About Me
I am a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Management at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. 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 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.