Miao
(May) Song
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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
Research Interests
- Inventory and Pricing
- Supply Chain Network Design
- Robust Optimization and Analytics
Selected
Publications
- “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