Zhou Xu is a Professor in the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Industrial Engineering and Data Analytics Department of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), a Master's degree from the Computer Science Department of the National University of Singapore (NUS), and a Bachelor's degree from the Computer Science Department of Tsinghua University (Tsinghua). His research focuses on the application of operations research and computer science techniques to problems in logistics, transportation, shipping, and supply chain management. He has published more than sixty articles in mainly premier journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, Transportation Science, etc. His research works have been translated into a strategic service procurement system for a global electronic company to optimize the sourcing of transportation service providers, and a decision support tool for a global technology company to optimize the design of telecommunication networks.

Zhou Xu serves as an associate editor for Operations Research and an editorial review board member for Production and Operations Management.