About me

This is Qingfa’s website.

Hi, I am Qingfa Zhang, a PhD students in The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). I got my bachelor degree in National School of Development, Peking Universtiy. My research interest lies on resource planning in OM.

Education

• Ph.D. in Operations Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2027 (expected)
  • Supervisors: Ying-Ju Chen and Yiwen Shen
• MPhil. in Operations Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2024
• B.S. in Economics, Peking University, 2022

Working Paper

• Budget Allocation for Utility Loss Minimization in Social Welfare Programs [Link]
  • With Yiwen Shen and Ying-Ju Chen.
  • Reject and Resubmit at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
  • Presented at 2025 MSOM Conference
• A Cost-Tilting Mechanism Design for General Risk-Averse Agents [Link]
  • With Yiwen Shen.
  • Reject and Resubmit at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
  • Presented at 2026 MSOM Conference SIGs Day
• Negative Cross-Impact from Index Investing [Link]
  • With Yueting Jiang and Yiwen Shen. Working paper
• Optimal Admission Control with Workload and Overwork Effect [Link]
  • With Yi Chen, Ying-Ju Chen, and Yiwen Shen. Submitted
• Joint Admission and Service Rate Control in Service Systems with Heterogeneous Customers [Link]
  • With Jia Rong, Zihao Wu, and Yiwen Shen. Submitted

Presentation

• POMS-China 2026, Xi’an, 2026
• 16th POMS-HK, Shenzhen, 2026
• MSOM 2025, London, 2025
• 14th POMS-HK, Hong Kong, 2024

Award

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, RGC
• RedBird PhD Recruitment Award, HKUST
• RedBird Academic Excellence Award, HKUST
• SBM Dean’s Postgraduate Scholarship, HKUST
• Postgraduate Studentship, HKUST

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant (at HKUST)
  • Logistics Management, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
• Teaching Assistant (at Peking Universty)
  • Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2021, Fall 2021