I am a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Management at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, affiliated with the Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS) and the Language Science Center (LSC). I am advised by Professor Wedad J. Elmaghraby. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Financial Management and Mathematical Statistics from Xiamen University and a Master’s degree in Applied Statistics from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Research Interests

My research interests include marketplace analytics, service operations, and AI for social good. Methodologically, I apply optimization methods, conduct causal inference, and combine natural language processing and machine learning algorithms.

Recent News

• Mar 6, 2025: Our student chapter is oragnizing the 3rd Smith DOIT Doctoral Consortium. Please sign up to attend if you are interested!

• Oct 16. 2024: Our student chapter received the 2024 INFORMS Student Chapter Annual Award - Cum Laude!

• Mar 26. 2024: Our project received the Faculty-Student Research Award (FSRA, $15,000) from the Graduate School!

• Mar 15. 2024: We host the 2nd Smith DOIT Doctoral Consortium!

• Oct 16. 2023: Our student chapter received the 2023 INFORMS Student Chapter Annual Award - Honorable Mention!

• Oct 7. 2023: One paper is accepted by EMNLP 2023!

Contact

Email: jiannan@umd.edu

CV: Please click here for a current version of my CV.