)

Charting the Energy Research Landscape: Recent Development and Future Directions

Cathy Xia (Ohio State University)

Asymptotic Analysis of Large-Scale Queueing Systems

RAWL 1062

Harish Guta (University of Arizona)

Algorithmic Pricing with Learning Interference

Yuan Guo (George Washington University)

Dynamic Pricing with Infrequent Inventory Replenishments

Will Haskell (Purdue University)

Dynamic Assortment in Service Systems

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

RAWL 1086

Seyed Iravani (Northwestern University)

The Impact of Redundant Tasks in Balancing Accuracy and Speed in Service Operations Systems

Georgia Perakis (MIT)

The Role of Optimization and ML in Operations Management Applications

Yuehwern Yih (Purdue University)

Cyber-Physical Divides in the Last-Mile

2-3:40 p.m.

RAWL 1011

Junyi Sha (MIT)

AI Tailoring: Evaluating Influence of Image Features on Fashion Product Popularity

Shang Liu (Imperial College)

How Humans Help LLMs: Assessing and Incentivizing Human Preference Annotators

Prakirt Raj Jhunjhunwala (Columbia University)

Human-AI Collaboration in Product Selection: A Rational Inattention Approach to Recommendation

Lin An (Carnegie Mellon University)

Real-Time Personalization with Simple Transformers

RAWL 1057

Chao Qin (Columbia Business School / Stanford Graduate School of Business)

Optimizing Adaptive Experiments: A Unified Approach to Regret Minimization and Best-Arm Identification

Guoxing He (University of Hong Kong / Yale University)

Designing Controlled Experiments with a Small Sample and Strategic Agents

Tu Ni (National University of Singapore / Harvard Business School)

Enhancing Efficiency and Robustness of Experimentation in Operations

Hongyu Chen (MIT)

Prediction-Guided Active Experiments

RAWL 1062

Renfei Tan (MIT)

Online Mechanism Design for Crowdsourcing Systems

Hao Liang (UIUC)

Spatial Matching of Random Samples on a Circle: Theoretical Analysis and Applications in Ride Hailing Systems

Farbod Ekbatani (University of Chicago)

A Stochastic Growth Model for Online Platforms

Quan Zhou (McGill University)

Beyond one-size-fits-all: Personalized delivery and fulfillment optimization

4:10-5:50 p.m.

RAWL 1011

Zhiyuan Tang (UT Dallas)

Debiased Difference-in-Differences Estimation and Inference of Causal Effects Under Adaptive Controls

Xufei Liu (Wharton)

Learning to Learn: Modeling and Enhancing Memory for Durable Knowledge

Zhongze Cai (Imperial College London)

Towards Better Statistical Understanding of Watermarking LLMs

Amir Jamali (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Automated Detection of Potential Human Trafficking in Crisis Contexts

RAWL 1057

Michael Stott (Texas A&M)

Minimizing Late Parts in Additive Manufacturing

Shuyi Chen (Carnegie Mellon University)

Global-Decision-Focused Neural ODEs for Proactive Grid Resilience Management

Albert Lee (Purdue Chemical Engineering)

Strengthened Hull Reformulation in Original Space of Linear Generalized Disjunctive Programming

Austin I. Saragih (MIT)

Analytical Facility Location: Model, Large Scale Solution, Resilience Application

RAWL 1062

Linhui Fu (University of Hong Kong)

Operational Data Analytics for a Multilocation Newsvendor Problem with Constrained Supply Availability

Tianyu Wang (Columbia University)

Achieving First-Order Statistical Improvements in Data-Driven Optimization

Jia Zhao (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Wasserstein Risk-Sensitive Appointment Scheduling under Delay Constraints

Huanwen Shen (Lehigh University)

Two-Stage Distributionally Robust Optimization with Incomplete Recourse: Model, algorithm and applications

8-10 a.m.

RAWL 1086

Jeannette Song (Duke University)

Endogenous State Transitions in Transfer Learning and Dynamic Pricing

Jay Swaminathan (UNC)

Optimal Staffing and Treatment for Collaborative Care of Diabetes and Depression

Xin Chen (Georgia Tech)

Optimization and Learning When Decisions Are Truncated by Random Variables

Diwakar Gupta (UT Austin)

Understanding Federal and State Authorities' Disagreement Over the Allocation of Critical Equipment Inventory During the COVID-19 Pandemic

10:30 a.m.-noon

RAWL 1086

Nick Hall (Ohio State University)

Policy Averaging, with an Application to the Newsvendor Problem

Xiuli Chao (University of Michigan)

Simple but Near-Optimal Policies for Complex Inventory Systems

Karthik Kannan (University of Arizona)

Nudging a Slow‐Moving High‐Margin Product in a Supply Chain with Constrained Capacity

Noon-12:15 p.m.

RAWL 1086

George Shanthikumar (Purdue University)

Closing Remarks