Address
7-283, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Phone
+852 34428578
Fax
+852 34420189
Email
Personal Web
https://menglongmath.github.io
Public CV
Research Areas
Inventory Management
Revenue Management
Data-Driven Decision Making
(Discrete) Convex Analysis
Qualifications
PhD - Operations Research (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
MSc - Mathematics (University of Pierre and Marie Curie)
BSc - Mathematics (Tsinghua University)
Biography
Prof. Menglong Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Decision Analytics and Operations at the City University of Hong Kong. Before joining CityU, he was a postdoctoral associate of MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. He received a PhD degree in Operations Research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a MS degree in Mathematics from the University of Pierre and Marie Curie and a BS degree in Mathematics from the Tsinghua University. His research interests include inventory management, revenue management, (discrete) convex analysis, combinatorial optimization, approximation algorithms, and data-driven decision making.
Openings: I am looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students interested in operations research and optimization, with potential applications in inventory management and revenue management. Prospective students with strong mathematical backgrounds are welcome to email me a CV and transcript. Students majoring in mathematics are especially welcome.
Research Grants
PI: "S-Convexity and Market Equilibrium", General Research Fund - Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Amount: 493,647HKD (2024-2026), Menglong Li and Xin Chen
Publications
Journal Publications and Reviews
Li, Menglong; Simchi-Levi, David; Tan, Renfei; Wang, Chonghuan; Wu, Michelle Xiao / Contextual Offline Demand Learning and Pricing with Separable Models. August 2026; In: Management Science. Vol. 72, No. 8, pp. 6743-6761
Chen, Boxiao (Beryl); Li, Menglong; Simchi-Levi, David / Dynamic Pricing With Infrequent Inventory Replenishments. July 2026; In: Management Science.
Bai, Xingyu; Chen, Xin; Li, Menglong; Stolyar, Alexander L. / Asymptotic Optimality of Semi-Open-Loop Policies in Inventory Models with Stochastic Lead Times. July 2026; In: Management Science.
Chen, Xin; Li, Menglong / S-Convexity and Gross Substitutability. May 2024; In: Operations Research. Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 1242-1254
Bai, Xingyu; Chen, Xin; Li, Menglong; Stolyar, Alexander / Asymptotic Optimality of Semi-Open-Loop Policies in Markov Decision Processes with Large Lead Times. November 2023; In: Operations Research. Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 2061-2077
Chen, Xin; Li, Menglong / M♮-Convexity and its applications in operations. September 2021; In: Operations Research. Vol. 69, No. 5, pp. 1396-1408
Chen, Xin; Li, Menglong / Discrete Convex Analysis and Its Applications in Operations: A Survey. June 2021; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 1904-1926
Conference Papers
ZENG, Xin; LI, Menglong; WANG, Qiang / A Class of Nonstationary Concentration Inequalities with Applications in Operations. July 2026; 2026 Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference in China, 17/07/2026 - 20/07/2026, Xi'an, China.
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