Songchen Jiang 📊

Songchen Jiang

Doctor of Philosophy

Northeastern University, China

Biography

I received my Ph.D. degree from the College of Information Science and Engineering at Northeastern University, China, under the supervision of Prof. Min Huang. During my doctoral studies, I was also a visiting Ph.D. student at the Institute of Operations Research and Analytics, National University of Singapore, supervised by Prof. Chung-Piaw Teo. My research focuses on data-driven optimization, distributionally robust optimization, and stochastic modeling, with applications in supply chain management, such as inventory optimization, supply chain network design, logistics planning.
I am currently on the 2026 academic job market.

Interests

Data-driven Optimization Supply Chain Management Stochastic Modeling

Education

Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering

College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University (CN)

Supervisor: Prof. Min Huang
Dissertation: Research on Data-Driven Supply Chain Network Optimization with Demand Surges

Visiting Ph.D. Student in Statistics and Operational Research

Institute of Operations Research and Analytics, National University of Singapore

Supervisor: Prof. Chung-Piaw Teo

M.Sc. in Systems Engineering

College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University (CN)

Supervisor: Prof. Min Huang

B.Eng. in Automation

College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University (CN)

📄 Featured Publications
UTD-24

Dual-Sourcing Made Easy: Distributionally Robust Optimization of Inventory System under Independent Demand

In this work, we generalize Scarf’s classical min-max newsvendor model from a single-period setting to a multiperiod inventory system with independent demand across periods, which …

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📚 Journal Articles
[J8] Hongliang Xu, Min Huang*, Songchen Jiang, Yuxin Zhang, Junwei Wang, Xingwei Wang (2026). Electric or fuel? Green routing optimization with time uncertainty in fourth-party logistics. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
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[J7] Songchen Jiang, Zhaolin Li, Sheng Bi*, Chung-Piaw Teo, Min Huang (2026). Dual-Sourcing Made Easy: Distributionally Robust Optimization of Inventory System under Independent Demand. Operations Research.
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[J6] Gengchen Wang, Min Huang*, Sandun C. Perera, Songchen Jiang, Shu-Cherng Fang (2025). Integrating Supply, Production, and Demand Uncertainties in Manufacturing Inventory Systems. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
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[J5] Yuxin Zhang, Min Huang*, Yaping Fu, Songchen Jiang, Xingwei Wang, Shu-Cherng Fang (2025). Mathematical modeling and optimization of multi-period fourth-party logistics network design problems with customer satisfaction-sensitive demand. Expert Systems with Applications.
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[J4] Songchen Jiang, Min Huang*, Yunan Liu, Yuxin Zhang, Xingwei Wang (2025). Capacity Planning to Cope with Demand Surges in Fourth-Party Logistics Networks under Chance-Constrained Service Levels. Computers & Operations Research.
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[J3] Yuxin Zhang, Min Huang*, Z.heming Gao, Songchen Jiang, Shu-Cherng Fang, Xingwei Wang (2024). Multi-Period Fourth-Party Logistics Network Design from the Viability Perspective: A Double-Layer Q-Learning based Collaborative Hyper-Heuristic Algorithm. International Journal of Production Research.
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[J2] Songchen Jiang, Min Huang*, Yuxin Zhang, Xingwei Wang, Shu-Cherng Fang (2024). Fourth-Party Logistics Network Design with Demand Surge: A Greedy Scenario-Reduction and Scenario-Price based Decomposition Algorithm. International Journal of Production Economics.
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[J1] Yuxin Zhang, Zheming Gao, Min Huang*, Songchen Jiang, Mingqiang Yin, Shu-Cherng Fang (2022). Multi-Period Distribution Network Design with Boundedly Rational Customers for the Service-Oriented Manufacturing Supply Chain: A 4PL Perspective. International Journal of Production Research.
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📚 Conference Papers
[C1] Songchen Jiang, Jin Chen, Min Huang*, Yuxin Zhang, Mingqiang Yin (2021). Fourth party logistics network design considering quantity discount. Proceedings of the 2021 33rd Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC).
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📚 Working Papers and Preprints
[W1] Songchen Jiang, Zhaolin Li (2026). Jointly Managing Inventory and Sales Commission: A Robust Moral Hazard Perspective.
🎓 Academic Service

📰 Reviewer — I service as a reviewer for journals such as Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Information Processing and Management.

🎤 Invited Talks — Recent invited talks include Distributionally Robust Inventory Management with Independent Demands (ISCOM 2025 @ Wuxi, Jiangsu) and Stochastic Modeling and Operations Management of Platform Logistics under Cooperation and Competition (POMS-China 2026 @ Xi’an, Shaanxi).

👩‍🏫 Teaching

Teaching Assistant

  • Applied Stochastic Models and Queues, Ph.D. Course, Northeastern University, 2020.
  • Theory of Production and Inventory, Master Course, Northeastern University, 2021.
  • Introduction to System Engineering, Undergraduate Course, Northeastern University, 2020–2022.
Awards & Honors
The ISCOM 2025 Best Conference Paper
ISCOM ∙ December 2025
The 2025 CSAMSE Annual Conference Best Practice Award, Third Prize
CSAMSE ∙ July 2025
National Scholarship for Postgraduates
Ministry of Education, China ∙ October 2020
Excellence Award of the National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program
Ministry of Education, China ∙ September 2018
Silver Award of the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival
SVIIF ∙ July 2018
📬 Contact

Feel free to reach out if you would like to discuss research ideas or collaborations.

✉️ Email: sjiang@stumail.neu.edu.cn

🎓 Google Scholar: scholar profile

🌐 ResearchGate: Songchen Jiang