L. Jeff Hong

L. Jeff Hong

Fudan Distinguished Professor, Hongyi Chair Professor

School of Management

School of Data Science

Fudan University

Biography

Prof. Hong is currently the Deputy Dean of School of Data Science and Head of Management Science Department at Fudan University. His research focuses on the areas of operations research, data science, and financial engineering and risk management. He has published over 80 papers on leading academic journals and conference proceedings, including more than 20 papers on the UTD journals. Besides, he has won numerous awards, including Outstanding Research Award from Operations Research Society of China, Outstanding Simulation Publication Award from INFORMS Simulation Society, Operations Best Paper Award from Institute of Industrial Engineers, etc. Prof. Hong is currently an Area Editor of Operations Research, the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Operations Research Society of China, an Associate Editor of Management Science and ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, and the President of INFORMS Simulation Society.

Interests
  • Stochastic simulation and stochastic optimization
  • Data analytics, machine learning and business applications
  • Financial analytics and financial risk management
  • Large-scale supply chain modeling and optimization
Education
  • Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, 2004

  • M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, 2002

    Northwestern University

  • M.S. in Applied Mathematics, 2001

    University of Cincinnati

  • B.S. in Industrial Engineering, 1999

  • B.S. in Automotive Engineering, 1999

    Tsinghua University