Peng Shi

Peng is interested in developing quantitative methodologies for the betterment of society. His current research focuses on optimization in matching markets, with applications in school choice, public housing, and online marketplaces. His research on school choice has won multiple awards, including the ACM SIGecom Doctoral Dissertation Award, the INFORMS Public Sector Operations Best Paper Competition, and the INFORMS Doing Good with Good Operations OR Student Paper Competition. Prior to joining USC, he completed a PhD in operations research at MIT, and was a post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research.

Companies

• Assistant Professor University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business (2017)
• Post-Doc Microsoft (2016 — 2017)
• Research Assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2011 — 2016)
• Teaching Assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2013 — 2013)
• Research Assistant Duke University (2007 — 2010)
• Quantitative Analyst Intern D.E. Shaw (2008 — 2008)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011 — 2016)
• BS Duke University (2006 — 2010)