Assistant Professor
Innovation and Information Management
Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Hong Kong
Contact
wzl1 "at" hku.hk
Education
Ph.D., Operations Information and Technology, Stanford University
B.S., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RA position. For students interested in RA positions and have a solid background in Math, CS or engineering, please send your CV and transcript to me.
Methodologies
• Continuous-time Stochastic Control / Dynamic Programming
• Machine Learning / Data-driven Decision Making
Applications
• Entrepreneurship: Venture Creation / Strategy under Incomplete Information
• Healthcare: Adaptive Trial Design / Forensic Science
• Online Platforms: Traffic / Resource Allocation
Research Works
"Optimal Multi-armed Bandit with Dependent Arms." [link]
N. Sunar and Z. Wang.
Major Revision, Operations Research.
"Strategies for Milestone-driven Start-ups in Multi-activity Settings." [link]
Z. Wang.
Minor Revision, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
"Adaptive Design of Clinical Trials: A Sequential Learning Approach." [link]
Z. Wang and S. Zenios.
Major Revision, Operations Research.
"New Venture Creation: A Drift-Variance Diffusion Control Model." [link]
Z. Wang and S. Zenios.
Operations Research 70, no. 5 (2022): 2982-2997.
"A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the No. of Samples to Collect and Test From a Sexual Assault." [link]
Z. Wang, K. MacMillan, M. Powell and L. Wein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 24 (2020): 13421-13427.
"Caseload is Increased by Resequencing Cases where Initial Patient Recovery is in ORs and Cleanup Times are Longer than Typical." [link]
Z. Wang, F. Dexter, and S. Zenios.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 67 (2020): 110024.
"More accurate, unbiased predictions of operating room times increase labor productivity with the same staff scheduling provided allocated hours are increased." [link]
Z. Wang and F. Dexter.
Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management 29 (2022): 100286.
Working Papers
"Short-Term Vehicle Repositioning in Ride-Hailing Systems: An Interpretable Two-Stage Framework." [link]
X. Lyu, H. Wang, and Z. Wang.
To be Submitted.
"The Speed-Cost Tradeoff in Milestone-Driven Firms under Discounting."
T. Li and Z. Wang.
To be Submitted.
"Dynamic Traffic Allocation for Revenue Maximization on Creator Economy Platforms."
Z. Wang, L. Feng and Z. Wan.
To be Submitted.
"Leveling up without Breaking down: Strategies for Success under Stress." [link]
J. Li, T. Li and Z. Wang.
Submitted.
"Milestone Management for Start-ups: Near-Optimal Performance Guarantee for Simple Static Strategies."
Z. Wang and Z. Nie.
To be Submitted.
"Robust Learning in Creator Markets: Algorithm and Optimal Regret Guarantee."
T. Li, T. Lin and Z. Wang..
To be Submitted.