Education

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Bachelor, 2005.09 -- 2009.06

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Ph.D., 2009.09 -- 2013.07

Working Experience

City University of Hong Kong, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013.08 -- 2016.06

University of Science and Technology of China, Tenure-track Associate Professor (Assistant Professor), 2016.07 -- 2019.01

University of Science and Technology of China, Associate Professor, 2019.01 -- now

Research Interest

Inventory management, dynamic pricing, dynamic programming, contract mechanism design

Publication

11. Xiaobei Shen, Yimin Yu, Jingsheng (Jeannette) Song. Optimal policies for a multi-echelon inventory problem with service time target and expediting. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM, UTD 24), 2022. Forthcoming. 

10. Xiangyin Kong, Shuqi Liu, Xiaobei Shen*, Gengzhong Feng. The optimal joint incentive contract designs and inventory decisions with an overconfident agent. Systems Engineering -- Theory & Practice, 2022, 42(1), 123-137.

9. Xiaobei Shen, Yimin Yu, Woonghee Tim Huh. A permutation-dependent separability approach for capacitated two-echelon inventory systems. Operations Research (OR, UTD 24), 2021. Published online.  

8. Xu Tian, Gongbing Bi, Xiaobei Shen, Lindong Liu. Crowdsourcing contests with entry cost. International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR), 2021, 28(3), 1371-1392. 

7. Xiaobei Shen, Yimin Yu. Capacity allocation with multiple suppliers and multiple demand classes. Production and Operations Management (POM, UTD 24), 2019, 28(11), 2792-2807.

6. Xiaobei Shen, Lina Bao, Yimin Yu, Zhongsheng Hua. Managing supply chains with expediting and multiple demand classes. Production and Operations Management (POM, UTD 24), 2019, 28(5), 1129-1148.

5. Xiaobei Shen, Lina Bao, Yimin Yu. Coordinating inventory and pricing decisions with general price-dependent demands. Production and Operations Management (POM, UTD 24), 2018, 27(7), 1355-1367.

4. Xiaobei Shen, Zoie Shui-Yee Wong, Man Ho Ling, David Goldsman, Kwok-Leung Tsui. Comparison of algorithms to simulate disease transmission. Journal of Simulation (JSim), 2017, 11(3), 285-294.

3. Xiaobei Shen, Kwok-Leung Tsui, William H. Woodall, Changliang Zou. Self-starting monitoring scheme for Poisson count data with varying population sizes. Technometrics (Tech), 2016, 58(4), 460-471.

2. Xiaobei Shen, Fugee Tsung, Changliang Zou. A new multivariate EWMA scheme for monitoring covariance matrices. International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), 2014, 52(10), 2834-2850.

1. Xiaobei Shen, Fugee Tsung, Changliang Zou, Wei Jiang. Monitoring Poisson count data with probability control limits when sample sizes are time-varying. Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 2013, 60(8), 625-636.

Funding

Project 72171215 supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022.01-2026.12, PI. 

Project 71701190 supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018.01-2020.12, PI.

Project 71731010 supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018.01-2022.12, Co-PI.