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.
Work in Progress
Incentivizing Smallholder Supplier Sustainability under Behavioral Regularities
Joint work with Karen Yanchong Zheng and Iskandar Z Siregar
- To present at POMS 2025 conference
Optimizing Nonprofit Operations under Display-Dependent Demand
Joint work with Karen Yanchong Zheng and Mahyar Eftekhar, in collaboration with Midwest Food Bank, Arizona
- To present at INFORMS Computing Society 2025 conference
- To present at POMS 2025 conference
Papers
Incentive Design for Sustainable Practices in Smallholder Supply Chains
Yuan Shi*, Joann de Zegher and Karen Yanchong Zheng
Under review
- Presented at INFORMS 2023, INFORMS 2024, POMS 2024 and MSOM 2024 conferences
Two-Sided Benefit of Price Transparency in Smallholder Supply Chains
Yuan Shi*, Joann de Zegher, Irene Lo
Management Science, Forthcoming
- 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
- Presented at INFORMS 2024 conference (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 December 2024)