I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at CUHK Business School. During my Ph.D., I was very fortunate to be advised by Zuo-Jun Max Shen, and throughout my journey I have been shaped by many people I have had the privilege to learn from, including my friends, coauthors, colleagues, and students. Having been shaped by so many people has made me especially interested in how influence travels and how seemingly local actions can have effects far beyond where they begin. This perspective shapes the questions I study in operations management: how decisions are connected, how their effects spread across people and systems, and how we can design better decisions in an interconnected world.
Research Interests
Social Network Analytics and Platform Operations
How do individual choices become collective outcomes?
This stream studies markets and platforms where behavior is shaped by social influence, network structure, and the rules of the environment. I am interested in the hidden mechanics of connected markets: why some ideas spread, why some interventions take hold, and how platforms can act without treating users as isolated decision makers.
AI and Machine Learning for Operations
How can algorithms help us understand systems that are hard to observe directly?
This stream studies how AI and machine learning can help make sense of complex operational settings where data are imperfect, behavior is adaptive, and decisions unfold over time. I am interested in how algorithmic tools can reveal hidden structure, support learning, and improve the design of operational systems.
Please see my research for more information about my papers, projects, and current research directions.