Guodong Lyu

Guodong Lyu serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management at HKUST Business School. His research transforms urban living through operations innovation, emphasizing sustainability and social responsibility in complex systems.

Specializing in Operations Management, Professor Lyu pioneers multi-objective stochastic optimization for ride-sourcing markets (e.g., Uber), enhancing real-time supply-demand matching and customer satisfaction. His Locker Alliance Network research revolutionizes last-mile delivery by reducing carbon footprints and operational costs, while capacity allocation studies in resource pooling systems optimize production networks. In e-commerce, his analysis of Amazon's fulfillment models provides risk-adjusted logistics strategies.

Professor Lyu bridges academia and industry through high-impact collaborations: developing real-time metro passenger flow policies to alleviate urban congestion and designing machine learning-driven cash transfer rules for equitable poverty alleviation. His holistic approach creates blueprints for smarter, greener, and more connected urban environments, aligning with HKUST's global research leadership.