Xinfang (Jocelyn) Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8151
Statesboro, GA 30460
Telephone: (912) 478-0523
Fax: (912) 478-1835

xfwang at georgiasouthern.edu

Education:       

    B.E. International Business, College of Business, Shanghai University, 1999

    Ph.D. Management Science, Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management, University of Cincinnati, 2007

Professional:   

    August 2008 - Present

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis
    Georgia Southern University

    August 2007 - August 2008

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management

    School of Management, SUNY-Binghamton

Publications:  

    Wang, X. "Maximizing Correlation in the Presence of Missing Data," [Abstract PDF] Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 2, 2008, no. 54, pp.2653 - 2664

    Wang, X, Camm, J.D., and Curry, D.J. "A Branch-and-Price Approach to the Share-of-Choice Product Line Design Problem," [Abstract PDF] Management Science, 

        Forthcoming Articles in Advance, pp.1–11

    Wang, X. "Two Heuristics to the Share-of-Choice Product Line Design Problem," [Abstract PDF] International Journal of Operational Research, Forthcoming

Working Papers:

    A Robust Approach to the Share-of-Choice Product Design Problem, 2009

Conference:

“A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for Designing Optimal Product Line” at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA (2006/11) and Invited Session at INFORMS Puerto Rico International (2007/7)

“A Column Generation Approach to Optimal Product Line Design” at INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA (2005/10)

“Maximizing Correlation in the Presence of Missing Data” at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA (2003/10)

Invited Talk:

     University of Houston - Clear Lake 2007; UMass Boston 2008; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 2009;

Teaching:

    Intro to Quantitative Analysis, Undergraduate, University of Cincinnati

    Operations Management, Undergraduate and MBA, SUNY-Binghamton

    Intro to Quantitative Analysis, Undergraduate, Georgia Southern University

Professional Organization:

    INFORMS and DSI

    President of INFORMS University of Cincinnati Graduate Student Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio  (2001/10 – 2002/10)

Links:

   Educational Games:

   -- The Trikes or Cars game [Link] to demonstrate the Theory of Constraint and linear programming

   -- The classis Beer Game [Link] to demonstrate the bullwhip effect

   -- The Littlefield Technologies game [Link] to integrate key OM concepts in a fun way