Michelle Xiao Wu
Research Faculty and Director
Data Science Center for Decision Making
Supply Chain and Operations Management
Before joining Mitch Daniels School of Business as Research Faculty in Supply Chain and Operations, Dr. Michelle Xiao Wu served a Co-Director in the Data Science Lab at MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). Prior to joining MIT/IDSS, she was an Assistant Professor at the Washington State University Carson College of Business. She holds a Ph.D. in operations management (minor in economics) and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and an M.Sc. degree in Physics from Northwestern University.
Her research interests focus on operations management in the digital economy, specifically e-commerce pricing, digital content release, and the sharing economy. Her other research interests include machine learning, the operations-finance interface, and supply chain management. Her papers have been published in leading journals such as Management Science, M&SOM, JMIS, and IJPR.?
In her consulting experience with various companies, Dr. Wu provides implementable methods and strategies to optimize operational decisions, in manufacturing, e-commerce, and brick & mortar retail.