Xiaohan Zhu received his PhD degree under the supervision of Dr. Xu Sun at the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from University of Florida in 2018 and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2017. His research focuses on stochastic modeling, stochastic control, and dynamic programming, with applications in queueing systems, optimal contracting problems, dynamic pricing, and revenue management.

Courses:

Smart Manufacturing and Control.     2024, 2025, 2026 Fall.

Operations Research II: Stochastic Models.     2027 Spring. 

Selected Awards:

Donald & Joyce Hearn Graduate Research Award. Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Florida. 2022, 2023.

Awards Received by Mentored Students

Yuting Yan, 南京大學(xué)工程管理學(xué)院學(xué)實(shí)杯論文競(jìng)賽，碩士生組二等獎(jiǎng)，2025.

Journal Publications

Xiaohan Zhu* & Xu Sun. (2022). On Dynamic Pricing under Model Uncertainty. Naval Research Logistics, 69(6): 856-868. 

Xu Sun & Xiaohan Zhu. Dynamic Control of a Make-to-Order System under Model Uncertainty. Management Science,https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.01820.

Under Review

Xu Sun & Xiaohan Zhu. Dynamic Incentives in Service Contracting. Major Revision at Management Science. 

Tan Yu, Tiaojun Xiao, Xiang Zhong & Xiaohan Zhu*. On Deriving the Optimal Contract in a Queueing System with Finite Capacity. Reject and Resubmit at Production and Operations Management.

Xiaohan Zhu* & Xu Sun. Designing Optimal Incentives for Target-Driven Projects. 2nd Round Revision at Naval Research Logistics.

Selected Working Papers

Yuting Yan, Houcai Shen & Xiaohan Zhu*. Dynamic Contracting in a Make-to-order Queue with Order Cancellation. Working paper.

(* denotes the corresponding author.)

主持項(xiàng)目：

1. 基于模型不確定性的供應(yīng)鏈生產(chǎn)運(yùn)作與動(dòng)態(tài)定價(jià)策略,國(guó)家自然科學(xué)基金,青年科學(xué)基金項(xiàng)目,2025.01-2027.12.

2024- 中國(guó)運(yùn)籌學(xué)會(huì)，行為運(yùn)籌與管理分會(huì)，理事

Invited Presentations & Session Chair:

1. Pricing, Incentives, and Dynamics. Informs International Meeting 2025.

2. Games, Contracts, and Supply Chain Management. PomsChina 2025. 

3. Dynamic Incentives in Service Contracting. PomsHK 2025, ICSSSM 2024.

4. Creating an Incentive Compensation Plan for a Project. Informs Annual Meeting 2023.

5. Control of a Make-to-order System under Distributional Uncertainty. Informs Annual Meeting 2020.