Hai Wang

Education

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America, 2015
• Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America, 2012
• Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America, 2012
• Bachelor of Science, Tsinghua University, China, 2009

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor of Information Systems, School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU, Jan 2022 - Present
• Guest Lecturer, Peking University, China, Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
• Guest Lecturer, Tsinghua University, China, Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
• Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America, Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
• Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America, Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
• Guest Lecturer, MIT, Singapore, Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
• Guest Lecturer, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
• Guest Lecturer, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
• Guest Lecturer, Tsinghua University, China, May 2017 - May 2017
• Guest Lecturer, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
• Guest Lecturer, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Jan 2016 - Jan 2019
• Assistant Professor of Information Systems, School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU, Jul 2015 - Dec 2021
• Teaching Assistant, MIT, Singapore, Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

Teaching Topics

• Computer as Analysis Tool
• Decision Making under Uncertainty
• Smart City Operations Research
• Big Data and Entrepreneurship: Methodology and Case Studies

Honors and Awards

• Transportation Science Meritorious Service Award as Associate Editor, 2022
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship for Research Excellence, 2022, 2023
• Transportation Science Meritorious Service Award as Reviewer, 2021
• PwC Risk and Regulatory Service Innovation Research Award, 2020
• Outstanding Paper Award, The 3rd Conference of the Yangtze-River Research and Innovation Belt, 2020
• Fellow, Chan Wui & Yunyin Rising Star Workshop in Mobility and Communications, 2019
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship for Research Excellence, 2018, 2019
• Best Paper Award, The 10th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (CTS), 2018
• Singapore Management University Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
• Short-list Nominee for Goodwin Medal of MIT Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, 2014
• Semifinalist in MIT 100K Entrepreneurship Competition (Project: Shared Logistics), 2014
• First Prize Winner in INFORMS RAS Problem Solving Competition, 2013
• MIT Chyn Duog Shiah Memorial Fellowship for Excellent Ph.D. Student, 2009
• National Award for Excellent Graduate (Top 0.1%), China Civil Engineering Society, 2009
• Graduation with Highest Honors (Top 1%), Tsinghua University, 2009
• Ranked 1st in Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2009
• Jiang Nanxiang Presidential Fellowship, Tsinghua University, 2008
• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China, 2008
• First Class Honors Fellowship, Tsinghua University, 2005 – 2008
• Ranked 1st in NCEE Subject of Comprehensive Science, Sichuan, China, 2005