Miao (May) Song

Associate Professor

Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

M601, Li Ka Shing Tower

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

E-mail: miao.song-at-polyu.edu.hk

Education

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, 09/2010
• MSc, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 07/2002
• BBA, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, 07/2001

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 09/2015 ~ present
• Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 08/2010 ~ 08/2015

Research Interests

• Inventory and Pricing
• Supply Chain Network Design
• Robust Optimization and Analytics

Selected Publications

• “Robust Optimization in Generalized Project Networks,” co-authored with S. Chen and N. Hall, working paper.
• “A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Facility Location with General Facility Cost Functions,” co-authored with W. Ni, J. Shu, D. Xu and K. Zhang, INFORMS Journal on Computing, forthcoming
• “Joint Pricing and Inventory Control with Fixed and Convex/Concave Variable Costs,” co-authored with P. Hu and Y. Lu, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 28, No. 4, 847-877, 2019
• “Approximation Approaches for Inventory Systems with General Production/Ordering Cost Structures,” co-authored with Y. Lu and Y. Yang, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 27, No. 3, 417-432, 2018
• “Location and Emergency Inventory Pre-Positioning for Disaster Response Operations: Min-Max Robust Model and a Case Study of Yushu Earthquake,” co-authored with W. Ni and J. Shu, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 27, No. 1, 160-183, 2018
• “Multi-Sourcing Supply Network Design: Two-Stage Chance-Constrained Model, Tractable Approximations, and Computational Results,” co-authored with Y. Li, J. Shu, J. Zhang and H. Zheng, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 29, No. 2, 287-300, 2017
• “Joint Inventory and Pricing Coordination with Incomplete Demand Information,” co-authored with Y. Lu and Y. Yang, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 25, No. 4, 701-718, 2016
• “Multi-Class Dynamic Inventory Rationing with Stochastic Demands and Backordering,” co-authored with S. Liu, K.C. Tan and C. Zhang, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 244, No. 1, 153-163, 2015
• “Inventory Control with a Fixed Cost and a Piece-wise Linear Convex Cost,” co-authored with Y. Lu, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1966-1984, 2014
• “Optimal Pricing and Inventory Control Policy with Quantity-Based Price Differentiation,” co-authored with Y. Lu, Y. Chen and X. Yan, Operations Research, Vol. 62, No. 3, 512-523, 2014
• “Dynamic Container Deployment: Two-Stage Robust Model, Complexity, and Computational Results,” co-authored with J. Shu, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 26, No. 1, 135-149, 2014
• “Robust Stochastic Lot-Sizing by Means of Histograms,” co-authored with D. Klabjan and D. Simchi-Levi, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 22, No. 3, 691-710, 2013
• “FIPSDock: A New Molecular Docking Technique Driven by Fully Informed Swarm Optimization Algorithm,” co-authored with Y. Liu, L. Zhao, W. Li, D. Zhao, and Y. Yang, Journal of Computational Chemistry, Vol. 34, No. 1, 67-75, 2013
• “Optimal Market-Making with Risk Aversion,” co-authored with K. Huang and D. Simchi-Levi, Operations Research, Vol. 60, No. 3, 541-565, 2012
• “Persistency Model and Its Applications in Choice Modeling,” co-authored with K. Natarajan and C.P. Teo, Management Science, Vol. 55, No. 3, 453-469, 2009
• “A Mathematical Model for Interplanetary Logistics,” co-authored with C. Taylor, D. Klabjan, O. de Weck and D. Simchi-Levi, Logistics Spectrum, Vol. 41, No.1, 23-33, 2007

Presentations

• M&SOM 2019 Conference, Singapore
• The 10th International Workshop on Behavioral Operations Management, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
• INFORMS International Meeting 2018, Taipei, Taiwan
• The 9th POMS-HK International Conference 2018, Hong Kong
• The 10th International Annual Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
• The 7th International Annual Conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China 
• POMS International Conference 2014, Singapore
• The 26th European Conference on Operational Research and INFORMS International Meeting 2013, Rome, Italy
• International IIE Conference and YAEM 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
• INFORMS International Meeting 2012, Beijing, China
• The 3rd POMS-HK International Conference 2012, Hong Kong
• The 8th International Conference on Computational Management Science 2011, Neuchatel, Switzerland
• The 2nd POMS-HK International Conference 2011, Hong Kong
• INFORMS Annual Meeting 2009, San Diego, CA, USA
• Interface of Finance, Operations, and Risk Management (iFORM) SIG 2009 Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA
• INFORMS Annual Meeting 2008, Washington DC, USA
• M&SOM 2008 Conference, College Park, MD, USA
• INFORMS Annual Meeting 2006, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• M&SOM 2006 Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA

Research Grants

• Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020 ~ 2022; Principle Investigator; CNY1,300,000
• General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2018 ~ 2020; Principle Investigator; HKD295,966
• General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2017 ~ 2020; Principle Investigator; HKD675,647
• General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2016 ~ 2019; Principle Investigator; HKD495,728
• General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2015 ~ 2018; Principle Investigator; HKD500,000
• Young Scientists Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014 ~ 2016; Principle Investigator; CNY220,000
• Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2013 ~ 2017; Principle Investigator; HKD763,640
• General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2011 ~ 2014; Principle Investigator; HKD681,195

Related Professional ExperienceS

• Associate (Summer Internship), BNP Paribas, New York, NY, USA, 06/2008 ~ 08/2008
• Associate (Summer Internship), Perry Capital, New York, NY, USA, 06/2007 ~ 08/2007
• Manufacturing Planner, TECH Semiconductor, Singapore, 01/2005 ~ 08/2005
• Research Engineer, The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, Singapore, 08/2002 ~ 12/2004
• Analyst (Internship), FinIQ Consulting, Singapore, 12/2001 ~ 06/2002