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Mike Mingcheng Wei
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Strategy
University at Buffalo School of Management
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Supply chain management; dynamic pricing; revenue management; strategic consumer behavior; online learning and decision-making; online recommendation systems; assortment optimization; high-dimensional machine learning
Mike Wei is an expert in operations, supply chains, pricing, revenue management and machine learning. He studies and can discuss the influence of uncertainty in supply chains (including interruption, shortage, etc.).
He can also address how online information and social media influence consumers’ purchasing behavior; how companies can design pricing and reward programs to spur customers’ purchasing incentives; and how companies can leverage big data to learn consumers’ preferences and choices, and design machine learning algorithms to recommend products/services tailored to each individual consumer.
LANGUAGES:
Wei can respond to interview requests in English and Chinese (Mandarin).
CONTACT:
Mike Mingcheng Wei, PhD
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Strategy
University at Buffalo School of Management
- Mike Wei can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
- Mike Wei’s website