Academic Staff

Brief Biosketch

Dr. Wen received her PhD from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2019, her MSc from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2014, and her Bachelor degree from Sichuan University in 2013. She is now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Wen’s research interests include Aviation Operations, Airline Scheduling, Air Logistics, and Logistics Engineering & Supply Chain Management. Dr. Wen is the PI of a list of research grants including RGC(Hong Kong) General Research Fund and National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has rich publication experiences in prestigious journals like Transportation Research Part A/B/C/E, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Computers and Operations Research, IEEE Transactions (e.g., IEEE-TEM, IEEE-TITS, IEEE-SMCS), Journal of Air Transport Management, International Journal of Production Economics, and International Journal of Production Research. Some recent publications are:

Some recent Publications

1. Wang, Q., Mao, J., Wen, X.^*, Wallace, S.W., & Deveci, M. (2025). Flight, aircraft, and crew integrated recovery policies for airlines - A deep reinforcement learning approach. Transport Policy, 160, 245-258.

2. Wen, X., Ma, H.L.^*, Li, Y., & He, Y.^* (2025). Do costs and team-building conflict in airline crew scheduling? An individual crew pairing approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 202, 104329.

3. Wen, X., Chung, S.H., Choi, T.M., & Fu, X. (2024). Airline cabin crew pairing with accurate characterization of cross-class substitution: A branch-and-price approach. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 190, 103084.

4. Zhang, K., Choi, T.M., Chung, S.H., Dai, Y., & Wen, X.^* (2023). Blockchain adoption in retail operations: Stablecoins and traceability. European Journal of Operational Research, 315(1), 147-160.

5. Wen, X., Chung, S.H., Ma, H.L.^*, Khan, W. A. (2023). Airline crew scheduling with sustainability enhancement by data analytics under circular economy. Annals of Operations Research, available online.

6. Wen, X., Chung, S.-H., Ji, P., & Sheu, J.-B. (2022). Individual scheduling approach for multi-class airline cabin crew with manpower requirement heterogeneity. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 163, 102763.

7. Wen, X., Sun, X.^*, Ma, H.L., & Sun, Y. (2022). A Column Generation approach for operational flight scheduling and aircraft maintenance routing. Journal of Air Transport Management, 105, 102270.

8. Wen, X., Sun, Y., Ma, H.L.^*, Chung, S.H. (2022). Green smart manufacturing: Energy-efficient robotic job shop scheduling models. International Journal of Production Research, available online.

9. Wen, X., Sun, X.^*, Sun, Y., & Yue, X. (2021). Airline crew scheduling: Models and algorithms. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 149, 102304.

10. Wen, X., Ma, H.L.^*, Chung, S.H., Khan, W. (2020). Robust airline crew scheduling with flight flying time variability. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 144, 102132.

Dr. WEN is recruiting research students and postdoctoral fellows. Interested applications are welcomed to send their CVs and publications to windy.wen@polyu.edu.hk.