CAI, Xiaoqiang
POSITION/TITLE
Vice Director of SRIBD
Adjunct Professor
Associate Vice President
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
PhD, MEng (Tsinghua University)
BEng (Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute)
RESEARCH FIELD
Industrial and Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Logistics and Supply Chain Management Science
xqcai@cuhk.edu.cn
OFFICE
Room 622, Administration Building
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Cai received his PhD from Tsinghua University in 1988. After conducting postdoctoral researches at the University of Cambridge and the Queen's University of Belfast, UK, from 1989 to 1991, he was appointed as Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Australia during 1991-1993. He joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1993, holding academic positions of Lecturer (1993-1996), Senior Lecturer (1996-2000), and full Professor (2000-2014), at the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM). He served as Chairman of SEEM during 1996-2003, Head of Graduate Division of SEEM during 2009-2012, and founding Dean of General Education of Lee Woo Sing College during 2010-2014. He joined CUHK-Shenzhen in 2014 as Dean of the School of Science and Engineering (2014-17), and has been appointed as Associate Vice President since 2016, and Presidential Chair Professor since 2018.
Professor Cai’s research interests are mainly in industrial and systems engineering, operations research, and logistics and supply chain management science. He has published over 300 papers in academic journals, books, and conferences, including more than 100 papers in leading journals, such as Operations Research, Management Science, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Naval Research Logistics, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, IEEE Transactions, Transportation Science, and Transportation Research. He was the chair/co-chair for several international conferences, and a member of the organizing committee/program committee/advisory committee for numerous international conferences. He has been an editor/associate editor/editorial board member of several academic journals. He received the IEOM Award of Outstanding Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain in 2021.
Professor Cai is a recipient of the Outstanding Young Scientist award (overseas category) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is Academician of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, and Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA).
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
1. M.H. Lai, X.Q. Cai*, N.G. Hall, Cost allocation for less-than-truckload collaboration via shipper consortium. Transportation Science. Published online on 04 Nov 2021.
2. P.Y. Yan, X.Q. Cai, F. Chu, D.B. Ni, and H. He, An incentive mechanism for private parking-sharing programs in incomplete information setting. Service Science. Forthcoming, 2022.
3. X. Li, X.Q. Cai, and J. Chen, Quality and private label encroachment strategy. Production and Operations Management. 31, No. 1, pp. 374–390, January 2022.
4. W.Q. Bao, X.Q. Cai*, and X.Y. Wu, Multi-armed bandits with constrained arm switches. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. 59, No. 6, pp. 4666–4688, December 2021.
5. M.H. Lai, X.Q. Cai, and Q. Hu, Market design for commute-driven private parking lot sharing. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 124, 102915, March 2021.
6. X.L. Xu, X.Q. Cai, and L.M. Zhang, Optimal purchasing policy for fresh products from multiple sources with considerations of random delivery times, risk and information. Decision Sciences. 51, Issue 6, pp. 1377-1410, December 2020.
7. Y.L. Zeng, L.M. Zhang, X.Q. Cai, and J. Li, Cost sharing for capacity transfer in cooperating queueing systems, Production and Operations Management. 27, Issue 4, pp. 644-662, April 2018.
8. M.H. Lai, X.Q. Cai, and X. Li, Mechanism design for collaborative production-distribution planning with shipment consolidation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 106，pp. 137-159, Oct 2017.
9. M.H. Lai, X.Q. Cai, and Q. Hu, An iterative auction for carrier collaboration in truckload pickup and delivery. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 107，pp. 60-80, Nov 2017.
10. X. Li, Y.J. Li, X.Q. Cai, and J. Shan, Service channel choice for supply chain: who is better off by undertaking the service?, Production and Operations Management, 25, pp. 516–534, Mar 2016.
11. X.Q. Cai, L.M. Wen, X.Y. Wu, and X. Zhou, Credibility estimation of distribution functions with applications to experience rating in general insurance. North American Actuarial Journal. 19, pp.311-335. Oct 2015.
12. X.Q. Cai and X. Zhou, Optimal policies for perishable products when transportation to export market is disrupted, Production and Operations Management, 23, pp. 907–923, May 2014.
13. X. Cai, and G.L. Vairaktarakis, “Coordination of outsourced operations at a third-party facility subject to booking, overtime, and tardiness costs”, Operations Research, 60, pp. 1436-1450, Dec 2012.
14. X. Cai, J. Chen, Y.B. Xiao, and X.L. Xu, “Optimization and Coordination of Fresh Product Supply Chains with Freshness-Keeping Effort”, Production and Operations Management, 19, pp. 261-278, 2010.
15. X. Cai, X.Y. Wu, and X. Zhou, “Stochastic scheduling subject to preemptive-repeat breakdowns with incomplete information”, Operations Research, 57, pp. 1236-1249, 2009.
16. X. Cai, X.Q. Sun, and X. Zhou, “Stochastic Scheduling Subject to Machine Breakdowns: The Preemptive-Repeat Model with Discounted Reward and Other Criteria”, Naval Research Logistics, 51, pp. 800-817, 2004.
17. X. Cai, K.L. Teo, X.Q. Yang, and X.Y. Zhou, “Portfolio Optimization under a Minimax Rule”, Management Science, 46, pp. 957-972, 2000.
18. X. Cai, C.-Y. Lee, and T.L. Wong, “Multi-Processor Task Scheduling to Minimize the Maximum Tardiness and the Total Completion Time”. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 16, pp. 824-830, 2000.
19. X. Cai and S. Zhou, “Stochastic Scheduling on Parallel Machines Subject to Random Breakdowns to Minimize Expected Costs for Earliness and Tardy Jobs”, Operations Research, 47, pp. 422-437, 1999.
20. X.Q. Cai, T. Kloks and C.K. Wong, Time-varying shortest path problems with constraints. Networks. 29, pp. 141-149. 1997.
