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Bensadoun School of Retail Management, Sentao Miao 1001 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G5, Canada Email: [email protected] Webpage : https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/sentaomiao Education University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Ph.D. Candidate, Industrial and Operations Engineering. May 2020 Advisor: Dr. Xiuli Chao. Dissertation: Data-Driven Algorithms in Revenue Management: Pricing, Assortment Optimiza- tion, and Demand Learning. Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany Bachelor of Science, Mathematics. June 2014 Advisor: Dr. Peter Oswald. Dissertation: The Wavelet Tensor Train Transform and its Applications. Professional McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Experience Assistant Professor. 2020 - Present Bensadoun School of Retail Management & Desautels Faculty of Management. Research Methodology: Machine learning, online optimization, approximation algorithm, stochastic pro- Interests cess, game theory, high-dimensional computing. Application: Operations management, supply chain management, revenue management, inven- tory control. Academic Miao S, Chao X. (2020) \Dynamic Joint Assortment and Pricing Optimization with Demand Papers Learning". Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. - Richard C. Wilson Prize ($500 departmental award given to the best student paper dealing with any aspect of manufacturing systems), Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, May 2018. Khoromskij B, Miao S. (2015) \Superfast Wavelet Transform Using Quantics-TT Approxima- tion. I. Application to Haar Wavelets". Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 14(4), 537-553. Miao S, Jasin S, Chao X. \Asymptotically Optimal Lagrangian Policies for One-Warehouse Multi-Store System with Lost Sales". Under Revision. Chen X, Ji L, Jiang L, Miao S, Shi C. (2020) \More Bang for Your Buck: Effective KOL Marketing Campaign in Brazil Short-Video Emerging Markets". Under Review. Chen X, Jiang L, Miao S, Shi C. (2020) \Time to Leave Your Comfort Zone? Optimal Variation- Seeking Strategies for Social Media Influencers on Streaming Media Platforms". Under Review. Miao S, Chao X, Chen X, Liu J, Zhang Y. (2019) \Context-Based Dynamic Pricing with Online Clustering". Under Review. - Collaborated work with Alibaba Group. Miao S, Chao X. (2019) \Online Personalized Assortment Optimization in a Big Data Regime". Under Review. Sentao Miao (UMich) 1 Academic Momot R, Lei Y, Miao S. \Privacy-Preserving Personalized Decision-Making". Work in Progress. Work in Progress Miao S, Wang Y, Chao X. \Inventory Assortment Optimization with Multi-Item Orders and Capacity Limit". Work in Progress. Chao X, Miao S, Jasin S. \Self-Adjusting Lagrangian Policies for Multi-Warehouse Multi-Store Inventory System". Work in Progress. Publications Miao S, Fu Y, Strumolo M, Chen B, Chao X, Klampfl E, Tamor M. (2016) \Pricing of Renewable from Industry Gasoline and Its Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Planning for Automakers and Projects Electricity Generators". (No. 2016-01-0295). SAE Technical Paper. Miao S, Chao X, Tamor M, Fu Y, Strumolo M. (2017) “Cost-Effective Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions via Cross-Sector Purchases of Renewable Energy Certificates”. SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, 10(3), 338-350. Industry Research Assistant, Johnson & Johnson Jan. 2019 - May 2020 Experiences - Working on project about product scheduling and value of information sharing. Research Assistant, Alibaba Group May 2018 - July 2019 - Developed machine learning algorithms to solve the pricing problem of low-sales products. Improved the average revenue by more than 10%, and increased their purchasing probability by more than 15% in a field experiment. Research Scientist Intern, Amazon.com May - Aug. 2017 - Worked on the project of problematic ordering detection and auto-correlation. Research Assistant, Ford Motor Company June 2015 - April 2017 - Worked on the project of capacity planning for transportation and electricity generator industry under various environmental policies Research Summer Intern, Max Planck Institute June - Aug. 2013 - Work on the project of high-dimensional computing and data compression using quantized tensor train method. Teaching Instructor, McGill University Experiences - Business Statistics (MGCR 271) Fall 2020 Instructor, University of Michigan - Operations Analysis and Management (IOE 440) Fall 2017 Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan - Operations Analysis and Management (IOE 440) Fall 2018 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers (IOE 265) Winter 2018 - Linear Programming (IOE 310) Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant, Jacobs University Bremen Sentao Miao (UMich) 2 - Manifold and Topology (100353) Spring 2014 - Natural Science Lab Unit - Numerical Software (110112) Spring 2013 - Real Analysis (100313) Fall 2013 - General Mathematics and Computational Science I (110101) Fall 2012 Honors & Richard C. Wilson Prize ($500), University of Michigan 2018 Awards Rackham Travel Grant ($800), University of Michigan 2017, 2018 Ford-Poling Challenge Award ($24; 696), Ford Motor Company 2016 Rackham First-Year PhD Fellowship ($62; 000), University of Michigan 2014-2015 Meritorious Winner of MCM, Jacobs University Bremen 2013 Honor on the President List, Jacobs University Bremen 2011-2014 China Scholarship ($30; 000), Jacobs University Bremen 2011-2014 Presentations \Context-Based Dynamic Pricing with Online Clustering." - Invited talk, December 2019, Institute for Data and Decision Analytics, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China. - Invited talk, December 2019, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancou- ver, BC. - Invited talk, December 2019, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, QC. - Invited talk, November 2019, Department of Management Science, University of Waterloo, Water- loo, ON. - Invited talk, November 2019, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. - INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2019, Seattle, WA. - Invited talk, June 2019, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China. \Personalized Assortment Optimization with High Dimensional Data." - Invited talk, December 2019, CUHK Business School, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. - INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2019, Seattle, WA. - INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ. \Dynamic Joint Assortment and Pricing Optimization with Demand Learning." - INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2019, Seattle, WA. - INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2017, Houston, TX. \Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emission Efficiently Via Renewable Energy Certificate Purchasing Between Transportation And Electricity Generation Sector." SAE 2017 World Congress, April 2017, Detroit, MI. \Optimal Investment Strategies for Automakers and Electricity Generators in a Carbon Con- strained World." Ford Motor Company Global Data Insight and Analytics Annual Conference, June 2016, Dearborn, MI. \Pricing of Renewable Gasoline and Its Impact on GHG Emission Reduction Planning for Au- tomakers and Electricity Generators." SAE 2016 World Congress, April 2016, Detroit, MI. \Sensitivity Analysis of the Collaborative Emission Reduction Strategy Between the Transporta- tion and Electricity Generator Sectors." SAE 2016 World Congress, April 2016, Detroit, MI. Sentao Miao (UMich) 3 Professional Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Affiliations INFORMS Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM) INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing (RMP) Services and Reviewer for Operations Research, Management Science, Product and Operations Management, Professional Naval Research Logistics, and Operations Research Letters. Activities Volunteer for department (graduation banquet, PhD recruiting, etc.) activities at University of Michigan. Mentoring Master Students - Sharat Subraya Hegde, IOE (2019-Present) - Mitali Linge, IOE (2019-Present) - Zongyang Hu, IOE (2019) Undergraduate Students - Jiaxin Yang, IOE (2019-Present) References Prof. Xiuli Chao Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan 1205 Beal Avenue, 2895 IOE, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Phone: +1 (734) 615-8888 Email: [email protected] Prof. Stefanus Jasin Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan 701 Tappan Street, R5310, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Phone: +1 (734) 764-2305 Email: [email protected] Prof. Xi Chen Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University 44 West Fourth Street, 8-50, New York, NY 10012 Phone: +1 (212) 998-4017 Email: [email protected] Sentao Miao (UMich) 4.