Hoong Chuin Lau

Working at the interface of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research, I am interested in combining data analytics and optimization for decision-making in business. More specifically, I make use of optimization models, agent-based models, and metaheuristics to solve use-inspired data-driven resource planning, scheduling and coordination problems in logistics, transportation, and supply chain management. Recently, my focus is on planning and scheduling problems in an urban shared economy. The common thread running through my research is a focus on going beyond papers to build usable novel tools and prototypes, a number of which have been testbedded and deployed in industry.

Teaching Topics

• Computational Thinking
• Computer as an Analysis Tool
• Supply Chain Business IT
• Decision Support and Optimization
• Advanced Topics in Intelligent Decision Support

Education

• PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 1996
  Doctorate of Engineering in Computer Science
• MSc, University of Minnesota, United States of America, 1988
  MSc in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude)
• Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, United States of America, 1986
  BSc in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude)

Companies

• Professor of Information Systems Singapore Management University (2013)
• Associate Professor SMU - Singapore Management University (2005 — 2013)
• Assistant professor National University of Singapore (2000 — 2005)