Students
I’m admitting 2–3 PhD students for Fall 2027.
Applications are due December 15, 2026. Apply to either program below and name me in your materials. There’s no need to email me first.
I’m looking for students who want to work at the intersection of operations research and AI, particularly on how to leverage AI tools in data-driven decision-making.
Two Separate PhD Programs
I advise in two separate PhD programs. Both guarantee five years of funding with satisfactory progress. Apply to either or both.
Regardless of which program you apply to, I strongly encourage my students to complete the ORAI PhD Certificate.
Students and Postdocs
Advised
- Kaiwen Li current
- Michael Huang → Baruch College (CUNY), tenure-track
Postdoc
- Ziyu He → Texas State University, tenure-track
PhD students I’ve worked with closely
- Qiran Dong UC Berkeley, current
- Brian Han → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business, tenure-track
- Michael Hamilton → University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business, tenure-track
- Yunfan Zhao → Harvard University, Computer Science, postdoc
Undergraduates
USC undergraduates interested in research should look at DSO Summer Scholars.