Hello!

I am a fourth year PhD student at MIT Operations Research Center advised by Prof. Karen Zheng and, previously, Prof. Joann de Zegher.

I am passionate about leveraging data analytics, mechanism design and behavioral experiments to address social challenges, in areas including sustainability, nonprofit operations and healthcare provision. My research centers on exploring the underlying mechanisms of relevant decision-making processes and developing innovative, practical solutions that create tangible impact in the real world. My current research agenda focuses on (i) improving livelihood and promoting sustainability in smallholder supply chains and (ii) optimizing nonprofit operations.

Prior to MIT, I have worked as a financial derivative structurer at Morgan Stanley in London. I received my Bechelor’s degree in Natural Sciences from University of Cambridge and my Master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. I grew up in China (Hangzhou) and Singapore.

Ongoing Projects

Sustainability Contracting under Bounded Rationality: Experiment in the Field

Joint work with Karen Yanchong Zheng and Iskandar Z Siregar

Data-Driven Donation Management in Nonprofit Operations

Joint work with Karen Yanchong Zheng and Mahyar Eftekhar, in collaboration with Midwest Food Bank, Arizona

Robust Fair Allocation under Display-Dependent Demand

Joint work with Karen Yanchong Zheng and Mahyar Eftekhar, in collaboration with Midwest Food Bank, Arizona

Papers

Incentive Design for Sustainable Practices in Smallholder Supply Chains

Yuan Shi*, Joann de Zegher and Karen Yanchong Zheng

In preparation to be submitted to Management Science

  • To present at INFORMS 2024
  • Presented at INFORMS 2023, POMS 2024 and MSOM 2024

Two-Sided Benefit of Price Transparency in Smallholder Supply Chains

Yuan Shi*, Joann de Zegher, Irene Lo

Major Revision, Management Science

  • Presented at INFORMS 2022
  • Accepted for presentation at Marketplace Innovation Workshop 2022
  • Accepted at EAAMO 2022

Surgical Scheduling via Optimization and Machine Learning with Long-Tailed Data

Yuan Shi*, Saied Mahdian, Jose Blanchet, Peter Glynn, Andrew Y. Shin, David Scheinker

Health Care Management Science, 2023

  • To present at INFORMS 2024, featured as outstanding publication in Health Care Management Science

Criteria for Early Pacemaker Implantation in Patients With Postoperative Heart Block After Congenital Heart Surgery

Son Q Duong, Yuan Shi, Heather Giacone, Brittany M Navarre, Dana B Gal, Brian Han, Danielle Sganga, Michael Ma, Charitha D Reddy, Andrew Y Shin, David M Kwiatkowski, Anne M Dubin, David Scheinker, Claudia A Algaze

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 2022

*Indicates first author by contribution

(Last updated in September 2024)