Haoxun Chen

Haoxun Chen is a Professor at the University of Technology of Troyes (France), specializing in Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, and Logistics. He has held academic positions worldwide, including at Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) and the National Research Institute for Information and Automation (France). His research focuses on inventory management, collaborative logistics, and optimization algorithms.

• Affiliations: Industrial Systems Laboratory, University of Technology of Troyes
• Academic Roles: Principal Investigator of Alibaba Innovative Research Project (2018–2019), Coordinator of ANR-funded Collaborative Transportation Project (2014–2019)

Education:

• Doctorate in Systems Engineering (Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1990)
• Master’s in Systems Engineering (Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1987)
• Bachelor’s in Applied Mathematics (Fudan University, 1984)

Research Interests:

• Optimization of supply chain systems and logistics networks
• Game-theoretic models for collaborative transportation
• Data envelopment analysis for performance evaluation
• Stochastic inventory models and policy design

Notable Awards:

• World Top 2% Cited Scientist (Stanford University, 2023)
• National Natural Science Award (China, 2005)
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (Germany, 1997–1998)

Grants & Projects:

• ANR-funded study on Urban Collaborative Logistics (€2M+)
• Alibaba Research Project on Safety Stock Optimization

Labs & Teams: Leads the Logistics Systems research group at the Industrial Systems Laboratory, focusing on smart inventory systems and urban freight optimization.