BIOGRAPHY

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Operations Management, University of California, Irvine

POSITIONS HELD

Associate Dean, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research Affiliate, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

2016 to 2019, Founding Dean, Ningbo Supply Chain Innovation Institute, China 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member of MIT SCALE Network

Academic Director, SJTU-MIT Leaders for Global Operations Executive Education Program

Deputy Director of the Liberal Arts Development Division

Dr. Liu was a visiting scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management, and he was teaching and doing research at the Paul Merage School of Business of the University of California. He serves as a reviewer for premier academic journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, and Decision Analysis. He also serves as a reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong. Over the years, he has provided consulting and training services to a large number of enterprises such as Dell, Apple, Amazon, SAIC, Cisco, Honeywell, Esquel and Nike.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

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1. Speeding Up Paulson's Procedure for Large-Scale Problems Using Parallel Computing (with Y. Zhong, J. Luo and J. Hong) Forthcoming 2020 at INFORMS Journal on Computing

2. Optimal Inventory Control and Design Refresh Selection for Managing Part Obsolescence (with Shi Z.) European Journal of Operational Research 2020 Volume 287, Issue 1, Pages 133-144

3. On-Time Performance Policy in the Chinese Aviation Market - An innovation or disruption? (with Xiaowen Fu, Zheng Lei, Kun Wang, Jia Yan)  Transport Policy 2020,  Volume 95, Pages A14-A23

4. Supply Process Improvement Decisions for a Newsvendor with Random Capacity (with Shi Z. and B. Li)  Computer and Industrial Engineering 2020 Volume 141, 106289

5.  Orji I. and S. Liu “A dynamic perspective on the key drivers of innovation-led lean approaches to achieve sustainability in manufacturing supply chain”.  International Journal of Production Economics. 2020 Volume 219, p480-496

6. Algorithm for Initial Sample Size in Fully Sequential Ranking and Selection Procedure (with Wu R.) Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research 2020 Vol. No.03, 2050015

7. Wu, R., S. Liu, and Z. Shi. “Customer Incentive Rebalancing Plan in Free-Float Bike-Sharing System with Limited Information”. Sustainability 11, no. 11 2019: 3088.

8. Shi, Z., S. Liu, R. Wu. “Incentive Design with Customer Satisfaction for Business Process Outsourcing: Multi-task vs. Multi-agent”. 2019 Forthcoming at RAIRO-Operations Research

9. Fu, X. , H. Jin, S.Liu, T. Oum and J. Yan “Exploring network effects of point-to-point networks: An investigation of the spatial patterns of Southwest Airlines’ network” Transport Policy 2019 Vol. 76, p.36-45

10. Liu, S. and Tae Oum “Prospects for air policy liberalization in China as a Result of China-ASEAN Open Skies:Changing role of Chinese mega carriers in global scene and anticipated Low Cost Carrier competition”  Transport Policy 2018 Vol. 72,  p.A1-A9 

11. Wu R., S. Liu and J. Luo  “Adaptive sampling rule for ranking-and-selection problem”. 2017 13th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

12. Xiao F., M. Dong,  S. Liu and G. Han Trust Based Decisions in Supply Chains with An Agent. Decision Support Systems. 2016 Vol. 82, 2016, p.35-46

13. Han G., M. Dong, S.Liu “Yield and allocation management in a continuous make-to-stock system with demand upgrade substitution”. International Journal of Production Economics. 2014 156:124-131

14. Wu Y., M. Dong, T. Fan and S. Liu “Performance evaluation of supply chain networks with assembly structure under system disruptions”. Computer & Operations Research 2012 vol. 39 issue 12. p.3229-3243

15. Liu, S., So, K. and Zhang F., “Effects of Supply Reliability in a Retail Setting with Joint Marketing and Inventory Decisions” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 2010 Vol. 12, NO.1, 19-32.