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

Supply chain management, dynamic decision-making, contract  design

Publication

16. Jiancheng Lyu, Xiaobei Shen*, Yuqian Zhou, Xiangyin Kong. Quality signaling in rewards-based crowdfunding: The role of deferred payments. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2026, Forthcoming.

15. Yuanyuan Liu, Yundong Xie*, Xiaobei Shen, Dengsheng Wu. Artificial intelligence use and scientific innovation. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2025, Forthcoming. 

14. Jingsheng (Jeannette) Song, Zhengliang Xue, Xiaobei Shen*. Dynamic pricing and inventory control for substitutable products based on market conditions. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2025, Forthcoming. 

13. Caiyuan Xiong, Yugang Yu, Xiaobei Shen*. Inventory management for maintenance service outsourcing: Should a manufacturer choose full outsourcing? Transportation Research Part E, 2025, 200, 104156.

12. Yue Zhou, Xiaobei Shen, Yugang Yu*. Inventory control strategy: based on demand forecast error. Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications, 2023, 5(2), 74-101.

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 , 2022, 24(4), 2310-2327.  

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, 2022, 70(4), 1953-1968.  

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 72571260 supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2026.01-2029.12, PI.

Project 72222015 suppored by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023.01-2025.12, PI.

Project 72171215 supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022.01-2025.12, 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.

Services

Member of the Council, Stochastic Service and Operations Management Branch, Operations Research Society of China

Member of the Council, Service Science and Operations Management Branch, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Business Research

Editorial Board Member, Industrial Engineering and Management

External Reviewer, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong