Tinghan (Joe) Ye

Tinghan (Joe) Ye

Georgia Tech ISyE

Biography

I am a third-year Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech ISyE, where I am advised by Prof. Pascal Van Hentenryck. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, I received my B.S. in Operations Research and Engineering at Cornell University. I was fortunate to work with Profs. David Shmoys, Shane Henderson, and David Goldberg at Cornell, as well as Prof. Eleftheria Kontou at UIUC.

My research interests lie at the intersection of optimization and machine learning, with a particular focus on applications that drive real-world impact in logistics and transportation. My work focuses on Large-Scale Decision-Making Under Uncertainty across two primary directions:

  • Learning to Accelerate Optimization: Leveraging machine learning to speed up large-scale solvers through ML-guided heuristics and end-to-end learning using “optimization proxies”.

  • Contextual Optimization: Utilizing contextual information to improve optimization outcomes via contextual stochastic optimization, decision-focused learning, and conformal prediction.

Most recently, I have expanded my research to explore the intersection of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Operations Research for decision support systems.

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Interests
  • Optimization
  • Machine Learning
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation
Education
  • Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, 2028 (expected)

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • B.S. (with Honors) in Operations Research and Engineering, summa cum laude, 2023

    Cornell University

Publications

(2025). Boosting Column Generation with Graph Neural Networks for Joint Rider Trip Planning and Crew Shift Scheduling. Transportation Research Part E.

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(2025). Conformal Predictive Distributions for Order Fulfillment Time Forecasting. International Conference on Computational Logistics.

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(2025). Contextual Stochastic Optimization for Omnichannel Multicourier Order Fulfillment under Delivery Time Uncertainty. M&SOM.

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(2025). Cornell University Uses Integer Programming to Optimize Final Exam Scheduling. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics.

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(2025). Deep Learning-Driven Contextual Stochastic Optimization for Real-Time Order Fulfillment. NeurIPS MLxOR 2025.

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(2025). LISTEN to Your Preferences: An LLM Framework for Multi-Objective Selection. NeurIPS MLxOR 2025.

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(2025). Paratransit Optimization with Constraint Programming: A Case Study in Savannah, Georgia. arXiv:2508.00241.

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(2024). Evaluating Solvers for Linearly Constrained Simulation Optimization. WSC 2024.

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(2023). A Min-Max Theorem for the Minimum Fleet-Size Problem. Operations Research Letters.

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Research Projects