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

   Advisor: Stefanos Zenios

B.S., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

For students interested in a Ph.D./RA position and have a solid background in Math, CS or engineering, please send your CV and transcript to me.



 

Methodologies

•   Stochastic Control Theory

Dynamic Programming

Optimal Stopping & Control

•   Data-driven Decision Making

Machine Learning / Approximation Algorithms

Applications

•   Entrepreneurship and Innovation

New Venture Creation

Lean Startup

Entrepreneurial Opportunity Search

•   Online Platforms

Traffic / Resource Allocation

•   Healthcare

Adaptive Clinical Trial Design

Operating Room Scheduling

Forensic Science
 

Research Works

"New Venture Creation: A Drift-Variance Diffusion Control Model."  [link]

Z. Wang and S. Zenios.

Operations Research 70, no. 5 (2022): 2982-2997.

  

"A Theory of Skill Development: Risk Management, Strategic Retreat and Work-life Balance." [link]

J. Li, T. Li and Z. Wang.

To be Submitted.

  


"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.

  

"Adaptive Design of Clinical Trials: A Sequential Learning Approach." [link]

Z. Wang and S. Zenios.

Submitted.

 

"A Stochastic Steepest Descent Approach to Entrepreneurial Opportunity Search. " (Thesis) [draft link]

Z. Wang and S. Zenios.

To be Submitted.

  

"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.

Forthcoming in Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management.

 

"Short-Term Repositioning for Empty Vehicles on Ride-Sourcing Platforms." [link]

H. Wang and Z. Wang.

Proceedings of the INFORMS TSL Second Triennial Conference, 2020.