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Jingyi ZHAO

Dr. Jingyi ZHAO

Dr. Jingyi ZHAO

Starts on October 1st, 2026

Academic Career

Jingyi Zhao received her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the National University of Singapore and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Polytechnique Montréal.

Research Interest

Jingyi Zhao is a researcher in operations research and optimization, with a particular interest in algorithms for large-scale, dynamic, and stochastic decision-making problems. Her research spans stochastic combinatorial optimization, algorithm design and data structures, trustworthy AI for optimization (AI4OPT), optimization for AI (OPT4AI), large language models for optimization and decision-making, and GPU-accelerated stochastic optimization. Her work has applications in vehicle routing, inventory routing, transportation and logistics, and energy systems. Her work has been published in leading venues including ICLR 2026, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research Part B, C, and E. She received the Best Paper Award at CTS 2023, was runner-up in the IJCAI 2025 Counterfactual Routing Competition, and won two ACM-ICPC Asia Regional gold medals.

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