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Shi Chen
Professor of Operations Management
Marion B. Ingersoll Professor

Education

  • PhD Stanford University (2013)
  • MS Tsinghua University (2008)
  • Diplome d'Ingenieur Ecole Centrale Paris (2007)
  • BE Tsinghua University (2006)

Expertise

operations management, operations research, supply chain management

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2013

Selected Publications

  1. Who Directs the Control Tower? Customer vs. Supplier-Managed Inventory in Supply Chains.
    Chen, S., Cohen, M. A., Lee, H., (2026). Management Science, forthcoming.
  2. Supply Chain Coordination under Unknown Demand Distribution: Online Learning and Contracting.
    Zhang, M., Chen, S., Luo, H., Wang, Y., (2026). Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.
  3. “Alliance Formations with Joint Sustainable Technology Innovation Efforts”
    Chen, J., Chen, S., Xie, Y., and Wang, J., (2026). Production and Operations Management, 35(1), pp. 184-202.
  4. “When to Broadcast? An Analysis of Inventory Disclosure Policies for Online Flash Sales”
    Chen, S., Liu, Z. B., Moinzadeh, K., and Tan, Y., (2026). Information Systems Research, 37(1), pp. 117-137.
  5. “Enhancing Customer–Supplier Relationship Through Customer-Managed Inventory”
    Chen, S., Cohen, M. A., and Lee, H., (2024). Management Science, 70(12), pp. 9073-9088.
  6. “Cost Optimization in Cloud Computing: Capacity Reservation for Intermittent Random Demand Surges”
    Chen, S., Lei, J., and Moinzadeh, K., (2024). Production and Operations Management, Vol. 33(6), pp. 1265–1284.
  7. “Inventory and Supply Chain Management with Auto-Delivery”
    Chen, S., Lei, J., and Moinzadeh, K., (2023). Production and Operations Management, Vol. 32(12), pp. 4068–4087.
  8. “Cloud Computing Value Chains: Research from the Operations Management Perspective”
    Chen, S., Moinzadeh, K., Song, J. S., and Zhong, Y., (2023). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 25(4), pp. 1338–1356.
  9. “When to Lock the Volatile Input Price? Procurement of Commodity Components Under Different Pricing Schemes”
    Chen, S., Lei, J., and Moinzadeh, K., (2022). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 24(2), pp. 1183–1201.
  10. “Discount Schemes for the Preemptible Service of a Cloud Platform with Unutilized Capacity”
    Chen, S., Moinzadeh, K., and Tan, Y., (2021). Information Systems Research, Vol. 32(3), pp. 967–986.
  11. “Capacity Expansions with Bundled Supplies of Attributes: An Application to Server Procurement in Cloud Computing”
    Arbabian, M., Chen, S., and Moinzadeh, K., (2021). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 23(1), pp. 191–209.
  12. “Pricing Schemes in Cloud Computing: Reservation-Based versus Utilization-Based”
    Chen, S., Lee, H., and Moinzadeh, K., (2019). Production and Operations Management, Vol. 28(1), pp. 82–102.
  13. “Impact of Supply Chain Transparency on Sustainability Under NGO Scrutiny”
    Chen, S., Zhang, Q., and Zhou, Y. P., (2019). Production and Operations Management, Vol. 28(12), pp. 3002–3022.
  14. “Inventory Control and Delivery Time Quotation for Assembly Supply Chains”
    Chen, S., and Moinzadeh, K., (2018). Operations Research, Vol. 66(4), pp. 1004–1022.
  15. “Incentive Alignment and Coordination for Project Supply Chains”
    Chen, S., and Lee, H., (2017). Management Science, Vol. 63(4), pp. 1011–1025.
  16. “Supply Chain Coordination with Multiple Shipment: Optimal Inventory Subsidizing Contracts”
    Chen, S., Lee, H., and Moinzadeh, K., (2016). Operations Research, Vol. 64(6), pp. 1320–1337.

Honors and Awards

2020 - present: Marion B. Ingersoll Professorship, Foster School of Business
2020: Dean's Award for Research of the Year, Foster School of Business
2018: Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society
2017: Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society

Working Papers

  1. Ma, D., Zhang, M, Chen, S., Luo, H., Wang, Y. Contextual Inventory Control with Censored Demand and General Function Approximation. Working paper in preparation for submission.
  2. Chen, S., Lei, J., Moinzadeh, K. Supply Chain Profitability and Resilience under Diffusion of Disruption Risks. Working paper in preparation for re-submission.
  3. Chen, S., Moinzadeh, K., Zeng, R. Cost Optimization for the Battery-as-a-Service Model of Electric Vehicles: Inventory Management for Battery-Swapping Station Network. Working paper in preparation for submission.
  4. Chen, S., Hou, X, Moinzadeh, K. Collective Renewable Power Purchase Agreement. Working paper in preparation for re-submission.
  5. Chen, S., Cohen, M.A., Kim, S., Lee, H.L. Supply Chain Reconfiguration by Multinational Firms under Trade Frictions. Work in progress.
  6. Chen, S., Wang, P. A Dynamic Multi-Agent Framework for Collective ESG Investment. Working paper in preparation for submission.
  7. Tong, Y., Chen, S., Lu, T. The Value of Negative Self-Disclosure in Supply Chain Social Responsibility. Working paper in preparation for re-submission.
  8. Chen, S., Deshpande, V. Cloud Value Chain in the Age of AI. Under Review.
Shi Chen

Academic Department

Information Systems & Operations Management

Academic Service

2024 - present: Associate Editor, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM)
2020 - present: Senior Editor, Production and Operations Management (POM)
2023 - 2024: Secretary and Treasurer, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society

Current Research

  • Stochastic inventory and data-driven supply chain management
  • Responsible operations and sustainable supply chains
  • Renewable energy procurement and EV infrastructure
  • AI-driven cloud value chains (supply networks, data center capacity, and AI platforms)