Xin Wang

Xin Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Email: xinwang@ust.hk
Office: 5559
Phone: +852 2358 7982

Education

  • Ph.D., Operations Management, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010 – 2016
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006 – 2008
  • B.E., Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2001 – 2005

Publications

Working Papers

  • Xiaogang Lin, Tao Lu, Xin Wang. Mergers between On-Demand Service Platforms: The Impact on Consumer Surplus and Labor Welfare. Under major revision.
  • Kanglin Chen, Xin Wang, Yulan Wang. Returns and Consumers’ Strategic Behavior. Under review.
  • Xin Wang, Soo-Haeng Cho, Zijun Shi, Yushu Zeng. Mergers and Product Repositioning: Theory and Evidence. In preparation for submission.

Research Grants

  • Principal Investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Council – General Research Fund, Customer Disclosure as an Indicator of Quality, 2023 – 2025, Fund Awarded HK$ 388,345
  • Principal Investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Council – General Research Fund, Mergers in Last-Mile Delivery, 2021 – 2023, Fund Awarded HK$ 486,600
  • Principal investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Council – Early Career Scheme, Mergers and Product Repositioning, 2017 – 2020, Fund Awarded HK$ 686,000

Current Ph.D. Students

  • Zhiyuan Qi
  • Yushu Zeng

Graduated Ph.D. Students

  • Kanglin Chen
    • Placement: Assistant Professor, College of Business, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
  • Mengke Tian
    • Placement: Research Scientist, SF Express, Shenzhen, China

Postdoc and Visiting Student

  • Xiaogang Lin
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Management, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Yaoqi Liu
    • Current Position: Assistant professor, Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France

Teaching

  • IEDA 2010, Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics, 2016 – 2021
  • IEDA 4180, Service Engineering and Management, 2018 – 2022
  • IELM 6100D, Game Theory Applications in Operations Management, 2017

Prizes and Awards

  • First Prize, Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Research Achievement Award, 2021
  • Nominee, HKUST School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award, 2021
  • Best Reviewer Award, OMEGA, 2020
  • First Prize, INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Competition, 2019
  • William Larimer Mellon Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010 – 2016
  • Dean’s Research Fund, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012

Professional Services

  • Journal Reviewer: Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, OMEGA, Operations Research Letters
  • Treasurer: POMS-HK Chapter, 2022 – present
  • Judge: POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition, 2018, 2019
  • Conference Session Chair
    • 2023 POMS-HK International Conference
    • 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting
    • 2018 INFORMS International Conference
    • 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting
    • 2017 POMS-HK International Conference