Renyu (Philip) Zhang 张任宇

Renyu (Philip) Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Operations Management
NYU Global Network Assistant Professor
New York University Shanghai
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Affiliations:
NYU Stern Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics
NYU Shanghai Center for Business Education and Research
NYU Shanghai Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Curriculum Vitae (Last update: October 2020)

About Me

I am a scholar, a teacher, and a practioner in data science and operations research. I have been an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at New York University Shanghai since August 2016. I am also affiliated with the operations management group at NYU Stern School of Business. My research addresses fundamental operations issues under the emerging trends in technology, marketplaces, and society. I am particularly enthusiastic about developing data-driven optimization and randomized experiment (a.k.a. A/B testing) methodologies to evaluate and optimize the operations strategies in the contexts of online platforms and marketplaces, sharing economy, and social networks, especially their recommendation, advertising, and pricing policies. My research works (downloadable here) have appeared in Operations Research and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and have been recognized by various reserach awards of the INFORMS and POMS research communities. My research projects have been funded by NSFC, SMEC, and STCSM.

In addition to my scholarly endeavor, I am also interested in creating a broader impact by connecting knowledge and practice. I am an economist and Tech Lead at Kwai, developing and implementing economics and data science frameworks to evaluate and optimize the ecosystem of the large-scale online video-sharing and live-streaming platform, its recommender system and advertising platform in particular.

Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, I obtained my PhD degree in Operations Management at Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis in May 2016 under the supervision of Professor Nan Yang and Professor Fuqiang Zhang. I got my B.S. degree in mathematics at School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University in July 2011.

Business and Data Science Seminars at NYU Shanghai

If you are interested in giving a research talk in the NYU Shanghai business group or the NYU Shanghai data science group, please contact me.

Contact

New York University Shanghai
1555 Century Avenue
Pudong, Shanghai, China, 200122.
Email: renyu(dot)zhang(at)nyu(dot)edu . Please replace "(dot)" with "." and "(at)" with "@".

Quotations

“切勿要求胜利，只应要求一往无前的勇气。因为从坚忍不拔的奋斗中，你将为自己带来荣誉。但更重要的，你将为全人类带来光荣。”---古希腊奥运会格言，见Hung-Hsi Wu(伍鸿熙)《黎曼几何初步》致读者的话。

"God, give us Grace to accept with Serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and Wisdom to distinguish one from the other."---Reinhold Niebuhr, the Serenity Prayer.